Lexicon :: Strong's G1380 - dokeō

“And don’t presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.

“When you pray, don’t babble like the Gentiles, since they imagine they’ll be heard for their many words.

“Yes,” he said.

When he went into the house, Jesus spoke to him first,[fn] “What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tariffs or taxes? From their sons or from strangers? ”[fn]

“What do you think? If someone has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, won’t he leave the ninety-nine on the hillside and go and search for the stray?

“What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘My son, go work in the vineyard today.’

“Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? ”

“This is why you are also to be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

“Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and he will provide me here and now with more than twelve legions of angels?

When they saw him walking on the sea, they thought it was a ghost and cried out,

Jesus called them over and said to them, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions act as tyrants over them.

So it also seemed good to me, since I have carefully investigated everything from the very first, to write to you in an orderly sequence, most honorable Theophilus,

“Therefore take care how you listen. For whoever has, more will be given to him; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”

“Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers? ”

“You also be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”

And he[fn] responded to them, “Do you think that these Galileans were more sinful than all the other Galileans because they suffered these things?

“Does he thank that servant because he did what was commanded?[fn]

As they were listening to this, he went on to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem, and they thought the kingdom of God was going to appear right away.

Then a dispute also arose among them about who should be considered the greatest.

But they were startled and terrified and thought they were seeing a ghost.

“You pore over the Scriptures because you think you have eternal life in them, and yet they testify about me.

Jesus, however, was speaking about his death, but they thought he was speaking about natural sleep.

Since Judas kept the money-bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the festival,” or that he should give something to the poor.

“They will ban you from the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering service to God.

“Woman,” Jesus said to her, “why are you crying? Who is it that you’re seeking? ”

Supposing he was the gardener, she replied, “Sir, if you’ve carried him away, tell me where you’ve put him, and I will take him away.”

So he went out and followed, and he did not know that what the angel did was really happening, but he thought he was seeing a vision.

Then the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, decided to select men who were among them and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas, called Barsabbas, and Silas, both leading men among the brothers.