'Began' in the Bible

They *went into Capernaum; and immediately on the Sabbath He entered the synagogue and began to teach.

When evening came, after the sun had set, they began bringing to Him all who were ill and those who were demon-possessed.

But he went out and began to proclaim it freely and to spread the news around, to such an extent that Jesus could no longer publicly enter a city, but stayed out in unpopulated areas; and they were coming to Him from everywhere.

When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, “Why is He eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners?”

And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads of grain.

The Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the Herodians against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.

And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?

He began to teach again by the sea. And such a very large crowd gathered to Him that He got into a boat in the sea and sat down; and the whole crowd was by the sea on the land.

As soon as He was alone, His followers, along with the twelve, began asking Him about the parables.

And he began to implore Him earnestly not to send them out of the country.

And they began to implore Him to leave their region.

And he went away and began to proclaim in Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed.

They began laughing at Him. But putting them all out, He *took along the child’s father and mother and His own companions, and *entered the room where the child was.

Immediately the girl got up and began to walk, for she was twelve years old. And immediately they were completely astounded.

When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue; and the many listeners were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things, and what is this wisdom given to Him, and such miracles as these performed by His hands?

And He *summoned the twelve and began to send them out in pairs, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits;

When Jesus went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.

When it was already quite late, His disciples came to Him and said, “This place is desolate and it is already quite late;

and ran about that whole country and began to carry here and there on their pallets those who were sick, to the place they heard He was.

After He called the crowd to Him again, He began saying to them, “Listen to Me, all of you, and understand:

And his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was removed, and he began speaking plainly.

The Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, to test Him.

They began to discuss with one another the fact that they had no bread.

Then again He laid His hands on his eyes; and he looked intently and was restored, and began to see everything clearly.

And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

And He was stating the matter plainly. And Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him.

Immediately, when the entire crowd saw Him, they were amazed and began running up to greet Him.

They brought the boy to Him. When he saw Him, immediately the spirit threw him into a convulsion, and falling to the ground, he began rolling around and foaming at the mouth.

Immediately the boy’s father cried out and said, “I do believe; help my unbelief.”

When He came into the house, His disciples began questioning Him privately, “Why could we not drive it out?”

From there they went out and began to go through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know about it.

They came to Capernaum; and when He was in the house, He began to question them, “What were you discussing on the way?”

Getting up, He *went from there to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan; crowds *gathered around Him again, and, according to His custom, He once more began to teach them.

Some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce a wife.

In the house the disciples began questioning Him about this again.

And He took them in His arms and began blessing them, laying His hands on them.

As He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up to Him and knelt before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

Peter began to say to Him, “Behold, we have left everything and followed You.”

They were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking on ahead of them; and they were amazed, and those who followed were fearful. And again He took the twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to Him,

Hearing this, the ten began to feel indignant with James and John.

When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

And Jesus said to him, “Go; your faith has made you well.” Immediately he regained his sight and began following Him on the road.

Then they *came to Jerusalem. And He entered the temple and began to drive out those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves;

And He began to teach and say to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a robbers’ den.”

The chief priests and the scribes heard this, and began seeking how to destroy Him; for they were afraid of Him, for the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.

and began saying to Him, “By what authority are You doing these things, or who gave You this authority to do these things?”

They began reasoning among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’

And He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a wall around it, and dug a vat under the wine press and built a tower, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey.

Some Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection) *came to Jesus, and began questioning Him, saying,

And Jesus began to say, as He taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?

And He sat down opposite the treasury, and began observing how the people were putting money into the treasury; and many rich people were putting in large sums.

And Jesus began to say to them, “See to it that no one misleads you.

They were glad when they heard this, and promised to give him money. And he began seeking how to betray Him at an opportune time.

They began to be grieved and to say to Him one by one, “Surely not I?”

And He *took with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be very distressed and troubled.

And He went a little beyond them, and fell to the ground and began to pray that if it were possible, the hour might pass Him by.

Some stood up and began to give false testimony against Him, saying,

Some began to spit at Him, and to blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists, and to say to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in the face.

The servant-girl saw him, and began once more to say to the bystanders, “This is one of them!”

But he began to curse and swear, “I do not know this man you are talking about!”

Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he began to weep.

The chief priests began to accuse Him harshly.

The crowd went up and began asking him to do as he had been accustomed to do for them.

and they began to acclaim Him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

When some of the bystanders heard it, they began saying, “Behold, He is calling for Elijah.”