The dead body of any of these, falling on anything, will make that thing unclean; if it is any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or bag, whatever it is, if it is used for any purpose, it will have to be put into water, and will be unclean till evening; after that it will be clean.
But she was greatly troubled at his words, and said to herself, What may be the purpose of these words?
At that time, certain Pharisees came to him and said, Go away from this place, because Herod's purpose is to put you to death.
For it will be done to the Son of man after the purpose of God, but unhappy is that man by whom he is given up.
But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were against the purpose of God for themselves, not having had his baptism.)
And he said to them, Let us go to other parts into the nearest towns, so that I may give teaching there, because for this purpose I came.
But some of them were angry among themselves, saying, For what purpose has this oil been wasted?
For he had made such a great number well that all those who were diseased were falling down before him for the purpose of touching him.
And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.
But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.
But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.
Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, the friends of the bride, who took their lights, and went out with the purpose of meeting the husband.
But when the disciples saw it they were angry, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
Now when it was morning, all the chief priests and those in authority took thought together with the purpose of putting Jesus to death.
Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to give her a statement in writing for this purpose:
But they have no knowledge of the thoughts of the Lord, their minds are not able to see his purpose: for he has got them together like stems of grain to the crushing-floor.
And when it came to the ears of those who were against us, that we had knowledge of their designs and that God had made their purpose come to nothing, we all went back to the wall, everyone to his work
Keep in mind, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat and what they did, and Noadiah, the woman prophet, and the rest of the prophets whose purpose was to put fear into me.
And they said much before me of the good he had done, and gave him accounts of my words. And Tobiah sent letters with the purpose of causing me fear.
Sanballat and Geshem sent to me saying, Come, let us have a meeting in one of the little towns in the lowland of Ono. But their purpose was to do me evil.
And in it these words were recorded: It is said among the nations, and Geshem says so, that you and the Jews are hoping to make yourselves free from the king's authority; and that this is why you are building the wall: and they say that it is your purpose to be their king;
And Ezra the scribe took his place on a tower of wood which they had made for the purpose; and by his side were placed Mattithiah and Shema and Anaiah and Uriah and Hilkiah and Maaseiah on the right; and on the left, Pedaiah and Mishael and Malchijah and Hashum and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam.
But they were hard-hearted, and went against your authority, turning their backs on your law, and putting to death your prophets, who gave witness against them with the purpose of turning them back again to you, and they did much to make you angry.
But God was moved to wrath because he went: and the angel of the Lord took up a position in the road to keep him from his purpose. Now he was seated on his ass, and his two servants were with him.
And the angel of the Lord said to him, Why have you given your ass blows these three times? See, I have come out against you to keep you back, because your purpose is not pleasing to me.
Now Balak, hearing that Balaam had come, went to the chief town of Moab, on the edge of the Arnon, in the farthest part of the land, for the purpose of meeting him.
God is not a man, to say what is false; or the son of man, that his purpose may be changed: what he has said, will he not do? and will he not give effect to the words of his mouth?
Go back quickly to the place you came from: it was my purpose to give you a place of honour, but now the Lord has kept you back from honour.
And it will come about that as it was my purpose to do to them, so I will do to you.
And no price may be offered for one who has gone in flight to a safe town, for the purpose of letting him come back to his place before the death of the high priest.
Now it is my purpose to make clear to you, brothers, that the cause of the good news has been helped by my experiences;
But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.
I go forward to the mark, even the reward of the high purpose of God in Christ Jesus.
Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:
To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young man knowledge, and serious purpose:
The Lord has made everything for his purpose, even the sinner for the day of evil.
He who keeps himself separate for his private purpose goes against all good sense.
A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.
Every purpose is put into effect by wise help: and by wise guiding make war.
The purpose in the heart of a man is like deep water, but a man of good sense will get it out.
The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!
He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.
The purpose of the foolish is sin: and the hater of authority is disgusting to others.
My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.
So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.
For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.
Again and again he made them free; but their hearts were turned against his purpose, and they were overcome by their sins.
<A Song of the going up. Of Solomon.> If the Lord is not helping the builders, then the building of a house is to no purpose: if the Lord does not keep the town, the watchman keeps his watch for nothing.
You have put my heart to the test, searching me in the night; you have put me to the test and seen no evil purpose in me; I will keep my mouth from sin.
The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying,
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