8 Bible Verses about Figures Of Speech
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These things are allegorical, for those [women] are two covenants, one from Mount Sinai, bearing children for servitude, which is Hagar;
And there are many other things which Jesus did, which, if they should be written particularly, I do not suppose the world itself could contain the books written.
Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all powers? have all gifts of performing cures? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
So, I tell you, there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that changes his mind, more than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need a change of mind. Or what woman having ten drachmas [140 cents], if she loses one drachma [14 cents], does not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till she finds it? And when she finds it, she calls her female friends and neighbors together, saying, Congratulate me, for I have found the drachma which I lost.read more.
So, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner that changes his mind.
And he said to them, Go and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons, and finish [performing] cures to-day and to-morrow, and on the third day I shall finish my course.
And his disciples came and said to him, Why do you speak to them in parables?
and making a crown of thorns they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they knelt before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
