He is stamping with joy in the valley; he makes sport of fear.
Or is it by your orders that the eagle goes up, and makes his resting-place on high?
He makes sport of the noise of the town; the voice of the driver does not come to his ears;
A thick stick is no better than a leaf of grass, and he makes sport of the onrush of the spear.
Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.
Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes.
If death comes suddenly through disease, he makes sport of the fate of those who have done no wrong.
And it will be that whoever makes his prayer to the name of the Lord will be kept safe: for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem some will be kept safe, as the Lord has said, and will be among the small band marked out by the Lord.
He takes away every branch in me which has no fruit, and every branch which has fruit he makes clean, so that it may have more fruit.
Hearing this, Pilate had a desire to let him go free, but the Jews said in a loud voice, If you let this man go, you are not Caesar's friend: everyone who makes himself a king goes against Caesar.
If then the son makes you free, you will be truly free.
But the vine said to them, Am I to give up my wine, which makes glad God and men, to go waving over the trees?
And he who makes use of any part of its body for food is to have his clothing washed and be unclean till evening; and anyone taking away its body is to have his clothing washed and be unclean till evening.
Give these orders to the children of Israel: When anyone of you makes an offering to the Lord, you are to take it from the cattle, from the herd or from the flock.
For the life of the flesh is in its blood; and I have given it to you on the altar to take away your sin: for it is the blood which makes free from sin because of the life in it.
And say to them, If any man of Israel, or any other living among them, makes a burned offering or other offering,
Any man or woman who makes use of spirits, or who is a wonder-worker, is to be put to death: they are to be stoned with stones: their blood will be on them.
And when anyone makes a meal offering to the Lord, let his offering be of the best meal, with oil on it and perfume:
And if the daughter of a priest makes herself common and by her loose behaviour puts shame on her father, let her be burned with fire.
Say to Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Israel, If any man of the children of Israel, or of another nation living in Israel, makes an offering, given because of an oath or freely given to the Lord for a burned offering;
And whoever makes a peace-offering to the Lord, in payment of an oath or as a free offering, from the herd or the flock, if it is to be pleasing to the Lord, let it be free from any mark or damage.
Say to the children of Israel, If a man makes a special oath, you will give your decision as to the value of the persons for the Lord.
He may not make search to see if it is good or bad, or make any changes in it; and if he makes exchange of it for another, the two will be holy; he will not get them back again.
Say to the children of Israel: He who makes a peace-offering to the Lord, is to give an offering to the Lord out of his peace-offering:
As is the sin-offering, so is the offering for wrongdoing; there is one law for them: the priest who makes the offering to take away sin, he is to have it.
For to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire; and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.
And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake?
But when one who is stronger makes an attack on him and overcomes him, he takes away his instruments of war, in which he had put his faith, and makes division of his goods.
For fear that if he makes a start and is not able to go on with it to the end, all who see it will be laughing at him,
The law and the prophets were till John: but then came the preaching of the kingdom of God, and everyone makes his way into it by force.
If anyone makes an attempt to keep his life, it will be taken from him, but if anyone gives up his life, he will keep it.
I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.
The Lord will have the man who does this cut off root and branch out of the tents of Jacob, and him who makes an offering to the Lord of armies.
But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains:
No man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat: or the new, by pulling away from the old, makes a worse hole.
And he said, That which comes out of the man, that makes the man unclean.
And if Satan sends out Satan, he makes war against himself; how then will he keep his kingdom?
Not that which goes into the mouth makes a man unclean, but that which comes out of the mouth.
And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter, and James, and John, his brother, and makes them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves.
And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high.
You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy?
You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy?
When, then, you see in the holy place the unclean thing which makes destruction, of which word was given by Daniel the prophet (let this be clear to the reader),
Now after a long time the lord of those servants comes, and makes up his account with them.
But I say to you that everyone who puts away his wife for any other cause but the loss of her virtue, makes her false to her husband; and whoever takes her as his wife after she is put away, is no true husband to her.
And whoever makes you go one mile, go with him two.
Or if he makes a request for a fish, will give him a snake?
Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire, and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.
Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone?
And no man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat, for by pulling away from the old, it makes a worse hole.
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