'Good' in the Bible

And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire.

Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned up in the fire which will never be put out.

And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and making well those who were ill with any disease among the people.

You are the salt of the earth; but if its taste goes from the salt, how will you make it salt again? it is then good for nothing but to be put out and crushed under foot by men.

Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.

And if you say, Good day, to your brothers only, what do you do more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?

Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

If you, then, being evil, are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who make requests to him?

Even so, every good tree gives good fruit; but the bad tree gives evil fruit.

It is not possible for a good tree to give bad fruit, and a bad tree will not give good fruit.

Every tree which does not give good fruit is cut down and put in the fire.

And the captain in answer said, Lord, I am not good enough for you to come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be made well.

And Jesus went about all the towns and small places, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom and making well all sorts of disease and pain.

And if the house is good enough, let your peace come on it: but if not, let your peace come back to you.

He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.

And he who does not take his cross and come after me is not good enough for me.

The blind see; those who were not able to, are walking; lepers are made clean; those who were without hearing, now have their ears open; the dead come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

For my yoke is good, and the weight I take up is not hard.

Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! For this reason it is right to do good on the Sabbath day.

Make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for by its fruit you will get knowledge of the tree.

You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth.

The good man out of his good store gives good things; and the evil man out of his evil store gives evil things.

And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:

And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, Sir, did you not put good seed in your field? how then has it evil plants?

And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed in the earth is the Son of man;

And the field is the world; and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; and the evil seeds are the sons of the Evil One;

When it was full, they took it up on the sands; and seated there they put the good into vessels, but the bad they put away.

So will it be in the end of the world: the angels will come and take out the bad from the good,

But in answer he said to them, At nightfall you say, The weather will be good, for the sky is red.

And Peter made answer and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if you will let me, I will make here three tents, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

And one came to him and said, Master, what good thing have I to do, so that I may have eternal life?

And he said to him, Why are you questioning me about what is good? One there is who is good: but if you have a desire to go into life, keep the rules of the law.

Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good?

Then he said to his servants, The feast is ready but the guests were not good enough.

And those servants went out into the streets, and got together all those whom they came across, bad and good: and the feast was full of guests.

For out of all to whom the good news has come, only a small number will get salvation.

A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you put up buildings for housing the dead bodies of the prophets, and make fair the last resting-places of good men, and say,

And this good news of the kingdom will be given through all the world for a witness to all nations; and then the end will come.

His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

Truly I say to you, Wherever this good news goes out in all the world, what this woman has done will be talked of in memory of her.

The first words of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

And he said to them all, There is one coming after me who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.

Now after John had been put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the good news of God,

And saying, The time has come, and the kingdom of God is near: let your hearts be turned from sin and have faith in the good news.

And he said to them, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to put to death? But they said nothing.

And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, coming up and increasing, and giving thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much.

And these are they who were planted on the good earth; such as give ear to the word, and take it into their hearts, and give fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundred times as much.

Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it.

And Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tents; one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

Salt is good; but if the taste goes from it, how will you make it salt again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

And while he was going out into the way, a man came running to him, and went down on his knees, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

And Jesus said to him, Why do you say I am good? no one is good but one, and that is God.

Jesus said, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or land, because of me and the good news,

And one of the scribes came, and hearing their argument together, and seeing that he had given them a good answer, put the question to him, Which law is the first of all?

And the good news has first to be given to all the nations.

The poor you have ever with you, and whenever you have the desire you may do them good: but me you have not for ever.

And truly I say to you, Wherever the good news goes out through all the earth, what this woman has done will be talked of in memory of her.

And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone.

It seemed good to me, having made observation, with great care, of the direction of events in their order, to put the facts in writing for you, most noble Theophilus;

And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose place is before God; I have been sent to say these words to you and to give you this good news.

Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;

And it came to the ears of her neighbours and relations that the Lord had been very good to her, and they took part in her joy.

And the angel said, Have no fear; for truly, I give you good news of great joy which will be for all the people:

And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; and every tree which does not have good fruit will be cut down and put into the fire.

John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:

In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned in the fire which will never be put out.

And so comforting them with these and other words, he gave the good news to the people;

The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,

To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure is come.

But he said to them, I have to give the good news of the kingdom of God in other towns, because that is why I was sent.

And Jesus said, I put the question to you, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to take it away?

But I say to you who give ear to me, Have love for those who are against you, do good to those who have hate for you,

And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners do the same.

But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.

Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, crushed down, full and running over, they will give to you. For in the same measure as you give, it will be given to you again.

For no good tree gives bad fruit, and no bad tree gives good fruit.

The good man, out of the good store of his heart, gives good things; and the evil man, out of his evil store, gives evil: for out of the full store of the heart come the words of the mouth.

He is like a man building a house, who went deep and put the base of it on a rock; and when the water came up and the river was driving against that house, it was not moved, because the building was good.

And I had the feeling that I was not even good enough to come to you: but say the word only, and my servant will be well.

And answering them he said, Go back and give news to John of what you have seen, and the things which have come to your ears; the blind now see, those who had no power in their legs are walking, lepers are made clean, those who had no hearing now have their ears open, dead men come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

And it came about, after a short time, that he went through town and country giving the good news of the kingdom of God, and with him were the twelve,

And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear.

And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.

And they went away, journeying through all the towns, preaching the good news and making people free from diseases in all places.

And when they were about to go away from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah: having no knowledge of what he was saying.

And another man said, I will come with you, Lord, but first let me say a last good-day to those who are at my house.

But Jesus said, No man, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is good enough for the kingdom of God.

Little is needed, or even one thing only: for Mary has taken that good part, which will not be taken away from her.

If, then, you who are evil are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who make request to him?

Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

For salt is good, but if the taste goes from it, of what use is it?

It is no good for the land or for the place of waste; no one has a use for it. He who has ears, let him give ear.

I say to you that even so there will be more joy in heaven when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing, than for ninety-nine good men, who have no need of a change of heart.

I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make me like one of your servants.

And his son said to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: I am no longer good enough to be named your son.