Lexicon :: Strong's G3748 - hostis

“And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,

are by no means least among the rulers of Judah:

Because out of you will come a ruler

who will shepherd my people Israel.”

“But I tell you, don’t resist[fn] an evildoer. On the contrary, if anyone slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

“And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two.

“Be on your guard against false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravaging wolves.

“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

“But everyone who hears these words of mine and doesn’t act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

“Therefore, everyone who will acknowledge me before others, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.

“For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

“For whoever has, more will be given to him, and he will have more than enough; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

“Therefore,” he said to them, “every teacher of the law[fn] who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom treasures new and old.”

“Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

“Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child ​— ​this one is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

“For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, there are eunuchs who were made by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves that way because of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept it should accept it.”

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

“Listen to another parable: There was a landowner, who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. He leased it to tenant farmers and went away.

“He will completely destroy those terrible men,” they told him, “and lease his vineyard to other farmers who will give him his fruit at the harvest.”

“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.

“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of the bones of the dead and every kind of impurity.

“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins[fn] who took their lamps[fn] and went out to meet the groom.

“When the foolish took their lamps, they didn’t take oil with them;

Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and looked after him were there, watching from a distance.

The next day, which followed the preparation day, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate

“And those like seed sown on good ground hear the word, welcome it, and produce fruit thirty, sixty, and a hundred times what was sown.”

Calling the crowd along with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

Then he said to them, “Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God come in power.”

Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and questioned him:

There was one named Barabbas, who was in prison with rebels who had committed murder during the rebellion.

“Now listen. You will become silent and unable to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.”

Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David,

But the angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for look, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:[fn]

And a woman in the town who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house. She brought an alabaster jar of perfume

When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him ​— ​she’s a sinner! ”

Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward; Susanna; and many others who were supporting them from their possessions.

“But the seed in the good ground ​— ​these are the ones who, having heard the word with an honest and good heart, hold on to it and by enduring, produce fruit.

Then they sailed to the region of the Gerasenes,[fn] which is opposite Galilee.

A woman suffering from bleeding for twelve years, who had spent all she had on doctors[fn] and yet could not be healed by any,

Suddenly, two men were talking with him ​— ​Moses and Elijah.

“but one thing is necessary.[fn] Mary has made the right choice,[fn] and it will not be taken away from her.”

Meanwhile, a crowd of many thousands came together, so that they were trampling on one another. He began to say to his disciples first, “Be on your guard against the leaven[fn] of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

“Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

“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.

(He had been thrown into prison for a rebellion that had taken place in the city, and for murder.)

The women who had come with him from Galilee followed along and observed the tomb and how his body was placed.

“Are you greater than our father Abraham who died? And the prophets died. Who do you claim to be? ”

And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which, if every one of them were written down, I suppose not even the world itself could contain the books[fn] that would be written.

“And everyone who does not listen to that prophet will be completely cut off from the people.

In addition, a multitude came together from the towns surrounding Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

“You received the law under the direction of angels and yet have not kept it.”