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Spin in this verse is a reference to spinning thread, a labour-intensive but necessary part of making clothing. Spinning was traditionally women's work, something made explicit in Luke's version of this verse. This then is one of the few pieces of evidence that Jesus' message is meant equally for women as for men. [1]
Matthew 6:13 is the thirteenth verse of the sixth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament, and forms part of the Sermon on the Mount.This verse is the fifth and final one of the Lord's Prayer, one of the best known parts of the entire New Testament.
The previous verse warned against false prophets, and in this one Jesus tells his followers how to identify them. He does so by beginning an alternative metaphor, wholly separate from the wolves and sheep one of the previous verse. The alternative metaphor turns to botany.
Here are 100 of the best Bible verses about love, faith, strength, and friendship. Short Bible quotes “Do everything in love.” — 1 Corinthians 16:14 “Rejoice always.” — 1 Thessalonians ...
Since the mid-16th century, editors have further subdivided each chapter into verses – each consisting of a few short lines or of one or more sentences. Sometimes a sentence spans more than one verse, as in the case of Ephesians 2:8–9, and sometimes there is more than one sentence in a single verse, as in the case of Genesis 1:2.
The depth of soil, is the honesty of a mind trained by heavenly discipline. But in thus expounding them we should add, that the same things are not always put in one and the same allegorical signification." [10] Jerome: "And we are excited to the understanding of His words, by the advice which follows, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear." [10]
In the King James Version of the Bible this verse is translated as: The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. The modern World English Bible translates this verse as: The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. For a collection of other versions see Biblehub Matthew 1:1.
But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares.Illustration from Christ's Object Lessons by Ellen Gould Harmon White, c. 1900.. The Parable of the Weeds or Tares (KJV: tares, WNT: darnel, DRB: cockle) is a parable of Jesus which appears in Matthew 13:24–43.