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And I said, What are these coming to do? And He spoke, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man lifts up his head. But these have come to terrify them,to throw down the horns of the nations wholifted up their horn over the land of Judah, to scatter it.

Open your doors, O Lebanon, so that the fire may devour your cedars.

Jehovah also shall save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of those living in Jerusalem may not be magnified above Judah.

Bring all the tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. And test Me now with this, says Jehovah of Hosts, whether I will not open the windows of the heavens for you and pour out a blessing until there is no sufficiency of room to store it .

And all this happened so that might be fulfilled that which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

And sending them to Bethlehem, he said, Having gone, exactly inquire about the child. And when you find him , bring me word again so that coming I may also worship him.

so that might be fulfilled that spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:

So let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father in Heaven.

so that you may become sons of your Father in Heaven. Because He causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and unjust.

Therefore, when you do merciful deeds, do not trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be glorified by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

so that your merciful deeds may be in secret. And your Father seeing in secret Himself will repay you in the open.

And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the open streets so that they may be seen of men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

And when you fast, do not be as the hypocrites, with sullen face, for they disfigure their faces so that they may appear to men to be fasting. Truly I say to you that they have their reward.

so that it might be fulfilled that spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, "He took upon Himself our weaknesses, and bore our sicknesses." Isa. 53:4

And, behold, a great shaking occurred in the sea, so that the boat was covered by the waves; but He was sleeping.

And He coming to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two demon-possessed ones met Him, coming out of the tombs, very violent, so that no one was able to pass through that way.

How much more, then, does a man excel a sheep! So that it is lawful to do well on the sabbaths.

So that might be fulfilled that spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

Then one having been demon-possessed was brought to Him, blind and dumb. And He healed him, so that the blind and dumb one could both speak and see.

And great crowds were gathered to Him, so that having entered the boat, He sat down. And all the crowd stood on the shore.