And his ears became open, and the band of his tongue was made loose, and his words became clear.
And he said this openly. And Peter took him, and was protesting.
And they went away and saw a young ass by the door outside in the open street; and they were getting him loose.
Are we to give or not to give? But he, conscious of their false hearts, said to them, Why do you put me to the test? give me a penny, so that I may see it.
We might have got more than three hundred pence for it, and given the money to the poor. And they said things against her among themselves.
And while Peter was down in the open square of the building, one of the servant-girls of the high priest came;
And straight away his mouth was open and his tongue was free and he gave praise to God.
Now it came about that when all the people had been given baptism, Jesus, having had baptism with them, was in prayer, when, the heaven being open,
And the book of the prophet Isaiah was given to him and, opening the book, he came on the place where it is said,
And answering them he said, Go back and give news to John of what you have seen, and the things which have come to your ears; the blind now see, those who had no power in their legs are walking, lepers are made clean, those who had no hearing now have their ears open, dead men come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.
And he said, Two men were in debt to a certain man of business: one had a debt of five hundred pence, and the other of fifty.
And the day after he took two pennies and gave them to the owner of the house and said, Take care of him; and if this money is not enough, when I come again I will give you whatever more is needed.
And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered; what you are searching for, you will get; when you give the sign, the door will be open to you.
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 be like men who are looking for their lord, when he comes back from the bride-feast; so that when he comes to the door, it will be open to him quickly.
Let me see a penny. Whose image and name are on it? And they said, Caesar's.
And a fire was lighted in the middle of the open square, and they were seated together, and Peter was among them.
But their eyes were not open that they might have knowledge of him.
And then their eyes were open, and they had knowledge of him, but he went from their view.
He said quite openly and straightforwardly, I am not the Christ.
I myself had no knowledge of him, but I came giving baptism with water so that he might be seen openly by Israel.
And he said to him, Truly I say to you all, You will see heaven opening and God's angels going up and coming down on the Son of man.
This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in galilee and let his glory be seen openly; and his disciples put their faith in him.
He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.
Truly I say to you, The man whose ears are open to my word and who has faith in him who sent me, has eternal life; he will not be judged, but has come from death into life.
I have come in my Father's name, and your hearts are not open to me. If another comes with no other authority but himself, you will give him your approval.
Philip made answer, Bread to the value of two hundred pence would not be enough even to give everyone a little.
The writings of the prophets say, And they will all have teaching from God. Everyone whose ears have been open to the teaching of the Father comes to me.
But no man said anything about him openly for fear of the Jews.
And here he is talking openly and they say nothing to him! Is it possible that the rulers have knowledge that this is truly the Christ?
He who is a child of God gives ear to the words of God: your ears are not open to them because you are not from God.
Jesus said in answer, It was not because of his sin, or because of his father's or mother's; it was so that the works of God might be seen openly in him.
So they said to him, How then were your eyes made open?
Now the day on which the earth was mixed by Jesus and the man's eyes were made open was the Sabbath.
So the pharisees put more questions to him about how his eyes had been made open. And he said to them, He put earth on my eyes, and I had a wash and am able to see.
Again they said to the blind man, What have you to say about him for opening your eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.
Now the Jews had no belief in the statement that he had been blind and was now able to see, till they sent for the father and mother of the man whose eyes had been made open,
But how it is he is now able to see, or who made his eyes open, we are not able to say: put the question to him; he is old enough to give an answer for himself.
We have knowledge that God does not give ear to sinners, but if any man is a worshipper of God and does his pleasure, to him God's ears are open.
In all the years nobody has ever before seen the eyes of a man blind from birth made open.
Then came the feast of the opening of the temple in Jerusalem: it was winter;
But some of them said, This man, who made open the eyes of the blind man, was he not able to keep his friend from death?
So Jesus, deeply troubled in heart, came to the place of the dead. It was a hole in the rock, and a stone was over the opening.
I was certain that your ears are at all times open to me, but I said it because of these who are here, so that they may see that you sent me.
Why was not this perfume traded for three hundred pence, and the money given to the poor?
However, a number even of the rulers had belief in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not say so openly for fear that they might be shut out from the Synagogue:
Jesus made answer, I said things openly to the world at all times; I have given my teaching in the Synagogues and in the temple to which all the Jews come; and I have said nothing secretly.
When he said this, one of the police by his side gave him a blow with his open hand, saying, Do you give such an answer to the high priest?
And when the day of Pentecost was come, they were all together in one place.
My brothers, I may say to you openly that David came to his death, and was put in the earth, and his resting-place is with us today.
But in the night an angel of the Lord, opening the doors of the prison, took them out and said,
Saying, The doors of the prison were safely shut, and the keepers were at the doors, but when they were open, there was nobody inside.
And he said, Now I see heaven open, and the Son of man at the right hand of God.
And Saul got up from the earth, and when his eyes were open, he saw nothing; and he was guided by the hand into Damascus.
But Peter made them all go outside, and went down on his knees in prayer; and turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, get up. And, opening her eyes, she saw Peter and got up.
And he saw the heavens opening, and a vessel coming down, like a great cloth let down on the earth,
And when they had gone past the first and second watchmen they came to the iron door into the town, which came open by itself: and they went out and down one street; and then the angel went away.
