Parables in Parallel
The Parables of the Bible in Parallel
Below are the Parables of the Whole Bible, Old Testament, and New
Testament. All of the Parables in the Four Gospels are arranged in parallel.
Even though there are Four Gospels there are at the most only Three of the Four
Gospels telling the same Parable.
New Testament
Agreeing with Your Adversary
Matthew
5:21-26
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21Ye have
heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and
whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: 22But I say unto you, That
whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the
judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of
the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell
fire. 23Therefore if thou bring thy
gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against
thee; 24Leave there thy gift before the
altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and
offer thy gift. 25Agree
with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at
any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee
to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. 26Verily I
say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid
the uttermost farthing.
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Ask Seek Knock
Barren Fig Tree
Luke
13:6-9
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6He spake
also this parable; A certain man
had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon,
and found none. 7Then
said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come
seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it
the ground? 8And he
answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig
about it, and dung it: 9And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
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Become As Little Children
Matthew
18:1-9
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Mark
10:14-16
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Luke
18:16
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1At the
same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the
kingdom of heaven? 2And
Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, 3And said, Verily I say unto
you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not
enter into the kingdom of heaven. 4Whosoever
therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in
the kingdom of heaven. 5And
whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. 6But whoso shall offend one of
these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a
millstone were hanged about his neck, and that
he were drowned in the depth of the sea. 7Woe unto
the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but
woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! 8Wherefore
if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee
to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet
to be cast into everlasting fire. 9And if
thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one
eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
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14But when
Jesus saw it, he was much
displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me,
and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. 15Verily I say unto you,
Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall
not enter therein. 16And he
took them up in his arms, put his
hands upon them, and blessed them.
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16But
Jesus called them unto him, and
said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of
such is the kingdom of God.
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Blind Leading the Blind
Matthew
15:13-14
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Luke
6:39-42
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13But he
answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted,
shall be rooted up. 14Let them
alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind,
both shall fall into the ditch.
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39And he
spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both
fall into the ditch? 40The
disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as
his master. 41And why
beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the
beam that is in thine own eye? 42Either
how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is
in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own
eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then
shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye.
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Bridegroom (Children of the Bridechamber)
Matthew
8:15
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Mark
2:19-20
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Luke
5:34-35
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15And he
touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto
them.
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19And
Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the
bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they
cannot fast. 20But the
days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then
shall they fast in those days.
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34And he
said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the
bridegroom is with them? 35But the
days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then
shall they fast in those days.
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Dead Bury the Dead
Luke
9:60
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60Jesus
said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the
kingdom of God.
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Children of the Marketplace
Matthew
11:16-19
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Luke
7:31-32
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16But
whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in
the markets, and calling unto their fellows, 17And
saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you,
and ye have not lamented. 18For John
came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. 19The Son of man came eating and
drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend
of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
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31And the
Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to
what are they like? 32They are
like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another,
and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned
to you, and ye have not wept.
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Dishonest Steward
Luke
16:1-13
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1And he
said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a
steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. 2And he called him, and said
unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy
stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward. 3Then the steward said within
himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I
cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. 4I am
resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may
receive me into their houses. 5So he
called every one of his lord’s debtors unto
him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? 6And he said, An hundred
measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly,
and write fifty. 7Then
said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures
of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. 8And the lord commended the
unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world
are in their generation wiser than the children of light. 9And I say unto you, Make to
yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they
may receive you into everlasting habitations. 10He that
is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is
unjust in the least is unjust also in much. 11If
therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will
commit to your trust the true riches?
12And if ye have not been
faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is
your own? 13No
servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the
other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve
God and mammon.
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Elijah Must Come
Matthew
17:10-13
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10And his
disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first
come? 11And Jesus answered and said
unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. 12But I say unto you, That Elias
is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever
they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. 13Then the disciples understood
that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
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Eye of The Needle
Matthew
19:23-26
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Mark
10:23-27
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23Then
said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall
hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. 24And
again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a
needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. 25When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed,
saying, Who then can be saved? 26But
Jesus beheld them, and said unto
them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
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23And
Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they
that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! 24And the
disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith
unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter
into the kingdom of God! 25It is
easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to
enter into the kingdom of God. 26And they
were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be
saved? 27And Jesus looking upon them
saith, With men it is impossible,
but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
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Foxes Have Holes
Matthew
8:20
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Luke
9:58
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20And
Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath
not where to lay his head.
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58And
Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath
not where to lay his head.
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Fruit Tree
Matthew
7:15-20
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Matthew
12:33-37
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Luke
6:43-45
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15Beware
of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they
are ravening wolves. 16Ye shall
know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of
thistles? 17Even so
every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth
evil fruit. 18A good
tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19Every tree that bringeth not
forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20Wherefore by their fruits ye
shall know them.
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33Either
make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and
his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. 34O
generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of
the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35A good
man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an
evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 36But I say unto you, That every
idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of
judgment. 37For by
thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
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43For a
good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring
forth good fruit. 44For
every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs,
nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. 45A good
man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good;
and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that
which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
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Good Samaritan
Luke
10:25-37
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25And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and
tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 26He said unto him, What is
written in the law? how readest thou? 27And he answering said, Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy
strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. 28And he said unto him, Thou hast
answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. 29But he, willing to justify himself, said
unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour? 30And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to
Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and
wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31And by chance there came down a
certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
32And likewise a Levite, when he
was at the place, came and looked on
him, and passed by on the other side. 33But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed,
came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, 34And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set
him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35And on the morrow when he departed,
he took out two pence, and gave them
to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou
spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. 36Which now of these three,
thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? 37And he said, He that shewed
mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
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Guest and Host
Luke
14:7-14
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7And he
put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose
out the chief rooms; saying unto them, 8When
thou art bidden of any man to a
wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than
thou be bidden of him; 9And he
that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou
begin with shame to take the lowest room. 10But when
thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade
thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have
worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. 11For whosoever exalteth himself
shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.12Then said he also to him that
bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor
thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy
rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made
thee. 13But when thou makest a feast,
call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: 14And thou
shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be
recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
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Hand to the Plow
Luke
9:62
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62And
Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking
back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
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Harvest is Great
Matthew
9:37-38
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Luke
10:1-2
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John
4:35-38
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37Then
saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; 38Pray ye
therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his
harvest.
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1After
these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two
before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. 2Therefore said he unto them,
The harvest truly is great, but the
labourers are few: pray ye
therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into
his harvest.
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35Say not
ye, There are yet four months, and then
cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the
fields; for they are white already to harvest. 36And he
that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that
both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. 37And herein is that saying true,
One soweth, and another reapeth. 38I sent
you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye
are entered into their labours.
