'Doing' in the Bible

And if you greet only your relatives, that's no great thing you're doing, is it? Even the unbelievers do the same, don't they?

But when you give to the poor, don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

"Not everyone who keeps saying to me, "Lord, Lord,' will get into the kingdom from heaven, but only the person who keeps doing the will of my Father in heaven.

When the Pharisees saw this, they told him, "Look! Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!"

Suddenly, a man with a paralyzed hand appeared. The people asked Jesus if it was lawful to heal on Sabbath days, intending to accuse him of doing something wrong.

Then Jesus went into the Temple. While he was teaching, the high priests and the elders of the people came to him and asked, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

Jesus answered them, "I, too, will ask you one question. If you answer it for me, I will also tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

So they told Jesus, "We don't know." He in turn told them, "Then I won't tell you by what authority I am doing these things."

Jesus asked them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This was the Lord's doing, and it is amazing in our eyes.'?

so do whatever they tell you and follow it, but stop doing what they do, because they don't do what they say.

How blessed is that servant whom his master finds doing this when he comes!

The Pharisees asked him, "Look! Why are they doing what is not lawful on Sabbath days?"

The people watched Jesus closely to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, intending to accuse him of doing something wrong.

Jerusalem, Idumea, from across the Jordan, and from the region around Tyre and Sidon followed him. They came to him because they kept hearing about everything he was doing.

If anyone asks you, "Why are you doing this?,' say, "The Lord needs it,' and he will send it back here at once."

some men standing there asked them, "What are you doing untying that colt?"

and asked him, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority to do them?"

Jesus told them, "I'll ask you one question. Answer me, and then I'll tell you by what authority I'm doing these things.

So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." Then Jesus told them, "Then I won't tell you by what authority I'm doing these things."

This was the Lord's doing, and it is amazing in our eyes'?"

After doing everything required by the Law of the Lord, Joseph and Mary returned to their hometown of Nazareth in Galilee.

Some of the Pharisees asked, "Why are you doing what isn't lawful on Sabbath days?"

The scribes and the Pharisees were watching Jesus closely to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, in order to find a way of accusing him of doing something wrong.

All the people continued to be amazed at the greatness of God. Indeed, everyone was astonished at all the things Jesus was doing. So he told his disciples,

How blessed is that servant whom his master finds doing this when he comes!

Even as he was saying this, all of his opponents were blushing with shame. But the rest of the crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things he was doing.

He doesn't praise the servant for doing what was commanded, does he?

and asked him, "Tell us: By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

Then Jesus told them, "Then I won't tell you by what authority I'm doing these things."

Then he took a loaf of bread, gave thanks, broke it in pieces, and handed it to them, saying, "This is my body, which is given for you. Keep on doing this in memory of me."

Jesus kept saying, "Father, forgive them, because they don't know what they're doing." Then they divided his clothes among them by throwing dice.

Then the Jewish leaders asked him, "What sign can you show us as authority for doing these things?"

While Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Passover Festival, many people believed in him because they saw the signs that he was doing.

He came to Jesus at night and told him, "Rabbi, we know that you have come from God as a teacher, because no one can perform these signs that you are doing unless God is with him."

Jesus told them, "My food is doing the will of the one who sent me and completing his work.

So the Jewish leaders began persecuting Jesus, because he kept doing such things on the Sabbath.

Jesus told them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the Son can do nothing on his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing, What the Father does, the Son does likewise.

The Father loves the Son and shows him everything he is doing, and he will show him even greater actions than these, so that you may be amazed.

"But I have a greater testimony than John's, because the actions that the Father has given me to complete the very actions that I am doing testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me.

So his brothers told him, "You should leave this place and go to Judea, so that your disciples can see the actions that you're doing,

"Surely our Law does not condemn a person without first hearing from him and finding out what he is doing, does it?"

I declare what I've seen in my Father's presence, and you're doing what you've heard from your father."

Jesus told them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing what Abraham did. But now you're trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham would'nt have done that.

You are doing your father's actions." They told him, "We're not illegitimate children. We have one Father, God himself."

If I'm not doing my Father's actions, don't believe me.

But if I'm doing them, even though you don't believe me, believe the actions, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father."

Jesus answered him, "You don't realize now what I'm doing, but later on you'll understand."

Believe me, I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Otherwise, believe me because of what I've been doing.

Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the one who believes in me will also do what I'm doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I'm going to the Father.

But I'm doing what the Father has commanded me, to let the world know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us leave this place."

I don't call you servants anymore, because a servant doesn't know what his master is doing. But I've called you friends, because I've made known to you everything that I've heard from my Father.

As long as it remained unsold, wasn't it your own? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? So how could you have thought of doing what you did? You didn't lie only to men, but also to God!"

