Sometimes a speak We are surprised when we hear parallels that are not expected. We are particularly interested when there is logic to the combination.
er says something that sounds odd and not logical but yet when thought about is amazingly logical.
Eg. A sad clown
Eg. Deafening silence
Eg. An honest thief
Jesus often used such surprising contrasts.
ye blind guides
I honour my father, and ye do dishonour me
If thy brother trespass against thee rebuke him, and if he repent, forgive him
when thou wast young thou girdest thyself, but when old, another shall gird thee
ye know me and whence I am. I am not come of myself but he that sent me, whom ye know not
ye make clean the outside of the cup but within they are full of extortion
all that take the sword shall perish with the sword
are not two sparrows sold for a farthing and one of them shall not fall without your Father
Ask and it shall be given you; seek and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you
Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy
by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned
every city or house divided against itself shall not stand
every man that exalteth himself shall be abased and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted
except ye be converted and become as little children, ye shall not enter the kingdom of heaven
Father, I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me
Fear not them which kill the body but are not able to kill the soul
Go ye up unto this feast. I go not up yet unto this feast
God is not the God of the dead but of the living
had you believed Moses, ye would have believed me
you are from beneath, I am from above
he rejoiceth more of that sheep than of the ninety and nine which went not astray
he that is faithful in least is faithful in much; he that is unjust in least is unjust also in much
He that is not against us, is for us
He that is the least among you, the same shall be great
heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away
I am not come to destroy the law. I am not come to destroy but to fulfil
I am not here to bring peace but a sword
I am with you always, even unto the end of the world
I call you not servants but I have called you friends
I came down from heaven not to do mine own will but the will of him that sent me
I have sinned against heaven and before thee
I seek not my own will but the will of the Father which sent me
I will not any more eat thereof until it be fulfilled; I will not drink of it until the kingdom shall come
I will not leave you comfortless. I will come to you
if it bear fruit, well, and if not, then after that, thou shalt cut it down
In your law the testimony of two men is true. I bear witness and the Father beareth witness of me
It is not ye that speak but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you
many that are first shall be last and the last shall be first
no prophet is accepted in his own country
The good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. The hireling fleeth and careth not for the sheep
the last shall be first and the first shall be last
the stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner
the wedding is ready but they which were bidden were not worthy
There is no greater prophet than John the Baptist but the least in the kingdom in greater than he
they honor me with their lips but their heart is far from me
they that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick
they to pass from hence to you cannot/neither they pass to us that would come from thence
unto whomsoever much is given, of him much shall be required
what man, if his son ask bread will he give him a stone? Of if he ask for fish, will give him a serpent?
Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them
Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also
whose soever sins ye remit they are remitted; whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained
whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath
whosoever shall exalt himself, shall be abased and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted
whosoever will save his life shall lose it
with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged
Ye are of this world. I am not of this world
ye build tombs of the prophets but are the children of them which killed the prophets
ye compass the land to make one proselyte and make him twofold more the child of hell
ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin and omit the weightier matters of the law
ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men, neither go in yourselves, neither let others go in
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