'God' in the Bible

“Leave us alone! What do You have to do with us, Jesus—Nazarene? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

Also, demons were coming out of many, shouting and saying, “You are the Son of God!” But He rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Messiah.

But He said to them, “I must proclaim the good news about the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because I was sent for this purpose.”

Then the scribes and the Pharisees began to think: “Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

Immediately he got up before them, picked up what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.

Then everyone was astounded, and they were giving glory to God. And they were filled with awe and said, “We have seen incredible things today!”

how he entered the house of God, and took and ate the sacred bread, which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat? He even gave some to those who were with him.”

During those days He went out to the mountain to pray and spent all night in prayer to God.

Then looking up at His disciples, He said:You who are poor are blessed,because the kingdom of God is yours.

Then fear came over everyone, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has risen among us,” and “God has visited His people.”

I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John, but the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

But since the Pharisees and experts in the law had not been baptized by him, they rejected the plan of God for themselves.)

Soon afterward He was traveling from one town and village to another, preaching and telling the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with Him,

So He said, “The secrets of the kingdom of God have been given for you to know, but to the rest it is in parables, so thatLooking they may not see,and hearing they may not understand.

“This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

But He replied to them, “My mother and My brothers are those who hear and do the word of God.”

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before Him, and said in a loud voice, “What do You have to do with me, Jesus, You Son of the Most High God? I beg You, don’t torment me!”

“Go back to your home, and tell all that God has done for you.” And off he went, proclaiming throughout the town all that Jesus had done for him.

Then He sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

When the crowds found out, they followed Him. He welcomed them, spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and cured those who needed healing.

I tell you the truth: There are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”

And they were all astonished at the greatness of God.While everyone was amazed at all the things He was doing, He told His disciples,

But He told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and spread the news of the kingdom of God.”

But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Heal the sick who are there, and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near you.’

‘We are wiping off as a witness against you even the dust of your town that clings to our feet. Know this for certain: The kingdom of God has come near.’

He answered:Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.

If I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.

He said, “Even more, those who hear the word of God and keep it are blessed!”

“But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth of mint, rue, and every kind of herb, and you bypass justice and love for God. These things you should have done without neglecting the others.

Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’

“And I say to you, anyone who acknowledges Me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God,

but whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared—whose will they be?’

“That’s how it is with the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”

Consider the ravens: They don’t sow or reap; they don’t have a storeroom or a barn; yet God feeds them. Aren’t you worth much more than the birds?

If that’s how God clothes the grass, which is in the field today and is thrown into the furnace tomorrow, how much more will He do for you—you of little faith?

Then He laid His hands on her, and instantly she was restored and began to glorify God.

Again He said, “What can I compare the kingdom of God to?

There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth in that place, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves thrown out.

They will come from east and west, from north and south, and recline at the table in the kingdom of God.

When one of those who reclined at the table with Him heard these things, he said to Him, “The one who will eat bread in the kingdom of God is blessed!”

No household slave can be the slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t be slaves to both God and money.”

And He told them: “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly admired by people is revolting in God’s sight.

“The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then, the good news of the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is strongly urged to enter it.

But one of them, seeing that he was healed, returned and, with a loud voice, gave glory to God.

Didn’t any return to give glory to God except this foreigner?”

Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God will come, He answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming with something observable;

no one will say, ‘Look here!’ or ‘There!’ For you see, the kingdom of God is among you.”

“There was a judge in a certain town who didn’t fear God or respect man.

“For a while he was unwilling, but later he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or respect man,

Will not God grant justice to His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay to help them?

The Pharisee took his stand and was praying like this: ‘God, I thank You that I’m not like other people —greedy, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest and saying, ‘God, turn Your wrath from me—a sinner!’

Jesus, however, invited them: “Let the little children come to Me, and don’t stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good but One—God.

Seeing that he became sad, Jesus said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!

For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

He replied, “What is impossible with men is possible with God.”

So He said to them, “I assure you: There is no one who has left a house, wife or brothers, parents or children because of the kingdom of God,

Instantly he could see, and he began to follow Him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

As they were listening to this, He went on to tell a parable because He was near Jerusalem, and they thought the kingdom of God was going to appear right away.

Now He came near the path down the Mount of Olives, and the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:

They questioned Him, “Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and You don’t show partiality, but teach truthfully the way of God.

“Well then,” He told them, “give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.”

For they cannot die anymore, because they are like angels and are sons of God, since they are sons of the resurrection.

Moses even indicated in the passage about the burning bush that the dead are raised, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.

He is not God of the dead but of the living, because all are living to Him.”

As some were talking about the temple complex, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, He said,

In the same way, when you see these things happening, recognize that the kingdom of God is near.

For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”

For I tell you, from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”

But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the Power of God.”

They all asked, “Are You, then, the Son of God?”And He said to them, “You say that I am.”

But the other answered, rebuking him: “Don’t you even fear God, since you are undergoing the same punishment?

When the centurion saw what happened, he began to glorify God, saying, “This man really was righteous!”

who had not agreed with their plan and action. He was from Arimathea, a Judean town, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

“What things?” He asked them.So they said to Him, “The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a Prophet powerful in action and speech before God and all the people,

And they were continually in the temple complex praising God.

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

He was with God in the beginning.

There was a man named Johnwho was sent from God.

But to all who did receive Him,He gave them the right to be children of God,to those who believe in His name,

who were born,not of blood,or of the will of the flesh,or of the will of man,but of God.

No one has ever seen God.The One and Only Son—the One who is at the Father’s side—He has revealed Him.

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Here is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

I have seen and testified that He is the Son of God!”

When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look! The Lamb of God!”

“Rabbi,” Nathanael replied, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”

Then He said, “I assure you: You will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

This man came to Him at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher, for no one could perform these signs You do unless God were with him.”

Jesus replied, “I assure you: Unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Jesus answered, “I assure you: Unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

“For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

For God did not send His Son into the world that He might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

Anyone who believes in Him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the One and Only Son of God.

But anyone who lives by the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be shown to be accomplished by God.”

The one who has accepted His testimony has affirmed that God is true.

For God sent Him, and He speaks God’s words, since He gives the Spirit without measure.

The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who refuses to believe in the Son will not see life; instead, the wrath of God remains on him.