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Esther 6:8let them bring in royal clothing that the king hath put on himself, and a horse on which the king hath ridden, and that the royal crown be put on his head,Esther 6:9and to give the clothing and the horse into the hand of a man of the heads of the king, the chiefs, and they have clothed the man in whose honour the king hath delighted, and caused him to ride on the horse in a broad place of the city, and called before him: Thus it is done to the man in whose honour the king hath delighted.’Esther 6:10And the king saith to Haman, ‘Haste, take the clothing and the horse, as thou hast spoken, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting in the gate of the king; there doth not fall a thing of all that thou hast spoken.’Esther 6:11And Haman taketh the clothing, and the horse, and clothed Mordecai, and causeth him to ride in a broad place of the city, and calleth before him, ‘Thus it is done to the man in whose honour the king hath delighted.’Daniel 1:3And the king saith, to Ashpenaz master of his eunuchs, to bring in out of the sons of Israel, (even of the royal seed, and of the chiefs,)Daniel 1:4lads in whom there is no blemish, and of good appearance, and skilful in all wisdom, and possessing knowledge, and teaching thought, and who have ability to stand in the palace of the king, and to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans.Daniel 1:5And the king doth appoint for them a rate, day by day, of the king’s portion of food, and of the wine of his drinking, so as to nourish them three years, that at the end thereof they may stand before the king.Daniel 1:15and at the end of ten days their appearance hath appeared better and fatter in flesh then any of the lads who are eating the king’s portion of food.Daniel 1:17As to these four lads, God hath given to them knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature, and wisdom; and Daniel hath given instruction about every kind of vision and dreams.Daniel 1:18And at the end of the days that the king had said to bring them in, bring them in doth the chief of the eunuchs before Nebuchadnezzar.Daniel 1:19And the king speaketh with them, and there hath none been found among them all like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, and they stand before the king;Daniel 1:20and in any matter of wisdom and understanding that the king hath sought of them, he findeth them ten hands above all the scribes, the enchanters, who are in all his kingdom.Daniel 1:21And Daniel is unto the first year of Cyrus the king.Daniel 6:4Then the presidents and satraps have been seeking to find a cause of complaint against Daniel concerning the kingdom, and any cause of complaint and corruption they are not able to find, because that he is faithful, and any error and corruption have not been found in him.Daniel 6:5Then these men are saying, ‘We do not find against this Daniel any cause of complaint, except we have found it against him in the law of his God.’Daniel 6:6Then these presidents and satraps have assembled near the king, and thus they are saying to him: ‘O king Darius, to the ages live!Daniel 6:7Taken counsel have all the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects, and the satraps, the counsellors, and the governors, to establish a royal statute, and to strengthen an interdict, that any who seeketh a petition from any god and man until thirty days, save of thee, O king, is cast into a den of lions.Daniel 6:8Now, O king, thou dost establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it is not to be changed, as a law of Media and Persia, that doth not pass away.’Daniel 6:9Therefore king Darius hath signed the writing and interdict.Daniel 6:10And Daniel, when he hath known that the writing is signed, hath gone up to his house, and the window being opened for him, in his upper chamber, over-against Jerusalem, three times in a day he is kneeling on his knees, and praying, and confessing before his God, because that he was doing it before this.Daniel 6:11Then these men have assembled, and found Daniel praying and entreating grace before his God;Daniel 6:12then they have come near, yea, they are saying before the king concerning the king’s interdict: ‘Hast thou not signed an interdict, that any man who seeketh from any god and man until thirty days, save of thee, O king, is cast into a den of lions?’ Answered hath the king, and said, ‘The thing is certain as a law of Media and Persia, that doth not pass away.’Daniel 6:13Then they have answered, yea, they are saying before the king, that, ‘Daniel, who is of the sons of the Removed of Judah, hath not placed on thee, O king, any regard, nor on the interdict that thou hast signed, and three times in a day he is seeking his petition.’Daniel 6:14Then the king, when he hath heard the matter, is greatly displeased at himself, and on Daniel he hath set the heart to deliver him, and till the going up of the sun he was arranging to deliver him.Daniel 6:15Then these men have assembled near the king, and are saying to the king, ‘know, O king, that the law of Media and Persia is: That any interdict and statute that the king doth establish is not to be changed.’Daniel 6:16Then the king hath said, and they have brought Daniel, and have cast him into a den of lions. The king hath answered and said to Daniel, ‘Thy God, whom thou art serving continually, Himself doth deliver thee.’Daniel 6:17And a stone hath been brought and placed at the mouth of the den, and the king hath sealed it with his signet, and with the signet of his great men, that the purpose be not changed concerning Daniel.Matthew 20:20Then came near to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, bowing and asking something from him,Matthew 20:21and he said to her, ‘What wilt thou?’ She saith to him, ‘Say, that they may sit—these my two sons—one on thy right hand, and one on the left, in thy reign.’Matthew 20:22And Jesus answering said, ‘Ye have not known what ye ask for yourselves; are ye able to drink of the cup that I am about to drink? and with the baptism that I am baptized with, to be baptized?’ They say to him, ‘We are able.’Matthew 20:23And he saith to them, ‘Of my cup indeed ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with ye shall be baptized; but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give, but—to those for whom it hath been prepared by my father.’Matthew 25:14‘For—as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance,Matthew 25:15and to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his several ability, went abroad immediately.Matthew 25:23‘His lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.Matthew 25:24‘And he also who hath received the one talent having come, said, Sir, I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering from whence thou didst not scatter;Matthew 25:25and having been afraid, having gone away, I hid thy talent in the earth; lo, thou hast thine own!Matthew 25:26‘And his lord answering said to him, Evil servant, and slothful, thou hadst known that I reap where I did not sow, and I gather whence I did not scatter!Matthew 25:27it behoved thee then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received mine own with increase.Matthew 25:28‘Take therefore from him the talent, and give to him having the ten talents,Matthew 25:29for to every one having shall be given, and he shall have overabundance, and from him who is not having, even that which he hath shall be taken from him;Matthew 25:30and the unprofitable servant cast ye forth to the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.Mark 10:35And there come near to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying, ‘Teacher, we wish that whatever we may ask for ourselves, thou mayest do for us;’Mark 15:15and Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus—having scourged him—that he might be crucified.Luke 19:12He said therefore, ‘A certain man of birth went on to a far country, to take to himself a kingdom, and to return,Luke 19:13and having called ten servants of his own, he gave to them ten pounds, and said unto them, Do business—till I come;Luke 19:14and his citizens were hating him, and did send an embassy after him, saying, We do not wish this one to reign over us.Luke 19:15‘And it came to pass, on his coming back, having taken the kingdom, that he commanded these servants to be called to him, to whom he gave the money, that he might know what any one had done in business.Luke 19:16‘And the first came near, saying, Sir, thy pound did gain ten pounds;Luke 19:17and he said to him, Well done, good servant, because in a very little thou didst become faithful, be having authority over ten cities.Luke 19:18‘And the second came, saying, Sir, thy pound made five pounds;Luke 19:19and he said also to this one, And thou, become thou over five cities.Luke 19:20‘And another came, saying, Sir, lo, thy pound, that I had lying away in a napkin;Luke 19:21for I was afraid of thee, because thou art an austere man; thou takest up what thou didst not lay down, and reapest what thou didst not sow.Luke 19:22‘And he saith to him, Out of thy mouth I will judge thee, evil servant: thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow!Luke 19:23and wherefore didst thou not give my money to the bank, and I, having come, with interest might have received it?Luke 19:24‘And to those standing by he said, Take from him the pound, and give to him having the ten pounds—Luke 19:25(and they said to him, Sir, he hath ten pounds)—Luke 19:26for I say to you, that to every one having shall be given, and from him not having, also what he hath shall be taken from him,Luke 19:27but those my enemies, who did not wish me to reign over them, bring hither and slay before me.’Acts 24:26and at the same time also hoping that money shall be given to him by Paul, that he may release him, therefore, also sending for him the oftener, he was conversing with him;