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All, as many as came before me, are thieves, and, robbers: but the sheep hearkened nor unto them.
If, in the place of breaking in, the thief be found and he is smitten so that he dieth, there is due for him no shedding of blood:
Verily, verily, I say unto you: - He that entereth not, through the door, into the fold of the sheep, but goeth up from another place, that man, is, a thief, and, a robber.
Then, are crucified with him, two robbers, - one on the right hand, and one on the left.
and saith unto them - It is written, My house, a house of prayer, shall be called; but, ye, are making it, A den of robbers!
But there is, one thing, ye know - That, if the householder, had known, in what watch, the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert, and not have suffered his house to be dug through.
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners - shall inherit, God's kingdom.
The thief, cometh not, save that he may thieve and slay and destroy: I, came, that, life, they might have, and, above measure, might have.
A den of robbers, hath this house on which my Name hath been called become in your own eyes? I, also, - lo! I have seen it Declareth Yahweh.
therefore have I brought it forth, Declareth Yahweh of hosts, And it shall enter - into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth by my name, falsely, - and it shall roost in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, both the timbers thereof, and the stones thereof.
And he went on to say - Jesus! remember me, whensoever thou shalt come into thy kingdom.
saying unto them - It is written, And, my house, shall be, a house of prayer; but, ye, have made, it, a den of robbers.
Yet, if found, he must pay back sevenfold, All the substance of his house, must he give:
If, thieves, had come to thee, if robbers by night - how ruined thou art! Would they not have stolen what sufficed them? If, grape-gatherers, had come to thee, Would they not have left gleanings?
He that shareth with a thief, hateth himself, an oath, he heareth, yet may not tell.
If thou sawest a thief, then didst thou run with him, - And, with adulterers, hath been thy chosen life;
and unto them who were selling, the doves, he said - Take these things hence! Be not making, the house of my Father, a house of merchandise.
As the shame of a thief when he is found, So, hath been put to shame, the house of Israel, - They, their kings their princes, and their priests and their prophets:
Men despise not a thief, when he stealeth, to satisfy his appetite, because he is famished;
And, the same thing, the robbers also, who were crucified with him, were casting in his teeth.
And taking up the question , Jesus said - A certain man, was going down from Jerusalem unto Jericho, and, with robbers, fell in, - who, stripping him, and inflicting, wounds, upon him, departed, leaving him, half dead.
if the thief be found, he shall give in restitution double, if the thief be not found, then shall the owner of the house be brought near unto God to swear that he hath not laid his hand on the property of his neighbour.
And he said unto him - Verily, I say unto thee this day: With me, shalt thou be in Paradise.
Be not laying up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where, moth and rust, do tarnish, and where, thieves, dig through and steal;
At peace are the tents that belong to the spoilers, and there is security to them who provoke GOD, To him who bringeth a god in his hand.
He breaketh, in the dark, into houses, - By day, they lock themselves in, They know not the light;
and was teaching, and saying - Is it not written, My house, a house of prayer, shall be called, for all the nations? but, ye, have made it, A den of robbers.
Let, the stealer, no more, steal, but rather let him be toiling, - working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have wherewith to be giving away to him that hath need;
Lo! I come as a thief! Happy, he that is watching, and keeping his garments, lest, naked, he be walking, and they see his shame. -
But, of this, be taking note - Had the householder known, in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not suffered his house, to be digged through.
And was it not, a derision, that Israel became to thee? And was it not among thieves, he was found? For, as often as thou didst speak of him, thou didst wag the head!
Upon the city, shall they leap, on the wall, shall they run, up the houses, shall they climb, - through the windows, shall they enter, like a thief,
For, ye yourselves, perfectly well know - that, the day of the Lord, as a thief in the night, so, cometh;
He that robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression, companion, is he to one who wasteth.
For let, none of you, be suffering as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as one prying into other men's affairs;
where, him, they crucified; and, with him, other two, on this side and on that, and, in the midst, Jesus.
Which of these three, seemeth unto thee to have become, neighbour, unto him who fell among the robbers?
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He that robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression, companion, is he to one who wasteth.
My son, if sinners entice thee, do not consent. If they say - Come with us, - Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us watch in secret for him who is needlessly innocent; Let us engulf them, like hades, alive, While in health, like them who are going down to the pit; read more.
All costly substance, shall we find, We shall fill our houses with spoil; Thy lot, shalt thou cast into our midst, One purse, shall there be, for us all. My son, do not walk in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path. For, their feet, to mischief, do run, and haste to the shedding of blood. Surely, in vain, is spread the net, in the sight of aught that hath wings! Yet, they, for their own blood, lie in wait, They watch in secret for their own life. Such are the ways of every one that graspeth with greed, The life of the owners thereof, it taketh away!
And, he that stealeth a man of the sons of Israel, and selleth him, or he be found in his hand, shall, surely be put to death.
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John 12:6Howbeit he said this, not that, for the destitute, he cared, but because, a thief, he was, and holding, the bag, used to carry away, what was cast therein.