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Hidden Treasure
Matthew
13:44
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44Again,
the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a
man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he
hath, and buyeth that field.
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House (Kingdom) Divided, Beelzebub
Matthew
12:25-28
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Mark
3:20-30
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Luke
11:17-20
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25And
Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against
itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against
itself shall not stand: 26And if
Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his
kingdom stand? 27And if I
by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your
judges. 28But if I cast out devils by the
Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
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20And the
multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
21And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on
him: for they said, He is beside himself. 22And the
scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the
prince of the devils casteth he out devils. 23And he
called them unto him, and said unto
them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? 24And if a
kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25And if a house be divided
against itself, that house cannot stand. 26And if
Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an
end. 27No man can enter into a strong
man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man;
and then he will spoil his house. 28Verily I
say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and
blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: 29But he that shall blaspheme
against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal
damnation: 30Because
they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
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17But he,
knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself
is brought to desolation; and a house divided
against a house falleth. 18If Satan
also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say
that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. 19And if I
by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. 20But if I with the finger of God
cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
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Laborers in the Vineyard
Matthew
20:1-16
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1For the
kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that
is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers
into his vineyard. 2And when
he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his
vineyard. 3And he
went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the
marketplace, 4And said
unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give
you. And they went their way. 5Again he
went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. 6And about the eleventh hour he
went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye
here all the day idle? 7They say
unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into
the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that
shall ye receive. 8So when
even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the
labourers, and give them their
hire, beginning from the last unto the first. 9And when
they came that were hired about the
eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. 10But when
the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they
likewise received every man a penny. 11And when
they had received it, they murmured
against the goodman of the house, 12Saying,
These last have wrought but one
hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and
heat of the day. 13But he
answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou
agree with me for a penny? 14Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto
thee. 15Is it not lawful for me to do
what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? 16So the last shall be first, and
the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
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Lesson of the Fig Tree
Matthew
24:32-35
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Mark
13:28-31
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Luke
21:29-33
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32Now
learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth
forth leaves, ye know that summer is
nigh: 33So likewise ye, when ye shall
see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 34Verily I
say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be
fulfilled. 35Heaven
and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
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28Now
learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth
forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: 29So ye in
like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is
nigh, even at the doors. 30Verily I say unto you, that
this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done. 31Heaven and earth shall pass
away: but my words shall not pass away.
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29And he
spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; 30When they now shoot forth, ye
see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. 31So likewise ye, when ye see
these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. 32Verily I say unto you, This
generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. 33Heaven and earth shall pass
away: but my words shall not pass away.
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Leven (Yeast) in the Meal
Matthew
13:33
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Luke
13:20-21
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33Another
parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which
a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
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20And
again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? 21It is like leaven, which a
woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
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Light (Candle) Under a Basket (vessel)
Matthew
5:14-16
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Mark
4:21-23
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Luke
8:16-18
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14Ye are
the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15Neither do men light a candle,
and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all
that are in the house. 16Let your
light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify
your Father which is in heaven.
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21And he
said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed?
and not to be set on a candlestick? 22For
there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing
kept secret, but that it should come abroad. 23If any
man have ears to hear, let him hear.
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16No man,
when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which
enter in may see the light. 17For
nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known
and come abroad. 18Take
heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and
whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to
have.
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Light of the Body
Matthew
6:22–23
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Luke
11:34-36
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22The
light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole
body shall be full of light. 23But if
thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the
light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
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34The
light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole
body also is full of light; but when thine
eye is evil, thy body also is
full of darkness. 35Take
heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. 36If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark,
the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth
give thee light.
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Lost Coin
Luke
15:8-10
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8Either
what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light
a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? 9And when
she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have
found the piece which I had lost. 10Likewise,
I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one
sinner that repenteth.
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Lost Sheep
Matthew
18:12-14
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Luke
15:3-7
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12How
think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray,
doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and
seeketh that which is gone astray? 13And if
so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine
which went not astray. 14Even so
it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these
little ones should perish.
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3And he
spake this parable unto them, saying, 4What man
of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the
ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he
find it? 5And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6And when
he cometh home, he calleth together his
friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found
my sheep which was lost. 7I say
unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that
repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
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Mustard Seed
Matthew
13:31-32
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Mark
4:30-32
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Luke
13:18-20
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31Another
parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a
grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: 32Which indeed is the least of all
seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a
tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
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30And he
said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison
shall we compare it? 31It is like a grain of mustard seed,
which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in
the earth: 32But when
it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth
out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow
of it.
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18Then
said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble
it? 19It is like a grain of mustard
seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a
great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it. 20And again he said, Whereunto
shall I liken the kingdom of God?
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Net (Dragnet)
Matthew
13:47-50
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47Again,
the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and
gathered of every kind: 48Which,
when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good
into vessels, but cast the bad away. 49So shall
it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the
wicked from among the just, 50And
shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing
of teeth.
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New Cloth Old Garment
Matthew
9:16
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Mark
2:21
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Luke
5:36
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16No man
putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to
fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
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21No man
also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that
filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
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36And he
spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon
an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was
taken out of the new agreeth not
with the old.
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Old and New Wine Bottles
Matthew
9:17
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Mark
2:22
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Luke
5:37-39
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17Neither
do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine
runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles,
and both are preserved.
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22And no
man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the
bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new
wine must be put into new bottles.
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37And no
man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the
bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. 38But new wine must be put into
new bottles; and both are preserved. 39No man
also having drunk old wine
straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
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Pearl of Great Price, The
Matthew
13:45-46
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45Again,
the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: 46Who, when he had found one
pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
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Pearls to the Swine
Matthew
7:6
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6Give not
that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine,
lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
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Pharisee and the Tax Collector
Luke
18:9-14
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9And he
spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were
righteous, and despised others: 10Two men
went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a
publican. 11The
Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not
as other men are, extortioners,
unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 12I fast
twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. 13And the publican, standing afar
off, would not lift up so much as his
eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a
sinner. 14I tell you, this man went down
to his house justified rather than
the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that
humbleth himself shall be exalted.
