Now these were the circumstances of the birth of Jesus Christ. Mary, his mother, was engaged to Joseph, but before they were married it was found that she was about to become a mother through the influence of the holy Spirit.

But while he was thinking of doing this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, and said, "Joseph, descendant of David, do not fear to take Mary, your wife, to your home, for it is through the influence of the holy Spirit that she is to become a mother.

He said to them, "Then remember that every scribe who has become a disciple of the Kingdom of Heaven must be like a householder who can supply from his storeroom new things as well as old."

and he said, "I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven at all.

and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two of them shall become one'? So they are no longer two but one.

Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, " 'That stone which the builders rejected Has become the cornerstone; This came from the Lord, And seems marvelous to us'?

And if Satan has rebelled against himself and become disunited, he cannot last but is coming to his end.

Therefore a man must leave his father and mother, and he and his wife must become one,'

Did you never read this passage of Scripture: " 'That stone which the builders rejected Has become the cornerstone;

You are to become a mother and you will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus.

to register with Mary, who was engaged to him and who was soon to become a mother.

He looked at them and said, "Then what does this saying of Scripture mean, "'That stone which the builders rejected Has become the cornerstone'?

But to all who did receive him and believe in him he gave the right to become children of God,

but anyone who drinks the water that I will give him will never be thirsty, but the water that I will give him will become a spring of water within him, bubbling up for eternal life."

So once more the Pharisees asked him how he had become able to see, and he said to them, "He put some clay on my eyes, and I washed them, and I can see."

But the Jews would not believe that he had been blind and had become able to see until they summoned the parents of the man who had been given his sight,

He answered, "I have already told you and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become disciples of his too?"

And Jesus said, "I have come into this world to judge men, that those who cannot see may see, and that those who can see may become blind."

I have other sheep too that do not belong to this fold. I must lead them too, and they will obey my voice, and they will all become one flock, with one shepherd.

While you have the light believe in the light, that you may become sons of light." With these words Jesus went away, and disappeared from them.

" 'It will come about in the last days, God says, That I will pour out my Spirit upon all mankind; Your sons and daughters will become prophets, Your young men will have visions, And your old men will have dreams.

Even on my slaves, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, And they will become prophets.

He is the stone that you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.

There was but one heart and soul in the multitude who had become believers, and not one of them claimed anything that belonged to him as his own, but they shared everything they had with one another.

for they said to Aaron, 'Make us gods to march in front of us, for as for this Moses, who brought us out of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him!'

But when morning came, there was no little commotion among the soldiers as to what could have become of Peter.

that God has fulfilled to us, their children, the promise that he made to our forefathers, by raising Jesus to life, just as the Scripture says in the second psalm, You are my Son! Today I have become your Father!'

But some members of the Pharisees' party who had become believers got up and said that such converts ought to be circumcised and told to obey the Law of Moses.

As he wanted to cross to Greece, the brothers wrote to the disciples there, urging them to welcome him. On his arrival there he was of great service to those who through God's favor had become believers,

As for the heathen who have become believers, we have written them our decision that they must avoid anything that has been contaminated by idols, the tasting of blood, the meat of strangled animals, and immorality."

He gave him permission, and Paul standing on the steps made a gesture to the people, and when they had become quiet he spoke to them in Hebrew.

As a great deal of time had now passed, and navigation had become dangerous, for the autumn fast was already over, Paul began to warn them.

for, though they knew God, they have not honored him as God or given thanks to him, but they have indulged in futile speculations, until their stupid minds have become dark.

Then what becomes of our boasting? It is shut out. On what principle? What a man does? No, but whether a man has faith.

But, thank God! though you were once slaves of sin, you have become obedient from your hearts to the standard of teaching that you received,

But now that you have been freed from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you get is consecration, and the final result is eternal life.

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.

The thing you have a right to do must not become a cause of reproach.

I hold that Christ has become an agent of circumcision to show God's truthfulness in carrying out the promises made to our forefathers,

Let no one of you deceive himself. If any one of you imagines that he is wiser than the rest of you, in what this world calls wisdom, he had better become a fool, so as to become really wise.

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!

For it seems to me, God has exhibited us apostles at the very end of the procession, like the men condemned to die in the arena. For we have become a spectacle to the whole universe, angels as well as men.

You must clean out the old yeast and become fresh dough, free from the old as you really are. For our Passover lamb is already sacrificed; it is Christ himself.

Some of you used to be like that; but you have washed it all away, you have been consecrated, you have become upright, by the power of our Lord Jesus Christ and through the Spirit of our God.

Or do you not know that a man who has to do with a prostitute makes one body with her? For "The two," says the Scripture, "shall become physically one."

If she does separate, she must remain single or else become reconciled to him. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

You have been bought and paid for; you must not let yourselves become slaves to men.

But I have not availed myself of any of these rights. And I am not writing this now so that I may become an illustration of this; I had rather die than do that. No one shall deprive me of this boast of mine.

To the Jews I have become like a Jew, to win Jews over; to men under the Law I have become like a man under the Law, though I am not myself under the Law, so as to win over those who are under the Law.

To those who have no law I have become like a man without any law??hough I am not without the law of God, but under the law of Christ??o as to win over those who are without any law.

To the overscrupulous I have become overscrupulous, so as to win the overscrupulous; I have become everything to everybody, so as by all means to save some of them.

You must not become idolaters, like some of them, for the Scripture says, "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to dance."

It is not rude. It does not insist on its rights. It does not become angry. It is not resentful.

But by God's favor I have become what I am, and the favor he showed me has not gone for nothing, but I have worked harder than any of them, although it was not really I but the favor God showed me.

And when everything is reduced to subjection to him, then the Son himself will also become subject to him who has reduced everything to subjection to him, so that God may be everything to everyone.

This is also what the Scripture says: "The first man Adam became a living creature." The last Adam has become a life-giving Spirit.

It is Christ's love that controls me, for I have become convinced that as one has died for all, all have died,

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.

I will become a father to you, And you shall become my sons and daughters, Says the Lord Almighty."

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.

Then three years later I went up to Jerusalem, to become acquainted with Cephas, and I spent two weeks with him;

For it is through the Law that I have become dead to the Law, so that I may live for God.

but now that you know God, or rather have come to be known by him, how can you turn back to the old, crude notions, so poor and weak, and wish to become slaves to them again?

What has become of that satisfaction of yours? For I can bear witness that you would have torn out your very eyes, if you could, and given them to me!

He foreordained us to become his sons through Jesus Christ, in fulfilment of his generous purpose,

for they have become callous, and abandoned themselves to sensuality, greedily practicing every kind of vice.

at least if you have really become acquainted with him and been instructed in him, and in union with him have been taught the truth as it is found in Jesus.

Therefore a man must leave his father and mother and attach himself to his wife, and they must become one.

but laid it aside to take on the nature of a slave and become like other men.

and become guilty of breaking their previous pledge.

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

I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I have become here in prison.

Once you found him useless, but now he has become useful to you and to me,

For to what angel did God ever say, "You are my Son! I have today become your Father"? Or again, "I will become his Father, and he shall become my Son"?

So even Christ did not claim for himself the dignity of the high priesthood, but he was appointed to it by him who said to him, "You are my Son! I have today become your Father!"

I have much to say to you about this, but it is difficult to make it clear to you, because you have become so slow of apprehension.

where Jesus has gone ahead of us, and become forever a high priest of the priesthood of Melchizedek.

May God, the giver of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus who through the blood by which he ratified the everlasting agreement has become the great shepherd of the sheep,

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.

If it is hard for the upright man to be saved, what will become of the godless and sinful?

For if after men have escaped the corrupting influences of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again become entangled in them and are overcome by them, their final condition is worse than their former one.

Because you say, "I am rich, I have become wealthy, I need nothing," and you do not know that it is you that are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked,

He cried out with a mighty voice, "She is fallen! Mighty Babylon is fallen! She has become the haunt of demons, and a dungeon for every foul spirit and every unclean and loathsome bird,