'Off' in the Bible

And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you. It is better for you to lose one of your body parts than to have your whole body go into hell."

If no one welcomes you or listens to your words, as you leave that house or town, shake its dust off your feet.

He will not snap off a broken reed or snuff out a smoldering wick until he has brought justice through to victory.

How can someone go into a strong man's house and carry off his possessions without first tying up the strong man? Then he can ransack his house.

When John's disciples came, they carried off the body and buried it. Then they went and told Jesus.

"So if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life injured or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.

So off they went. He went out again about noon and about three o'clock and did the same thing.

But the one who received one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and buried his master's money.

Since I was afraid, I went off and hid your talent in the ground. Here, take what's yours!'

Suddenly, one of the men with Jesus reached out his hand, drew his sword, and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his ear.

So one of the men ran off at once, took a sponge, and soaked it in some sour wine. Then he put it on a stick and offered Jesus a drink.

No one can go into a strong man's house and carry off his possessions without first tying up the strong man. Then he can ransack his house.

If any place will not welcome you and the people refuse to listen to you, when you leave, shake its dust off your feet as a testimony against them."

When John's disciples heard about this, they came and carried off his body and laid it in a tomb.

So if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It's better for you to enter life injured than to have two hands and go to hell, to the fire that cannot be put out.

And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It's better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.

So they called the blind man and told him, "Have courage! Get up. He's calling you." He threw off his coat, jumped up, and went to Jesus.

But one of those standing there drew his sword and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his ear.

They got up, forced Jesus out of the city, and led him to the edge of the hill on which their city was built, intending to throw him off.

if people don't welcome you, when you leave that city, shake its dust off your feet as a testimony against them."

"We're wiping off your town's dust that clings to our feet in protest against you! But realize this: the kingdom of God is near!'

But when a stronger man than he attacks and defeats him, the stronger man strips off that man's armor in which he trusted and then divides his plunder.

So he shouted, "Father Abraham, have mercy on me! Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water to cool off my tongue, because I am suffering in this fire.'

So those who were sent went off and found it as Jesus had told them.

They will fall by the edge of the sword and be carried off as captives among all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled on by the unbelievers until the times of the unbelievers are fulfilled."

So he went off and discussed with the high priests and the Temple police how he could betray Jesus to them.

Then one of them struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his right ear.

When he learned with certainty that Jesus came from Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him off to Herod, who was in Jerusalem at that time.

since his disciples had gone off into town to buy food.

The man went off and told the Jewish leaders that it was Jesus who had made him well.

and told him, "Go and wash in the pool of Siloam" (which is translated "Sent One"). So he went off, washed, and came back seeing.

He said, "The man named Jesus made some mud, spread it on my eyes, and told me, "Go to Siloam and wash.' So off I went and washed, and I received my sight."

He cuts off every branch that does not produce fruit in me, and he cuts back every branch that does produce fruit, so that it might produce more fruit.

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

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 Peter and the other disciple took off for the tomb.

But Saul kept trying to destroy the church. Going into one house after another, he began dragging off men and women and throwing them in prison.

When Saul got up off the ground, he couldn't see anything, even though his eyes were open. So his companions took him by the hand and led him into Damascus.

So Paul and Barnabas shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.

A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in a window, began to sink off into a deep sleep as Paul kept speaking longer and longer. Overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third floor and was picked up dead.

We sailed from there and on the following day arrived off Chios. The next day, we crossed over to Samos and stayed at Trogyllium. The day after that, we came to Miletus.

We sailed along the sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia and reached Myra in Lycia.

We sailed slowly for a number of days and with difficulty arrived off Cnidus. Then, because the wind was against us, we sailed on the sheltered side of Crete off Cape Salome.

What, then, does this mean? Are we Jews any better off? Not at all! For we have already accused everyone, both Jews and Greeks, of being under the power of sin.

Now if some of the branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive branch, have been grafted in their place to share the rich root of the olive tree,

That's right! They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you remain only because of faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid!

However, when we are among mature people, we do speak a message of wisdom, but not the wisdom of this world or of the rulers of this world, who are passing off the scene.

However, food will not bring us closer to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat food that has been offered to an idol, and no better off if we do.

So while we are still in this tent, we sigh under our burdens, because we do not want to put it off but to put it on, so that our dying bodies may be swallowed up by life.

We have not cut you off, but you have cut off your own feelings toward us.

Now what I am saying is this: As long as an heir is a child, he is no better off than a slave, even though he owns everything.

Regarding your former way of life, you were taught to strip off your old nature, which is being ruined by its deceptive desires,

Therefore, stripping off falsehood, "let each of us speak the truth to his neighbor," for we belong to one another.

In union with him you were also circumcised with a circumcision performed without human hands by stripping off the corrupt nature by the circumcision performed by the Messiah.

Do not lie to one another, for you have stripped off the old nature with its practices

Therefore, having so vast a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, and throwing off everything that hinders us and especially the sin that so easily entangles us, let us keep running with endurance the race set before us,

For the sun comes up with its scorching heat and dries up the grass. The flower in it drops off, and its beauty is gone. That is how the rich person will fade away in his pursuits.

and studies himself carefully, and then goes off and immediately forgets what he looks like.

For "All human life is like grass, and all its glory is like a flower in the grass. The grass dries up and the flower drops off,

They have left the straight path and wandered off to follow the path of Bosor's son Balaam, who loved the reward he got for doing wrong.