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Prodigal Son, The
Luke
15:11-32
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11And he
said, A certain man had two sons: 12And the
younger of them said to his father,
Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13And not
many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey
into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 14And when he had spent all,
there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15And he went and joined himself
to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16And he would fain have filled
his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. 17And when he came to himself, he
said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare,
and I perish with hunger! 18I will
arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned
against heaven, and before thee, 19And am
no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. 20And he arose, and came to his
father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had
compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. 21And the son said unto him,
Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy
to be called thy son. 22But the
father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand,
and shoes on his feet: 23And bring hither the fatted
calf, and kill it; and let us eat,
and be merry: 24For this
my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they
began to be merry. 25Now his
elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he
heard musick and dancing. 26And he called
one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. 27And he said unto him, Thy
brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath
received him safe and sound. 28And he
was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated
him. 29And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I
serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou
never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: 30But as soon as this thy son was
come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him
the fatted calf. 31And he
said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. 32It was meet that we should make
merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and
was lost, and is found.
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Prophet Without Honor
Matthew
13:57
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57And they
were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without
honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
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Purpose of Parables
Matthew
13:10-17
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Mark
4:10-12
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Luke
8:9-10
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10And the
disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? 11He answered and said unto them,
Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven,
but to them it is not given. 12For
whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but
whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. 13Therefore speak I to them in
parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do
they understand. 14And in
them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall
hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not
perceive: 15For this
people’s heart is waxed gross, and their
ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time
they should see with their eyes,
and hear with their ears, and
should understand with their heart,
and should be converted, and I should heal them. 16But
blessed are your eyes, for they
see: and your ears, for they hear. 17For
verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those
things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those
things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
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10And when
he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the
parable. 11And he said unto them, Unto you
it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are
without, all these things are done
in parables: 12That
seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not
understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
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9And his
disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? 10And he said, Unto you it is
given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables;
that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
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Rebuild the Temple
John
2:13-22
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13And the
Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, 14And found in the temple those
that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: 15And when he had made a scourge
of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the
oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables; 16And said unto them that sold
doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of
merchandise. 17And his
disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten
me up.18Then answered the Jews and said
unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these
things? 19Jesus answered and said unto
them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. 20Then said the Jews, Forty and
six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three
days? 21But he spake of the temple of
his body. 22When
therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had
said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which
Jesus had said.
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Red Sky
Matthew
16:2-4
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Mark
8:11-13
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Luke
12:54-55
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2He
answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. 3And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for
the sky is red and lowring. O ye
hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? 4A wicked and adulterous
generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it,
but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
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11And the
Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign
from heaven, tempting him. 12And he
sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a
sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this
generation. 13And he
left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side.
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54And he
said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west,
straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. 55And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it
cometh to pass.
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Reluctant Friend
Luke
11:5-13
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5And he
said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at
midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; 6For a friend of mine in his
journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? 7And he from within shall answer
and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in
bed; I cannot rise and give thee. 8I say
unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet
because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. 9And I say unto you, Ask, and it
shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened
unto you. 10For
every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that
knocketh it shall be opened. 11If a son
shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or
if he ask a fish, will he for a
fish give him a serpent? 12Or if he
shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13If ye
then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much
more shall your heavenly Father
give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
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Rich Fool
Luke
12:13-21
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13And one
of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the
inheritance with me. 14And he
said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? 15And he said unto them, Take
heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the
abundance of the things which he possesseth. 16And he
spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought
forth plentifully: 17And he
thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where
to bestow my fruits? 18And he
said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there
will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. 19And I
will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take
thine ease, eat, drink, and be
merry. 20But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall
be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast
provided? 21So is he that layeth up treasure for
himself, and is not rich toward God.
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Rich Man and Lazarus
Luke
16:19-31
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19There
was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared
sumptuously every day: 20And
there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of
sores, 21And desiring to be fed with the
crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and
licked his sores. 22And it
came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into
Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23And in hell he lift up his
eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his
bosom. 24And he cried and said, Father
Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his
finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. 25But Abraham said, Son, remember
that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus
evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. 26And beside all this, between us
and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence
to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. 27Then he
said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my
father’s house: 28For I
have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into
this place of torment. 29Abraham
saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. 30And he said, Nay, father
Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. 31And he said unto him, If they
hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one
rose from the dead.
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Salt Without Savor
Matthew
5:13
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Mark
9:49-50
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Luke
14:34-35
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13Ye are
the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall
it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to
be trodden under foot of men.
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49For
every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with
salt. 50Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will
ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.
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34Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his
savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned? 35It is
neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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Scattered Seed
Mark
4:26-29
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26And he
said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
27And should sleep, and rise
night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. 28For the earth bringeth forth
fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in
the ear. 29But when the fruit is brought
forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
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Servants, Faithful or Unfaithful
Matthew
24:45-51
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Mark
13:32-37
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Luke
12:41-48
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45Who then
is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his
household, to give them meat in due season? 46Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he
cometh shall find so doing. 47Verily I
say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. 48But and if that evil servant
shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; 49And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and
drink with the drunken; 50The lord
of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not
aware of, 51And
shall cut him asunder, and appoint him
his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of
teeth.
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32But of
that day and that hour knoweth no
man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
33Take ye heed, watch and pray:
for ye know not when the time is. 34For the Son of man is as a
man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his
servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. 35Watch ye therefore: for ye know
not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the
cockcrowing, or in the morning: 36Lest
coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 37And what
I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
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41Then
Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to
all? 42And the Lord said,Who then is
that faithful and wise steward, whom his
lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? 43Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so
doing. 44Of a truth I say unto you, that
he will make him ruler over all that he hath. 45But and
if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall
begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be
drunken; 46The lord of that servant will
come in a day when he looketh not for him,
and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will
appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. 47And that
servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with
many stripes. 48But he that knew not, and did
commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is
given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of
him they will ask the more.
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Serving Two Masters
Matthew
6:24
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24No man
can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other;
or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God
and mammon.
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Sheep and Goats
Matthew
25:31-46
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31When the
Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then
shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32And
before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from
another, as a shepherd divideth his
sheep from the goats: 33And he
shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.34Then shall the King say unto
them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35For I was an hungred, and ye
gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye
took me in: 36Naked,
and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye
came unto me. 37Then
shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred,
and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38When saw we thee a stranger,
and took thee in? or naked, and
clothed thee? 39Or when saw we thee sick, or in
prison, and came unto thee? 40And the
King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye
have done it unto one of the least
of these my brethren, ye have done it
unto me.41Then shall he say also unto
them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire,
prepared for the devil and his angels: 42For I
was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no
drink: 43I was a stranger, and ye took
me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited
me not. 44Then shall they also answer
him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or
naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45Then shall he answer them,
saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. 46And
these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life
eternal.
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Sign of the Prophet Jonas
Matthew
12:39-42
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39But he
answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after
a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet
Jonas: 40For as Jonas was three days and
three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and
three nights in the heart of the earth. 41The men
of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it:
because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than
Jonas is here. 42The queen of the south shall
rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she
came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon;
and, behold, a greater than Solomon is
here.
