'Nations' in the Bible

Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations! --

And -- praying -- ye may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard,

for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;

These twelve did Jesus send forth, having given command to them, saying, 'To the way of the nations go not away, and into a city of the Samaritans go not in,

and before governors and kings ye shall be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

'Lo, My servant, whom I did choose, My beloved, in whom My soul did delight, I will put My Spirit upon him, and judgment to the nations he shall declare,

and in his name shall nations hope.'

and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the nations to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify, and the third day he will rise again.'

and Jesus having called them near, said, 'Ye have known that the rulers of the nations do exercise lordship over them, and those great do exercise authority over them,

then they shall deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated by all the nations because of my name;

and this good news of the reign shall be proclaimed in all the world, for a testimony to all the nations; and then shall the end arrive.

and gathered together before him shall be all the nations, and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd doth separate the sheep from the goats,

having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them -- to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,