For this cause, by my life, says the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, truly Moab will become like sodom and the children of Ammon like Gomorrah, given up to waste plants and salt pools and unpeopled for ever: the rest of my people will take their property, the overflow of my nation will take their heritage.
And a number of nations will be joined to the Lord in that day, and will become my people; and I will be living among you, and you will see that the Lord of armies has sent me to you.
Who are you, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel you will become level: and he will let all see the headstone, with cries of Grace, grace, to it.
And they will go through the sea of Egypt, and all the deep waters of the Nile will become dry: and the pride of Assyria will be made low, and the power of Egypt will be taken away.
A curse on the foolish keeper who goes away from the flock! the sword will be on his arm and on his right eye: his arm will become quite dry and his eye will be made completely dark.
And all the land will become like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she will be lifted up and be living in her place; from the doorway of Benjamin to the place of the first doorway, to the doorway of the angle, and from the tower of Hananel to the king's wine-crushing places, men will be living in her.
But you make it unholy by saying, The Lord's table has become unclean, and his food is of no value.
And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread.
Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;
For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.
But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, he quickly becomes full of doubts.
Which is smaller than all seeds; but when it has come up it is greater than the plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and make their resting-places in its branches.
And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.
And said, Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven.
For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?
Let it not be so among you: but if anyone has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant;
And when the disciples saw it they were surprised, saying, How did the fig-tree become dry in so short a time?
You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become equally clean.
And because wrongdoing will be increased, the love of most people will become cold.
Now take an example from the fig-tree: when her branch has become soft and puts out its leaves, you are certain that the summer is near;
And they have no root in themselves, but go on for a time; then, when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, they quickly become full of doubts.
But when it is planted, it comes up, and becomes taller than all the plants, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of heaven are able to take rest in its shade.
And the two will become one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.
But it is not so among you: but whoever has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant:
Take an example from the fig-tree: when its branches become soft and put out their leaves, you see that the summer is near;
After that time, Elisabeth, being certain that she was to become a mother, kept herself from men's eyes for five months, saying,
To be put on the list with Mary, his future wife, who was about to become a mother.
And the Evil One said to him, If you are the Son of God, give orders to this stone to become bread.
But he, looking on them, said, Is it not in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has become the chief stone of the building?
But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:
But let it not be so with you; but he who is greater, let him become like the younger; and he who is chief, like a servant.
After tasting the water which had now become wine, the master of the feast (having no idea where it came from, though it was clear to the servants who took the water out) sent for the newly-married man,
He has to become greater while I become less.
But whoever takes the water I give him will never be in need of drink again; for the water I give him will become in him a fountain of eternal life.
So the Jews said among themselves, To what place is he going where we will not see him? will he go to the Jews living among the Greeks and become the teacher of the Greeks?
They said to him in answer, We are Abraham's seed and have never been any man's servant: why do you say, You will become free?
His answer was: I have said it before, but your ears were shut: why would you have me say it again? is it your desire to become his disciples?
And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.
If any man is my servant, let him come after me; and where I am, there will my servant be. If any man becomes my servant, my father will give him honour.
In so far as you have the light, put your faith in the light so that you may become sons of light. With these words Jesus went away and for a time was not seen again by them.
If a man does not keep himself in me, he becomes dead and is cut off like a dry branch; such branches are taken up and put in the fire and burned.
I in them, and you in me, so that they may be made completely one, and so that it may become clear to all men that you have sent me and that they are loved by you as I am loved by you.
So they took Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the Praetorium. It was early. They themselves did not go into the Praetorium, so that they might not become unclean, but might take the Passover.
In Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and those who have come from Rome, Jews by birth and others who have become Jews,
The sun will become dark and the moon will be turned to blood, before that great day of the Lord comes in glory:
And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew:
And saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has become of him.
Now when it was day, the armed men were greatly troubled about what had become of Peter.
Now when the meeting was ended, a number of the Jews and of the God-fearing Gentiles who had become Jews, went after Paul and Barnabas: who put before them how important it was to keep on in the grace of God.
For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.
And I made the discovery that the law whose purpose was to give life had become a cause of death:
Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.
Or do you not see that he who is joined to a loose woman is one body with her? for God has said, The two of them will become one flesh.
If you were a servant when you became a Christian, let it not be a grief to you; but if you have a chance to become free, make use of it.
For as we undergo more of the pain which Christ underwent, so through Christ does our comfort become greater.
So if any man is in Christ, he is in a new world: the old things have come to an end; they have truly become new.
For him who had no knowledge of sin God made to be sin for us; so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.
I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing.
For I, through the law, have become dead to the law, so that I might be living to God.
Christ has made us free from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: because it is said in the Writings, A curse on everyone who is put to death by hanging on a tree:
For this reason it is my prayer that you may not become feeble because of my troubles for you, which are your glory.
That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit;
For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
And have put on the new man, which has become new in knowledge after the image of his maker;
And let these first be put to the test; then let them become Deacons if there is nothing against them.
For those who have done good work as Deacons get for themselves a good position and become free from fear in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Evil and false men will become worse and worse, using deceit and themselves overcome by deceit.
To the clean in heart all things are clean: but to those who are unclean and without faith nothing is clean; they become unclean in mind and in thought.
Having become by so much better than the angels, as the name which is his heritage is more noble than theirs.
They will come to their end; but you are for ever; they will become old as a robe;
And though by this time it would be right for you to be teachers, you still have need of someone to give you teaching about the first simple rules of God's revelation; you have become like babies who have need of milk, and not of solid food.
Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.
For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.
Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts?
Do not say evil against one another, my brothers. He who says evil against his brother or makes himself his brother's judge, says evil against the law and is judging the law: and in judging the law you become, not a doer of the law but a judge.
For it is said, All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass becomes dry and the flower dead:
And at the sounding of the seventh angel there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he will have rule for ever and ever.
And he gave a loud cry, saying, Babylon the great has come down from her high place, she has come to destruction and has become a place of evil spirits, and of every unclean spirit, and a hole for every unclean and hated bird.
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