But he answered [and] said, "It is written, 'Man will not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out of the mouth of God."

And the centurion answered [and] said, "Lord, I am not worthy that you should come in under my roof. But only say the word and my slave will be healed.

Now [when it] was evening, they brought to him many who were demon-possessed, and he expelled the spirits with a word. And he healed all {those who were sick},

Now [when] John heard in prison the deeds of Christ, he sent [word] by his disciples

And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him either in this age or in the coming one!

But I tell you that every worthless word that they speak, people will give an account for it on the day of judgment!

[When] anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand [it], the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is what was sown on the side of the path.

And what was sown on the rocky ground--this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

But he does not have a root in himself, but {lasts only a little while}, and [when] affliction or persecution happens because of the word, immediately he falls away.

And what was sown into the thorn plants--this is the one who hears the word, and the anxiety of this world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word and it becomes unproductive.

But what was sown on the good soil--this is the one who hears the word and understands [it], who indeed bears fruit and produces, this one a hundred [times as much], and this one sixty, and this one thirty."

And [when] the men of that place recognized him, they sent [word] into that whole surrounding region, and they brought to him all those {who were sick}.

need not honor his father,' and you make void the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came up [and] asked him, saying, "Send her away, because she is crying out after us!"

And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day [on] to ask him any more [questions].

And many had gathered, so that [there was] no longer room, not even at the door, and he was speaking the word to them.

And his mother and his brothers arrived, and standing outside, they sent [word] to him to summon him.

The sower sows the word.

And these are the ones beside the path where the word is sown, and whenever they hear [it], immediately Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

And these are like the ones sown on the rocky ground, who whenever they hear the word immediately receive it with joy.

And they have no root in themselves, but are temporary. Then [when] affliction or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.

And others are the ones sown among the thorn plants--these are the ones who hear the word,

and the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other [things] come in [and] choke the word and it becomes unproductive.

And those are the ones sown on the good soil, who hear the word and receive [it] and bear fruit--one thirty and one sixty and one a hundred [times as much]."

And with many parables such as these he was speaking the word to them, as they were able to hear [it].

[thus] making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down, and you do many similar [things] such as this."

just as those who were eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning passed on to us,

So Mary said, "Behold, the Lord's female slave! May it happen to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.

"Now dismiss your slave in peace, Lord, according to your word.

in the time of the high priest Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

And amazement came upon [them] all, and they began to talk with one another, saying, "What word [is] this? For he commands the unclean spirits with authority and power, and they come out!"

Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around him and hearing the word of God, he was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret,

And Simon answered [and] said, "Master, [although we] worked hard through the whole night, we caught nothing. But at your word I will let down the nets."

For this reason neither did I consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word and my slave must be healed.

Now the parable means this: the seed is the word of God,

and those beside the path are the ones who have heard. Then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they may not believe [and] be saved.

And those on the rock [are those] who receive the word with joy when they hear [it], and these do not have [enough] root, who believe for a time and in a time of testing fall away.

But the [seed] on the good soil--these are the ones who, [after] hearing the word, hold fast to [it] with a noble and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance.

But he answered [and] said to them, "These are my mother and my brothers--the ones who hear the word of God and do [it].

But he said, "On the contrary, blessed [are] those who hear the word of God and follow [it]!"

And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him, but to the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven.

And the Lord turned around [and] looked intently at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he said to him, "Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times."

And he said to them, "What [things]?" So they said to him, "The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, a man who was a prophet, powerful in deed and word before God and all the people,

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

And the Word became flesh and took up residence among us, and we saw his glory, glory as of the one and only from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Now from that town many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman who testified, "He told me everything that I have done."

And many more believed because of his word,

Jesus said to him, "Go, your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he departed.

Truly, truly I say to you that the one who hears my word and who believes the one who sent me has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.

And you do not have his word residing in yourselves, because the one whom that one sent, in this one you do not believe.

Then Jesus said to those Jews who had believed him, "If you continue in my word you are truly my disciples,

I know that you are descendants of Abraham. But you are seeking to kill me, because my word makes no progress among you.

Truly, truly I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never experience death {forever}."

The Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham and the prophets died, and you say, 'If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death {forever}.'

And you have not known him, but I know him. And if I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you! But I know him and I keep his word.

If he called them 'gods' to whom the word of God came--and the scripture cannot be broken--

So the sisters sent [word] to him, saying, "Lord, behold, [the one] whom you love is sick."

in order that the word of the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled, who said, "Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"

The one who rejects me and does not accept my words has one who judges him; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and {will take up residence with him}.

The one who does not love me does not keep my words, and the word that you hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

You are already clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.

Remember the word that I said to you: 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

But [this happened] so that the word that is written in their law would be fulfilled, 'They hated me without a reason.'

"I have revealed your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me, and they have kept your word.

I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world just as I am not of the world.

Sanctify them in the truth--your word is truth.

"And I do not ask on behalf of these only, but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their word,

in order that the word that he had spoken would be fulfilled: "Those whom you have given to me--I have not lost anyone of them."

in order that the word of Jesus would be fulfilled that he had spoken, indicating by what sort of death he was going to die.

And [when] they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness.

So the twelve summoned the community of disciples [and] said, "It is not desirable [that] we neglect the word of God to serve tables.

But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word."

And the word of God kept spreading, and the number of disciples in Jerusalem was increasing greatly, and a large number of priests began obeying the faith.

Now those who had been scattered went about proclaiming the good news [of] the word.

Now [when] the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,

So [when] they had solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they turned back toward Jerusalem, and were proclaiming the good news [to] many villages of the Samaritans.

Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had accepted the word of God.

And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

But the word of God kept on increasing and multiplying.

And [when they] came to Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they also had John [as] assistant.

who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul [and] wished to hear the word of God.

So after the reading from the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent [word] to them, saying, "Men [and] brothers, if there is any message of exhortation by you for the people, say [it]."

And on the coming Sabbath, nearly the whole city came together to hear the word of the Lord.

Both Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly [and] said, "It was necessary [that] the word of God be spoken first to you, since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life! Behold, we are turning to the Gentiles!

And [when] the Gentiles heard [this], they began to rejoice and to glorify the word of the Lord. And all those who were designated for eternal life believed.

So the word of the Lord was carried through the whole region.

Therefore we have sent Judas and Silas, and they will report the same [things] by word of mouth.

But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch teaching and proclaiming the word of the Lord with many others also.

And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, "Come then,[let us] return [and] visit the brothers in every town in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, [to see] how they are [doing]."

So he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

But if it is questions concerning a word and names and {your own law}, see to [it] yourselves! I do not wish to be a judge of these [things]."

And this took place for two years, so that all who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

In this way the word of the Lord was growing in power and was prevailing.

And even some of the Asiarchs who were his friends sent [word] to him [and] were urging [him] not to risk himself [by going] into the theater.

And from Miletus he sent [word] to Ephesus [and] summoned the elders of the church.

Now they were listening to him until this word, and they raised their voices, saying, "Away with such a man from the earth! For it is not fitting [for] him to live!"

But [it is] not as if the word of God had failed. For not all those [who are descended] from Israel [are truly] Israel,

But what does it say? "The word is near to you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim),

Consequently, faith [comes] by hearing, and hearing through the word about Christ.