Lexicon :: Strong's G2076 - esti

“Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat, and walk’?

Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests cannot fast while the groom is with them, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast.

“So then, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

“But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”[fn] ​— ​

He replied to them, “Who are my mother and my brothers? ”

“Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”

“The kingdom of God is like this,” he said. “A man scatters seed on the ground.

“It’s like a mustard seed that, when sown upon the soil, is the smallest of all the seeds on the ground.

And they were terrified[fn] and asked one another, “Who then is this? Even the wind and the sea obey him! ”

Then he took the child by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum”[fn] (which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, get up”).

Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his household.”

But others said, “He’s Elijah.” Still others said, “He’s a prophet, like one of the prophets from long ago.”

When Herod heard of it, he said, “John, the one I beheaded, has been raised! ”

When it grew late, his disciples approached him and said, “This place is deserted, and it is already late.

They hurried throughout that region and began to carry the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was.

When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they have washed. And there are many other customs they have received and keep, like the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and dining couches.[fn])

“But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or mother: Whatever benefit you might have received from me is corban’ ” (that is, an offering devoted to God),

“Nothing that goes into a person from outside can defile him but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.”[fn]

He said to her, “Let the children be fed first, because it isn’t right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

Looking up to heaven, he sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha! ”[fn] (that is, “Be opened! ”).

A cloud appeared, overshadowing them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is my beloved Son; listen to him! ”

They kept this word to themselves, questioning what “rising from the dead” meant.

“How long has this been happening to him? ” Jesus asked his father.

“From childhood,” he said.

“Don’t stop him,” said Jesus, “because there is no one who will perform a miracle in my name who can soon afterward speak evil of me.

“For whoever is not against us is for us.

“But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to fall away ​— ​it would be better for him if a heavy millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

“And if your hand causes you to fall away, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and go to hell, the unquenchable fire.[fn]

“And if your foot causes you to fall away, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.[fn]

“And if your eye causes you to fall away, gouge it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

The disciples were astonished at his words. Again Jesus said to them, “Children, how hard it is[fn] to enter the kingdom of God!

“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

Looking at them, Jesus said, “With man it is impossible, but not with God, because all things are possible with God.”

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus said, “there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father[fn] or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel,

“But to sit at my right or left is not mine to give; instead, it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”

When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me! ”

“This came about from the Lord

and is wonderful in our eyes? ”

“He is not the God of the dead but of the living. You are badly mistaken.”

One of the scribes approached. When he heard them debating and saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, “Which command is the most important of all? ”

Jesus answered, “The most important[fn] is Listen, Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[fn]

“The second is, Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other command greater than these.”