Verse 3

And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

Referenced Verses

• John 9:4 : 4 We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
• 1 Tim 4:15-16 : 15 Be diligent in these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy progress may be manifest unto all. 16 Take heed to thyself, and to thy teaching. Continue in these things; for in doing this thou shalt save both thyself and them that hear thee.
• Prov 14:15 : 15 The simple believeth every word; But the prudent man looketh well to his going.
• Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
• Matt 10:16 : 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
• Luke 14:30 : 30 saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.