'Kept' in the Bible

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

But when he did come out, he was unable to speak to them. Then they realized that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. He kept motioning to them but remained unable to speak.

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.

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

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?"

Overwhelmed with amazement, they all kept saying to one another, "What kind of statement is this? because with authority and power he gives orders to unclean spirits, 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 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.

because Jesus was in the process of ordering the unclean spirit to come out of the man. On many occasions the unclean spirit had seized the man, and though he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, he would break the chains and be driven by the demon into deserted places.

Now the man from whom the demons had gone out kept begging Jesus to let him go with him. But Jesus sent him away, saying,

"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.

Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves in pieces and kept giving them to the disciples to pass on to the crowd.

After the voice had spoken, Jesus was alone. The disciples kept silent and at that time told no one about what they had seen.

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."

Shouldn't this woman, a descendant of Abraham whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the Sabbath day?"

But they kept silent. So he took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him away.

Now all the tax collectors and sinners kept coming to listen to Jesus.

But the Pharisees and the scribes kept complaining, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."

In that city there was also a widow who kept coming to him and saying, "Grant me justice against my adversary.'

The official replied, "I have kept all of these since I was a young man."

"Then the other servant came and said, "Sir, look! Here's your coin. I've kept it in a cloth for safekeeping

As he was riding along, people kept spreading their coats on the road.

Then he began teaching in the Temple every day. The high priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people kept looking for a way to kill him,

And they kept insulting him in many other ways.

But they kept insisting, "He is stirring up the people with what he teaches all over Judea, from where he started in Galilee to this place."

But they kept pressing him with loud shouts, demanding that Jesus be crucified, and their shouts began to prevail.

A large crowd of people followed him, including some women who kept mourning and wailing for him.

Jesus kept saying, "Father, forgive them, because they don't know what they're doing." Then they divided his clothes among them by throwing dice.

Now one of the criminals hanging there kept insulting him, "You are the Messiah, aren't you? Save yourself"and us!"

But we kept hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel. What is more, this is now the third day since these things occurred.

Then they asked each other, "Our hearts kept burning within us as he was talking to us on the road and explaining the Scriptures to us, didn't they?"

They kept saying, "The Lord has really risen and has appeared to Simon!"