A voice was heard in Ramah, Weeping and lamentation??achel weeping for her children, Inconsolable, because they were no more!

"Even the tax-gatherers do that, do they not? And if you show courtesy to your brother only, what are you doing more than others? Even the Gentiles do that, do they not?

"For this reason I say to you, do not be anxious about your life, inquiring what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor yet for your body, inquiring what you shall wear. Is not your life more than its food, and your body than its clothing?

"Behold! the birds in the sky! They neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them; and are not you worth more than they?

"If God then so clothes the grass of the field, which blooms today, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, you of little faith?

"If you then, evil as you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him?

"I tell you solemnly it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the Day of Judgment than for that town.

"It is enough for the pupil to fare like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more, the members of his household.

"He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;

"But why did you go? To see a prophet? I tell you, yes, and more than a prophet;

"Moreover, I tell you it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the Day of Judgment, than for you.

"I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the Day of Judgment, than for you."

"And how much more is a man worth than a sheep? Therefore it is right to do good on the Sabbath."

"For whoever holds, to him shall more be given, and he shall have abundance; but whoever does not hold, from him shall be taken away even what he holds.

"And if he succeeds in finding it, I tell you solemnly that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety and nine that never strayed away.

"and when the first came they supposed that they would get more, but they also received each two shillings.

Once more Jesus answered them in parables.

"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you scour sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is gained, you make him twofold more a son of hell than you are, yourselves.

"At once the man who had received the five talents went out and traded with them, and made five talents more.

"The man who had received the five talents came, bringing five more, and said: "'Master, five talents you entrusted to me; see, I have gained five more.'

"The second, who had received the two talents, came up and said: "'Master, it was two talents that you entrusted to me; see, I have gained two more.'

But Pilate said, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they kept shouting the more fiercely, "Let him be crucified!"

And he said to them. "Take heed what you hear. With what measure you measure it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you.

For he who holds, to him will more be given, and he who holds not, from him will be taken even what he holds."

Then Jesus charged them not to tell any one, but the more he charged them, the more they published it;

Now they had forgotten to take bread, and had not in the boat with them more than one loaf.

And suddenly as they looked around, they saw no one any more beside them, but Jesus alone.

On leaving that place Jesus came into the borders of Judea, on the other side of the Jordan, Once more the people flocked about him, and again, as usual, he began teaching them.

so that they are no more two, but one flesh.

They were still on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus led the way; and they were amazed, and some, although they followed, were afraid. Then once more he took the Twelve, and began to tell them what was about to befall him.

So, addressing the tree, he said, "Let no man ever more eat fruit from you." And the disciples heard it.

Once more they came into Jerusalem; and as he was walking in the Temple courts, there came to him the high priests and Scribes and elders and asked him.

On this he called his disciples to him, and said: "I tell you solemnly that this poor widow has put in more than all who have put their offerings into the treasury;

That perfume could have been sold for more than one hundred and fifty dollars, and given to the poor."

Solemnly I tell you I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day I drink it new in the kingdom of God."

and when he returned he found them once more asleep, for their eyes were heavy with sleep, and they knew not what to say to him.

So Pilate spoke to them once more, "What them shall I do to him you call 'King of the Jews'?"

And he said to them, "Exact no more than the sum allowed you."

But all the more the report about him continued to spread; and great crowds began to come together to hear him, and to be healed of their infirmities.

"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.

"However, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

"The next day he took two silver pieces and gave them to the landlord and said, "'Take care of him, and whatever more you spend I will repay it to you on my way back.'

"If you give good gifts to your children, how much more shall the Father who is in heaven give the Holy spirit to those that ask him!"

"Then it goes off and fetches seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first."

"But I say to you who are my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have no more that they can do.

"But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not! You are of more value than many sparrow!

"For the life is more than food, and the body is more than clothes.

"Consider the ravens; they neither sow nor reap; they have no storehouse nor barn. And yet God feeds them. How much more are you worth than the birds?

"Now if God so clothe the grass in the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

"but he who did not know, but did things worthy of a beating, will receive few lashes. To whom much has been given, from him much will be required, and to whom much is entrusted, of him they will ask the more.

"When you are invited by any one to a marriage-feast, do not sit down in the best seat, lest a guest more distinguished than yourself has been invited, and your host come to you and say,

"I say to you that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, more than over ninety and nine just persons who need no repentance.

