TR Concordance for παρὰ

Then Herod, when he realized that he had been outwitted by the wise men, flew into a rage. He gave orders to massacre all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, in keeping with the time he had learned from the wise men.

As he was walking along the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter), and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea ​— ​for they were fishermen.

“Be careful not to practice your righteousness[fn] in front of others to be seen by them. Otherwise, you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

On that day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting by the sea.

“As he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

“When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and doesn't understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one sown along the path.

Moving on from there, Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee. He went up on a mountain and sat there,

“Again, truly I tell you, if two of you on earth agree about any matter that you[fn] pray for, it will be done for you[fn] by my Father in heaven.

Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

There were two blind men sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David! ”

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:

The stone that the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone.[fn]

This is what the Lord has done

and it is wonderful in our eyes?

They took the money and did as they were instructed, and this story has been spread among Jewish people to this day.

As he passed alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting a net into the sea ​— ​for they were fishermen.

Jesus went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them.

Again he began to teach by the sea, and a very large crowd gathered around him. So he got into a boat on the sea and sat down, while the whole crowd was by the sea on the shore.

“As he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

“Some are like the word sown on the path. When they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word sown in them.[fn]

When Jesus had crossed over again by boat[fn] to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the sea.

Looking at them, Jesus said, “With man it is impossible, but not with God, because all things are possible with God.”

They came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus), a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

“At harvest time he sent a servant to the farmers to collect some of the fruit of the vineyard from them.

“This came about from the Lord

and is wonderful in our eyes? ”

While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, suddenly arrived. With him was a mob, with swords and clubs, from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders.

Then the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

“For nothing will be impossible with God.”

“Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill what he has spoken to her! ”

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole empire[fn] should be registered.

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and with people.

He told them, “Don't collect any more than what you have been authorized.”

As the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear God's word, he was standing by Lake Gennesaret.[fn]

and stood behind him at his feet, weeping, and began to wash his feet with her tears. She wiped his feet with her hair, kissing them and anointing them with the perfume.

“A sower went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some seed fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

“The seed along the path are those who have heard and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

Then people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man the demons had departed from, sitting at Jesus's feet, dressed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.

Just then, a man named Jairus came. He was a leader of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus's feet and pleaded with him to come to his house,

While he was still speaking, someone came from the synagogue leader's house and said, “Your daughter is dead. Don't bother the teacher anymore.”

She had a sister named Mary, who also sat at the Lord's[fn] feet and was listening to what he said.[fn]

And he[fn] responded to them, “Do you think that these Galileans were more sinful than all the other Galileans because they suffered these things?

“Or those eighteen that the tower in Siloam fell on and killed ​— ​do you think they were more sinful than all the other people who live in Jerusalem?

He fell facedown at his feet, thanking him. And he was a Samaritan.

He replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”

As he approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.

There was a man sent from God whose name was John.

The Word became flesh and dwelt[fn] among us. We observed his glory, the glory as the one and only Son[fn] from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard John and followed him.

“I don't receive human testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved.

“I do not accept glory from people,

“How can you believe, since you accept glory from one another but don't seek the glory that comes from the only God?

“It is written in the Prophets: And they will all be taught by God. Everyone who has listened to and learned from the Father comes to me ​— ​

“I speak what I have seen in the presence of the Father;[fn] so then, you do what you have heard from your father.”

“But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.

Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he doesn't keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a sinful man perform such signs? ” And there was a division among them.

“If this man were not from God, he wouldn't be able to do anything.”

“No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have the right to lay it down, and I have the right to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father.”

“I do not call you servants anymore, because a servant doesn't know what his master[fn] is doing. I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have heard from my Father.

“When the Counselor comes, the one I will send to you from the Father ​— ​the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father ​— ​he will testify about me.

“For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.[fn]

“Now, Father, glorify me in your presence with that glory I had with you before the world existed.

“Now they know that everything you have given me is from you,

Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

“Therefore, since he has been exalted to the right hand of God and has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit, he has poured out what you both see and hear.

A man who was lame from birth was being carried there. He was placed each day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so that he could beg from those entering the temple.

and laid them at the apostles' feet. This was then distributed to each person as any had need.

However, he kept back part of the proceeds with his wife's knowledge, and brought a portion of it and laid it at the apostles' feet.

Instantly she dropped dead at his feet. When the young men came in, they found her dead, carried her out, and buried her beside her husband.

“were carried back to Shechem, and were placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. And the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

“And he has authority here from the chief priests to arrest all who call on your name.”

“He is lodging with Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.”

They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who has a good reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was divinely directed by a holy angel to call you to his house and to hear a message from you.”

“Therefore send someone to Joppa and invite Simon here, who is also named Peter. He is lodging in Simon the tanner's house by the sea.'[fn]

On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate by the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and spoke to the women gathered there.

After taking a security bond from Jason and the others, they released them.

“But I consider my life of no value to myself; my purpose is to finish my course[fn] and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of God's grace.

He continued, “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strictness of our ancestral law. I was zealous for God, just as all of you are today.

The next day, since he wanted to find out exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him[fn] and instructed the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to convene. He brought Paul down and placed him before them.

“I actually did this in Jerusalem, and I locked up many of the saints in prison, since I had received authority for that from the chief priests. When they were put to death, I was in agreement against them.

“I was traveling to Damascus under these circumstances with authority and a commission from the chief priests.

“To this very day, I have had help from God, and I stand and testify to both small and great, saying nothing other than what the prophets and Moses said would take place ​— ​

“But we want to hear what your views are, since we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”

They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served what has been created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever. Amen.

For there is no favoritism with God.

For the hearers of the law are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified.[fn]

What should we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not!

For if you were cut off from your native wild olive tree and against nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these ​— ​the natural branches ​— ​be grafted into their own olive tree?

Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them,

For no one can lay any foundation other than what has been laid down. That foundation is Jesus Christ.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, since it is written, He catches the wise in their craftiness;

Brothers and sisters, each person is to remain with God in the situation in which he was called.

If the foot should say, “Because I'm not a hand, I don't belong to the body,” it is not for that reason any less a part of the body.

Five times I received the forty lashes minus one from the Jews.

For I did not receive it from a human source and I was not taught it, but it came by a revelation of Jesus Christ.

Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous will live by faith.

knowing that whatever good each one does, slave or free, he will receive this back from the Lord.

But I have received everything in full, and I have an abundance. I am fully supplied,[fn] having received from Epaphroditus what you provided ​— ​a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.

since it is just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you

May the Lord grant that he obtain mercy from him on that day. You know very well how much he ministered at Ephesus.

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed. You know those who taught you,

When you come, bring the cloak I left in Troas with Carpus, as well as the scrolls, especially the parchments.

You have loved righteousness

and hated lawlessness;

this is why God, your God,

has anointed you

with the oil of joy

beyond your companions.[fn]

For Jesus is considered worthy of more glory than Moses, just as the builder has more honor than the house.

Therefore, it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves to be purified with better sacrifices than these.

By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was approved as a righteous man, because God approved his gifts, and even though he is dead, he still speaks through his faith.

By faith even Sarah herself, when she was unable to have children, received power to conceive offspring, even though she was past the age, since she[fn] considered that the one who had promised was faithful.

and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which says better things than the blood of Abel.

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God ​— ​who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly ​— ​and it will be given to him.

That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord,

Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

As you come to him, a living stone ​— ​rejected by people but chosen and honored by[fn] God ​— ​

For what credit is there if when you do wrong and are beaten, you endure it? But when you do what is good and suffer, if you endure it, this brings favor with God.

For he received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying “This is my beloved Son,[fn] with whom I am well-pleased! ”

however, angels, who are greater in might and power, do not bring a slanderous charge against them before the Lord.[fn]

Dear friends, don't overlook this one fact: With the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.

Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.