Bible Cross References
called
Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke and put it on you, and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in spirit; and you will find rest.
Matthew 18:3
and said, "I assure you that unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the Kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 18:4
The greatest in the Kingdom of heaven is the one who humbles himself and becomes like this child.
John 13:12-17
12
After Jesus had washed their feet, he put his outer garment back on and returned to his place at the table. "Do you understand what I have just done to you?" he asked.
13
"You call me Teacher and Lord, and it is right that you do so, because that is what I am.
14
I, your Lord and Teacher, have just washed your feet. You, then, should wash one another's feet.
15
I have set an example for you, so that you will do just what I have done for you.
16
I am telling you the truth: no slaves are greater than their master, and no messengers are greater than the one who sent them.
17
Now that you know this truth, how happy you will be if you put it into practice!
the princes
Mark 10:42
So Jesus called them all together to him and said, "You know that those who are considered rulers of the heathen have power over them, and the leaders have complete authority.
Luke 22:25-27
25
Jesus said to them, "The kings of the pagans have power over their people, and the rulers claim the title 'Friends of the People.'
26
But this is not the way it is with you; rather, the greatest one among you must be like the youngest, and the leader must be like the servant.
27
Who is greater, the one who sits down to eat or the one who serves? The one who sits down, of course. But I am among you as one who serves.
exercise dominion
Daniel 2:12
At that, the king flew into a rage and ordered the execution of all the royal advisers in Babylon.
Daniel 2:13
So the order was issued for all of them to be killed, including Daniel and his friends.
Daniel 2:37-45
37
Your Majesty, you are the greatest of all kings. The God of heaven has made you emperor and given you power, might, and honor.
38
He has made you ruler of all the inhabited earth and ruler over all the animals and birds. You are the head of gold.
39
After you there will be another empire, not as great as yours, and after that a third, an empire of bronze, which will rule the whole earth.
40
And then there will be a fourth empire, as strong as iron, which shatters and breaks everything. And just as iron shatters everything, it will shatter and crush all the earlier empires.
41
You also saw that the feet and the toes were partly clay and partly iron. This means that it will be a divided empire. It will have something of the strength of iron, because there was iron mixed with the clay.
42
The toes---partly iron and partly clay---mean that part of the empire will be strong and part of it weak.
43
You also saw that the iron was mixed with the clay. This means that the rulers of that empire will try to unite their families by intermarriage, but they will not be able to, any more than iron can mix with clay.
44
At the time of those rulers the God of heaven will establish a kingdom that will never end. It will never be conquered, but will completely destroy all those empires and then last forever.
45
You saw how a stone broke loose from a cliff without anyone touching it and how it struck the statue made of iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold. The great God is telling Your Majesty what will happen in the future. I have told you exactly what you dreamed, and have given you its true meaning."
Daniel 3:2-7
2
Then the king gave orders for all his officials to come together---the princes, governors, lieutenant governors, commissioners, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other officials of the provinces. They were to attend the dedication of the statue which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
3
When all these officials gathered for the dedication and stood in front of the statue,
4
a herald announced in a loud voice, "People of all nations, races, and languages!
5
You will hear the sound of the trumpets, followed by the playing of oboes, lyres, zithers, and harps; and then all the other instruments will join in. As soon as the music starts, you are to bow down and worship the gold statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.
6
Anyone who does not bow down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace."
7
And so, as soon as they heard the sound of the instruments, the people of all the nations, races, and languages bowed down and worshiped the gold statue which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Daniel 3:15-7
Daniel 3:19-22
19
Then Nebuchadnezzar lost his temper, and his face turned red with anger at Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. So he ordered the furnace to be heated seven times hotter than usual.
20
And he commanded the strongest men in his army to tie the three men up and throw them into the blazing furnace.
21
So they tied them up, fully dressed---shirts, robes, caps, and all---and threw them into the blazing furnace.
22
Now because the king had given strict orders for the furnace to be made extremely hot, the flames burned up the guards who took the men to the furnace.
Daniel 5:19
He was so great that people of all nations, races, and languages were afraid of him and trembled. If he wanted to kill someone, he did; if he wanted to keep someone alive, he did. He honored or disgraced anyone he wanted to.