"'"I am no more worthy to be called your son; only make me like one of your hired men."'

"The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight and am no more worthy to be called your son.'

Those who went ahead began to reprove him and to tell him to be still; but he kept clamorously shouting all the more, "Son of David, take pity on me!"

"For indeed they cannot die any more; they are equal to the angels, and through being sons of the resurrection are sons of God.

And he said: "Of truth I tell you that this poor widow has put in more than they all;

"Take this, and divide it among yourselves; for I tell you that I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God is come."

(And being in agony he kept praying more earnestly; and his sweat became as if it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.)

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

Accordingly when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard it said, "Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John,"

but whoever once drinks of the water that I will give him, shall never thirst any more, but the water that I will give him shall become a living spring of water within him, welling up into eternal life."

Then many more believed because of what he said, himself; and they told the woman.

For this reason the Jews continued to seek the more eagerly to put him to death, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was actually speaking of God as his own Father, thus making himself of God's equal.

But many of the crowd believed on him and began to say, "The Christ, when he comes, will he do more signs than this man has done?"

Once more Jesus addressed them. "I am the light of the world," he said; "He who follows me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the Light of life."

"Yet a little while and the world shall see me no more, but you shall see me; because I live, you, too, shall live.

"I shall not talk with you much more, for the Prince of this world is coming.

"He cuts back any of my branches that bear no fruit, and prunes every fruit-bearing branch, that it may bear more.

"Abide in me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it abide in the vine, no more can you, unless you abide in me.

"In a little while you shall behold me no more; and again in a little while you shall see me, because I am going to the Father."

At this some of his disciples said among themselves. "What does he mean by telling us, 'In a little while you shall behold me no more; and again in a little while you shall see me,' and 'because I am going to the Father'?"

Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and said: "Are you questioning one another about my saying, 'A little while and you shall behold me no more, and again a little while you shall see me'?

so he asked them once more, "Whom are you looking for?" and they replied, "Jesus of Nazareth."

Now when Pilate heard these words he was more alarmed than ever,

When they were through breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these others do?" "Yes, Lord, you know that you are dear to me." he answered. Jesus said to him, "Feed my lambs."

Yet the people continued to hold them in high honor, and more and more believers in the Lord were joining them, both men and women.

And when they had come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but continued on his way rejoicing.

But Saul gained more and more influence, and kept putting the Jews who lived in Damascus to confusion by his proof that Jesus was the Christ.

"And as to his having raised him from among the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he has said this, "I will give thee the holy and sure blessings of David.

The Jews of Berea were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they very readily received the message with all readiness of mind, and day after day searched the Scriptures to see whether these things were so.

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue; and when Priscilla and Aquila heard him they took him home and explained to him more accurately the way of God.

"In all things I have set you an example, how that so toiling, you ought to help the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

sorrowing most of all for the words that he had spoken, that after that day they should look upon his face no more. And they began to escort him to the ship.

When they heard him speaking in Hebrew they became the more quiet.

And there were more than forty who had sworn this oath.

"Now do you and the Sanhedrin ask the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you would judge his case more exactly; and we are ready to kill him, before he comes near the place."

"Now do not let them persuade, for more than forty men are lying in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse, not to eat nor drink until they have killed him; even now they are all ready, awaiting your consent."

"For you have it in your power to know that it is not more than twelve days ago that I went up to Jerusalem to worship;

After staying not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day, after taking his seat upon the tribunal, he ordered Paul to be brought.

By how much more, then, being now justified in his blood, shall we be saved through him from the wrath of God.

For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved in his life.

But the free gift is not like the transgression; for if through the transgression of that one man the rest on men died, much more did the grace of God and the gift given in his grace in the one Man, Jesus Christ, overflow unto the rest of men.

For if through the transgression of the one, death reigned as king through the one, much more shall those who receive the overflowing grace and gift of righteousness reign as kings in life through One, through Jesus Christ.

knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more; death has no more dominion over him.

But if I do the very thing I do not intend to do, it is no more I who practise it, but sin which has its home in me.

For you have not received a spirit of slavery in order that you should once more be afraid; but you have received a spirit of adoption, in which we cry out, "My Father, my dear Father!"

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors Through Him who loved us.

But if it is by grace, it is no longer of works; or else grace is no more grace.

Now if their stumbling enriches the world, and their loss enriches the Gentiles, how much more must their fulness do!