But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

The Flight to Egypt

Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.”

saying, “Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead.”

But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God,

And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.

And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well.

Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye?

You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.”

Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, “Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well.” And instantly the woman was made well.

And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

He said to them, “Which one of you who has a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?

But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.”

And he answered, “It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.”

Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus

Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

He said, “Yes.” And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax? From their sons or from others?”

However, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel. Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.”

But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses.

Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you.

And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet.

Let the one who is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his house,

and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak.

Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents.

Institution of the Lord's Supper

Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”

Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Sleep and take your rest later on. See, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk’?

He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts—

for they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.”

And he said to her, “Let the children be fed first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.”

When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They said to him, “Twelve.”

“And the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” And they said to him, “Seven.”

And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart. Get up; he is calling you.”

“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.

And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. This must take place, but the end is not yet.

Let the one who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter his house, to take anything out,

and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak.

Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

Institution of the Lord's Supper

And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.”

And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.

And they crucified him and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take.

And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.”

And behold, you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.”

“Thus the Lord has done for me in the days when he looked on me, to take away my reproach among people.”

How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye.

Take care then how you hear, for to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away.”

And he said to them, “Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not have two tunics.

Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus

And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’

And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

and he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this person,’ and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place.

He said, ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’

Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’

On that day, let the one who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away, and likewise let the one who is in the field not turn back.

for I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man. You take what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’

And he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to the one who has the ten minas.’

and they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.

And they asked him, “Teacher, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when these things are about to take place?”

And when you hear of wars and tumults, do not be terrified, for these things must first take place, but the end will not be at once.”

Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he said, “Take this, and divide it among yourselves.

He said to them, “But now let the one who has a moneybag take it, and likewise a knapsack. And let the one who has no sword sell his cloak and buy one.

And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it.

And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a house of trade.”

Jesus said to him, “Get up, take up your bed, and walk.”

So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed.”

But he answered them, “The man who healed me, that man said to me, ‘Take up your bed, and walk.’ ”

They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?”

Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

Then they were glad to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.

But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this?

For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again.

No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”

Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days.”

If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

I am telling you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am he.

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.

And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe.

He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.

Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.” The Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death.”

When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, “Crucify him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no guilt in him.”

Jesus Is Buried

After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body.

Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”

“For it is written in the Book of Psalms, “‘May his camp become desolate, and let there be no one to dwell in it’; and “‘Let another take his office.’

to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”

to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.

And he said to them, “Men of Israel, take care what you are about to do with these men.

Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take from them a people for his name.

Now Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark.

But Paul thought best not to take with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work.

But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now throw us out secretly? No! Let them come themselves and take us out.”

But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land.

take these men and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may shave their heads. Thus all will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself also live in observance of the law.

as the high priest and the whole council of elders can bear me witness. From them I received letters to the brothers, and I journeyed toward Damascus to take those also who were there and bring them in bonds to Jerusalem to be punished.

And when the dissension became violent, the tribune, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him away from among them by force and bring him into the barracks.

The following night the Lord stood by him and said, “Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must testify also in Rome.”

Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the tribune, for he has something to tell him.”

So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward both God and man.

Yet now I urge you to take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.

So take heart, men, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told.

As day was about to dawn, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have continued in suspense and without food, having taken nothing.

Therefore I urge you to take some food. For it will give you strength, for not a hair is to perish from the head of any of you.”

“and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins.”

According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it.

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!

But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.

Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?

Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.

We take this course so that no one should blame us about this generous gift that is being administered by us,

We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

Did I take advantage of you through any of those whom I sent to you?

I urged Titus to go, and sent the brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not act in the same spirit? Did we not take the same steps?

I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view, and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is.

Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.

In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one;

and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,

If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter, take note of that person, and have nothing to do with him, that he may be ashamed.

Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.

for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world.

Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.

And those descendants of Levi who receive the priestly office have a commandment in the law to take tithes from the people, that is, from their brothers, though these also are descended from Abraham.

For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability.

You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.

Prologue

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Write therefore the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this.

The Throne in Heaven

After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”

And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation,

And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.

Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the scroll that is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”

So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll. And he said to me, “Take and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.”

Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues;

Jesus Is Coming

And he said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.”

The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.

and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.