And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child, and when you have found him, bring back word to me, so that I too may come and worship him."

But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'"

But the centurion answered him, "Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. But only say the word, and my servant will be healed.

When evening had come, they brought to him many who were demon-possessed. And he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick.

Now when John heard in prison about the works of Christ, he sent word by his disciples

Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

when anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

But he who received the seed on rocky places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;

yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. And when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he falls away.

Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, but the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

But the one who received seed on the good soil is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty."

he is not to honor his father with it. Thus you have made the word of God of no effect for the sake of your tradition.

But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and urged him, saying, "Send her away, for she is crying out after us."

But if he will not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that 'every matter may be established by the word of two or three witnesses.'

And no one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day did any one dare to ask him any more questions.

And Peter remembered the word Jesus had said, "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." So he went out and wept bitterly.

While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered greatly today in a dream because of him."

And many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And he preached the word to them.

The sower sows the word.

And these are the ones along the path where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in them.

And these likewise are the ones sown on rocky ground who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy;

and they have no root in themselves, but endure for only a time. Then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.

And others are the ones sown among thorns; they are those who hear the word,

but the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

But these are the ones sown on good soil, those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit thirtyfold, sixty, and a hundred."

With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

thus making void the word of God through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do."

But he fell sad at this word, and went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had said to him, "Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." And he broke down and wept.

Then they went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word by the signs that accompanied it. Amen.

just as they were delivered to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,

Then Mary said, "Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.

"Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word;

during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

And they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with authority.

And they were all amazed and said to one another, "What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!"

Now as the people pressed around him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret.

And Simon answered, "Master, we toiled all night and caught nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets."

Therefore I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed.

"Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

The ones along the path are those who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, that they may not believe and be saved.

And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy; but these have no root, they believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away.

But the ones that fell on the good soil are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.

But he said to them, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."

And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his word.

But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"

And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, "Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times."

And he said to them, "What things?" And they said to him, "The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.

And many more believed because of his word.

Jesus said to him, "Go; your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went his way.

Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me, has eternal life; and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

And you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe him whom he has sent.

Jesus then said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples.

I know that you are Abraham's descendants, yet you seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you.

Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you are not able to hear my word.

Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word he will never see death."

The Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, as did the prophets; and you say, 'If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.'

But you have not known him; I know him. If I said, I do not know him, I would be a liar like you; but I do know him and keep his word.

If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),

that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: "Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"

He who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will condemn him on the last day.

Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

He who does not love me does not keep my words; and the word which you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.

You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

Remember the word that I said to you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

But this is to fulfill the word that is written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.'

"I have manifested your name to the men whom you have given me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.

I have given them your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.

"I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in me through their word;

So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.

And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,

And when they had prayed, the place where they were gathered together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness.

So the twelve summoned the congregation of the disciples and said, "It is not right for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.

But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word."

The word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.

Now those who had been scattered went about preaching the word.

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them Peter and John,

Now when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.

You know the word which he sent to Israel, preaching good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all).

Now the apostles and the brethren who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose in connection with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews.

But the word of God continued to grow and to be multiplied.

When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John as their helper.

who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.

After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, "Brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it."

The next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.

Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, "It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord; and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

And the word of the Lord spread through the whole region.

So they spent a long time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who bore witness to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brethren, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe.

We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth.