Lexicon :: Strong's G3123 - mallon

“Consider the birds of the sky: They don’t sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth more than they?

“If that’s how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, won’t he do much more for you ​— ​you of little faith?

“If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him.

“Instead, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

“It is enough for a disciple to become like his teacher and a slave like his master. If they called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much more the members of his household!

“Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

“And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices over that sheep[fn] more than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

“The wise ones answered, ‘No, there won’t be enough for us and for you. Go instead to those who sell oil, and buy some for yourselves.’

When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that a riot was starting instead, he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood.[fn] See to it yourselves! ”

had endured much under many doctors. She had spent everything she had and was not helped at all. On the contrary, she became worse.

He ordered them to tell no one, but the more he ordered them, the more they proclaimed it.

“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.

Many warned him to keep quiet, but he was crying out all the more, “Have mercy on me, Son of David! ”

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd so that he would release Barabbas to them instead.

But the news[fn] about him spread even more, and large crowds would come together to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

“If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him? ”

“Consider the ravens: They don’t sow or reap; they don’t have a storeroom or a barn; yet God feeds them. Aren’t you worth much more than the birds?

“If that’s how God clothes the grass, which is in the field today and is thrown into the furnace tomorrow, how much more will he do for you ​— ​you of little faith?

Then those in front told him to keep quiet,[fn] but he kept crying out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me! ”

“This is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.

This is why the Jews began trying all the more to kill him: Not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal to God.

For they loved human praise more than praise from God.

When Pilate heard this statement, he was more afraid than ever.

Peter and John answered them, “Whether it’s right in the sight of God for us to listen to you rather than to God, you decide;

Believers were added to the Lord in increasing numbers ​— ​multitudes of both men and women.

Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than people.

But Saul grew stronger and kept confounding the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Messiah.

“In every way I’ve shown you that it is necessary to help the weak by laboring like this and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, because he said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”

When they heard that he was addressing them in Aramaic,[fn] they became even quieter.

But the centurion paid attention to the captain and the owner of the ship rather than to what Paul said.

How much more then, since we have now been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from wrath.

But the gift is not like the trespass. For if by the one man’s trespass the many died, how much more have the grace of God and the gift which comes through the grace of the one man Jesus Christ overflowed to the many.

If by the one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the overflow of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.

Who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is the one who died, but even more, has been raised; he also is at the right hand of God and intercedes for us.

Now if their transgression brings riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fullness bring!

For if you were cut off from your native wild olive tree and against nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these ​— ​the natural branches ​— ​be grafted into their own olive tree?

Therefore, let us no longer judge one another. Instead decide never to put a stumbling block or pitfall in the way of your brother or sister.

And you are arrogant! Shouldn’t you be filled with grief and remove from your congregation the one who did this?

As it is, to have legal disputes against one another is already a defeat for you. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

Were you called while a slave? Don’t let it concern you. But if you can become free, by all means take the opportunity.[fn]

If others have this right to receive benefits from you, don’t we even more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right; instead, we endure everything so that we will not hinder the gospel of Christ.

For my part I have used none of these rights, nor have I written these things that they may be applied in my case. For it would be better for me to die than for anyone to deprive me of my boast!

On the contrary, those parts of the body that are weaker are indispensable.

Pursue love and desire spiritual gifts, and especially that you may prophesy.

I wish all of you spoke in tongues,[fn] but even more that you prophesied. The person who prophesies is greater than the person who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be built up.

I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you;

As a result, you should instead forgive and comfort him. Otherwise, he may be overwhelmed by excessive grief.

how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious?