'Kept' in the Bible

Of this be sure, that if the master of the house had known what time the robber was coming, he would have kept awake and not have allowed his house to be broken into.

But there is a baptism which I have to undergo; and how am I kept back till it is complete!

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. He took 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."

And a widow in that town kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest and saying, ‘God, turn Your wrath from me—a sinner!’

And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.

Then those in front told him to keep quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:

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,

But they were not able to do anything, because the people all kept near him, being greatly interested in his words.

And they kept watch on him, and sent out secret representatives, who were acting the part of good men, in order that they might get something from his words, on account of which they might give him up to the government and into the power of the ruler.

As some were talking about the temple, that it was decorated with beautiful stones and consecrated offerings [of magnificent gifts of gold which were displayed on the walls and hung in the porticoes], He said,

But you are those who have kept with me through my troubles;

About an hour later, another kept insisting, “This man was certainly with Him, since he’s also a Galilean.”

After blindfolding Him, they kept asking, “Prophesy! Who hit You?”

And they kept insulting him in many other ways.

But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where He started even to here.”

So he kept asking Him questions, but Jesus did not answer him.

but they kept shouting, “Crucify! Crucify Him!”

But they kept up the pressure, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified. And their voices won out.

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.

The people stood watching, and even the leaders kept scoffing: “He saved others; let Him save Himself if this is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One!”

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

(but their eyes were kept from recognizing him).

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.

But they kept him back, saying, Do not go, for evening is near, the day is almost gone. And he went in with them.

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!"

And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.

John was also baptizing in Aenon, near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. People kept coming and were being baptized,

In the meantime the disciples kept urging Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

They kept telling the woman, "It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, because now we have heard him ourselves, and we know that he really is the Savior of the world."

So the Jews kept saying to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and you are not permitted to pick up your pallet [because it is unlawful].”

So the Jewish leaders began persecuting Jesus, because he kept doing such things on the Sabbath.

But the testimony I receive is not from man [a merely human witness]; but I say these things so that you may be saved [that is, have eternal life].

John was the lamp that kept on burning and shining [to show you the way], and you were willing for a while to rejoice in his light.

And you have not kept his word in your hearts, because you have not faith in him whom he has sent.

A large crowd kept following him because they had seen the signs that he was performing by healing the sick.

When the people saw the sign that he had done, they kept saying, "Truly this is the Prophet who was to come into the world!"

They kept saying, "This is Jesus, the son of Joseph, isn't it, whose father and mother we know? So how can he say, "I have come down from heaven'?"

Having said these things to them, he still kept in Galilee.

The Jewish leaders kept looking for him at the festival, asking, "Where is that man?"

However, many in the crowd believed in him. They kept saying, "When the Messiah comes, he won't do more signs than this man has done, will he?"

Some said, “He’s the one.” “No,” others were saying, “but he looks like him.”He kept saying, “I’m the one!”

Truly I say to you, He who does not go through the door into the place where the sheep are kept, but gets in by some other way, is a thief and an outlaw.

when the Jews gathered round Him and kept asking Him, "How long do you mean to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us so plainly."

Many people came to him and kept saying, "John never performed a sign, but everything that John said about this man is true!"

Martha, therefore, when she heard that Jesus doth come, met him, and Mary kept sitting in the house.

But some of them said, “Couldn’t He who opened the blind man’s eyes also have kept this man from dying?”

They kept looking for Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the Temple, "What do you think? Surely he won't come to the festival, will he?"

Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.

they took palm branches and went out to meet Him. They kept shouting: “Hosanna! He who comes in the name of the Lord is the blessed One—the King of Israel!”

So the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to tell others about Him.

The disciples began looking at one another, puzzled and disturbed as to whom He could mean.

One of his disciples, the one whom Jesus kept loving, had been sitting very close to him.

Since Judas kept the money-bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the festival,” or that he should give something to the poor.

If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

“These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from stumbling.

They kept saying, "What is this "in a little while' that he keeps talking about? We don't know what he means."

I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

(He said this so that his words might come true, I have kept safe all those whom you gave to me.)

But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.

Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not.

They kept coming up to him and saying, "Long live the king of the Jews!" Then they began to slap him on the face.

From then on, Pilate tried to release him, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, "If you release this fellow, you're not a friend of Caesar! Anyone who claims to be a king is defying Caesar!"

When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he kept loving standing there, he told his mother, "Dear lady, here is your son."

So she ran off and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, whom Jesus kept loving. She told them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him!"

So the other disciples kept telling him, “We have seen the Lord!”But he said to them, “If I don’t see the mark of the nails in His hands, put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe!”

That disciple whom Jesus kept loving told Peter, "It's the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put his clothes back on, because he was practically naked, and jumped into the sea.

Peter turned around and noticed the disciple whom Jesus kept loving following them. He was the one who had put his head on Jesus' chest at the supper and had asked, "Lord, who is the one who is going to betray you?"

And he said to them, It is not for you to have knowledge of the time and the order of events which the Father has kept in his control.

With one mind, all of them kept devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women (including Mary the mother of Jesus) and his brothers.

And they were all filled [that is, diffused throughout their being] with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues (different languages), as the Spirit was giving them the ability to speak out [clearly and appropriately].

All of them continued to be stunned and puzzled, and they kept asking one another, "What can this mean?"

But others kept saying in derision, "They're drunk on sweet wine!"

He, having knowledge of the future, was talking of the coming again of Christ from the dead, that he was not kept in hell and his body did not see destruction.

And with many other words he solemnly testified and kept on exhorting them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation!”

And they kept their attention fixed on the Apostles' teaching and were united together in the taking of broken bread and in prayer.

Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many wonders and signs were taking place through the apostles.

And all those who were of the faith kept together, and had all things in common;

praising God continually, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord kept adding to their number daily those who were being saved.

And while he kept his hands on Peter and John, all the people came running together to the covered way which is named Solomon's, full of wonder.

Who is to be kept in heaven till the time when all things are put right, of which God has given word by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been from the earliest times.

And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.

But Peter said, "Ananias, for what [reason] has Satan filled your heart, [that] you lied to the Holy Spirit and kept back for yourself [some] of the proceeds of the piece of land?

While you kept it, didn't it remain your own? After it was sold, wasn't it in your power? How is it that you have conceived this thing in your heart? You haven't lied to men, but to God."

The others, in fear, kept back from joining them: but the people made much of them;

As a result, people kept carrying their sick into the streets and placing them on stretchers and mats so that at least Peter's shadow might fall on some of them as he went by.

Every day in the Temple and from house to house they kept teaching and proclaiming that Jesus is the Messiah.

The word of God kept on spreading; and the number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith.

But they could neither refute the wisdom nor withstand the Spirit by which he kept speaking.

He shrewdly exploited our race and mistreated our fathers, forcing them to expose their [male] babies so that they would die.

At which time Moses came to birth, and he was very beautiful; and he was kept for three months in his father's house: