Peace Verses
The peace that surpasses all understanding — finding God's calm in life's storms.
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
And they held their peace. And he took {him}, and healed him, and let him go;
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, {Thou} Son of David, have mercy on me.
And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore {him} fourfold.
Saying, Blessed {be} the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things {which belong} unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.