Josiah had descendants named Jechoniah and his brothers, [near] the time when [the people of Judah] were taken away to Babylon.

[Jer. 31:15], "A voice was heard in [the town of] Ramah [Note: This was a village near Jerusalem, where Rachel was buried], with crying and deep mourning. It was Rachel crying for her children [Note: Initially this was a reference to the Israelites who were taken to Babylonian captivity. See Jer. 29-31]. She refused to be comforted because they were dead."

and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near!"

Then Jerusalem and all Judaea went out to him, and all the people from near Jordan;

And, coming near, the tempter said to him, - If thou art God's, Son, speak! that, these stones, may become, loaves.

Then, the adversary leaveth him, - and lo! messengers came near, and began ministering unto him.

[After] leaving Nazareth [i.e., a major town in Galilee], He came to live in Capernaum, [a city] beside Lake Galilee, near the districts of Zebulun and Naphtali.

[Isa. 9:1-2] "The districts of Zebulun and Naphtali, near the lake, beyond [i.e., where it enters] the Jordan in Galilee, [the territory] of the Gentiles;

From that time [on], Jesus began to preach and to say, "Repent, because the kingdom of heaven is near."

Seeing the large crowds, Jesus went up in a mountain [i.e., probably a hill near Capernaum] and when He sat down, His disciples came to Him.

And if you salute only your near relatives, what praise is due to you? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?

And 1o! a leper, coming near, began to bow down to him saying, - Lord! if thou be willing, thou canst cleanse me.

And Jesus says to him, See thou tell no one; but retire, show thyself to the priest, and bring near the gift which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

And, when he entered into Capernaum, there came near unto him a centurion, beseeching him,

And a certain scribe, coming near, said unto him, - Teacher; I will follow thee, whithersoever Thou goest.

And, coming near, they aroused him, saying, Master! save, we perish!

Then come near unto him the disciples of John, saying, - Wherefore do, we, and the Pharisees, fast, whereas, thy disciples, fast not?

As He was telling them these things, suddenly one of the leaders came and knelt down before Him, saying, “My daughter is near death, but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live.”

And lo! a woman, having a flow of blood twelve years, coming near behind, touched the fringe of his mantle.

And, calling near his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over impure spirits, - so as to be casting them out, and curing every disease and every infirmity.

And [as you] are going, preach, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven has come near!'

But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come near you.

"You generation of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. "When the time of fruit drew near, he sent his slaves to the vine-dressers seized to get his fruit.

On that day, Jesus, going out of the house, was sitting near the sea:

And the disciples having come near, said to him, 'Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?'

'And the servants of the householder, having come near, said to him, Sir, good seed didst thou not sow in thy field? whence then hath it the darnel?

Then having let away the multitudes, Jesus came to the house, and his disciples came near to him, saying, 'Explain to us the simile of the darnel of the field.'

And his sisters, are they not all near us? From where then are all these things in this man?

And his disciples, going near, bare away the corpse, and buried him, and came and brought tidings unto Jesus.

This people comes near me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips, but their heart is far distant from me.

And having called near the multitude, he said to them, 'Hear and understand:

Then his disciples having come near, said to him, 'Hast thou known that the Pharisees, having heard the word, were stumbled?'

Suddenly, a Canaanite woman from that territory came near and began to shout, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed!"

But He answered her not a word. And His disciples, coming near, were beseeching Him, saying, "Send her away; for she is crying after us!"

And having departed from there, Jesus came near the sea of Galilee. And having gone up onto the mountain, he sat there.

And there came unto him large multitudes, having with themselves the lame, the maimed, the blind, the dumb, and many others, - and they cast them near his feet, and he cured them;

And Jesus having called near his disciples, said, 'I have compassion upon the multitude, because now three days they continue with me, and they have not what they may eat; and to let them away fasting I will not, lest they faint in the way.'

And, the Pharisees and Sadducees coming near, putting him to the test, requested him, a sign out of the heaven, to shew unto them.

and Jesus having come near, touched them, and said, 'Rise, be not afraid,'

and I brought him near to thy disciples, and they were not able to heal him.'

Then, the disciples, coming near, to Jesus, privately, said - Wherefore could, we, not cast it out?

And they having come to Capernaum, those receiving the didrachms came near to Peter, and said, 'Your teacher -- doth he not pay the didrachms?' He saith, 'Yes.'

At that hour came the disciples near to Jesus, saying, 'Who, now, is greater in the reign of the heavens?'

And Jesus having called near a child, did set him in the midst of them,

Then Peter having come near to him, said, 'Sir, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him -- till seven times?'

and he having begun to take account, there was brought near to him one debtor of a myriad of talents,

Then, calling him near, his master saith unto him - O wicked servant! All that debt, forgave I thee, because thou didst beseech me.

And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, 'Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?'

Then were brought near to him children that he might put hands on them and pray, and the disciples rebuked them.

And lo, one having come near, said to him, 'Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have life age-during?'

Then came near to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, bowing and asking something from him,

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,

And when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

He then left them and went out of the city [of Jerusalem] to Bethany [Note: This was a small village near Bethphage] and stayed there [i.e., probably at the home of Mary, Martha and Lazarus. See John 11:1].

And seeing one fig-tree near the road, He went to it, and found nothing on it, except leaves only. And He says to it, Let no fruit ever be from thee; and immediately the fig-tree withered away.

"Listen to another parable [i.e., a brief story used to illustrate His teaching]: There was the owner of a farm who planted a vineyard and built a fence around it. He constructed a grape squeezing device, built a [lookout] tower [near it], leased it to tenant farmers and then went to another country.

And when the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit.

In that day there came near to him Sadducees, who are saying there is not a rising again, and they questioned him, saying,

And when Jesus departed he was going from the temple. And his disciples came near to exhibit to him the buildings of the temple.

And when he is sitting on the mount of the Olives, the disciples came near to him by himself, saying, 'Tell us, when shall these be? and what is the sign of thy presence, and of the full end of the age?'

Now take an example from the fig-tree: when her branch has become soft and puts out its leaves, you are certain that the summer is near;

Even so, when you see all these things, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

Then, shall there be two men in the field, - one, is taken near, and, one, is left behind:

Two women grinding at the mill, - one, is taken near, and, one, is left behind.

“So be alert [give strict attention, be cautious and active in faith], for you do not know which day [whether near or far] your Lord is coming.

And the one who received the five talents, coming near brought other five talents, saying, 'Lord, you delivered to me five talents; behold, I gained other five talents.'

"He also, who received the two talents, coming near, said, 'You delivered to me two talents; behold, I gained other two talents.'

And he who received the one talent, coming near said, 'Lord, I knew you, that you are a hard man; reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter;

And on the first day of the unleavened food came the disciples near to Jesus, saying to him, 'Where wilt thou that we may prepare for thee to eat the passover?'

And he said, "Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, 'The Teacher says, "My time is near. I am celebrating the Passover with you with my disciples." '

Then he came to the disciples and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Awake, we go. Behold, he who betrays me has come near.

and Jesus said to him, 'Comrade, for what art thou present?' Then having come near, they laid hands on Jesus, and took hold on him.

Or thinkest thou that I cannot call upon my Father, and he will set near me, even now, more than twelve legions of messengers?

and they did not find; and many false witnesses having come near, they did not find; and at last two false witnesses having come near,

And afterwards two false witnesses, having come near, said, This said, I can loosen the temple of God, and after three days build it.

And Peter without was sitting in the court, and there came near to him a certain maid, saying, 'And thou wast with Jesus of Galilee!'

And after a little those standing near having come, said to Peter, 'Truly thou also art of them, for even thy speech doth make thee manifest.'

And they coming near, blasphemed him, shaking their heads,

And some of those who were near by, hearing it, said, This man is crying to Elijah.

he having gone near to Pilate, asked for himself the body of Jesus; then Pilate commanded the body to be given back.

and laid it in his new tomb, which he had hewn in the rock, and, rolling near a large stone unto the door of the tomb, departed.

Mary from Magdala and the other Mary [i.e., probably Jesus' mother. See verse 56], stood near the grave site.

Now late on the Sabbath, when the dawn of the first day of the week was near, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the place where his body was.

And lo! a great commotion occurred, - for, a messenger of the Lord, descending out of heaven, and coming near, had rolled away the stone, and was sitting upon it.

and as they were going to tell to his disciples, then lo, Jesus met them, saying, 'Hail!' and they having come near, laid hold of his feet, and did bow to him.

And having come near, Jesus spake to them, saying, 'Given to me was all authority in heaven and on earth;

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

And, passing by near the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew the brother of Simon, casting a net in the sea, - for they were fishers;

and having come near, he raised her up, having laid hold of her hand, and the fever left her immediately, and she was ministering to them.

And the whole city was gathered together near the door.

But Jesus said to them: "Let us go somewhere else, into the country towns near, that I may make my proclamation in them also; for that was why I came."

and saith to him, 'See thou mayest say nothing to any one, but go away, thyself shew to the priest, and bring near for thy cleansing the things Moses directed, for a testimony to them.'

And straightaway many were gathered together, so as to accommodate no more, not even near the door. And he spoke the word to them.

And when they were unable to get near him because of all the people, they got the roof uncovered where he was: and when it was broken up, they let down the bed on which the man was.

And he told his disciples that a small boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they would not press on him.

And he goeth up to the mountain, and doth call near whom he willed, and they went away to him;

then he chose twelve of them to be near his person, and afterwards to be gospel-missionaries.

And they who were near to him, hearing of it, went out to secure him, - for they were saying - He is beside himself!

And, having called them near, in similes he said to them, 'How is the Adversary able to cast out the Adversary?