'Saying' in the Bible

He was also saying, "The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seeds on the ground.

He was also saying, "How can we show what the kingdom of God is like, or what parable can we use to describe it?

Overcome with fear, they kept saying to one another, "Who is this man? Even the wind and the sea obey him!"

Jesus had been saying to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"

And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.

because she had been saying, "If I can just touch his robe, I will get well."

His disciples said to Him, “You see the crowd pressing in around You [from all sides], and You ask, ‘Who touched Me?’”

As he is yet speaking, there come from the chief of the synagogue's house, certain, saying -- 'Thy daughter did die, why still dost thou harass the Teacher?'

And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?

King Herod heard about this, because Jesus' name had become well-known. He was saying, "John the Baptist has been raised from the dead! That's why he is able to do these miracles."

Others were saying, "He is Elijah." Still others were saying, "He is a prophet like one of the other prophets."

But when Herod heard of it, he kept saying, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen!”

For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”

And he took an oath, saying to her, Whatever is your desire I will give it to you, even half of my kingdom.

And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.

When it was already quite late, His disciples came to Him and said, “This place is desolate and it is already quite late;

After saying goodbye to them, he went up on a hillside to pray.

He was also saying to them, “You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition.

After He called the crowd to Him again, He began saying to them, “Listen to Me, all of you, and understand:

And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.

And He was saying, “That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man.

And He was saying to her, “Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.

And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.

Jesus, aware of this [discussion], said to them, “Why are you discussing [the fact] that you have no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened?

And He was saying to them, “Do you not yet understand?”

And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.

And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?

And they answered him, saying, John the baptist; and others, Elias; but others, One of the prophets.

And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.

But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.

And Jesus was saying to them, “Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.”

Peter responded and said to Jesus, “Rabbi (Master), it is good for us to be here; let us make three [sacred] tents—one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.

And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?

Immediately the boy’s father cried out and said, “I do believe; help my unbelief.”

When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.

For he was giving his disciples teaching, and saying to them, The Son of man is given up into the hands of men, and they will put him to death; and when he is dead, after three days he will come back from the dead.

But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.

And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.

And while he was going out into the way, a man came running to him, and went down on his knees, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.

And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?

Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:

And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.

But Jesus said to them, You have no knowledge of what you are saying. Are you able to take of my cup? or to undergo the baptism which I am to undergo?

When Bartimaeus heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout and say, “Jesus, Son of David (Messiah), have mercy on me!”

And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.

Some of the bystanders were saying to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?”

And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:

And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.

And Jesus *answered saying to them, “Have faith in God.

and began saying to Him, “By what authority are You doing these things, or who gave You this authority to do these things?”

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?

And they replied to Jesus saying, "We do not know." And Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these [things]."

Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

and he was saying to them in his teaching, 'Beware of the scribes, who will in long robes to walk, and love salutations in the market-places,

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

because they kept saying, "This must not happen during the festival. Otherwise, there'll be a riot among the people."

and there were certain much displeased within themselves, and saying, 'For what hath this waste of the ointment been made?

So He sent two of His disciples with instructions, saying, "Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water: follow him,

While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread and blessed it. Then he broke it in pieces and handed it to them, saying, "Take some. This is my body."

But Peter kept saying emphatically, "Even if I have to die with you, I'll never deny you!" And all the others kept saying the same thing.

And He was saying, “Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will.”

Once again He went away and prayed, saying the same thing.

And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely.

After coming, Judas immediately went to Him, saying, “Rabbi!” and kissed Him.

And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,

We heard him saying -- I will throw down this sanctuary made with hands, and by three days, another made without hands I will build;'

And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

But He kept silent and did not answer. Again the high priest was questioning Him, and saying to Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”

Then some began to spit on Him, to blindfold Him, and to beat Him, saying, “Prophesy!” The temple police also took Him and slapped Him.

But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.

But again he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders were again saying to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean too.”

But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak.

and a second time a cock crew, and Peter remembered the saying that Jesus said to him -- 'Before a cock crow twice, thou mayest deny me thrice;' and having thought thereon -- he was weeping.

And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee.

But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?

Answering again, Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?”

But Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has He done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify Him!”

and the Writing was fulfilled that is saying, 'And with lawless ones he was numbered.'

And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,

In the same way, the chief priests with the scribes were mocking Him to one another and saying, “He saved others; He cannot save Himself!

And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

When some of the bystanders heard it, they began saying, “Behold, He is calling for Elijah.”

And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.

They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance to the tomb for us?”

And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,

And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.

And Mary said, 'Lo, the maid-servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to thy saying,' and the messenger went away from her.

And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.

And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.

And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,