'Number' in the Bible

But when he saw a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?

And in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words.

For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and only a small number make discovery of it.

A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power?

And in the evening, they took to him a number of people who had evil spirits; and he sent the spirits out of them with a word, and made well all who were ill;

And it came about, when he was in the house taking food, that a number of tax-farmers and sinners came and took their places with Jesus and his disciples.

And Jesus, having knowledge of this, went away from there, and a great number went after him; and he made them all well,

And the works of power which he did there were small in number because they had no faith.

And he came out and saw a great number of people and he had pity on them, and made well those of them who were ill.

And there came to him great numbers of people having with them those who were broken in body, or blind, or without voice, or wounded, or ill in any way, and a number of others; they put them down at his feet and he made them well:

And the disciples say to him, How may we get enough bread in a waste place, to give food to such a number of people?

Do you still not see, or keep in mind the five cakes of bread of the five thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?

Or the seven cakes of bread of the four thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?

Then Peter came and said to him, Lord, what number of times may my brother do wrong against me, and I give him forgiveness? till seven times?

And a great number went after him; and he made them well there.

But a great number who are first will be last, and some who are last will be first.

And when they were going out from Jericho, a great number went after him.

Again, he sent other servants to them, a greater number than the first, but the tenant farmers treated them the same way.

For out of all to whom the good news has come, only a small number will get salvation.

One of them, a lawyer [an expert in Mosaic Law], asked Jesus a question, to test Him:

For people will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and a number will be turned from the true way through them.

And a number of false prophets will come, causing error.

And they were not able to get it, though a number of false witnesses came.

And the resting-places of the dead came open; and the bodies of a number of sleeping saints came to life;

And coming out of their resting-places, after he had come again from the dead, they went into the holy town and were seen by a number of people.

And a number of women were there, watching from a distance, who had come with Jesus from Galilee, waiting on his needs.

And a number, who were ill with different diseases, he made well, and sent out evil spirits; but he did not let the evil spirits say anything, because they had knowledge of him.

And a great number had come together, so that there was no longer room for them, no, not even about the door: and he gave them teaching.

And it came about that he was seated at meat in his house, and a number of tax-farmers and sinners were at table with Jesus and his disciples: for there were a great number of them, and they came after him.

And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great number from Galilee came after him: and from Judaea,

And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and the other side of Jordan, and the country about Tyre and Sidon, a great number, hearing what great things he did, came to him.

For he had made such a great number well that all those who were diseased were falling down before him for the purpose of touching him.

And a great number were seated round him; and they said to him, See, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.

And again he was teaching by the seaside. And a very great number of people had come to him, so that he got into a boat on the sea and took his seat; and all the people were on the land by the seaside.

And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:

"To you," He replied, "has been entrusted the secret truth concerning the Kingdom of God; but to those others outside your number all this is spoken in figurative language;

And with a number of such stories he gave them his teaching, as they were able to take it:

And Jesus said, What is your name? And he made answer, My name is Legion, because there are a great number of us.

And he gave them leave. And the unclean spirits came out, and entered into the swine: and the herd rushed down the steep into the sea, in number about two thousand; and they were drowned in the sea.

And when Jesus had gone over again in the boat to the other side, a great number of people came to him: and he was by the sea.

And he went with him; and a great number of people went after him, and came round him.

And had undergone much at the hands of a number of medical men, and had given all she had, and was no better, but even worse,

And when the Sabbath day had come, he was teaching in the Synagogue; and a number of people hearing him were surprised, saying, From where did this man get these things? and, What is the wisdom given to this man, and what are these works of power done by his hands?

And they sent out a number of evil spirits, and put oil on a great number who were ill, and made them well.

And he said to them, Come away by yourselves to a quiet place, and take a rest for a time. Because there were a great number coming and going, and they had no time even for food.

And the people saw them going, and a number of them, having knowledge who they were, went running there together on foot from all the towns, and got there before them.

And he got out, and saw a great mass of people, and he had pity on them, because they were like sheep without a keeper: and he gave them teaching about a number of things.

And when they come from the market-place, they take no food till their hands are washed; and a number of other orders there are, which have been handed down to them to keep--washings of cups and pots and brass vessels.

Making the word of God of no effect by your rule, which you have given: and a number of other such things you do.

The number fed were about 4,000. Then He sent them away,

When I made a division of the five cakes of bread among the five thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? They said to him, Twelve.

And when the seven among the four thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? And they said to him, Seven.

And one of the number said to him in answer, Master, I came to you with my son, who has in him a spirit which takes away his power of talking;

But a great number who are first will be last: and those who are last will be first.

And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.

And a great number put down their clothing in the way; and others put down branches which they had taken from the fields.

And he sent another; and they put him to death: and a number of others, whipping some, and putting some to death.

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.

People will come in my name, saying, I am he; and a number will be turned from the true way.

For a number gave false witness against him and their witness was not in agreement.

And the chief priests said a number of things against him.

Who went with him when he was in Galilee and took care of him; and a number of other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

As a number of attempts have been made to put together in order an account of those events which took place among us,

and as they were returning, after spending the full number of days, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. But His parents were unaware of it,

And in the belief that he was with some of their number, they went a day's journey; and after looking for him among their relations and friends,

Truly I say to you, There were a number of widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months and there was no food in the land;

And there were a number of lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and not one of them was made clean, but only Naaman the Syrian.

And evil spirits came out of a number of them, crying out and saying, You are the Son of God. But he gave them sharp orders not to say a word, because they had knowledge that he was the Christ.

When they did this, they caught a great number of fish, and their nets began to tear.

because Simon and all the people who were with him were amazed at the number of fish they had caught,

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, and stood on a level place, and a great multitude of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judaea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

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.

At that time, he made a number of people free from their diseases and their pains, and from evil spirits; and to others who were blind he gave back the use of their eyes.

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 Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's chief house-servant, and Susanna and a number of others, who gave him of their wealth for his needs.

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.

And Jesus said to him, What is your name? And he said, Legion; for a number of spirits had gone into him.

But the Lord, answering, said to her, Martha, Martha, you are full of care and troubled about such a number of things:

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, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.

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;

But he who, without knowledge, did things for which punishment is given, will get only a small number of blows. The man to whom much is given, will have to give much; if much is given into his care, of him more will be requested.

And one said to him, Sir, are such as are to be saved few in number? But he said unto them,

Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to you, A number will make the attempt to go in, but will not be able to do so.

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.

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

And he said, Take care that you are not tricked: for a number of people will come in my name, saying, I am he; and, The time is near: do not go after them.

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.

Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.

And they said a number of other evil things against him.

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

A great number of the people followed him, among them women who were mourning and wailing for him.

Now while he was in Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover, a great number of people came to have faith in his name, after seeing the signs which he did.

Now a number of the people of that town had faith in him because of the woman's witness: He has been talking to me of everything I ever did.

And a great number more of them came to have faith in him because of what he himself said.