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Sower, The
Matthew
13:3-9
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Mark
4:1-9
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Luke
8:4-8
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3And he
spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth
to sow; 4And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the
fowls came and devoured them up: 5Some
fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they
sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: 6And when
the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they
withered away. 7And some
fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: 8But other fell into good ground,
and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some
thirtyfold. 9Who hath
ears to hear, let him hear.
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1And he
began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great
multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole
multitude was by the sea on the land. 2And he
taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, 3Hearken; Behold, there went out
a sower to sow: 4And it
came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the
air came and devoured it up. 5And some
fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang
up, because it had no depth of earth: 6But when
the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered
away. 7And some fell among thorns, and
the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 8And other fell on good ground,
and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some
thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred. 9And he
said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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4And when
much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city,
he spake by a parable: 5A sower
went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it
was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 6And some fell upon a rock; and
as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. 7And some fell among thorns; and
the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. 8And
other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And
when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him
hear.
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Sower, The: Explained
Matthew
13:18-23
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Mark
4:13-20
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Luke
8:11-15
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18Hear ye
therefore the parable of the sower. 19When any
one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is
he which received seed by the way side. 20But he
that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the
word, and anon with joy receiveth it; 21Yet hath
he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or
persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. 22He also that received seed
among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and
the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. 23But he that received seed into
the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and
bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
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13And he
said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all
parables? 14The
sower soweth the word. 15And
these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have
heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in
their hearts. 16And
these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have
heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; 17And have no root in themselves,
and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution
ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended. 18And these are they which are
sown among thorns; such as hear the word, 19And the
cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other
things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. 20And these are they which are
sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some
an hundred.
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11Now the
parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 12Those by
the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the
word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. 13They on the rock are they, which, when they hear,
receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe,
and in time of temptation fall away. 14And that
which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and
are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. 15But that on the good ground are
they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with
patience.
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Speck in the Eye
Matthew
7:1-5
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1Judge
not, that ye be not judged. 2For with
what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it
shall be measured to you again. 3And why
beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the
beam that is in thine own eye? 4Or how
wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and,
behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5Thou hypocrite, first cast out
the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out
the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
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Strait Gate - Narrow Is the Way
Matthew
7:13-14
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Luke
13:24
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13Enter ye
in at the strait gate: for wide is
the gate, and broad is the way,
that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.
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24Strive
to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter
in, and shall not be able.
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Strongman's House
Matthew
12:29-30
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Luke
11:21-23
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29Or else
how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he
first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house. 30He that is not with me is
against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
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21When a
strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: 22But when a stronger than he
shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour
wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. 23He that
is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.
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Talents, Three Servants
Matthew
25:14-30
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Luke
19:11-27
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14For the kingdom of heaven is as a man
travelling into a far country, who
called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 15And unto one he gave five
talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his
several ability; and straightway took his journey. 16Then he that had received the
five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. 17And
likewise he that had received two,
he also gained other two. 18But he
that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.
19After a long time the lord of
those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. 20And so
he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents,
saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained
beside them five talents more. 21His lord
said unto him, Well done, thou good
and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make
thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 22He also that had received two
talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I
have gained two other talents beside them. 23His lord
said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful
over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into
the joy of thy lord. 24Then he
which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou
art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou
hast not strawed: 25And I
was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. 26His lord
answered and said unto him, Thou
wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and
gather where I have not strawed: 27Thou
oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have
received mine own with usury. 28Take
therefore the talent from him, and give it
unto him which hath ten talents. 29For unto
every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him
that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. 30And cast ye the unprofitable
servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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11And as
they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to
Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should
immediately appear. 12He said
therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself
a kingdom, and to return. 13And he
called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them,
Occupy till I come. 14But his
citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have
this man to reign over us. 15And it came to pass, that when
he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these
servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might
know how much every man had gained by trading. 16Then
came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. 17And he said unto him, Well,
thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have
thou authority over ten cities. 18And the
second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. 19And he said likewise to him, Be
thou also over five cities. 20And another
came, saying, Lord, behold, here is
thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: 21For I
feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou
layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. 22And he saith unto him, Out of
thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou
wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid
not down, and reaping that I did not sow: 23Wherefore
then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have
required mine own with usury? 24And he
said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds. 25(And they said unto him, Lord,
he hath ten pounds.) 26For I
say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him
that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. 27But those mine enemies, which
would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
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Ten Virgins
Matthew
25:1-13
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1Then
shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their
lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2And five
of them were wise, and five were
foolish. 3They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4But the wise took oil in their
vessels with their lamps. 5While
the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6And at midnight there was a cry
made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7Then all those virgins arose,
and trimmed their lamps. 8And the
foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. 9But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for
us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 10And while they went to buy, the
bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage:
and the door was shut. 11Afterward
came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12But he answered and said,
Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13Watch therefore,
for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
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Thief in the Night
Matthew
24:36-37
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Mark
13:24-27
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Luke
17:26-36
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36But of
that day and hour knoweth no man,
no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37But as
the days of Noe were, so shall also
the coming of the Son of man be.
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24But in
those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon
shall not give her light, 25And the
stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be
shaken. 26And then shall they see the Son
of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. 27And then shall he send his
angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the
uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
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26And as
it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
27They did eat, they drank, they
married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered
into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 28Likewise also as it was in the
days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted,
they builded; 29But the
same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven,
and destroyed them all. 30Even thus shall it be in the
day when the Son of man is revealed. 31In that
day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him
not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise
not return back. 32Remember
Lot’s wife. 33Whosoever
shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life
shall preserve it. 34I tell
you, in that night there shall be two men
in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 35Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the
other left. 36Two men shall be in the field; the one
shall be taken, and the other left.
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Things That Defile Man
Matthew
15:10-11
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Mark
7:14-16
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10And he
called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: 11Not that which goeth into the
mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a
man.
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14And when
he had called all the people unto him,
he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: 15There is
nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the
things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. 16If any man have ears to hear, let
him hear.
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Things That Defile Man Explained
Matthew
15:15-20
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15Then
answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable. 16And Jesus said, Are ye also yet
without understanding? 17Do not
ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the
belly, and is cast out into the draught? 18But
those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and
they defile the man. 19For out
of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts,
false witness, blasphemies: 20These
are the things which defile a man:
but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
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Treasures in Heaven
Matthew
6:19-21
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Luke
12:33-34
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19Lay not
up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and
where thieves break through and steal: 20But lay
up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21For where your treasure is,
there will your heart be also.
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33Sell
that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a
treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither
moth corrupteth. 34For where
your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
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Treasures New and Old, Householder
Matthew
13:52
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52Then
said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which
is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth
forth out of his treasure things
new and old.
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Tree and Its Fruit
Matthew
12:33-37
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Luke
6:43-45
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33Either
make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and
his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. 34O
generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of
the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35A good
man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an
evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 36But I say unto you, That every
idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of
judgment. 37For by
thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
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43For a
good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring
forth good fruit. 44For
every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs,
nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. 45A good
man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good;
and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that
which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
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Two Debtors
Luke
7:41-43
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41There
was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred
pence, and the other fifty. 42And when
they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore,
which of them will love him most? 43Simon
answered and said, I suppose that he,
to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
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Two Housebuilders, House Upon the Rock
Matthew
7:24-27
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Luke
6:46-49
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24Therefore
whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him
unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25And the rain descended, and the
floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not:
for it was founded upon a rock. 26And
every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be
likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27And the rain descended, and the
floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and
great was the fall of it.
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46And why
call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? 47Whosoever cometh to me, and
heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: 48He is like a man which built an
house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood
arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it:
for it was founded upon a rock. 49But he
that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an
house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and
immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
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Two Sons
Matthew
21:28-31
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28But what
think ye? A certain man had two
sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
29He answered and said, I will
not: but afterward he repented, and went. 30And he
came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. 31Whether of them twain did the
will of his father? They say unto
him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the
publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
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Unclean Spirit
Matthew
12:43-45
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Luke
11:24-26
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43When the
unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking
rest, and findeth none. 44Then he
saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is
come, he findeth it empty, swept,
and garnished. 45Then
goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than
himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be
also unto this wicked generation.
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24When the
unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking
rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came
out. 25And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. 26Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked
than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the
first.
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Unforgiving Servant
Matthew
18:21-35
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21Then
came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me,
and I forgive him? till seven times? 22Jesus
saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy
times seven. 23Therefore
is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take
account of his servants. 24And when
he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand
talents. 25But forasmuch as he had not to
pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all
that he had, and payment to be made. 26The
servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience
with me, and I will pay thee all. 27Then the
lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave
him the debt. 28But the
same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an
hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. 29And his fellowservant fell down
at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay
thee all. 30And he
would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. 31So when his fellowservants saw
what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all
that was done. 32Then his
lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I
forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: 33Shouldest not thou also have
had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? 34And his lord was wroth, and
delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto
him. 35So likewise shall my heavenly
Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his
brother their trespasses.
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Use of Parables
Matthew
13:34-35
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Mark
4:33-34
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34All
these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a
parable spake he not unto them: 35That it
might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my
mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the
foundation of the world.
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33And with
many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it. 34But
without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he
expounded all things to his disciples.
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Vineyard and Vine Dressers
Matthew
21:33-46
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Mark
12:1-12
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Luke
20:9-19
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33Hear
another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard,
and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower,
and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: 34And when the time of the fruit
drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive
the fruits of it. 35And the
husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned
another. 36Again, he sent other servants
more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. 37But last of all he sent unto
them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. 38But when
the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir;
come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. 39And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. 40When the
lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
41They say unto him, He will
miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the
fruits in their seasons. 42Jesus
saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the
builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the
Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? 43Therefore
say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a
nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. 44And
whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it
shall fall, it will grind him to powder. 45And when
the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that
he spake of them. 46But when
they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took
him for a prophet.
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1And he
began to speak unto them by parables. A certain
man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for
the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a
far country. 2And at
the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from
the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. 3And they
caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. 4And again he sent unto them
another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled. 5And again he sent another; and
him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some. 6Having yet therefore one son,
his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence
my son. 7But those husbandmen said among
themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance
shall be ours. 8And they
took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. 9What shall therefore the lord
of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give
the vineyard unto others. 10And have
ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become
the head of the corner: 11This was
the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? 12And they sought to lay hold on
him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable
against them: and they left him, and went their way.
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9Then
began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a
vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a
long time. 10And at
the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of
the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. 11And again he sent another
servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him
away empty. 12And
again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out. 13Then
said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son:
it may be they will reverence him
when they see him. 14But when
the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the
heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours. 15So they cast him out of the
vineyard, and killed him. What
therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them? 16He shall come and destroy these
husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid. 17And he beheld them, and said,
What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the
same is become the head of the corner? 18Whosoever
shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall,
it will grind him to powder. 19And the
chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and
they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable
against them.
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Wheat and Tares (Weeds)
Matthew
13:24-30
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24Another
parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto
a man which sowed good seed in his field: 25But
while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his
way. 26But when the blade was sprung
up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 27So the servants of the
householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy
field? from whence then hath it tares? 28He said
unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou
then that we go and gather them up? 29But he
said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with
them. 30Let both grow together until
the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye
together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather
the wheat into my barn.
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Wheat and Tares (Weeds) Explained
Matthew
13:36-43
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36Then
Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples
came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
37He answered and said unto them,
He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; 38The
field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the
tares are the children of the wicked one;
39The enemy that sowed them is
the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the
angels. 40As therefore the tares are
gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. 41The Son of man shall send forth
his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend,
and them which do iniquity; 42And
shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing
of teeth. 43Then
shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.
Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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Watchful Servants
Matthew
24:45-51
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Luke
12:45-48
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45Who then
is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his
household, to give them meat in due season? 46Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he
cometh shall find so doing. 47Verily I
say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. 48But and if that evil servant
shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; 49And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and
drink with the drunken; 50The lord
of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not
aware of, 51And
shall cut him asunder, and appoint him
his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of
teeth.
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45But and
if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall
begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be
drunken; 46The lord of that servant will
come in a day when he looketh not for him,
and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will
appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. 47And that
servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with
many stripes. 48But he that knew not, and did
commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is
given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of
him they will ask the more.
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Wedding Banquet and Garments
Matthew
22:1-14
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Luke
14:15-23
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1And
Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, 2The kingdom of heaven is like
unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, 3And sent forth his servants to
call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. 4Again, he sent forth other
servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my
dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. 5But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm,
another to his merchandise: 6And the
remnant took his servants, and entreated them
spitefully, and slew them. 7But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent
forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. 8Then saith he to his servants,
The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. 9Go ye therefore into the
highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. 10So those servants went out into
the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and
good: and the wedding was furnished with guests. 11And when
the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a
wedding garment: 12And he
saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding
garment? And he was speechless. 13Then
said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and
cast him into outer darkness; there
shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 14For many
are called, but few are chosen.
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15And when
one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him,
Blessed is he that shall eat bread
in the kingdom of God. 16Then
said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: 17And sent his servant at supper
time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. 18And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The
first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and
see it: I pray thee have me excused. 19And
another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray
thee have me excused. 20And
another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. 21So that servant came, and
shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said
to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and
bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. 22And the servant said, Lord, it
is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. 23And the lord said unto the
servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
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Widow and the Unjust Judge
Luke
18:1-8
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1And he
spake a parable unto them to this end,
that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; 2Saying,
There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 3And there was a widow in that
city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 4And he would not for a while:
but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5Yet because this widow
troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. 6And the Lord said, Hear what
the unjust judge saith. 7And
shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though
he bear long with them? 8I tell
you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man
cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
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Old Testament
Boiling Pot, and its scum
Ezekiel
24:3-5
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3And
utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the
Lord God; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it: 4Gather the pieces thereof into
it, even every good piece, the
thigh, and the shoulder; fill it
with the choice bones. 5Take the
choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it
therein.
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Cedar in Lebanon
Ezekiel
31:3-18
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3Behold,
the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon
with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and
his top was among the thick boughs. 4The
waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running
round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of
the field. 5Therefore
his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were
multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters,
when he shot forth. 6All the
fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did
all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow
dwelt all great nations. 7Thus was
he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by
great waters. 8The
cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like
his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in
the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty. 9I have made him fair by the
multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.10Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast lifted up
thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and
his heart is lifted up in his height; 11I have
therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he
shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness. 12And strangers, the terrible of
the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in
all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the
rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his
shadow, and have left him. 13Upon his
ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the
field shall be upon his branches: 14To the
end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their
height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their
trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all
delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the
children of men, with them that go down to the pit.15Thus saith the Lord God; In the day when he went down to
the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained
the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to
mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. 16I made the nations to shake at
the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend
into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all
that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth. 17They also went down into hell
with him unto them that be slain
with the sword; and they that were
his arm, that dwelt under his
shadow in the midst of the heathen. 18To whom
art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet
shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of
the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude,
saith the Lord God.
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Drunkard
Proverbs
23:29-35
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29Who hath
woe? who hath sorrow?Who hath contentions? who hath babbling?Who hath wounds
without cause?Who hath redness of eyes?30They
that tarry long at the wine;They that go to seek mixed wine.31Look not thou upon the wine
when it is red,When it giveth his colour in the cup,When it moveth itself aright.32At the
last it biteth like a serpent,And stingeth like an adder.33Thine eyes shall behold strange
women,And thine heart shall utter perverse things.34Yea,
thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea,Or as he that
lieth upon the top of a mast.35They
have stricken me, shalt thou say, and
I was not sick;They have beaten me, and
I felt it not:When shall I awake?I
will seek it yet again.
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Dry Bones in the valley
Ezekiel
37:1-15
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1The hand
of the Lord was upon me, and
carried me out in the spirit of the Lord,
and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, 2And
caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. 3And he said unto me, Son of
man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest. 4Again he
said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones,
hear the word of the Lord. 5Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will
cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: 6And I will lay sinews upon you,
and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in
you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 7So I prophesied as I was
commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and
the bones came together, bone to his bone. 8And when
I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin
covered them above: but there was
no breath in them. 9Then
said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the
wind, Thus saith the Lord God;
Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they
may live. 10So I
prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived,
and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. 11Then he said unto me, Son of
man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones
are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. 12Therefore prophesy and say unto
them, Thus saith the Lord God;
Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of
your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. 13And ye shall know that I am the Lord,
when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your
graves, 14And shall put my spirit in you,
and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know
that I the Lord have spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord.15The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,
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Escaped Prisoner
1
Kings 20:35-43
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35And a
certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word
of the Lord, Smite me, I pray
thee. And the man refused to smite him. 36Then
said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as thou art
departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from
him, a lion found him, and slew him. 37Then he
found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so
that in smiting he wounded him. 38So the prophet departed, and
waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his
face. 39And as the king passed by, he
cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the
battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said,
Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his
life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver. 40And as
thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said
unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it. 41And he
hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel
discerned him that he was of the prophets.
42And he said unto him, Thus
saith the Lord, Because thou
hast let go out of thy hand a man
whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his
life, and thy people for his people. 43And the
king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
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God's Vineyard (The Unfruitful Vineyard)
Isaiah
5:1-6
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1Now will
I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard.My
wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:2And he fenced it, and gathered
out the stones thereof,And planted it with the choicest vine,And built a
tower in the midst of it,And also made a winepress therein:And he looked that
it should bring forth grapes,And it brought forth wild grapes.3And now, O inhabitants of
Jerusalem, and men of Judah,Judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.4What could have been done more
to my vineyard,That I have not done in it?Wherefore, when I looked that it
should bring forth grapes,Brought it forth wild grapes?5And now go to; I will tell you
what I will do to my vineyard:I will take away the hedge thereof, and it
shall be eaten up;And break down
the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:6And I
will lay it waste:It shall not be pruned, nor digged;But there shall come up
briers and thorns:I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon
it.
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Great Eagles and the Vine
Ezekiel
17:1-10
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1And the
word of the Lord came unto me,
saying, 2Son of man, put forth a riddle,
and speak a parable unto the house of Israel; 3And say,
Thus saith the Lord God; A great
eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers
colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: 4He cropped off the top of his
young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of
merchants. 5He took
also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree. 6And it
grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned
toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and
brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. 7There
was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold,
this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward
him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation. 8It was planted in a good soil
by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear
fruit, that it might be a goodly vine. 9Say
thou, Thus saith the Lord God;
Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the
fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her
spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots
thereof. 10Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall
it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the
furrows where it grew.
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Jerusalem's Confinement
Ezekiel
4:7-8
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7Therefore
thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt
prophesy against it. 8And,
behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one
side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
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Jerusalem's Iniquity
Ezekiel
4:4-6
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4Lie thou
also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it:
according to the number of the days
that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. 5For I have laid upon thee the
years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred
and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. 6And when thou hast accomplished
them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the
house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.
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Jerusalem's Siege
Ezekiel
4:1-3
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1Thou
also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon
it the city, even Jerusalem: 2And lay siege against it, and
build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also
against it, and set battering rams
against it round about. 3Moreover
take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face
against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it.
This shall be a sign to the house
of Israel.