And hearing the voice of Peter, in her joy she went running, without opening the door, to say that Peter was outside.
But Peter went on giving blows on the door: and when it was open and they saw him, they were full of wonder.
Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon: and they came to him, all together, and having made friends with Blastus, the controller of the king's house, they made a request for peace, because their country was dependent on the king's country for its food.
And when they came there, and had got the church together, they gave them an account of all the things which God had done through them, and how he had made open a door of faith to the Gentiles.
And a certain woman named Lydia, a trader in purple cloth of the town of Thyatira, and a God-fearing woman, gave ear to us: whose heart the Lord made open to give attention to the things which Paul was saying.
And suddenly there was an earth-shock, so that the base of the prison was moved: and all the doors came open, and everyone's chains came off.
And the keeper, coming out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was about to put himself to death, fearing that the prisoners had got away.
Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; and that this Jesus, whom, he said, I am preaching to you, is the Christ.
And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life and breath and all things;
If, then, Demetrius and the workmen who are with him have a protest to make against any man, the law is open to them, and there are judges; let them put up a cause at law against one another.
For Paul's purpose was to go past Ephesus, so that he might not be kept in Asia; for he was going quickly, in order, if possible, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.
Came to my side and said, Brother Saul, let your eyes be open. And in that very hour I was able to see him.
But this I will say openly to you, that I do give worship to the God of our fathers after that Way, which to them is not the true religion: but I have belief in all the things which are in the law and in the books of the prophets:
To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips:
So we, though we are a number of persons, are one body in Christ, and are dependent on one another;
Gaius, with whom I am living, whose house is open to all the church, sends his love, so does Erastus, the manager of the accounts of the town, and Quartus, the brother.
And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you:
Right and wrong, I say, not for you, but for the other man; for the fact that I am free is not dependent on another man's sense of right or wrong.
But I will be at Ephesus till Pentecost;
For a great and important door there is open to me, and there are a number of people against me.
Now when I came to Troas for the good news of Christ, and there was an open door for me in the Lord,
You yourselves are our letter, whose writing is in our heart, open for every man's reading and knowledge;
Our mouth is open to you, O Corinthians, our heart is wide.
Now to give me back payment of the same sort (I am talking as to my children), let your hearts be wide open to me.
Let your hearts be open to us: we have done no man wrong, no man has been damaged by us, we have made no profit out of any man,
For the Lord's approval of a man is not dependent on his opinion of himself, but on the Lord's opinion of him.
Because if the heritage is by the law, it is no longer dependent on the word of God; but God gave it to Abraham by his word.
And for me, that words may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make clear without fear the secret of the good news,
But I will not say anything about my needs, for I am able, wherever I am, to be dependent on myself.
Having made himself free from the rule of authorities and powers, he put them openly to shame, glorying over them in it.
And making prayer for us, that God may give us an open door for the preaching of the word, the secret of Christ, for which I am now in chains;
The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;
But opening his house freely to guests; a lover of what is good, serious-minded, upright, holy, self-controlled;
And there is nothing made which is not completely clear to him; there is nothing covered, but all things are open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
And then let themselves be turned away, it is not possible for their hearts to be made new a second time; because they themselves put the Son of God on the cross again, openly shaming him.
The Holy spirit witnessing by this that the way into the holy place had not at that time been made open, while the first Tent was still in being;
By the new and living way which he made open for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Take care to keep open house: because in this way some have had angels as their guests, without being conscious of it.
For the eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.
Keep open house for all with a glad heart;
Be serious and keep watch; the evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food;
For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.
Everyone who says openly that Jesus is the Son of God, has God in him and is in God.
I had much to say to you, but it is not my purpose to put it all down with ink and pen:
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia say: These things says he who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, opening the door so that it may be shut by no one, and shutting it so that it may be open to no one.
I have knowledge of your works (see, I have put before you an open door which may be shut by no one), and that you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have been true to my name.
See, I am waiting at the door and giving the sign; if my voice comes to any man's ears and he makes the door open, I will come in to him, and will take food with him and he with me.
After these things I saw a door open in heaven, and the first voice came to my ears, like the sound of a horn, saying, Come up here, and I will make clear to you the things which are to come.
And I saw a strong angel saying in a loud voice, Who is able to make the book open, and to undo its stamps?
And no one in heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to get the book open, or to see what was in it.
And I was very sad, because there was no one able to get the book open or to see what was in it.
And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,
And a voice came to my ears, from the middle of the four beasts, saying, A measure of grain for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny: and see that you do no damage to the oil and the wine.
And he made the great deep open and a smoke went up from it, like the smoke of a great oven; and the sun and the air were made dark because of the smoke.
And he had in his hand a little open book: and he put his right foot on the sea, and his left on the earth;
And the voice came to me again from heaven, saying, Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who has his place on the sea and on the earth.
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 house of God which is in heaven was open; and the ark of his agreement was seen in his house, and there were flames and voices and thunders and an earth-shock and a rain of ice.
And the earth gave help to the woman, and with open mouth took up the river which the dragon sent out of his mouth.
And his mouth was open to say evil against God, and against his name and his Tent, even against those who are in heaven.
And after these things I saw, and the house of the tent of witness in heaven was open:
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.
And I saw the dead, great and small, taking their places before the high seat; and the books were open, and another book was open, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged by the things which were in the books, even by their works.
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