Matthew 13:51-52.
“Have you understood all this?” They answered, “Yes.”
And [Jesus] said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained
for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household
who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.”
Matthew 13:44-52.
John 3:8.
The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it,
but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes.
So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.
John 3:1-17.
Matthew 13:37-39.
[Jesus] answered, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man;
the field is the world, and the good seed are the children of the kingdom;
the weeds are the children of the evil one, and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.”
Matthew 13:36-43.
Matthew 13:33.
[Jesus] told them another parable:
“The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”
Matthew 13:31-35.
Matthew 13:29-30.
But [the master] replied, “No; for in gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them. Let both of them grow together until the harvest;
and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Collect the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.”
Matthew 13:24-30.
Matthew 12:47-48.
Someone told him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.”
But to the one who had told him this, Jesus replied, “Who is my mother and who are my brothers?”
Matthew 12:43-50.
Matthew 12:33-34.
Either make the tree good, and its fruit good;
or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit.
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things, when you are evil?
For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Matthew 12:33-42.
Matthew 12:22-24.
Then they brought to him a demoniac who was blind and mute; and he cured him, so that the one who had been mute could speak and see.
All the crowds were amazed and said, “Can this be the Son of David?”
But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the ruler of demons, that this fellow casts out the demons.”
Matthew 12:22-32.
Acts 28:24.
Some were convinced by what (Paul) had said, while others refused to believe.
Acts 27:13 to Acts 28:44.
Acts 27:9-10.
Since much time had been lost and sailing was now dangerous, because even the Fast had already gone by, Paul advised them, saying, “Sirs, I can see that the voyage will be with danger and much heavy loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.”
Acts 27:1-12.
Acts 26:24.
While he was making this defense, Festus exclaimed, “You are out of your mind, Paul! Too much learning is driving you insane!
Acts 25:23 to Acts 26:32.
Acts 25:12.
Then Festus, after he conferred with his council, replied [to Paul],
“You have appealed to the emperor; to the emperor you will go.”
Acts 25:1-22.
Acts 24:5.
We have, in fact, found this man a pestilent fellow, an agitator among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
Acts 24:1-27.
Acts 23:12.
In the morning the Jews joined in a conspiracy and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
Acts 23:12-35.
Acts 23:6.
When Paul noticed that some were Sadducees and others were Pharisees, he called out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead.”
Acts 22:30 – Acts 23:11.