'Great' in the Bible

It seemed good to me, having made observation, with great care, of the direction of events in their order, to put the facts in writing for you, most noble Theophilus;

And you will be glad and have great delight; and numbers of people will have joy at his birth.

For he will be great in the eyes of the Lord; he will not take wine or strong drink; and he will be full of the Spirit of God from his birth.

And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God.

He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father:

For he who is strong has done great things for me; and holy is his name.

And the angel said, Have no fear; for truly, I give you good news of great joy which will be for all the people:

And suddenly there was with the angel a great band of spirits from heaven, giving praise to God, and saying,

And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said;

And when it was day, he came out and went to a waste place; and great numbers of people came looking for him, and they came to him and would have kept him from going away.

And when they had done this, they got such a great number of fish that it seemed as if their nets would be broken;

But news of him went out all the more, in every direction, and great numbers of people came together to give hearing to his words and to be made well from their diseases.

And Levi made a great feast for him in his house: and a great number of tax-farmers and others were seated at table with them.

And he came down with them to a level place, and a great band of his disciples, and a very great number of people from all Judaea and Jerusalem and from the parts of Tyre and Sidon by the sea, came to give hearing to him, and to be made well from their diseases;

Be glad in that day, and be lifted up for joy, for your reward in heaven will be great: for their fathers did these same things to the prophets.

But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.

But he who gives hearing, without doing, is like a man building a house on the earth without a base for it; and when the force of the river came against it, straight away it came down; and the destruction of that house was great.

And when these things were said to Jesus, he was surprised, and, turning to the mass of people coming after him, said, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.

And it came about, after a little time, that he went to a town named Nain; and his disciples went with him, and a great number of people.

Now when he came near the door of the town, a dead man was being taken out, the only son of his mother, who was a widow: and a great number of people from the town were with her.

And fear came on all, and they gave praise to God, saying, A great prophet is among us: and, God has given thought to his people.

And so I say to you, She will have forgiveness for her sins which are great in number, because of her great love: but he who has small need of forgiveness gives little love.

And when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story:

And his mother and his brothers came to him, and they were not able to get near him because of the great number of people.

Now there was a great herd of pigs in that place, getting food on the mountain: and the evil spirits made a request to him that he would let them go into the pigs, and he let them.

And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes made a request to him to go away from them; for they were in great fear: and he got into a boat and went back.

But the man from whom the evil spirits had gone out had a great desire to be with him, but he sent him away, saying,

Go back to your house and let them have news of all the great things which God has done for you. And he went away, giving word through all the town of the great things which Jesus had done for him.

And on the day after, when they came down from the mountain, a great band of people came to him.

And they were full of wonder at the great power of God. But while they were all wondering at all the things which he did, he said to his disciples,

And said to them, Whoever gives honour to this child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour to him who sent me: for whoever is least among you all, that man is great.

And when a great number of people came together to him, he said, This generation is an evil generation: it is looking for a sign and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.

And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.

And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;

And when he said these things, those who were against him were shamed, and all the people were full of joy because of the great things which were done by him.

And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people.

Now a great number of people went with him.

Or while the other is still a great distance away, he sends representatives requesting conditions of peace.

And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything.

And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.

He who is true in a little, is true in much; he who is false in small things, is false in great.

And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money, hearing these things, were making sport of him.

Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day.

And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.

It would be well for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea, before he made trouble for any of these little ones.

And the Lord said, If your faith was only as great as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this tree, Be rooted up and planted in the sea; and it would be done.

And he said to his disciples, The time will come when you will have a great desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, but you will not see it.

But at these words he became very sad, for he had great wealth.

And hearing the sound of a great number of people going by, he said, What is this?

And when he came near the foot of the Mountain of Olives, all the disciples with loud voices gave praise to God with joy, because of all the great works which they had seen;

There will be great earth-shocks and outbursts of disease in a number of places, and men will be without food; and there will be wonders and great signs from heaven.

It will be hard for women who are with child, and for her with a baby at the breast, in those days. For great trouble will come on the land, and wrath on this people.

And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory.

And he will take you up to a great room with a table and seats: there make ready.

And he said, I have had a great desire to keep this Passover with you before I come to my death;

And being in great trouble of soul, the force of his prayer became stronger, and great drops, like blood, came from him, falling to the earth.

And he put a great number of questions to him, but he said nothing.

And a great band of people went after him, and of women making signs of grief and weeping for him.

And he said to them, What things? And they said, The things to do with Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, great in his acts and his words, before God and all the people:

And they gave him worship and went back to Jerusalem with great joy.