KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Matthew 10:15–16
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Matthew 10:15
15Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
15Uerely I say vnto you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of iudgment, then for that citie.
Matthew 10:16
16¶ Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
16¶ *Behold, I send you foorth as sheepe in the middest of wolues: be yee therefore wise as serpents, and ‖harmelesse as doues.
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- Luk. 10.3.
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DEFINED WORDS
Matthew 10:15
Truly; certainly; in truth or fact.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To speak, declare, tell, or express; also what is said.
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A greater amount, number, or degree; in a greater degree.
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That which may be suffered.
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The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region.
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The city of Sodom near the Dead Sea, destroyed in the judgment recorded in Genesis.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The period of light between morning and evening; a complete daily cycle; or a specified time, age, or season, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
DEFINED WORDS
Matthew 10:16
To look upon or see; as an interjection, look or take notice.
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Outward, onward, or away from a place.
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The middle or central part; the position among or surrounded by others.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
The fierce predatory animal called a wolf in the KJV, often used figuratively of destroyers.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
Having knowledge, discernment, sound judgment, prudence, or skill.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Innocent; not guilty.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
Doves or pigeons; also terms of endearment or figures of dove-like qualities. In the Gospel accounts, the Spirit descended in a form or manner likened to a dove.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
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Open the full verse study6And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
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Open the full verse study22If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
24If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
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Open the full verse study17Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
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Open the full verse study48As I live, saith the Lord God, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.
49Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
50And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
51Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.
52Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.
53When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them:
54That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.
55When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.
56For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,
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Open the full verse study11Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
12But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
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Open the full verse study22But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.
23And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
24But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
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Open the full verse study9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
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Open the full verse study7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
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Open the full verse study11And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
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Open the full verse study36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
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Open the full verse study18For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
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Open the full verse study34Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
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Open the full verse study15That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
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Open the full verse study3Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
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Open the full verse study20Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
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Open the full verse study5Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
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Open the full verse study15See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
16Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
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Open the full verse study18For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
19For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
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Open the full verse study29For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
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Open the full verse study15For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
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Open the full verse study3But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
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Open the full verse study14And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
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Open the full verse study22Abstain from all appearance of evil.
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Open the full verse study1NOW the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
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Open the full verse study9For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
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Open the full verse study12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
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Open the full verse study10Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
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Open the full verse study20Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us:
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Open the full verse study13And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
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