"Let it be so for the present," Jesus answered, "since it is fitting for us thus to satisfy every claim of religion." Upon this, John consented.

I, however, say to you that you must not swear at all, either by Heaven, since that is God's throne,

Or by the earth, since that is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, since that is the city of the Great King.

Nor should you swear by your head, since you cannot make a single hair either white or black.

You must assume either that both tree and fruit are good, or that both tree and fruit are worthless; since it is by it's fruits that a tree is known.

in fulfillment of these words in the Prophet--'I will speak to them in parables; I will utter things kept secret since the foundation of the world.'

Since, then, David calls him 'lord,' how is he David's son?"

Therefore, do you also prepare, since it is just when you are least expecting him that the Son of Man will come.

Therefore watch, since you know neither the Day nor the Hour.

Then the King will say to those on his right 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, enter upon possession of the Kingdom prepared for you ever since the beginning of the world.

Now the Chief Priests and the Teachers of the Law heard this and began to look for some way of putting Jesus to death; for they were afraid of him, since all the people were greatly impressed by his teaching.

And, therefore, I also, since I have investigated all these events with great care from their very beginning, have resolved to write a connected history of them for you,

Some of whom they will persecute and kill, in order that the 'blood' of all the prophets 'that has been spilt' since the creation of the world may be exacted from this generation--

And then you will be happy indeed, since they cannot recompense you; for you shall be recompensed at the resurrection of the good."

The Law and the Prophets sufficed until the time of John. Since then the Good News of the Kingdom of God has been told, and everybody has been forcing his way into it.

But we were hoping that he was the Destined Deliverer of Israel; yes, and besides all this, it is now three days since these things occurred.

Upon this the Jews asked Jesus: "What sign are you going to show us, since you act in this way?"

But Jesus did not trust himself to them, since he could read every heart,

For no one does a thing privately, if he is seeking to be widely known. Since you do these things, you should show yourself publicly to the world."

Since the world began, such a thing was never heard of as any one's giving sight to a person born blind.

"Move the stone away," said Jesus. "Master," said Martha, the sister of the dead man, "by this time the smell must be offensive, for this is the fourth day since his death."

And, since I go and prepare a place for you, I shall return and take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am;

Since we are on our trial to-day for a kind act done to a helpless man, and are asked in what way the man here before you has been cured,

While they said to Aaron--'Make us Gods who will lead the way for us, since, as for this Moses who has brought us out of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.'

Since then, God had given them the very same gift as he gave us when we became believers in Jesus Christ the Master--who was I that I could thwart God?"

Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out fearlessly, and said: "It was necessary that the Message of God should be told to you first; but, since you reject it and reckon yourselves not worthy of the Immortal Life--we turn to the Gentiles!

And, when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us to become her guests. "Since you have shown your conviction," she said, "that I really am a believer in the Lord, come and stay in my house." And she insisted on our doing so.

Nor yet do human hands minister to his wants, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives, to all, life, and breath, and all things.

And, since their trade was the same as his, he stayed and worked with them--their trade was tent-making.

But, since it is a dispute about words, and names, and your own Law, you must see to it yourselves. I do not choose to be a judge in such matters."

Since I am choosing you out from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,

For ever since the creation of the universe God's invisible attributes-his everlasting power and divinity-are to be seen and studied in his works, so that men have no excuse;

Since God shows no partiality.

Yes, of the Gentiles also, since there is only one God, and he will pronounce those who are circumcised righteous as the result of faith, and also those who are uncircumcised on their showing the same faith.

You, however, are not earthly but spiritual, since the Spirit of God lives within you. Unless a man has the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ;

And if children, then heirs-heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ, since we share Christ's sufferings in order that we may also share his Glory.

Since our gifts differ in accordance with the particular charge entrusted to us, if our gift is to preach, let our preaching correspond to our faith;

For since the world, in God's wisdom, did not by its philosophy learn to know God, God saw fit, by the 'folly' of our proclamation, to save those who believe in Christ!

Since we, then, sowed spiritual seed for you, is it too much that we should reap from you an earthly harvest?

Indeed, if a woman does not keep her head covered, she may as well cut her hair short. But, since to cut her hair short, or shave it off, marks her as one of the shameless women, let her keep her head covered.

