To show mercy [as He promised] to our fathers,
And to remember His holy covenant [the promised blessing],

Meanwhile, Jesus kept on growing wiser and more mature, and in favor with God and his fellow man.

And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.

John answered them all, saying, "I baptize you with water, but the one who is more powerful than I [am] is coming, of whom I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

When the devil had finished every temptation, he [temporarily] left Him until a more opportune time.

But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

The disciple is not more important than his teacher, but when every person becomes complete, [then] he will be like his teacher.

So Jesus went with them. But when he was not far from the house, the captain sent some friends to him, to say to him, "Master, do not take any more trouble, for I am not a suitable person to have you under my roof.

But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.

"Yes, I tell you and more than a prophet. This is he who it is written. "Behold I send a messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee.

and they not having wherewith to give back, he forgave both; which then of them, say thou, will love him more?'

And Simon answering said, 'I suppose that to whom he forgave the more;' and he said to him, 'Rightly thou didst judge.'

And He said, “To you [who have been chosen] it has been granted to know and recognize the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that though seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

So be careful how you listen; for whoever has [a teachable heart], to him more [understanding] will be given; and whoever does not have [a longing for truth], even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”

While he was still speaking, someone came from the ruler of the synagogue's house and said, "Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the Teacher any more."

But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.

And they did all eat, and were filled; and there were taken up of the fragments which were more than enough for them, twelve baskets.

Saying, That the Son of man must suffer many things, and be disapproved of by the more ancient and the chief priests and the scribes, and be slain, and be raised up the third day.

After this the Lord nominated seventy disciples more, and sent them before by two and two, into all the cities, and towns, where he himself design'd to go.

And He addressed them thus: "The harvest is abundant, but the reapers are few: therefore entreat the Owner of the harvest to send out more reapers into His fields. And now go.

But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.

And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.

He said, “Even more, those who hear the word of God and keep it are blessed!”

and as the crowd grew more numerous, he thus began, this is a degenerate race of men: they demand a miracle: but no miracle shall be exhibited, but such as happen'd in the person of Jonas the prophet.

A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, more than Solomon is here.

Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas is here.

And when he had come out of that place, the scribes and the Pharisees came round him angrily, questioning him about more things;

And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. And I say to you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God.

Then He said to them, “Watch out and guard yourselves against every form of greed; for not even when one has an overflowing abundance does his life consist of nor is it derived from his possessions.”

so he thought to himself, 'What should I do, because I do not have any [more] room to store my crops?'

The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.

Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?

If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?

But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what more can I wish, if it is already kindled?

And He responded to them, “Do you think that these Galileans were more sinful than all Galileans because they suffered these things?

Or do you assume that those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed were worse sinners than all the others who live in Jerusalem?

But he replied to him, ‘Let it alone, sir, [just] one more year until I dig around it and put in fertilizer;

Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. I say unto you, that you can see me no more, until it shall come to pass that you may say, Blessed is the One coming in the name of the Lord.

When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;

If any one comes to me, and hates not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and still more his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired hands have more than enough food, and here I am dying of hunger!

And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

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.

And having called him, he said to him, What is this I hear of thee give back the word of thy stewardship; for thou canst no more be steward.

And the lord praised the unrighteous steward because he had done prudently. For the sons of this world are, for their own generation, more prudent than the sons of light.

if therefore your fidelity has not appear'd in the use of these transitory enjoyments, how can you be trusted with what is more lasting?

It would be more profitable for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea, than that he should be a snare to one of these little ones.

And the apostles said to the Lord, Give more faith to us.

And so with you--when you have done all that you have been told, still say 'We are but useless servants; we have done no more than we ought to have done.'"

The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.

"I tell you that this man went home more thoroughly absolved from guilt than the other; for every one who uplifts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be uplifted."

When Jesus heard this he said to him, "You lack one thing more; sell all you have, distribute the money among the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come and follow me."

Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.

And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.

And the first came before him, saying, Lord, thy pound hath made ten pounds more.

The second one came and said, ‘Lord, your mina has made five minas.’

They said to him, 'He has two hundred, sir!'??26 'I tell you, the man who has will have more given him, and from the man who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away!

[Jesus explained,] ‘I tell you that to everyone who has [because he valued his gifts from God and has used them wisely], more will be given; but from the one who does not have [because he disregarded his gifts from God], even what he has will be taken away.’

And it was in one of those days, he teaching the people in the temple, and announcing good news, there came forth the chief priests, and the scribes, and the more ancient,

Jesus said to them, "No more will I tell you what authority I have for acting as I do."

There was nothing here that they could lay hold of before the people, and marvelling at His answer they said no more.

Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

For they durst not any more ask him any question.

who devour the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, these shall receive more abundant judgment.'

And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:

For they gave out of their wealth, having more than enough for themselves: but she, even out of her need, has put in all her living.

For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

for I say to you, I shall from now drink no more from the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God may come.

And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

But Jesus answered [and] said, "{Stop! No more of this!}" And he touched [his] ear [and] healed him.

After about an hour had passed, another man began to insist, “This man was with Him, for he is a Galilean too.”

And they said, What need have we any more of witness, for we have heard ourselves out of his mouth?

And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.

Pilate addressed them again, wanting to release Jesus,

But they clamoured the more, saying, Crucify, crucify him.

But they kept shouting the more insistently, demanding that he should be crucified, and their shouts won the day.

But we kept hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel. What is more, this is now the third day since these things occurred.

And what is more, some of the women among us have greatly astonished us. They went to the tomb at daybreak

when looking upon him more intently, they perceiv'd that it was Jesus. but he vanish'd out of sight.