Lexicon :: Strong's G2228 - ē

and to offer a sacrifice (according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons).

It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he saw the Lord’s Messiah.

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

Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you: Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it? ”

and sent them to the Lord, asking, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else? ”

“No one, after lighting a lamp, covers it with a basket or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in may see its light.

“You give them something to eat,” he told them.

“We have no more than five loaves and two fish,” they said, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

“For what does it benefit someone if he gains the whole world, and yet loses or forfeits himself?

“I tell you, on that day it will be more tolerable for Sodom than for that town.

“But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.

“Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

“Whenever they bring you before synagogues and rulers and authorities, don’t worry about how you should defend yourselves or what you should say.

“Friend,”[fn] he said to him, “who appointed me a judge or arbitrator over you? ”

“Lord,” Peter asked, “are you telling this parable to us or to everyone? ”

“And that servant who knew his master’s will and didn’t prepare himself or do it[fn] will be severely beaten.

“Do you think that I came here to bring peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.

“Or those eighteen that the tower in Siloam fell on and killed ​— ​do you think they were more sinful than all the other people who live in Jerusalem?

But the Lord answered him and said, “Hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you untie his ox or donkey from the feeding trough on the Sabbath and lead it to water?

In response, Jesus asked the law experts and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not? ”

And to them, he said, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a well, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day? ”

He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, don’t invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors, because they might invite you back, and you would be repaid.

“Or what king, going to war against another king, will not first sit down and decide if he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand?

“I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who don’t need repentance.

“No servant can serve two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

“But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter in the law to drop out.

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

“Which one of you having a servant tending sheep or plowing will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

“no one will say,[fn] ‘See here! ’ or ‘There! ’ For you see, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”[fn]

“They will say to you, ‘See there! ’ or ‘See here! ’ Don’t follow or run after them.

“The Pharisee was standing and praying like this about himself:[fn] ‘God, I thank you that I’m not like other people ​— ​greedy, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

“For 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.”

So he said to them, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left a house, wife or brothers or sisters, parents or children because of the kingdom of God,

and said to him, “Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Who is it who gave you this authority? ”

“was the baptism of John from heaven or of human origin? ”

“Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not? ”

“for I will give you such words and a wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

“For who is greater, the one at the table or the one serving? Isn’t it the one at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves.