But if your right eye makes you fall, tear it out and throw it away, for you might better lose one part of your body than have it all thrown into the pit!

If your right hand makes you fall, cut it off and throw it away, for you might better lose one part of your body than have it all go down to the pit!

Many will say to me on that Day, 'Lord! Lord! Was it not in your name that we prophesied, and by your name that we drove out demons, and by your name that we did many mighty acts?'

But you say, 'Whoever tells his father or mother, "Anything of mine that might have been of use to you is given to God,"

But whoever hinders one of these children who believe in me might better have a great millstone hung around his neck and be sunk in the open sea.

"But if your own hand or your own foot makes you fall, cut it off and throw it away. You might better enter upon life maimed or crippled than keep both hands and feet but be thrown into the everlasting fire.

And if your own eye makes you fall, dig it out and throw it away. You might better enter upon life with only one eye than be thrown with both eyes into the fiery pit.

Then some children were brought up to him so that he might lay his hands on them and pray, but his disciples reproved the people for it.

It might have been sold for a large sum, and the money given to the poor."

Now the high priests and the whole council were trying to get false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.

But you say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, "Anything of mine that might have been of use to you is Korban," ' that is, consecrated to God,

And he said to them, "I tell you, some of you who stand here will certainly live to see the reign of God come in its might."

But Jesus said, "Do not tell him not to do so, for there is no one who will use my name to do a mighty act, and be able soon after to abuse me.

And whoever causes one of these humble believers to fall might better have a great millstone hung around his neck and be thrown into the sea.

If your hand makes you fall, cut it off. You might better enter upon life maimed, than go with both your hands to the pit, into the fire that cannot be put out.

And if your foot makes you fall, cut it off. You might better enter upon life crippled, than be thrown with both your feet into the pit.

And if your eye makes you fall, tear it out. You might better get into the Kingdom of God with only one eye than be thrown with both your eyes into the pit,

It might have been sold for more than sixty dollars, and the money have been given to the poor."

And he went on a little way and threw himself on the ground and prayed that if it were possible he might be spared the hour of trial,

"He has done mighty deeds with his arm, He has routed the proud-minded,

And he has produced a mighty Savior for us In the house of his servant David.

One day as he was teaching, there were some Pharisees and experts in the Law sitting near by, who had come from every village in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was there, so that he might cure people.

But they did not understand what he meant, indeed it was concealed from them, in order that they might not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask him what he meant.

But he said, "You might better say, 'Blessed are those who hear God's message and observe it!' "

plotting to entrap him in something he might say.

He might better have a millstone hung around his neck, and be thrown into the sea, than be a hindrance to one of these humble people.

And the Master said, "If your faith is as big as a mustard seed, you might have said to this mulberry tree, 'Be pulled up by the roots and planted in the sea,' and it would have obeyed you!

So they kept watch of him and set some spies who pretended to be honest men to fasten on something that he said, so that they might hand him over to the control and authority of the governor.

And he said, "What is it?" They said to him, "About Jesus of Nazareth, who in the eyes of God and of all the people was a prophet mighty in deed and word,

He came to give testimony, to testify to the light, so that everyone might come to believe in it through him.

For God did not send his Son into the world to pass judgment upon the world, but that through him the world might be saved.

For the high priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who found out where he was should let them know, so that they might arrest him.

in fulfilment of the saying of the prophet Isaiah, "Lord, who has believed our account? And to whom has the Lord's mighty arm been unveiled?"

As long as I was with them I kept them by your power which you gave me, and I protected them, and not one of them was lost (except the one who was destined to be lost), so that what the Scripture says might come true.

As it was the day of Preparation for the Passover, in order that the bodies might not be left on the crosses over the Sabbath, for that Sabbath was an especially important one, the Jews asked Pilate to have the men's legs broken and the bodies removed.

Cretans and Arabs??e all hear them tell in our native tongues the mighty deeds of God."

When they came, they prayed that the Samaritans might receive the holy Spirit,

and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women there who belonged to the Way, he might bring them in chains to Jerusalem.

so that they might search for God, and perhaps grope for him and find him, though he is never far from any of us.

Before Paul could open his lips, Gallio said to the Jews, "If some misdemeanor or rascality were involved, Jews, you might reasonably expect me to listen to you.

the colonel ordered Paul brought into the barracks, and gave directions that he should be examined under the lash, so that he might find out why they made such an outcry against him.

They were also to provide horses for Paul to ride, so that they might take him in safety to Felix, the governor,

"In a hurry or not," said Paul, "I would to God that not only you, but all who hear me today, might be what I am??xcept for these chains!"

"He might have been set at liberty," said Agrippa to Festus, "if he had not appealed to the emperor."

Then as they were afraid we might go on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and waited anxiously for daylight.

The soldiers proposed to kill the prisoners, for fear some of them might swim ashore and escape,

Circumcision will help you only if you observe the Law; but if you are a lawbreaker, you might as well be uncircumcised.

so that just as sin had reigned through death, mercy might reign through uprightness and bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

for we know that our old self was crucified with him, to do away with our sinful body, so that we might not be enslaved to sin any longer,

So you, in turn, my brothers, in the body of Christ have become dead as far as the Law is concerned, so that you may belong to another husband, who was raised from the dead in order that we might bear fruit for God.

Did what was good, then, prove the death of me? Certainly not! It was sin that did so, so that it might be recognized as sin, because even through something that was good it effected my death, so that through the command it might appear how immeasurably sinful sin was.

so that the requirement of the Law might be fully met in our case, since we live not on the physical but on the spiritual plane.

For everything that was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that by being steadfast and through the encouragement the Scriptures give, we might hold our hope fast.

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the good news??ut not with fine language, or the cross of Christ might seem an empty thing.

so that in his presence no human being might have anything to boast of.

so that your faith might rest, not on human philosophy, but on the power of God.

Are you satisfied already? Have you become rich already? Have you entered your kingdom without waiting for us? I wish you had entered it, so that we might share it with you!

This is what I said in my letter, so that I might avoid coming and having my feelings hurt by the very people who might have been expected to make me happy, for I felt sure about you all, that what made me happy would make you all happy.

and he died for all that those who live might no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for them and rose again.

He made him who knew nothing of sin to be sin, for our sake, so that through union with him we might become God's uprightness.

You know how gracious the Lord Jesus Christ was. Though he was rich, he became poor for your sake, in order that by his poverty you might become rich.

It is no strain for me to do this, as it might be for people who had never got so far, for I was the first to come all the way to you with the good news of the Christ.

Three times I have prayed to the Lord about this, begging that it might leave me,

to reveal his Son to me, so that I might preach the good news about him to the heathen, immediately, instead of consulting with any human being,

It was in obedience to a revelation that I went. I laid before them the good news that I preach to the heathen, presenting it privately to the leaders, for fear my efforts might be or might have been futile.

But we did not submit to them for a moment, in order that the truth of the good news might remain yours.

in order that the blessing given to Abraham might through Jesus Christ reach the heathen, so that through faith we might receive the promised Spirit.

But the Scripture describes all mankind as the prisoners of sin, so that the promised blessing might on the ground of faith in Jesus Christ be given to those who have faith.

So the Law has been our attendant on our way to Christ, so that we might be made upright through faith.

to ransom those who were subject to law, so that we might receive adoption.

so that we might praise the splendid blessing which he has given us through his beloved Son.

and how surpassingly great his power is for us who believe; like the mighty strength

Henceforth you must grow strong through union with the Lord and through his mighty strength.

Then, so mighty is his majesty, he will nerve you perfectly with strength for the cheerful exercise of endurance and forbearance in every situation,

He is the head of the church, it is his body; for he is the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead??hat he might come to stand first in everything.

In it, by divine appointment, I became a worker, that I might preach among you the message of God in its fulness??26 that secret, hidden from the ages and generations, but now disclosed to those who are consecrated to him,

We never sought praise from men, either from you or anyone else, though as Christ's apostles we might have stood on our dignity.

That was why, when I could not bear it any longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for I was afraid that the tempter might have tempted you and all our labor might be lost.

and to give rest to you who are suffering and to us, when our Lord Jesus appears from heaven, with his mighty angels

They will be punished with eternal ruin and exclusion from the presence of the Lord and his glorious might,

but God had mercy on me in order that in my case as the foremost, Christ Jesus might display his perfect patience, as an example to those who would later believe in him and find eternal life.

But the Lord stood by me, and gave me strength, so that I might make a full presentation of the message and let all the heathen hear it. So I was saved from the jaws of the lion.

so that we might be made upright through his mercy and become possessors of eternal life in fulfilment of our hope.

but I do not wish to do anything without your consent, so that your kindness might be voluntary, and not have the appearance of compulsion.

For perhaps this is why you and he were parted for a while, that you might have him back forever,

He is the reflection of God's glory, and the representation of his being, and bears up the universe by his mighty word. He has effected man's purification from sin, and has taken his seat on high at the right hand of God's Majesty,

but we do see Jesus, who was "made for a little while inferior to angels, crowned with glory and honor" because he suffered death, so that by the favor of God he might taste the bitterness of death on behalf of every human being.

Therefore since these children referred to have the same mortal nature, Jesus also shared it, like them, in order that by his death he might dethrone the lord of death, the devil,

And so he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might prove a compassionate high priest as well as one faithful in his service to God, in order to forgive the people's sins.

put out furious fires, escaped death by the sword, found strength in their time of weakness, proved mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.

Women had their dead restored to them by resurrection. Others endured torture, and refused to accept release, that they might rise again to the better life.

for God had resolved upon something still better for us, that they might not reach the fulfilment of their hopes except with us.

Of his own accord he brought us into being through the message of truth, so that we might be a kind of first-fruits among his creatures.

Elijah was a man like us, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and for three years and six months there was no rain in the land.

That is the life to which you have been called, for Christ himself suffered for you, leaving you an example so that you might follow his footsteps.

He carried the burden of our sins in his own body on the cross, in order that we might die to sin and live for uprightness. By his wounds you have been healed.

Submit humbly, therefore, to God's mighty hand, so that he may in due time raise you up.

his feet were like bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the noise of mighty waters.

And I saw a mighty angel announcing in a loud voice, "Who is fit to open the roll and break its seals?"

saying in a loud voice, "The Lamb that was slaughtered deserves to receive power, wealth, wisdom, might, honor, glory, and blessing."