Thematic Bible: Master


Thematic Bible



The altar of burned offerings he made of hard wood; a square altar, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, And he put horns at its four angles made of the same, plating it all with brass; And brass was used for all the vessels of the altar, the baskets and the spades, the basins and the meat-hooks and the fire-trays; all the vessels he made of brass read more.
And he made a network of brass for the altar, under the frame round it, stretching half-way up; And four rings for the four angles of this network, to take the rods. The rods he made of hard wood plated with brass. He put the rods through the rings at the opposite sides of the altar for lifting it; he made the altar hollow, boarded in with wood.

And Bezalel made the ark of hard wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide and a cubit and a half high;

And Moses said to the children of Israel, See, the Lord has made selection of Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; And he has made him full of the spirit of God, in all wisdom and knowledge and art of every sort; As an expert designer of beautiful things, working in gold and silver and brass; read more.
Trained in the cutting of stones and the ornamenting of wood and in every sort of handwork. And he has given to him, and to Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the power of training others. To them he has given knowledge of all the arts of the handworker, of the designer, and the expert workman; of the maker of needlework in blue and purple and red and the best linen, and of the maker of cloth; in all the arts of the designer and the trained workman they are expert.

I have made selection of Bezalel, the son of Uri, by name, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:

So let Bezalel and Oholiab get to work, with every wise-hearted man to whom the Lord has given wisdom and knowledge, to do whatever is necessary for the ordering of the holy place, as the Lord has given orders.

Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything as the Lord had given orders to Moses.


And Simon, answering, said, Master, we were working all night and we took nothing: but at your word I will let down the nets.

Then they came to him and, awaking him out of his sleep, said, Master, Master, destruction is near. And he, when he was awake, gave orders to the wind and the rolling waves, and the storm came to an end, and all was calm.

And Jesus said, Who was touching me? And when they all said, It is not I, Peter and those who were with him said, Master, the people are pushing round you on every side.

And when they were about to go away from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah: having no knowledge of what he was saying.

And John, answering, said, Master, we saw a man driving out evil spirits in your name, and we did not let him do it, because he was not one of us.

Said, in loud voices, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.


But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers.


It is enough for the disciple that he may be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have given the name Beelzebub to the master of the house, how much more to those of his house!

But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers.

And he said to them, Go into the town to such a man, and say to him, The Master says, My time is near: I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.

Then they came to him and, awaking him out of his sleep, said, Master, Master, destruction is near. And he, when he was awake, gave orders to the wind and the rolling waves, and the storm came to an end, and all was calm.

And there came a scribe and said to him, Master, I will come after you wherever you go.

And when he had come, he went straight to him and said, Master; and gave him a kiss.

And straight away he came to Jesus and said, Master! and gave him a kiss.

And Judas, who was false to him, made answer and said, Is it I, Master? He says to him, Yes.

You give me the name of Master and Lord: and you are right; that is what I am. If then I, the Lord and the Master, have made your feet clean, it is right for you to make one another's feet clean.


If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me; What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions? Did not God make him as well as me? did he not give us life in our mothers' bodies?


And after a time, his master's wife, looking on Joseph with desire, said to him, Be my lover. But he would not, and said to her, You see that my master keeps no account of what I do in his house, and has put all his property in my control; So that no one has more authority in this house than I have; he has kept nothing back from me but you, because you are his wife; how then may I do this great wrong, sinning against God? read more.
And day after day she went on requesting Joseph to come to her and be her lover, but he would not give ear to her. Now one day he went into the house to do his work; and not one of the men of the house was inside. And pulling at his coat, she said, Come to my bed; but slipping out of his coat, he went running away. And when she saw that he had got away, letting her keep his coat, She sent for the men of her house and said to them, See, he has let a Hebrew come here and make sport of us; he came to my bed, and I gave a loud cry; And hearing it he went running out without his coat. And she kept his coat by her, till his master came back. Then she gave him the same story, saying, The Hebrew servant whom you have taken into our house came in to make sport of me; And when I gave a loud cry he went running out without his coat. And hearing his wife's account of what his servant had done, he became very angry. And Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, in the place where the king's prisoners were kept in chains, and he was there in the prison-house.




And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.


But your father has not kept faith with me, and ten times he has made changes in my payment; but God has kept him from doing me damage.


But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers.


And a certain captain had a servant who was very dear to him; this servant was ill and near to death.


Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain