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The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.

Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?

You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.

For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”

But I will camp around My house because of an army, because of those who march to and fro, and never again will an oppressor overrun My people, for now I keep watch with My own eyes.

On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and on the left, while the people of Jerusalem remain secure there.

John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region around the Jordan.

When Jesus saw a large crowd around Him, He gave orders to cross to the other side of the sea.

Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.

But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.

Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.

John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.

…and a crowd was sitting around Him. “Look,” He was told, “Your mother and brothers are outside, asking for You.”

Looking at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!

Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.

As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.

When Jesus had again crossed by boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him beside the sea.

So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around Him.

But He kept looking around to see who had done this.

Immediately the girl got up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). And at once they were utterly astounded.

And He was amazed at their unbelief. And He went around from village to village, teaching the people.

Meanwhile, the apostles gathered around Jesus and brought Him news of all they had done and taught.

Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus,

The man looked up and said, “I can see the people, but they look like trees walking around.”

Then Jesus and His disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way, He questioned His disciples: “Who do people say I am?”

Suddenly, when they looked around, they saw no one with them except Jesus.

When they returned to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them.

So they brought him, and seeing Jesus, the spirit immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.

“Do not stop him,” Jesus replied. “For no one who performs a miracle in My name can turn around and speak evil of Me.

But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea.

Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”

Then Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courts. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

In His teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, to receive greetings in the marketplaces,

One young man who had been following Jesus was wearing a linen cloth around his body. They caught hold of him,

Just then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

And after looking around at all of them, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and it was restored.

…because his only daughter, who was about twelve, was dying. As Jesus went with him, the crowds pressed around Him,

Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house.

‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it.

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus.

It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.

“Beware of the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, and they love the greetings in the marketplaces, the chief seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.

Those around Jesus saw what was about to happen and said, “Lord, should we strike with our swords?”

So the Jews gathered around Him and demanded, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

So He got up from the supper, laid aside His outer garments, and wrapped a towel around His waist.

After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry them with the towel that was around Him.

Because it was cold, the servants and officers were standing around a charcoal fire they had made to keep warm. And Peter was also standing with them, warming himself.

The cloth that had been around Jesus’ head was rolled up, lying separate from the linen cloths.

When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there. But she did not recognize that it was Jesus.

Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.

As Saul drew near to Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.

…how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

“Get dressed and put on your sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”

But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. And the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.

About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.

When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.

About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions.

…by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.

We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,

For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.

By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.

They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.

Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.

…and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest.

And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.

And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. And they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God,

And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. And they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God,

And out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues, dressed in clean and bright linen and girded with golden sashes around their chests.