Now John wore a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

The Cost of Following Jesus

Now when Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side.

And when the men of that place recognized him, they sent around to all that region and brought to him all who were sick

but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

The Parable of the Tenants

“Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country.

Now John was clothed with camel's hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey.

And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him.

for he had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed around him to touch him.

And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers are outside, seeking you.”

And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!

The Purpose of the Parables

And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

And his disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, ‘Who touched me?’ ”

And he looked around to see who had done it.

And suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them but Jesus only.

Jesus Heals a Boy with an Unclean Spirit

And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them.

Temptations to Sin

“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!”

And he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

The Parable of the Tenants

And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country.

Beware of the Scribes

And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces

And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear.

And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

And after looking around at them all he said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did so, and his hand was restored.

for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. As Jesus went, the people pressed around him.

And he answered him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure.

It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.

For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side

“Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts,

And when those who were around him saw what would follow, they said, “Lord, shall we strike with the sword?”

So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

I knew that you always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around, that they may believe that you sent me.”

rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his waist.

Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus.

The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven shone around him.

And the angel said to him, “Dress yourself and put on your sandals.” And he did so. And he said to him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”

“As I was on my way and drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from heaven suddenly shone around me.

When he had arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious charges against him that they could not prove.

At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, that shone around me and those who journeyed with me.

by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God—so that from Jerusalem and all the way around to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ;

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest.

And he who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian, and around the throne was a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald.

Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, clothed in white garments, with golden crowns on their heads.

and before the throne there was as it were a sea of glass, like crystal. And around the throne, on each side of the throne, are four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind:

And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands,

And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,

and out of the sanctuary came the seven angels with the seven plagues, clothed in pure, bright linen, with golden sashes around their chests.