'Places' in the Bible

"Whenever an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it wanders through waterless places looking for a place to rest, but finds none.

They love to have the places of honor at festivals, the best seats in the synagogues,

because nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

But when the man left, he began to proclaim it freely. He spread the news so widely that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly, but had to stay out in deserted places. Still, people kept coming to him from everywhere.

and to have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

because nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes and famines in various places. These things are only the beginning of the birth pains."

However, he continued his habit of retiring to deserted places and praying.

because Jesus was in the process of ordering the unclean spirit to come out of the man. On many occasions the unclean spirit had seized the man, and though he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, he would break the chains and be driven by the demon into deserted places.

"Whenever an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it wanders through dry places looking for a place to rest but doesn't find any. So it says, "I will go back to my home that I left.'

How terrible it will be for you Pharisees! You love to have the places of honor in the synagogues and to be greeted in the marketplaces.

When Jesus noticed how the guests were choosing the places of honor, he told them a parable.

"Beware of the scribes! They like to walk around in long robes and love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places, and there will be fearful events and awful signs from heaven."

""After this, I will come back and set up David's fallen tent again. I will restore its ruined places and set it up again