Pilate therefore said to him, "Aren't you speaking to me? Don't you know that I have power to release you, and have power to crucify you?"
At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, "If you release this man, you aren't Caesar's friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!"
For the priests who bore the ark stood in the middle of the Jordan, until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua; and the people hurried and passed over.
"Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'Assign the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by Moses,
"If we have not out of concern done this, and for a reason, saying, 'In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, "What have you to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?
But these speak evil of whatever things they don't know. What they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, they are destroyed in these things.
These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaks proud things), showing respect of persons to gain advantage.
Gideon said to God, "Don't let your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once. Please let me make a trial just this once with the fleece. Let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew."
"Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem, 'Is it better for you that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you?' Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh."
It happened, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ramath Lehi.
Her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly to her, to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of donkeys: and she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of the young lady saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
It was so, that all who saw it said, "There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt to this day! Consider it, take counsel, and speak."
"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When anyone of you offers an offering to the LORD, you shall offer your offering of the livestock, from the herd and from the flock.
"Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'If anyone sins unintentionally, in any of the things which the LORD has commanded not to be done, and does any one of them:
"Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, 'This is the law of the sin offering: in the place where the burnt offering is killed, the sin offering shall be killed before the LORD. It is most holy.
"Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'You shall eat no fat, of bull, or sheep, or goat.
"Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'He who offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to the LORD shall bring his offering to the LORD out of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.
You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'Take a male goat for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both a year old, without blemish, for a burnt offering;
"Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth.
"Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'If a woman conceives, and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of her monthly period she shall be unclean.
"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When any man has a discharge from his body, because of his discharge he is unclean.
"Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them: 'This is the thing which the LORD has commanded,
"Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, 'I am the LORD your God.
"Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, 'You shall be holy; for I the LORD your God am holy.
the LORD said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, 'A priest shall not defile himself for the dead among his people;
"Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, 'Whoever is of the house of Israel, or of the foreigners in Israel, who offers his offering, whether it be any of their vows, or any of their freewill offerings, which they offer to the LORD for a burnt offering;
"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'The set feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts.
"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When you have come into the land which I give to you, and shall reap its the harvest, then you shall bring the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest:
"Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest to you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.
"Speak to the children of Israel, and say, 'On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tents for seven days to the LORD.
You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.
"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a Sabbath to the LORD.
"Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, 'When a man makes a vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by your valuation.
The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.
Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things will happen, because you didn't believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time."
When he came out, he could not speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He continued making signs to them, and remained mute.
Demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, "You are the Christ, the Son of God!" Rebuking them, he didn't allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch."
The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, "Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?"
Woe, when men speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.
The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.
After he had finished speaking in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum.
He who was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.
Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
Some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you speak well."
While he was still speaking, behold, a multitude, and he who was called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He came near to Jesus to kiss him.
But Peter said, "Man, I don't know what you are talking about!" Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.
He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. He didn't allow the demons to speak, because they knew him.
"Why does this man speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"
Without a parable he didn't speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue ruler's house saying, "Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher any more?"
For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother;' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'
They were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!"
But Jesus said, "Don't forbid him, for there is no one who will do a mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me.
He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.
When they lead you away and deliver you up, don't be anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
Immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, came--and with him a multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders.
But he began to curse, and to swear, "I don't know this man of whom you speak!"
These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages;
In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.
For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.
You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him.
One said to him, "Behold, your mother and your brothers stand outside, seeking to speak to you."
The disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"
Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand.
Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn't speak to them,
For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'
so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, injured whole, lame walking, and blind seeing--and they glorified the God of Israel.
How is it that you don't perceive that I didn't speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him."
While he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priest and elders of the people.
Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.
and their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.
"Speak to the children of Israel: 'When a man or woman commits any sin that men commit, so as to trespass against the LORD, and that soul is guilty;
"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: 'If any man's wife goes astray, and is unfaithful to him,
"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: 'When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD,
"Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, 'This is how you shall bless the children of Israel.' You shall tell them,
When Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard his voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the Testimony, from between the two cherubim: and he spoke to him.
