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saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
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But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”
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But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.”
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When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
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It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”
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Now when it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”
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But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, “It is a ghost!” and they cried out in fear.
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He answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’
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Jesus Is Buried
When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus.
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And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”
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It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth,
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yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.”
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And when it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is now late.
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And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, do not be anxious beforehand what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
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It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to stay awake.
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Jesus Is Buried
And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
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he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.
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But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”
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The Sign of Jonah
When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, “This generation is an evil generation. It seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.
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Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness.
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If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light.”
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Interpreting the Time
He also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, ‘A shower is coming.’ And so it happens.
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Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him,
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so will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
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And when they saw it, they all grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”
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And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
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For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
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The Words of Eternal Life
When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?”
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The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How is it that this man has learning, when he has never studied?”
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We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
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But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
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During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,
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Jesus answered, “It is he to whom I will give this morsel of bread when I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the morsel, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
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Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
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When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
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That disciple whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment, for he was stripped for work, and threw himself into the sea.
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And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk?
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“When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
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But when they had stretched him out for the whips, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, “Is it lawful for you to flog a man who is a Roman citizen and uncondemned?”
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Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
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And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
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By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, “That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged.”
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Thus, sinning against your brothers and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.
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For it is written in the Law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain.” Is it for oxen that God is concerned?
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The Lord's Supper
But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse.
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When you come together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat.
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and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
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if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home—so that when you come together it will not be for judgment. About the other things I will give directions when I come.
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For “God has put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when it says, “all things are put in subjection,” it is plain that he is excepted who put all things in subjection under him.
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On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.
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If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer.
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But their minds were hardened. For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away.
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It is always good to be made much of for a good purpose, and not only when I am present with you,
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from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
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But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible,
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And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.
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For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,
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Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
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For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.