If the foot says 'Since I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,' it does not on that account cease to belong to the body.

Or if the ear says 'Since I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,' it does not on that account cease to belong to the body.

And so with you; since your are striving for spiritual gifts, be eager to excel in such as will build up the faith of the Church.

And by means of which you are being saved. I would remind you of the very words that I used in telling it to you, since you are still holding fast to it, and since it was not in vain that you became believers in Christ.

For, since through a man there is death, so, too, through a man there is a resurrection of the dead.

Therefore, since it is by God's mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart.

Ever since we reached Macedonia, we have had no rest in body or mind; on every side there have been troubles--conflicts without, anxieties within.

I am only making suggestions on this matter; for this is the best course for you, since you were a year before others, not only in taking action, but also in showing your readiness to do so.

And, since you belong to Christ, it follows that you are Abraham's offspring and, under the promise, sharers in the inheritance.

Since our Life is due to the Spirit, let us rule our conduct also by the Spirit.

And therefore I, ever since I heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and of your confidence in all Christ's People,

Since, therefore, you have cast off what is false, 'you must every one of you speak the truth to your neighbors.' For we are united to one another like the parts of a body.

Since, therefore, you have received Jesus, the Christ, as your Lord, live your lives in union with him--

Since, with Christ, you became dead to the puerile teaching of this world, why do you submit, as though your life were still that of the world,

Since, therefore, you were raised to Life with the Christ, seek for the things that are above; for it is there that the Christ is 'seated at the right hand of God.'

Since you know that it is from the Master that you will receive the inheritance which will be your recompense. You are serving Christ, the Master.

Therefore, since I could no longer endure the uncertainty, I sent to make inquiries about your faith, fearing that the Tempter had tempted you, and that our toil might prove to have been in vain.

Since God deems it just to inflict suffering upon those who are now inflicting suffering upon you,

Therefore, since human nature is the common heritage of 'the Children,' Jesus also shared it, in order that by death he might render powerless him whose power lies in death--that is, the Devil--

For we have had the Good News told us just as they had. But the Message which they heard did them no good, since they did not share the faith of those who were attentive to it.

Since, then, there is still a promise that some shall enter upon this Rest, and since those who were first told the Good News did not enter upon it, because of their disbelief,

And he is able to sympathize with the ignorant and deluded, since he is himself subject to weakness,

When God gave his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater by whom he could swear, he swore by himself.

If he were, however, still upon earth, he would not even be a priest, since there are already priests who offer the gifts as the Law directs.

for then Christ would have had to undergo death many times since the creation of the world. But now, once and for all, at the close of the age, he has appeared, in order to abolish sin by the sacrifice of himself.

and has since then been waiting 'for his enemies to be put as a stool for his feet.'

Therefore, Brothers, since we may enter the Sanctuary with confidence, in virtue of the blood of Jesus,

and, since we have in him 'a great priest set over the House of God,'

since God had in view some better thing for us, that they, apart from us, should not attain perfection.

Pray for us, for we are sure that our consciences are clear, since our wish is to be occupied with what is good.

And since you call upon him as 'Father,' who judges every one impartially by what he has done, let reverence be the spirit of your lives during the time of your stay upon earth.

since your new Life has come, not from perishable, but imperishable, seed, through the Message of the Everliving God.

since 'you have found by experience that the Lord is kind.'

Since, then, Christ suffered in body, arm yourselves with the same resolve as he; for he who has suffered in body has ceased to sin,

will come and ask scoffingly-- 'Where is his promised Coming? Ever since our fathers passed to their rest, everything remains just as it was when the world was first created!'

Now, since all these things are in the process of dissolution, think what you yourselves ought to be--what holy and pious lives you ought to lead,

But you--you still retain in your hears that consecration which you received from the Christ, and are not in need of any one to teach you; but, since his consecration of you teaches you about everything, and since it is a real consecration, and no lie, then, as it has taught you, maintain your union with him.

Dear friends, since God loved us thus, we, surely, ought to love one another.

For there have crept in among you certain godless people, whose sentence has long since been pronounced, and who make the mercy of God an excuse for profligacy, and disown our only lord and master, Jesus Christ.

There followed 'flashes of lightning, cries, and peals of thunder'; and there was a great earthquake, such as had not occurred since man began to be upon the earth--none so great;