"Speak to Aaron, and tell him, 'When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.'"
He said, "Hear now my words. If there is a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream.
With him I will speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see the LORD's form. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?"
Now if you killed this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying,
"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When you have come into the land of your habitations, which I give to you,
"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When you come into the land where I bring you,
"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them that they should make themselves fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put on the fringe of each border a cord of blue:
"Speak to the congregation, saying, 'Get away from around the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram!'"
It happened, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground split apart that was under them;
"Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter the fire yonder; for they are holy,
"Speak to the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods: write every man's name on his rod.
"Moreover you shall speak to the Levites, and tell them, 'When you take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall offer up a wave offering of it for the LORD, a tithe of the tithe.
"This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded: Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer without spot, in which is no blemish, [and] on which never came yoke.
"Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you, and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it give forth its water; and you shall bring forth to them water out of the rock; so you shall give the congregation and their livestock drink."
Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, "Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and established;
He said to them, "Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak to me." The princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.
Now therefore, please wait also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will speak to me more."
God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, "If the men have come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak to you, that you shall do."
The angel of the LORD said to Balaam, "Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak." So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
Balaam said to Balak, "Behold, I have come to you: have I now any power at all to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak."
the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak."
He answered and said, "Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD puts in my mouth?"
But Balaam answered Balak, "Didn't I tell you, saying, 'All that the LORD speaks, that I must do?'"
"The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: you shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brothers; and you shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.
You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'If a man dies, and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.
Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, "When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, "The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks right.
But don't look down on your brother in the day of his disaster, and don't rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction. Don't speak proudly in the day of distress.
and that most of the brothers in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.
Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.
to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things;
Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.
For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They value one who speaks the truth.
A false witness will perish, and a man who listens speaks to eternity.
He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king's friend.
Don't speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
yes, my heart will rejoice, when your lips speak what is right.
Then he will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath:
You will destroy those who speak lies. the LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
He who walks blamelessly does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;
They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.
Don't draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.
Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.
For they don't speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.
They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
Many, the LORD, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can't be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
My enemies speak evil against me: "When will he die, and his name perish?"
If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.
My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart shall utter understanding.
The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.
"Hear, my people, and I will speak; Israel, and I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother's son.
Against you, and you only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight; that you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge.
You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah.
Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
If I had said, "I will speak thus;" behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
Don't lift up your horn on high. Don't speak with a stiff neck."
You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can't speak.
I will hear what God, the LORD, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to folly.
He who practices deceit won't dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won't be established before my eyes.
This is the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, of those who speak evil against my soul.
They have mouths, but they don't speak. They have eyes, but they don't see.
They have hands, but they don't feel. They have feet, but they don't walk, neither do they speak through their throat.
I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.
I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war. A Song of Ascents.
Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won't be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate. A Song of Ascents.
They have mouths, but they can't speak. They have eyes, but they can't see.
For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.
An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
whose mouths speak deceit, Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts. I will declare your greatness.
They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk about your power;
My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD. Let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.
After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one saying, "Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this."
The voice which I heard from heaven, again speaking with me, said, "Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land."
A mouth speaking great things and blasphemy was given to him. Authority to make war for forty-two months was given to him.
It was given to him to give breath to it, to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn't worship the image of the beast to be killed.
But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.
Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.
I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh, for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness for sanctification.
Or don't you know, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives?
For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;
For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her.
to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.
and said to him, "Run, speak to this young man, saying, 'Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it.
and speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of Armies, "Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: and he shall grow up out of his place; and he shall build the temple of the LORD;
and to speak to the priests of the house of the LORD of Armies, and to the prophets, saying, "Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?"
"Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, did you at all fast to me, really to me?
These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates,
I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow will be cut off; and he will speak peace to the nations: and his dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
It will happen that, when anyone still prophesies, then his father and his mother who bore him will tell him, 'You must die, because you speak lies in the name of the LORD;' and his father and his mother who bore him will stab him when he prophesies.
The remnant of Israel will not do iniquity, nor speak lies, neither will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth, for they will feed and lie down, and no one will make them afraid."
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