Only it was their desire that we would give thought to the poor; which very thing I had much in mind to do.
That I will not take so much as a thread or the cord of a shoe of yours; so that you may not say, I have given wealth to Abram:
Come, let us give our father much wine, and we will go into his bed, so that we may have offspring by our father,
And that night they made their father take much wine; and the older daughter went into his bed; and he had no knowledge of when she went in or when she went away.
And on the day after, the older daughter said to the younger, Last night I was with my father; let us make him take much wine this night again, and do you go to him, so that we may have offspring by our father.
And that night again they made their father take much wine; and the younger daughter went into his bed; and he had no knowledge of when she went in or when she went away.
Now Isaac, planting seed in that land, got in the same year fruit a hundred times as much, for the blessing of the Lord was on him.
And take twice as much money with you; that is to say, take back the money which was put in your bags, for it may have been an error;
So they took what their father said for the man, and twice as much money in their hands, and Benjamin, and went on their journey to Egypt, and came before Joseph.
And Joseph sent food to them from his table, but he sent five times as much to Benjamin as to any of the others. And they took wine freely with him.
Then he gave orders to the servant who was over his house, saying, Put as much food into the men's bags as will go into them, and put every man's money in the mouth of his bag;
For this reason he makes an offering to his net, burning perfume to his fishing-net; because by them he gets much food and his meat is fat.
Much has been planted, but little got in; you take food, but have not enough; you take drink, but are not full; you are clothed, but no one is warm; and he who gets payment for his work, gets it to put it into a bag full of holes.
You were looking for much, and it came to little; and when you got it into your house, I took it away with a breath. Why? says the Lord of armies. Because of my house which is a waste, while every man takes care of the house which is his.
But will not the man by whom the Son of God has been crushed under foot, and the blood of the agreement with which he was washed clean has been taken as an unholy thing, and who has had no respect for the Spirit of grace, be judged bad enough for a very much worse punishment?
Give thought to him who has undergone so much of the hate of sinners against himself, so that you may not be tired and feeble of purpose.
And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life?
Do not be turned away by different strange teachings, because it is good for your hearts to be made strong by grace, and not by meats, which were of no profit to those who took so much trouble over them.
Having become by so much better than the angels, as the name which is his heritage is more noble than theirs.
Of whom we have much to say which it is hard to make clear, because you are slow of hearing.
By so much is it a better agreement which we have through Jesus.
When he says, A new agreement, he has made the first agreement old. But anything which is getting old and past use will not be seen much longer.
How much more will the blood of Christ, who, being without sin, made an offering of himself to God through the Holy Spirit, make your hearts clean from dead works to be servants of the living God?
And Ephraim said, Now I have got wealth and much property; in all my works no sin may be seen in me.
For a place of fire has long been ready; yes, it has been made ready for the king; he has made it deep and wide: it is massed with fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of fire, puts a light to it.
In not much more than a year, you, who are not looking for evil, will be troubled: for the produce of the vine-gardens will be cut off, and there will be no getting in of the grapes.
Your cords have become loose; they were not able to make strong the support of their sails, the sail was not stretched out: then the blind will take much property, the feeble-footed will make division of the goods of war.
The sword of the Lord is full of blood, it is fat with the best of the meat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the best parts of the sheep: for the Lord has a feast in Bozrah, and much cattle will be put to death in the land of Edom.
Seeing much, but keeping nothing in mind; his ears are open, but there is no hearing.
And you went to Melech with oil and much perfume, and you sent your representatives far off, and went as low as the underworld.
As they had twice as much grief, and marks of shame were their heritage, so in their land they will be rewarded twice over, and will have eternal joy.
And they will give so much milk that he will be able to have butter for his food: for butter and honey will be the food of all who are still living in the land.
Even so the tongue is a small part of the body, but it takes credit for great things. How much wood may be lighted by a very little fire!
For even if you are washed with soda and take much soap, still your evil-doing is marked before me, says the Lord God.
Why do you go about so much for the purpose of changing your way? you will be shamed on account of Egypt, as you were shamed on account of Assyria.
With us are men who are grey-haired and full of years, much older than your father.
How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!
If I say what is in my mind, my pain becomes no less: and if I keep quiet, how much of it goes from me?
How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!
How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.
How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect;
And the Lord made up to Job for all his losses, after he had made prayer for his friends: and all Job had before was increased by the Lord twice as much.
How much less may I give an answer to him, using the right words in argument with him?
Truly I say to you, If a seed of grain does not go into the earth and come to an end, it is still a seed and no more; but through its death it gives much fruit.
After this I will not say much to you, because the ruler of this world comes: and he has no power over me;
I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing.
Here is my Father's glory, in that you give much fruit and so are my true disciples.
I have still much to say to you, but you are not strong enough for it now.
Now John was then giving baptism at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people came and were given baptism.
Jesus said, Let the people be seated. Now there was much grass in that place. And those seated on the grass were about five thousand.
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