Now the names of the twelve are these: The first, Simon, who is named Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother;
Is not this the woodworker's son? is not his mother named Mary? and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?
And he said to them, It is in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer, but you are making it a hole of thieves.
And he came and was living in a town named Nazareth: so that the word of the prophets might come true, He will be named a Nazarene.
And you may not be named guides: because one is your Guide, even Christ.
And words of respect in the market-places, and to be named by men, Teacher.
But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers.
Then one of the twelve, who was named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said,
Then the chief priests and the rulers of the people came together in the house of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.
Then comes Jesus with them to a place named Gethsemane, and says to his disciples, Be seated here, while I go over there for prayer.
So when they came together, Pilate said to them, Whom will you have? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is named Christ?
Pilate says to them, What, then, am I to do with Jesus, who is named Christ? They all say, Let him be put to death on the cross.
And when they came to the place named Golgotha, that is to say, Dead Man's Head,
For this cause that field was named, The field of blood, to this day.
Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven.
Happy are the peacemakers: for they will be named sons of God.
But two men were still in the tent-circle one of them named Eldad and the other Medad: and the spirit came to rest on them; they were among those who had been sent for, but they had not gone out to the Tent: and the prophet's power came on them in the tent-circle.
So that place was named Taberah, because of the fire of the Lord which had been burning among them.
So that place was named Kibroth-hattaavah; because there they put in the earth the bodies of the people who had given way to their desires.
These are the men named out of all the people, chiefs of their fathers' houses, heads of the tribes of Israel.
That place was named the valley of Eshcol because of the grapes which the children of Israel took from there.
And the Lord, in answer to the voice of Israel, gave the Canaanites up to them; and they put them and their towns completely to destruction: and that place was named Hormah.
The wise-hearted will be named men of good sense: and by pleasing words learning is increased.
The man of pride, lifted up in soul, is named high-hearted; he is acting in an outburst of pride.
He whose purposes are bad will be named a man of evil designs.
Say to wisdom, You are my sister; let knowledge be named your special friend:
Rahab and Babylon will be named among those who have knowledge of me; see, Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man had his birth there.
And their dead bodies will be in the open street of the great town, which in the spirit is named Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was put to death on the cross.
And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.
And they got them together into the place which is named in Hebrew Armageddon.
These will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because he is the Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with him are named, marked out, and true.
I, John, your brother, who have a part with you in the trouble and the kingdom and the quiet strength of Jesus, was in the island which is named Patmos, for the word of God and the witness of Jesus.
And the heaven was open; and I saw a white horse, and he who was seated on it was named Certain and True; and he is judging and making war in righteousness.
Making it my purpose not to take the good news where Christ was named, so that my work might not be resting on that of others;
And those who were marked out by him were named; and those who were named were given righteousness; and to those to whom he gave righteousness, in the same way he gave glory.
As he says in Hosea, They will be named my people who were not my people, and she will be loved who was not loved.
And in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they will be named the sons of the living God.
And they are not all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, In Isaac will your seed be named.
That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed.
Then I took my other rod, the one named Bands, cutting it in two, so that the relation of brothers between Judah and Israel might be broken.
This is what the Lord has said: I have come back to Zion, and will make my living-place in Jerusalem: and Jerusalem will be named The town of good faith; and the mountain of the Lord of armies The holy mountain.
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