The crowds, hearing his message and seeing the signs that he was doing, paid close attention to what was said by Philip.

In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha, which in Greek is Dorcas. She was known for her good actions and acts of charity that she was always doing.

God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and because God was with him, he went around doing good and healing everyone who was oppressed by the devil.

When they had finished doing everything that was written about him, they took him down from the tree and placed him in a tomb.

"Men, why are you doing this? We are merely human beings with natures like yours. We are telling you the good news so you'll turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them.

so that the rest of the people may search for the Lord, including all the gentiles who are called by my name,' declares the Lord. "He is the one who has been doing these things

A few days later, Paul told Barnabas, "Let's go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord and see how they're doing."

She kept doing this for many days until Paul became annoyed, turned to her and told the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus the Messiah to come out of her!" And it came out that very moment.

Now all the Athenians and the foreigners living there used to spend their time doing nothing else other than listening to the latest ideas or repeating them.

Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this.

Many who became believers kept coming to confess and talk about what they had been doing.

When the centurion heard this, he went to the tribune and told him, "What are you doing? This man is a Roman citizen!"

They found me in the Temple doing these things just as I had completed the purification ceremony. No crowd or noisy mob was present.

As they were leaving, they began to say to each other, "This man hasn't been doing anything to deserve death or imprisonment."

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now), so that I might reap a harvest among you, just as I have among the rest of the gentiles.

eternal life to those who strive for glory, honor, and immortality by patiently doing good;

There will be suffering and anguish for every human being who practices doing evil, for Jews first and for Greeks as well.

But there will be glory, honor, and peace for everyone who practices doing good, initially for Jews but also for Greeks as well,

What benefit did you get from doing those things you are now ashamed of? For those things resulted in death.

I don't understand what I am doing. For I don't practice what I want to do, but instead do what I hate.

As it is, I am no longer the one who is doing it, but it is the sin that is living in me.

But if I do what I don't want to do, I am no longer the one who is doing it, but it is the sin that is living in me.

The right thing to do is to avoid eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that makes your brother stumble, upset, or weak.

Instead, you yourselves practice doing wrong and cheating others, and brothers at that!

Let's stop sinning sexually, as some of them were doing, and on a single day 23,000 fell dead.

Let's stop putting the Lord to the test, as some of them were doing, and were destroyed by snakes.

You must stop complaining, as some of them were doing, and were annihilated by the destroyer.

gave thanks for it, and broke it in pieces, saying, "This is my body that is for you. Keep doing this in memory of me."

He did the same with the cup after the supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. As often as you drink from it, keep doing this in memory of me."

If Timothy comes, see to it that he does not have anything to be afraid of while he is with you, for he is doing the Lord's work as I am.

For if I have been doing some boasting about you to him, I have never been ashamed of it. Moreover, since everything we told you was true, our boasting to Titus has also proved to be true.

But I will go on doing what I'm doing in order to deny an opportunity to those people who want an opportunity to be recognized as our equals in the work they are boasting about.

yet we know that a person is not justified by doing what the Law requires, but rather by the faithfulness of Jesus the Messiah. We, too, have believed in the Messiah Jesus so that we might be justified by the faithfulness of the Messiah and not by doing what the Law requires, for no human being will be justified by doing what the Law requires.

I do not misapply God's grace, for if righteousness comes about by doing what the Law requires, then the Messiah died for nothing.

I want to learn only one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the actions of the Law or by believing what you heard?

Brothers, if a person is caught doing something wrong, those of you who are spiritual should restore that person gently. Watch out for yourself so that you are not tempted as well.

Let's not get tired of doing what is good, for at the right time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

So then, whenever we have the opportunity, let's practice doing good to everyone, especially to the family of faith.

So that you may know what has happened to me and how I am doing, Tychicus, our dear brother and a faithful minister in service to the Lord, will tell you everything.

I am sending him to you for this very reason, so that you may know how we are doing and that he may encourage your hearts.

that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and spreading all over the world, so it has been doing among you from the day you heard it and came to know the grace of God in truth.

so that you might live in a manner worthy of the Lord and be fully pleasing to him as you bear fruit while doing all kinds of good things and growing in the full knowledge of God.

You who were once alienated with a hostile attitude, doing evil,

Whatever you do, work at it wholeheartedly as though you were doing it for the Lord and not merely for people.

I am sending him to you for this very reason, so that you may know how we are doing and that he may encourage your hearts.

Now then, brothers, you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God, as in fact you are doing. We ask and encourage you in the Lord to do so even more.

In fact, you are showing love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia, but we urge you, brothers, to keep on doing this even more.

So then, encourage one another and build each other up, as you are doing.