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Jerusalem's Sinfulness
Ezekiel
5:1-17
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1And
thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber’s rasor, and
cause it to pass upon thine head
and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair. 2Thou
shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of
the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a
third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after
them. 3Thou shalt also take thereof a
few in number, and bind them in thy skirts. 4Then
take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them
in the fire; for thereof shall a
fire come forth into all the house of Israel.5Thus
saith the Lord God; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the
midst of the nations and countries that
are round about her. 6And she
hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my
statutes more than the countries that are
round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they
have not walked in them. 7Therefore
thus saith the Lord God; Because
ye multiplied more than the nations that are
round about you, and have not
walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done
according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you; 8Therefore
thus saith the Lord God; Behold,
I, even I, am against thee, and
will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations. 9And I will do in thee that
which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because
of all thine abominations. 10Therefore
the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat
their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of
thee will I scatter into all the winds. 11Wherefore,
as I live, saith the Lord God; Surely, because thou hast defiled
my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations,
therefore will I also diminish thee;
neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity. 12A third part of thee shall die
with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of
thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will
scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after
them. 13Thus shall mine anger be
accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be
comforted: and they shall know that I the Lord
have spoken it in my zeal, when I
have accomplished my fury in them. 14Moreover
I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of
all that pass by. 15So it
shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the
nations that are round about thee,
when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious
rebukes. I the Lord have spoken it. 16When I
shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you:
and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread: 17So will I send upon you famine
and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall
pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the Lord have spoken it.
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Jerusalem's Starvation
Ezekiel
4:9-17
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9Take
thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet,
and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days
that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou
eat thereof. 10And thy
meat which thou shalt eat shall be
by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. 11Thou shalt drink also water by
measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink. 12And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake
it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. 13And the Lord said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their
defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them. 14Then said I, Ah Lord God! behold, my soul hath not been
polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which
dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh
into my mouth. 15Then he
said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt
prepare thy bread therewith. 16Moreover
he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in
Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall
drink water by measure, and with astonishment: 17That
they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume
away for their iniquity.
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Linen Waist-Cloth
Jeremiah
13:1-11
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1Thus
saith the Lord unto me, Go and
get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water. 2So I got a girdle according to
the word of the Lord, and put it on my loins. 3And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time,
saying, 4Take the girdle that thou hast
got, which is upon thy loins, and
arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock. 5So I went, and hid it by
Euphrates, as the Lord commanded
me. 6And it came to pass after many
days, that the Lord said unto me,
Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded
thee to hide there. 7Then I
went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had
hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing. 8Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 9Thus saith the Lord, After this manner will I mar the
pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem. 10This
evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of
their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them,
shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing. 11For as the girdle cleaveth to
the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of
Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the Lord; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a
name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
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Lion's Whelps
Ezekiel
19:2-9
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2And say,
What is thy mother? A lioness: she
lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. 3And she brought up one of her
whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured
men. 4The nations also heard of him;
he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of
Egypt. 5Now when she saw that she had
waited, and her hope was lost, then
she took another of her whelps, and
made him a young lion. 6And he
went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to
catch the prey, and devoured men. 7And he knew their desolate
palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the
fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring. 8Then the
nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their
net over him: he was taken in their pit. 9And they
put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they
brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the
mountains of Israel.
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Living Waters
Ezekiel
47:1-12
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1Afterward
he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued
out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the
house stood toward the east, and
the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the
south side of the altar. 2Then brought he me out of the
way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter
gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on
the right side. 3And when
the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a
thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ancles. 4Again he measured a thousand, and
brought me through the waters; the waters were
to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the
waters were to the loins. 5Afterward he measured a
thousand; and it was a river that I
could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river
that could not be passed over.6And he
said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this?
Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river. 7Now when I had returned,
behold, at the bank of the river were
very many trees on the one side and on the other. 8Then
said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down
into the desert, and go into the sea: which
being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. 9And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which
moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a
very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for
they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh. 10And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it
from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to
their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many. 11But the miry places thereof and
the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt. 12And by the river upon the bank
thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose
leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall
bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they
issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the
leaf thereof for medicine.
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Plowman (good out of evil)
Isaiah
28:23-29
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23Give ye
ear, and hear my voice;Hearken, and hear my speech.24Doth the plowman plow all day
to sow?Doth he open and break the clods of his ground?25When he hath made plain the
face thereof,Doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin,And
cast in the principal wheatAnd the appointed barley and the rie in their
place?26For his God doth instruct him
to discretion, and doth teach him.27For the fitches are not
threshed with a threshing instrument,Neither is a cart wheel turned about
upon the cummin;But the fitches are beaten out with a staff,And the cummin
with a rod.28Bread corn is bruised;Because he will not
ever be threshing it,Nor break it with
the wheel of his cart,Nor bruise it with
his horsemen.29This
also cometh forth from the Lord
of hosts,Which is wonderful in
counsel, and excellent in working.
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Poor Man's Ewe Lamb
2
Samuel 12:1-4
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1And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he
came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one
rich, and the other poor. 2The rich
man had exceeding many flocks and
herds: 3But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe
lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him,
and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup,
and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. 4And there came a traveller unto
the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to
dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man’s
lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
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Poor Wise Man
Ecclesiastes
9:14-18
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14There was a little city, and few men
within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built
great bulwarks against it: 15Now
there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the
city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. 16Then
said I, Wisdom is better than
strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. 17The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the
cry of him that ruleth among fools. 18Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one
sinner destroyeth much good.
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Potter, The
Jeremiah
18:1-10
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1The word
which came to Jeremiah from the Lord,
saying, 2Arise, and go down to the
potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. 3Then I went down to the
potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. 4And the vessel that he made of
clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another
vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. 5Then the
word of the Lord came to me,
saying, 6O house of Israel, cannot I do
with you as this potter? saith the Lord.
Behold, as the clay is in the
potter’s hand, so are ye in mine
hand, O house of Israel. 7At what instant I shall speak
concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down,
and to destroy it; 8If that nation, against whom I
have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I
thought to do unto them. 9And at what instant I shall speak
concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; 10If it do
evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good,
wherewith I said I would benefit them.
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Samson's Riddle
Judges
14:14
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14And he
said unto them,Out of the eater came forth meat,And out of the strong came
forth sweetness.And they could not in three days expound the riddle.
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Sea Monster
Ezekiel
32:1-16
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1And it
came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord
came unto me, saying, 2Son of
man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou
art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy
rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers. 3Thus saith the Lord God; I will therefore spread out my
net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in
my net. 4Then will I leave thee upon the
land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the
fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the
whole earth with thee. 5And I
will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height. 6I will also water with thy
blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even
to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee. 7And when I shall put thee out,
I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the
sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. 8All the bright lights of heaven
will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God. 9I will
also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among
the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known. 10Yea, I will make many people
amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I
shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own
life, in the day of thy fall.11For thus
saith the Lord God; The sword of
the king of Babylon shall come upon thee. 12By the
swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the
nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the
multitude thereof shall be destroyed. 13I will
destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither
shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble
them. 14Then will I make their waters
deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord God. 15When I
shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of
that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein,
then shall they know that I am the Lord. 16This is the lamentation wherewith they
shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall
lament for her, even for Egypt, and
for all her multitude, saith the Lord God.
