'Kept' in the Bible

All the people were so stunned that they kept saying to each other, "What is this? A new teaching with authority! He tells even the unclean spirits what to do, and they obey him!"

But when the man left, he began to proclaim it freely. He spread the news so widely that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly, but had to stay out in deserted places. Still, people kept coming to him from everywhere.

So the man got up, immediately picked up his mat, and went out in front of all of them. As a result, all of the people were amazed and began to glorify God as they kept on saying, "We have never seen anything like this!"

Jesus went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd kept coming to him, and he kept teaching them.

The Pharisees were watching Jesus closely to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him [in the Jewish high court].

And He *said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to kill?” But they kept silent.

Jerusalem, Idumea, from across the Jordan, and from the region around Tyre and Sidon followed him. They came to him because they kept hearing about everything he was doing.

because he had healed so many people that everyone who had diseases kept crowding up against him in order to touch him.

Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and screamed out, “You are the Son of God!”

When his family heard about it, they went to restrain him, because they kept saying, "He's out of his mind!"

The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem kept repeating, "He has Beelzebul," and, "He drives out demons by the ruler of demons."

For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.

With many other parables like these, Jesus kept speaking his message to them according to their ability to understand.

And a fierce windstorm began to blow, and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was already being swamped.

Overcome with fear, they kept saying to one another, "Who is this man? Even the wind and the sea obey him!"

He kept screaming night and day among the tombs and on the mountainsides, and kept cutting himself with stones.

And he kept begging Him not to send them out of the region.

As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed kept begging Him to be with Him.

and kept begging Him, “My little daughter is at death’s door. Come and lay Your hands on her so she can get well and live.”

So Jesus went with him. A huge crowd kept following him and jostling him.

for she kept saying, "If only I touch his clothes, I will be healed."

His disciples said to Him, “You see the crowd pressing in around You [from all sides], and You ask, ‘Who touched Me?’”

But he kept looking around to look at the woman who had done this.

They also kept driving out many demons and anointing with oil many who were sick, and healing them.

But others were saying, “He is Elijah!” And others were saying, “It is a prophet, like one of the prophets [of old].”

But when Herod heard of it, he kept saying, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen!”

For Herod himself had sent and had had John arrested and had kept him in prison in chains, for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; because he had married her.

But Herodias kept it in her mind against him, and wished to kill him, and could not:

for Herod feared John knowing that he was a just and holy man, and kept him safe; and having heard him, did many things, and heard him gladly.

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke the loaves. He kept giving them to His disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.

So the Pharisees and scribes asked Jesus, “Why do Your disciples not live their lives according to the tradition of the elders, but [instead] eat their bread with [ceremonially] unwashed hands?”

Jesus left that place and went to the territory of Tyre and Sidon. He went into a house, not wanting anyone to know he was there. However, it couldn't be kept a secret.

Now the woman was Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she kept asking Him to drive the demon out of her daughter.

But he kept telling her, "First let the children be filled. It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the puppies."

Jesus ordered the people not to tell anyone, but the more he kept ordering them, the more they kept spreading the news.

Amazed beyond measure, they kept on saying, "He does everything well! He even makes deaf people hear and mute people talk!"

Then He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. Taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks, broke the loaves, and kept on giving them to His disciples to set before the people. So they served the loaves to the crowd.

And He was saying to them, “Do you still not understand?”

And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.

So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy into convulsions. He fell on the ground and kept rolling around and foaming at the mouth.

But they kept silent, because they had argued on the road with one another about who was the greatest.

People were bringing children to Him so that He would touch and bless them, but the disciples reprimanded them and discouraged them [from coming].

He said to Him, “Teacher, I have kept all these from my youth.”

Many were sternly telling him to be quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Then those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting:Hosanna!He who comes in the nameof the Lord is the blessed One!

The chief priests and the scribes heard this and began searching for a way to destroy Him; for they were afraid of Him, since the entire crowd was struck with astonishment 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?”

And they kept looking out for an opportunity to seize Him, but were afraid of the people; for they saw that in this parable He had referred to *them*. So they left Him and went away.

David himself calls him "Lord,' so how can he be his son?" And the large crowd kept listening to him with delight.

