'Saying' in the Bible

And he was preaching, saying, "One [who is] more powerful than I is coming after me, of whom I am not worthy to bend down [and] untie the strap of his sandals.

and saying, "The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe in the gospel!"

saying, "{Leave us alone}, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--the Holy One of God!"

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!"

And they were all amazed, so that [they began] to discuss with one another, saying, "What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him."

And a leper came to him, entreating him and kneeling down, saying to him, "If you are willing, you are able to make me clean."

And he got up and immediately picked up his stretcher [and] went out in front of [them] all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, "We have never seen [anything] like this!"

And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, were falling down before him and crying out, saying, "You are the Son of God!"

And [when] {his family} heard [this], they went out to restrain him, for they were saying, "He has lost his mind!"

And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by Beelzebul!" and "By the ruler of the demons he expels the demons!"

because they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."

And he began to teach them many [things] in parables, and was saying to them in his teaching,

(For he was saying to him, "Come out of the man, unclean spirit!")

and they implored him, saying, "Send us to the pigs so that we may enter into them."

And he was imploring him many [times], saying, "My little daughter {is at the point of death}! Come, lay your hands on her, so that she will get well and will live."

for she was saying, "If I touch just his clothing, I will be healed!"

[While] he was still speaking, they came from the synagogue ruler's [house] saying, "Your daughter has died. Why trouble the Teacher further?"

And [when] the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard [him] were amazed, saying, "Where did this man [get] these [things]? And what [is] this wisdom that has been granted to this man, and the miracles such as these performed through his hands?

And King Herod heard [it], because his name had become known. And they were saying, "John, the one who baptizes, has been raised from the dead, and because of this these miraculous powers are at work in him."

But others were saying, "He is Elijah," and others were saying, "[He is] a prophet like one of the prophets."

For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not permitted for you to have your brother's wife."

And she came in immediately with haste to the king [and] asked, saying, "I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately."

And the hour had already become late [when] his disciples came up to him, saying, "The place is desolate and the hour [is] already late.

And they were amazed beyond all measure, saying, "He has done all [things] well! He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak!"

And he ordered them, saying, "Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod!"

And he sent him to his home, saying, "Do not even go into the village."

And Jesus and his disciples went out to the villages of Caesarea Philippi, and on the way he asked his disciples, saying to them, "Who do people say [that] I am?"

And they told him, saying, "John the Baptist, and others Elijah, and others that [you are] one of the prophets."

And they asked him, saying, "{Why do} the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

Now [when] Jesus saw that a crowd was running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and enter into him no more!"

And they were very astounded, saying to one another, "And who can be saved?"

And he began to teach and was saying to them, "Is it not written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations,' but you have made it a cave of robbers!"

And they began to discuss [this] with one another, saying, "What should we say? If we say 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why then did you 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]."

He had one more, a beloved son. Last [of all] he sent him to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

And Sadducees--who say there is no resurrection--came up to him and began to ask him, saying,

Now concerning the dead, that they are raised, have you not read in the book of Moses {in the passage about the bush} how God spoke to him, saying, 'I [am] the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob'?

Many will come in my name, saying, 'I am [he],' and they will deceive many.

But he kept saying emphatically, "If it is necessary for me to die with you, I will never deny you!" And they all were saying the same [thing] also.

And again he went away [and] prayed, saying the same thing.

Now the one who was betraying him had given them a sign, saying, "[The one] whom I kiss--he is [the one]. Arrest him and lead [him] away under guard!"

And some stood up [and] began to give false testimony against him, saying,

"We heard him saying, 'I will destroy this temple made by hands, and within three days I will build another not made by hands."

And the high priest stood up in the midst [of them] [and] asked Jesus, saying, "Do you not reply anything? What are these [people] testifying against you?"

But he denied [it], saying, "I neither know nor understand what you mean!" And he went out into the gateway, and a rooster crowed.

So Pilate asked him again, saying, "Do you not answer anything? See how many [charges] they are bringing against you!"

So Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?"

And those who passed by reviled him, shaking their heads and saying, "Aha! The one who would destroy the temple and rebuild [it] in three days,

In the same way also the chief priests, along with the scribes, were mocking [him] to one another, saying, "He saved others; he is not able to save himself!

And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put [it] on a reed, [and] gave [it] to him to drink, saying, "Leave [him] alone! Let us see if Elijah is coming to take him down."

And they were saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?"