722 verses contain “Declare” (in the KJV: 203, in the BSB: 547) — showing 501–600
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They shall
tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a
dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD.
They will come
trembling like birds from Egypt and like doves from the land of Assyria. Then I will settle them in their homes,
declares the LORD.
Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with
weeping, and with
mourning:
“Yet even now,”
declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting,
weeping, and
mourning.”
And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for
Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.
I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD.
And he that is
courageous among the mighty shall
flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.
Even the bravest of mighty men will
flee naked on that day,”
declares the LORD.
For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and
robbery in their palaces.
“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
Hear ye, and
testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,
Hear and
testify against the house of Jacob,
declares the Lord GOD, the God of Hosts.
And I will
smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD.
I will
tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,”
declares the LORD.
And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD.
You will go out through broken walls, each one straight
ahead of her, and you will be cast out toward Harmon,”
declares the LORD.
Offer
leavened bread as a
thank offering, and loudly
proclaim your
freewill offerings. For that is what you children of Israel love to do,”
declares the Lord GOD.
And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
“I
beset all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,”
declares the LORD.
So two or three cities
wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
People
staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,”
declares the LORD.
I have
smitten you with blasting and
mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the
palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
“I struck you with
blight and
mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the
locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,”
declares the LORD.
I have sent among you the
pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the
stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
“I sent plagues among you like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the
stench of your camp, yet you did not return to Me,”
declares the LORD.
I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew
Sodom and
Gomorrah, and ye were as a
firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.
For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the
dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth— the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”
The Lord GOD hath
sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I
abhor the
excellency of Jacob, and
hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
The Lord GOD has
sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has
declared: “I
abhor Jacob’s pride and
detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”
But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall
afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
For behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,”
declares the LORD, the God of Hosts, “and they will
oppress you from Lebo-
hamath to the
Brook of the Arabah.”
And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
“In that day,”
declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to
wailing. Many will be the corpses,
strewn in silence everywhere!”
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at
noon, and I will
darken the earth in the clear day:
And in that day,
declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at
noon, and I will
darken the earth in the
daytime.
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a
thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
Behold, the days are coming,
declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread or a
thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.
Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
“Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir?
Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.
Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.
That they may possess the
remnant of
Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.
that they may possess the
remnant of
Edom and all the nations that bear My name,”
declares the LORD, who will do this.
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the
plowman shall overtake the
reaper, and the
treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall
melt.
“Behold, the days are coming,”
declares the LORD, “when the
plowman will overtake the
reaper and the
treader of grapes, the
sower of seed. The mountains will
drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.
Though thou
exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
Though you
soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,”
declares the LORD.
Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of
Edom, and understanding out of the mount of
Esau?
In that day,
declares the LORD, will I not destroy the wise men of
Edom and the men of understanding in the mountains of
Esau?
Declare ye it not at
Gath,
weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll
thyself in the dust.
Do not tell it in
Gath; do not
weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.
Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people
err, that
bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people
astray, who
proclaim peace while they
chew with their teeth, but
declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to
declare unto Jacob his
transgression, and to Israel his sin.
As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to
declare to Jacob his
transgression and to Israel his sin.
In that day, saith the LORD, will I
assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have
afflicted;
“On that day,”
declares the LORD, “I will gather the
lame; I will
assemble the outcast, even those whom I have
afflicted.
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy
chariots:
“In that day,”
declares the LORD, “I will remove your horses from among you and
wreck your
chariots.
Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her
chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall
devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
“Behold, I am against you,”
declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will send your
chariots up in smoke, and the sword will
devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”
Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will
shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms.
I will utterly
consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
“I will completely
sweep away everything from the face of the earth,”
declares the LORD.
I will
consume man and beast; I will
consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
“I will
sweep away man and beast; I will
sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,”
declares the LORD.
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an
howling from the second, and a great
crashing from the hills.
On that day,”
declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a
wail from the Second District, and a loud
crashing from the hills.
Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as
Sodom, and the children of
Ammon as
Gomorrah, even the breeding of
nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual
desolation: the residue of my people shall
spoil them, and the
remnant of my people shall possess them.
Therefore, as surely as I live,”
declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like
Sodom and the
Ammonites like
Gomorrah— a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The
remnant of My people will
plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”
Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may
assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine
indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be
devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
Therefore wait for Me,”
declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to
testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to
assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My
indignation— all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.
Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I
blew away. Why?
declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is
busy with his own house.
Then spake
Haggai the LORD’S
messenger in the LORD’S message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.
Haggai, the
messenger of the LORD, delivered the message of the LORD to the people: “I am with you,”
declares the LORD.
Yet now be strong, O
Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts:
But now be strong, O
Zerubbabel,
declares the LORD. Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. And be strong, all you people of the land,
declares the LORD. Work! For I am with you,
declares the LORD of Hosts.
The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, declares the LORD of Hosts.
The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says the LORD of Hosts. And in this place I will provide peace, declares the LORD of Hosts.”
Then answered
Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.