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Shepherds and the Flock
Ezekiel
34:1-31
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1And the
word of the Lord came unto me,
saying, 2Son of man, prophesy against
the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do
feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks? 3Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe
you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock. 4The
diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was
sick, neither have ye bound up that
which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven
away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with
cruelty have ye ruled them. 5And they
were scattered, because there is no
shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were
scattered. 6My sheep
wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock
was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.7Therefore,
ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord;
8As I live,
saith the Lord God, surely
because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of
the field, because there was no
shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed
themselves, and fed not my flock; 9Therefore,
O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord;
10Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their
hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the
shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their
mouth, that they may not be meat for them.11For thus
saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and
seek them out. 12As a
shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out
my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been
scattered in the cloudy and dark day. 13And I
will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and
will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel
by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 14I will feed them in a good
pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there
shall they lie in a good fold, and in
a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. 15I will feed my flock, and I
will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God.
16I will seek that which was
lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will
strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I
will feed them with judgment. 17And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the
Lord God; Behold, I judge
between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats. 18Seemeth
it
a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread
down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the
deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet? 19And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your
feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.20Therefore thus saith the Lord God unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat
cattle and between the lean cattle. 21Because
ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with
your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; 22Therefore
will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge
between cattle and cattle. 23And I
will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed
them, and he shall be their shepherd. 24And I
the Lord will be their God, and
my servant David a prince among them; I the Lord
have spoken it. 25And I will make with them a
covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land:
and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. 26And I will make them and the
places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come
down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing. 27And the tree of the field shall
yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be
safe in their land, and shall know that I am
the Lord, when I have broken the
bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served
themselves of them. 28And they
shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land
devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid. 29And I will raise up for them a
plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land,
neither bear the shame of the heathen any more. 30Thus
shall they know that I the Lord
their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are
my people, saith the Lord God. 31And ye my flock, the flock of
my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God.
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Sluggard and His Vineyard (Field)
Proverbs
24:30-34
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30I went
by the field of the slothful,And by the vineyard of the man void of
understanding;31And, lo,
it was all grown over with thorns,And
nettles had covered the face thereof,And the stone wall thereof was broken
down.32Then I saw, and considered it well:I looked upon it,
and received instruction.33Yet a little sleep, a little
slumber,A little folding of the hands to sleep:34So shall
thy poverty come as one that
travelleth;And thy want as an armed man.
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Thistle and Cedar
2
Kings 14:8-9
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8Then
Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of
Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. 9And Jehoash the king of Israel
sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and
there passed by a wild beast that was
in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
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Trees making a King
Judges
9:7-15
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7And when
they told it to Jotham, he went and
stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said
unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
8The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them;
and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. 9But the olive tree said unto
them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and
go to be promoted over the trees? 10And the
trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and
reign over us. 11But the
fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit,
and go to be promoted over the trees? 12Then
said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and
reign over us. 13And the
vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and
go to be promoted over the trees? 14Then
said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. 15And the
bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of
the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
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True and False Shepherd
Zechariah
11:3-10
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3There is a voice of the howling of the
shepherds; for their glory is spoiled:A voice of the roaring of young lions;
for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.4Thus
saith the Lord my God; Feed the
flock of the slaughter;5Whose
possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty:And they that sell them
say, Blessed be the Lord; for I am rich:And their own
shepherds pity them not.6For I
will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord:But, lo, I will deliver the
menEvery one into his neighbour’s hand, and into the hand of his king:And
they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.7And I
will feed the flock of slaughter, even
you, O poor of the flock.And I took unto me two staves; the one I called
Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. 8Three shepherds also I cut off
in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me. 9Then said I, I will not feed
you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be
cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another. 10And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that
I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
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Two Harlots
Ezekiel
23:2-21
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2Son of
man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: 3And they committed whoredoms in
Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts
pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. 4And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah
her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.5And Aholah played the harlot
when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours, 6Which
were
clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men,
horsemen riding upon horses. 7Thus she
committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she
doted: with all their idols she defiled herself. 8Neither
left she her whoredoms brought from
Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of
her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her. 9Wherefore I have delivered her
into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she
doted. 10These discovered her nakedness:
they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she
became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.11And when her sister Aholibah
saw this, she was more corrupt in
her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms. 12She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers
clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable
young men. 13Then I
saw that she was defiled, that they
took both one way, 14And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed
upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion, 15Girded with girdles upon their
loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look
to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their
nativity: 16And as
soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers
unto them into Chaldea. 17And the
Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their
whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from
them. 18So she discovered her
whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her,
like as my mind was alienated from her sister. 19Yet she
multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth,
wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt. 20For she doted upon their
paramours, whose flesh is as the
flesh of asses, and whose issue is like
the issue of horses. 21Thus
thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats
by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.
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Vision of Micaiah
1
Kings 22:17-23
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17And he
said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a
shepherd: and the Lord said,
These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace. 18And the king of Israel said
unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good
concerning me, but evil? 19And he
said, Hear thou therefore the word of the Lord:
I saw the Lord sitting on his
throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on
his left. 20And the Lord said, Who shall persuade Ahab,
that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and
another said on that manner. 21And
there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him. 22And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go
forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he
said, Thou shalt persuade him, and
prevail also: go forth, and do so. 23Now
therefore, behold, the Lord hath
put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee.
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Widows Olive Oil
2Kings
4:1-7
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1Now
there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto
Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy
servant did fear the Lord: and
the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. 2And Elisha said unto her, What
shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine
handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. 3Then he said, Go, borrow thee
vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even
empty vessels; borrow not a few. 4And when
thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and
shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is
full. 5So she went from him, and shut
the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. 6And it came to pass, when the
vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he
said unto her, There is not a
vessel more. And the oil stayed. 7Then she
came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt,
and live thou and thy children of the rest.
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Woman of Tekoah, etc.
2
Samuel 14:6-11
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6And thy
handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the
one smote the other, and slew him. 7And,
behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said,
Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his
brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall
quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the
earth. 8And the king said unto the
woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee. 9And the woman of Tekoah said
unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house: and the king and his throne be guiltless. 10And the king said, Whosoever
saith ought unto thee, bring him to
me, and he shall not touch thee any more. 11Then
said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the Lord thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers
of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the Lord
liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
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