Sentences with phrase «birds of the air»

To paraphrase Jesus Christ: My Church will grow into a large tree and the birds of the air will perch on its branches.

Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them.

I almost felt like saying, «What do you want me to do, live like the birds of the air and the flowers of the field?»

«But inside there are dreams of large trees, big enough to create safe havens for the birds of the air.

Some of them are just now swelling and splitting underground; others are breaking through the surface with a garish flash of green; others are meandering toward the sun, desperate for light or rain or some sort of trellis; others are growing slow and steady into tall shade tress with limbs like arms wide open to the world, welcoming the birds of the air to nest in their branches.

Jesus tells us that though the mustard seed is small it will grow, and the birds of the air will shelter among its branches; though much of the seed is wasted, some seed will fall on the good soil and will bring forth fruit abundantly.

He observed the birds of the air, the flowers in the meadow, the children in the market place, the women in their houses, the farmer in the field.

Though the mustard seed is small, it grows into a big bush and the birds of the air find shelter in it.

We consider the birds of the air.

• He was seen watching the farmer sow seed, observing how the seed grew, how the birds of the air made their nests and how children played in the market place.

And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.»

When he considered the birds of the air, the flowers of the field, the setting sun, when he saw a farmer ploughing a field, a woman patching a garment, a child rebuked by his disciples, a person ravaged by illness — he was alive to God's presence and will.

First he said this; And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air [have] nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay [his] head.

Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.

I am not ashamed because there are all these little mustards seeds scattered across our broken, shameful world, some of them just now swelling and splitting underneath the dark soil; others breaking through the surface with a garish flash of green; others meandering toward the sun, desperate for light or rain or some sort of trellis; others growing slow and steady into tall shade tress with limbs like arms wide open to the world, welcoming the birds of the air to nest in their branches.

We are part of a living, growing Kingdom in which the last will be first and the first will be last, in which the peacemakers and the merciful and the meek will be blessed, in which the tiny seeds we plant today will grow into great trees where the birds of the air will nest, in which a crucified savior is King, and in which all things will be reconciled to God in love.

This implies that «male and female» mean something different, richer, among human beings than among the beasts of the field and the birds of the air.

And he claims to represent a guy who said something like «foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.»

Before that there's seed bearing fruit and the blessing of procreation, «be fruitful and multiply,» which establishes the sexual reproduction of the beasts of the field and the birds of the air.

Jesus teaches something similar in the Sermon on the Mount when He talks about the lilies of the field and the birds of the air (Matt 6:25 - 34).

It doesn't take a genius to watch a herd of cows and remember Jesus» words: «Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them....

58 And Jesus said to him, «Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.»

«The land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air; and even the fish of the sea are taken away,» laments Hosea.

«Then God said, «Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.»

In one breath, God expresses mutual purposes for male and female: «Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth» (Genesis 1:28).

Look of the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns.

In documenting the first indictment authors often cite Genesis 1:26: «Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.»

Some also quote Genesis 1:29: «Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.»

«Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests,» says Jesus, «but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.»

Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food»; and it was so.

God's provision for the birds of the air and the care for the lilies of the field are examples of his assurance that the humans will in no less be cared for by the divine grace (Mt. 6:25 - 33; Lk.

See the birds of the air, the lilies of the field... we are born naked, with death return to earth naked; so why be attached to things; we are all pilgrims, sojourners on earth; no mine and thine.

Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow and reap and store in barns; Yet your heavenly Father feeds them.

The parable of the mustard seed in verses 30 - 32 has two points: (1) just as the tiny mustard seed can grow (in the Mediterranean area) into a fairly tall tree, so the humble start of the kingdom of God does not preclude a victorious ending; (2) the kingdom is now present, and all nations and peoples («birds of the air» was a phrase used by the rabbis to mean all people, including Gentiles) may now partake of it.

Shelter the birds of the air.

And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trampled down, and the birds of the air devoured it.

Back up in Luke 8:8, it was the birds of the air who come and devour the seed.

I looked, and lo, there was no one at all, and all the birds of the air had fled.

The rider and his army win the battle, the beast and his false prophet are thrown alive into the lake of fire, and the army of the beast is slaughtered, making a great supper for the birds of the air (19:17 - 21).

In such passages as «Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head» (Matt.

He told them to look at the birds of the air; they neither sowed nor reaped nor gathered into barns, and yet without fail they were fed.

Jesus warned him of what this would involve: «Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.»