'God' in the Bible

Both of them were righteous before God, having lived blamelessly according to all of the commandments and regulations of the Lord.

He will bring many of Israel's descendants back to the Lord their God.

The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel! I stand in the very presence of God. I have been sent to speak to you and to announce this good news to you.

Now in the sixth month of her pregnancy, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth,

Then the angel told her, "Stop being afraid, Mary, because you have found favor with God.

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David.

The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come over you, and the power of the Most High will surround you. Therefore, the child will be holy and will be called the Son of God.

My spirit exults in God, my Savior,

Suddenly, Zechariah could open his mouth, his tongue was set free, and he began to speak and to praise God.

"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel! He has taken care of his people and has set them free.

Because of the tender mercy of our God, his light from on high has visited us,

Suddenly, a multitude of the Heavenly Army appeared with the angel, praising God by saying,

"Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth to people who enjoy his favor!"

Then the shepherds returned to their flock, glorifying and praising God for everything they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them.

Simeon took the infant in his arms and praised God, saying,

Just then she came forward and began to thank God and to speak about Jesus to everyone who was waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Meanwhile, Jesus kept on growing wiser and more mature, and in favor with God and his fellow man.

and Annas and Caiaphas high priests, a message from God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the wilderness.

Everyone will see the salvation that God has provided.'"

Produce fruit that is consistent with repentance! Don't begin to say to yourselves, "We have father Abraham!' because I tell you that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones!

the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

The Devil told him, "Since you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread."

Jesus answered him, "It is written, "One must not live on bread alone, but on every word of God.'"

But Jesus answered him, "It is written, "You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"

The Devil also took him into Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the Temple. He told Jesus, "Since you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here,

because it is written, "God will put his angels in charge of you to watch over you carefully.

Jesus answered him, "It has been said, "You must not tempt the Lord your God.'"

"Oh, no! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are the Holy One of God!"

Even demons came out of many people, screaming, "You are the Son of God!" But Jesus rebuked them and ordered them not to speak, because they knew he was the Messiah.

But he told them, "I have to proclaim the good news about the kingdom of God in other cities, because I was sent to do that also."

The scribes and the Pharisees began to argue among themselves, saying, "Who is this man who is uttering blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

So the man immediately stood up in front of them and picked up what he had been lying on. Then he went home, praising God.

Amazement seized all the people, and they began to praise God. They were filled with fear and declared, "We have seen wonderful things today!"

How was it that he went into the house of God, took the Bread of the Presence and ate it, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat, and then gave some of it to his companions?"

Now it was in those days that Jesus went to a mountain to pray, and he spent the whole night in prayer to God.

Then Jesus looked at his disciples and said, "How blessed are you who are destitute, because the kingdom of God is yours!

Fear gripped everyone, and they began to praise God. "A great prophet has appeared among us," they said, and "God has helped his people."

I tell you, no one has ever been born who is greater than John. Yet even the least important person in the kingdom of God is greater than he."

So he said, "You have been given knowledge about the secrets of the kingdom of God. But to others they are given in parables, so that "they might look but not see, and they might listen but not understand.'"

But he answered those people, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear a message from God and heed it."

When he saw Jesus, he screamed, fell down in front of him, and cried out in a loud voice, "What do you want from me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you not to torture me!"

"Go home and tell what God has done for you." So the man left and kept proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.

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

But the crowds found out about this and followed him. He welcomed them and began to speak to them about the kingdom of God and to heal those who needed healing.

I tell you with certainty, some people who are standing here won't experience death until they see the kingdom of God."

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,

But he told him, "Let the dead bury their own dead. But you go and proclaim the kingdom of God."

Jesus told him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."

heal the sick that are there, and tell them, "The kingdom of God is near you!'

"We're wiping off your town's dust that clings to our feet in protest against you! But realize this: the kingdom of God is near!'

He answered, "You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind. And you must love your neighbor as yourself."