Then
Haggai replied, “So it is with this people and this nation before Me,
declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is
defiled.
I
smote you with blasting and with
mildew and with
hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD.
I struck you—all the work of your hands—with
blight,
mildew, and
hail, but you did not turn to Me,
declares the LORD.
In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O
Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a
signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.
On that day,
declares the LORD of Hosts, I will take you, My servant,
Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,
declares the LORD, and I will make you like My
signet ring, for I have chosen you,
declares the LORD of Hosts.”
Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.
So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’
Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have
cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor
hearken unto me, saith the LORD.
Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not
listen or pay attention to Me,
declares the LORD.
Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with
mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’
For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
Ho, ho, come forth, and
flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.
“Get up! Get up!
Flee from the land of the north,”
declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,”
declares the LORD.
Sing and
rejoice, O daughter of
Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.
“
Shout for joy and be
glad, O Daughter of
Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,”
declares the LORD.
For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will
engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
See the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will
engrave on it an inscription,
declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.
In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.
On that day,
declares the LORD of Hosts, you will each
invite your
neighbor to sit under your own vine and fig tree.’”
I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the
thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall
consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
I will send it out,
declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the
thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the
remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “If this is impossible in the eyes of the
remnant of this people in these days, should it also be impossible in My eyes?”
declares the LORD of Hosts.
But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts.
But now I will not treat the
remnant of this people as I did in the past,”
declares the LORD of Hosts.
And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I
hate, saith the LORD.
do not plot evil in your hearts against your
neighbor, and do not love to
swear falsely, for I
hate all these things,”
declares the LORD.
Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
Return to your
stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even
today I
declare that I will restore to you double.
And I will
strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
I will
strengthen them in the LORD, and in His name they will walk,”
declares the LORD.
For I will no more
pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour’s hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall
smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.
For I will no longer have
compassion on the people of the land,
declares the LORD, but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his
neighbor and his king, who will
devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from their hands.”
The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:
In that day, saith the LORD, I will
smite every horse with
astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will
smite every horse of the people with blindness.
On that day,
declares the LORD, I will strike every horse with
panic, and every rider with madness. I will keep a watchful eye on the house of Judah, but I will strike with blindness all the horses of the nations.
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
And on that day,
declares the LORD of Hosts, I will
erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.
Awake, O sword, against my
shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts:
smite the
shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
Awake, O sword, against My
Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion,
declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the
Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
And in all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but a third will be left in it.
I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not
Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not
Esau Jacob’s brother?”
declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence,
Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
“Away from Me,
Satan!” Jesus
declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
At that time Jesus answered and said, I
thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast
hid these things from the wise and
prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
Peter said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”
Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.
“From others,” Peter answered. “Then the sons are
exempt,” Jesus
declared.
Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I
forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
Then the master summoned him and
declared, ‘You wicked servant! I
forgave all your debt because you
begged me.
And he said unto her, What
wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.
“What do you want?” He inquired. She answered, “Declare that in Your kingdom one of these two sons of mine may sit at Your right hand, and the other at Your left.”
And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of
thieves.
And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
Jesus said unto him,
Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the
cock crow, thou shalt deny me
thrice.
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus
declared, “this very night, before the
rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”
And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken
blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his
blasphemy.
At this, the high priest
tore his clothes and
declared, “He has
blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the
blasphemy.
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
For Jesus had already declared, “Come out of this man, you unclean spirit!”
And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us
whatsoever we shall desire.
Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus and declared, “Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask.”
And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of
thieves.
Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy
footstool.
Speaking by the Holy Spirit, David himself declared: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’
But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be
offended, yet will not I.
Peter declared, “Even if all fall away, I never will.”
Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?
At this, the high priest
tore his clothes and
declared, “Why do we need any more witnesses?
And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and
hid herself five months, saying,
After these days, his wife Elizabeth became
pregnant and for five months remained in
seclusion. She
declared,
And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
Then Jesus declared, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
And Jesus said,
Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.
But Jesus declared, “Someone touched Me, for I know that power has gone out from Me.”
And when the woman saw that she was not
hid, she came
trembling, and falling down before him, she
declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him and how she was
healed immediately.
Then the woman, seeing that she could not escape notice, came
trembling and fell down before Him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched Him and how she had immediately been
healed.
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the
plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Then Jesus
declared, “No one who puts his hand to the
plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
But into
whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,
But if you enter a town and they do not
welcome you, go into the streets and
declare,
In that hour Jesus
rejoiced in spirit, and said, I
thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast
hid these things from the wise and
prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
At that time Jesus
rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and
declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
And the son said unto him, Father, I have
sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
The son
declared, ‘Father, I have
sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of
thieves.
He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David’s son?
Then Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David?
And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise
lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
So Jesus declared, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them call themselves benefactors.
And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth.
“Why do we need any more testimony?” they declared. “We have heard it for ourselves from His own lips.”
No man hath seen God at any time; the only
begotten Son, which is in the
bosom of the Father, he hath
declared him.
No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.