And he took a seat by the place where the money was kept, and saw how the people put money into the boxes: and a number who had wealth put in much.

And if the Lord had not made the time short, no flesh would have been kept from destruction; but because of the saints he has made the time short.

because they kept saying, "This must not happen during the festival. Otherwise, there'll be a riot among the people."

But he kept insisting, “If I have to die with You, I will never deny You!” And they all said the same thing.

Going on a little farther, he fell to the ground and kept praying that if it were possible the hour might pass from him.

He kept repeating, "Abba! Father! All things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I want but what you want."

And they laid on him their hands, and kept hold on him;

Now the chief priests and the whole Council kept trying to obtain testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, and they were not finding any.

But He kept silent and did not answer anything. Again the high priest questioned Him, “Are You the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”

Some of them began to spit on him. They blindfolded him and kept hitting him with their fists and telling him, "Prophesy!" Even the servants took him and slapped him around.

The high priests kept accusing him of many things.

They kept hitting Him on the head with a reed and spitting on Him. Getting down on their knees, they were paying Him homage.

Those who passed by kept insulting him, shaking their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who were going to destroy the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days

In the same way, the high priests, along with the scribes, were also making fun of him among themselves. They kept saying, "He saved others, but can't save himself!

Let the Messiah, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, since seeing is believing!" Even the men who were crucified with him kept insulting him.

They kept saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?"

Then his disciples went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord kept working with them and confirming the message by the signs that accompanied it.

Meanwhile, the people kept waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he stayed in the sanctuary so long.

When he did come out, he could not speak to them. Then they realized that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. He kept making signs to them and remained speechless.

After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived and kept herself in seclusion for five months. She said,

But she was very perplexed at this statement, and kept pondering what kind of salutation this was.

Everyone who heard about it kept thinking what had happened and asked, "What will this child become?" because it was obvious that the hand of the Lord was with him.

And the child kept growing and becoming strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he was revealed to Israel.

But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.

Jesus' father and mother kept wondering at the things being said about him.

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

Meanwhile, Jesus kept on growing wiser and more mature, and in favor with God and his fellow man.

The crowds kept asking him, "What, then, should we do?"

Amazement came over them all, and they kept saying to one another, “What is this message? For He commands the unclean spirits with authority and power, and they come out!”

At daybreak he left and went to a deserted place, while the crowds kept looking for him. When they came to him, they tried to keep him from leaving them.

So He kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea.

But the news about Him was spreading farther, and large crowds kept gathering to hear Him and to be healed of their illnesses.

They were all astonished, and they began glorifying God; and they were filled with [reverential] fear and kept saying, “We have seen wonderful and incredible things today!”

The scribes and the Pharisees were watching Him closely [with malicious intent], to see if He would [actually] heal [someone] on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse Him.

and standing behind Him at His feet, weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears, and kept wiping them with the hair of her head, and kissing His feet and anointing them with the perfume.

When a large crowd was gathering together, and people from city after city were coming to Him, He spoke [to them] using a parable:

So his disciples went to him, woke him up, and kept telling him, "Master! Master! We're going to die!" He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves. They stopped, and there was calm.

(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)

The man from whom the demons had departed kept begging Him to be with Him. But He sent him away and said,

"Go home and tell what God has done for you." So the man left and kept proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.

Just then a synagogue leader by the name of Jairus arrived. He fell at Jesus' feet and kept begging him to come to his home,

Herod said, "I beheaded John. But who is this man I'm hearing so much about?" So Herod kept trying to see Jesus.

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke them. He kept giving them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

They came in glory, and kept speaking about His death, which He was so soon to undergo in Jerusalem.

And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen.

However, they did not understand this statement. Its meaning was kept hidden from them so that they would not grasp it; and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

In that same hour he was full of joy in the Holy Spirit and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children: for so, O Father, it was pleasing in your eyes.

She had a sister named Mary, who sat down at the Lord's feet and kept listening to what he was saying.

So he told them, "Whenever you pray you are to say, "Father, may your name be kept holy. May your kingdom come.

Others, wanting to test Jesus, kept asking him for a sign from heaven.

How terrible it will be for you experts in the Law! You have taken away the key to knowledge. You didn't go in yourselves, and you kept out those who were trying to go in."