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31 Here is another illustration Jesus used: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed planted in a field.

33 Jesus also used this illustration: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like the yeast a woman used in making bread. Even though she put only a little yeast in three measures of flour, it permeated every part of the dough.”

Matt 13:34

Jesus always used stories and illustrations like these when speaking to the crowds. In fact, he never spoke to them without using such parables.

Matt 22:19

Here, show me the coin used for the tax.” When they handed him a Roman coin,

Matt 25:19

“After a long time their master returned from his trip and called them to give an account of how they had used his money.

Mark 4:33

Jesus used many similar stories and illustrations to teach the people as much as they could understand.

Mark 7:17

Then Jesus went into a house to get away from the crowd, and his disciples asked him what he meant by the parable he had just used.

Luke 1:2

They used the eyewitness reports circulating among us from the early disciples.

Luke 1:36

What’s more, your relative Elizabeth has become pregnant in her old age! People used to say she was barren, but she has conceived a son and is now in her sixth month.

Luke 1:62

So they used gestures to ask the baby’s father what he wanted to name him.

Luke 3:18

John used many such warnings as he announced the Good News to the people.

Luke 11:5

Then, teaching them more about prayer, he used this story: “Suppose you went to a friend’s house at midnight, wanting to borrow three loaves of bread. You say to him,

Luke 13:21

It is like the yeast a woman used in making bread. Even though she put only a little yeast in three measures of flour, it permeated every part of the dough.”

John 2:6

Standing nearby were six stone water jars, used for Jewish ceremonial washing. Each could hold twenty to thirty gallons.

John 9:8

His neighbors and others who knew him as a blind beggar asked each other, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”

John 19:41

The place of crucifixion was near a garden, where there was a new tomb, never used before.

Acts 17:2

As was Paul’s custom, he went to the synagogue service, and for three Sabbaths in a row he used the Scriptures to reason with the people.

Acts 26:9

“I used to believe that I ought to do everything I could to oppose the very name of Jesus the Nazarene.

Rom 6:21

And what was the result? You are now ashamed of the things you used to do, things that end in eternal doom.

Rom 7:8

But sin used this command to arouse all kinds of covetous desires within me! If there were no law, sin would not have that power.

Rom 7:11

Sin took advantage of those commands and deceived me; it used the commands to kill me.

Rom 7:13

But how can that be? Did the law, which is good, cause my death? Of course not! Sin used what was good to bring about my condemnation to death. So we can see how terrible sin really is. It uses God’s good commands for its own evil purposes.

1Cor 1:21

Since God in his wisdom saw to it that the world would never know him through human wisdom, he has used our foolish preaching to save those who believe.

1Cor 1:28

God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important.

1Cor 4:6

Dear brothers and sisters, I have used Apollos and myself to illustrate what I’ve been saying. If you pay attention to what I have quoted from the Scriptures, you won’t be proud of one of your leaders at the expense of another.

1Cor 9:12

If you support others who preach to you, shouldn’t we have an even greater right to be supported? But we have never used this right. We would rather put up with anything than be an obstacle to the Good News about Christ.

1Cor 9:15

Yet I have never used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that I want to start now. In fact, I would rather die than lose my right to boast about preaching without charge.

Gal 1:23

All they knew was that people were saying, “The one who used to persecute us is now preaching the very faith he tried to destroy!”

Eph 2:2

You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil — the commander of the powers in the unseen world. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God.

Eph 2:3

All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were subject to God’s anger, just like everyone else.

Eph 2:11

11 Don’t forget that you Gentiles used to be outsiders. You were called “uncircumcised heathens” by the Jews, who were proud of their circumcision, even though it affected only their bodies and not their hearts.

Col 3:7

You used to do these things when your life was still part of this world.

1Tim 1:8

We know that the law is good when used correctly.

1Tim 1:13

even though I used to blaspheme the name of Christ. In my insolence, I persecuted his people. But God had mercy on me because I did it in ignorance and unbelief.

2Tim 2:20

In a wealthy home some utensils are made of gold and silver, and some are made of wood and clay. The expensive utensils are used for special occasions, and the cheap ones are for everyday use.

Heb 9:21

And in the same way, he sprinkled blood on the Tabernacle and on everything used for worship.

2Pet 3:6

Then he used the water to destroy the ancient world with a mighty flood.

Rev 21:17

Then he measured the walls and found them to be 216 feet thick (according to the human standard used by the angel).

Rev 22:2

It flowed down the center of the main street. On each side of the river grew a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, with a fresh crop each month. The leaves were used for medicine to heal the nations.

Gen 11:1

1 At one time all the people of the world spoke the same language and used the same words.

Gen 11:3

They began saying to each other, “Let’s make bricks and harden them with fire.” (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar.)

Gen 16:13

Thereafter, Hagar used another name to refer to the LORD, who had spoken to her. She said, “You are the God who sees me.” She also said, “Have I truly seen the One who sees me?”

Gen 31:38

“For twenty years I have been with you, caring for your flocks. In all that time your sheep and goats never miscarried. In all those years I never used a single ram of yours for food.

Gen 47:13

13 Meanwhile, the famine became so severe that all the food was used up, and people were starving throughout the lands of Egypt and Canaan.

Exod 7:22

But again the magicians of Egypt used their magic, and they, too, turned water into blood. So Pharaoh’s heart remained hard. He refused to listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had predicted.

Exod 16:36

The container used to measure the manna was an omer, which was one-tenth of an ephah; it held about two quarts.

Exod 17:5

The LORD said to Moses, “Walk out in front of the people. Take your staff, the one you used when you struck the water of the Nile, and call some of the elders of Israel to join you.

Exod 25:27

Attach the rings near the border to hold the poles that are used to carry the table.

Exod 25:29

Make special containers of pure gold for the table — bowls, ladles, pitchers, and jars — to be used in pouring out liquid offerings.

Exod 27:19

“All the articles used in the rituals of the Tabernacle, including all the tent pegs used to support the Tabernacle and the courtyard curtains, must be made of bronze.

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