But if I drive out demons by the power of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.

"How terrible it will be for you Pharisees! You give a tenth of your mint, spices, and every kind of herb, but you neglect justice and the love of God. These are the things you should have practiced, without neglecting the others.

That is why the Wisdom of God said, "I will send them prophets and apostles. They will kill some of them and persecute others,'

"Five sparrows are sold for two pennies, aren't they? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.

But God told him, "You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you. Now who will get the things you've accumulated?'

That's how it is with the person who stores up treasures for himself rather than with God."

Consider the crows. They don't plant or harvest, they don't even have a storeroom or barn, yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!

Now if that's the way God clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and thrown into an oven tomorrow, how much more will he clothe you you who have little faith?

Then he placed his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight and began praising God.

Again he said, "To what can I compare the kingdom of God?

In that place there will be crying and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves being driven away on the outside.

People will come from east and west, and from north and south, and will eat in the kingdom of God.

Now one of those eating with him heard this and told him, "How blessed is the person who will eat in the kingdom of God!"

"No servant can serve two masters, because either he will hate one and love the other, or be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and wealth!"

So he told them, "You try to justify yourselves in front of people, but God knows your hearts, because what is highly valued by people is detestable to God.

"The Law and the Prophets remained until John. Since then, the good news about the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone entering it is under attack.

But one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, came back and praised God with a loud voice.

Except for this foreigner, were any of them found to return and give praise to God?"

Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come. He answered them, "The kingdom of God is not coming with a visible display.

People won't be saying, "Look! Here it is!' or "There it is!' because now the kingdom of God is among you."

He said, "In a city there was a judge who didn't fear God or respect people.

For a while the judge refused. But later, he told himself, "I don't fear God or respect people,

Won't God grant his chosen people justice when they cry out to him day and night? Is he slow to help them?

The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, "O God, I thank you that I'm not like other people thieves, dishonest people, adulterers, or even this tax collector.

"But the tax collector stood at a distance and would not even look up to heaven. Instead, he continued to beat his chest and said, "O God, be merciful to me, the sinner that I am!'

Jesus, however, called for the children and said, "Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them away, because the kingdom of God belongs to people like these.

I tell all of you with certainty, whoever doesn't receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never get into it at all."

"Why do you call me good?" Jesus asked him. "Nobody is good except for one God.

So when Jesus saw how sad he was, he said, "How hard it is for rich people to get into the kingdom of God!

Indeed, it's easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into the kingdom of God."

Jesus replied, "The things that are impossible for people are possible for God."

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, there is no one who has left his home, wife, brothers, parents, or children because of the kingdom of God

Immediately the man could see again and began to follow Jesus, glorifying God. All the people saw this and gave praise to God.

As they were listening to this, Jesus went on to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem and because the people thought that the kingdom of God would appear immediately.

He was now approaching the descent from the Mount of Olives. The whole crowd of disciples began to rejoice and to praise God with a loud voice because of all the miracles they had seen.

so they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you're right in what you say and teach, and that you don't favor any individual, but teach the way of God truthfully.

So he told them, "Then give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

Even Moses demonstrated in the story about the bush that the dead are raised, when he calls the Lord, "the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, because he considers all people to be alive to him."

Now while some people were talking about the Temple how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God he said,

In the same way, when you see these things taking place, you will know that the kingdom of God is near.

because I tell all of you, I will never eat it again until it finds its fulfillment in the kingdom of God."

because I tell you, from now on I will never drink the product 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 mighty God."

Then they all asked, "Are you, then, the Son of God?" He answered them, "You said it I AM."

Meanwhile, the people stood looking on. The leaders were mocking him by saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself, if he is the Messiah of God, the chosen one!"

But the other criminal rebuked him, "Aren't you afraid of God, since you are suffering the same penalty?

When the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God and said, "This man certainly was righteous!"

he had not voted for their plan and action from the Jewish town of Arimathea; and he was waiting for the kingdom of God.