'House' in the Bible

And they came into the house, and saw the young child with Mary, his mother; and falling down on their faces they gave him worship; and from their store they gave him offerings of gold, perfume, and spices.

And a burning light is not put under a vessel, but on its table; so that its rays may be shining on all who are in the house.

Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;

And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock.

And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;

And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.

Saying, Lord, my servant is ill in bed at the house, with no power in his body, and in great pain.

And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother in bed, very ill.

But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (then said he to the man who was ill,) Get up, and take up your bed, and go to your house.

And he got up and went away to his house.

And it came about, when he was in the house taking food, that a number of tax-farmers and sinners came and took their places with Jesus and his disciples.

And when Jesus came into the ruler's house and saw the players with their instruments and the people making a noise,

And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, Have you faith that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord.

But go to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel,

And into whatever town or small place you go, make search there for someone who is respected, and make his house your resting-place till you go away.

And when you go in, say, May peace be on this house.

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

And whoever will not take you in, or give ear to your words, when you go out from that house or that town, put off its dust from your feet.

It is enough for the disciple that he may be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have given the name Beelzebub to the master of the house, how much more to those of his house!

And a man will be hated by those of his house.

How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread which it was not right for him or for those who were with him to take, but only for the priests?

And having knowledge of their thoughts he said to them, Every kingdom having division in itself is made waste, and every town or house having division in itself will come to destruction.

Or how may one go into a strong man's house and take his goods, if he does not first put cords round the strong man? and then he may take his goods.

Then he says, I will go back into my house from which I came out; and when he comes, he sees that there is no one in it, but that it has been made fair and clean.

On that day Jesus went out of the house and was seated by the seaside.

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?

Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us the story of the evil plants in the field.

And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.

But he made answer and said, I was sent only to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel.

He says, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus said to him, What is your opinion, Simon? from whom do the kings of the earth get payment or tax? from their sons or from other people?

For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to get workers into his vine-garden.

And when they got it, they made a protest against the master of the house,

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

And he said to them, It is in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer, but you are making it a hole of thieves.

Give ear to another story. A master of a house made a vine garden, and put a wall round it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and made a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by the Temple and by him whose house it is

See, your house is made waste

Let not him who is on the house-top go down to take anything out of his house:

But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time?

Then the chief priests and the rulers of the people came together in the house of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

Now when Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,

And he said to them, Go into the town to such a man, and say to him, The Master says, My time is near: I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.

And those who had made Jesus prisoner took him away to the house of Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and those in authority over the people had come together.

But Peter went after him at a distance, to the house of the high priest, and went in and took his seat with the servants, to see the end.

Now Peter was seated in the open square outside the house: and a servant-girl came to him, saying, You were with Jesus the Galilaean.

And when they came out of the Synagogue, they went into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

And when he came into Capernaum again after some days, the news went about that he was in the house.

I say to you, Get up, take up your bed, and go to your house.

And it came about that he was seated at meat in his house, and a number of tax-farmers and sinners were at table with Jesus and his disciples: for there were a great number of them, and they came after him.

How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

And he went into a house. And the people came together again, so that they were not even able to take bread.

And if there is division in a house, that house will come to destruction;

But no one is able to go into the house of the strong man and take his goods, without first putting cords round the strong man, and then he will take his goods.

And he would not let him, but said to him, Go to your house, to your friends, and give them news of the great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you.

And while he was still talking, they came from the ruler of the Synagogue's house, saying, Your daughter is dead: why are you still troubling the Master?

And they came to the house of the ruler of the Synagogue; and he saw people running this way and that, and weeping and crying loudly.

And he said to them, Wherever you go into a house, make that your resting-place till you go away.

And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.

And he went away from there to the country of Tyre and Sidon. And he went into a house, desiring that no man might have knowledge of it: and he was not able to keep it secret.

And she went away to her house, and saw the child on the bed, and the evil spirit gone out.

And he sent him away to his house, saying, Do not even go into the town.

And when he had gone into the house, his disciples said to him privately, Why were we unable to send it out?

And they came to Capernaum: and when he was in the house, he put the question to them, What were you talking about on the way?

And in the house the disciples put questions to him again about this thing.

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 he gave them teaching, and said to them, Is it not in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer for all the nations? but you have made it a hole of thieves.

And let him who is on the house-top not go down, or go in, to take anything out of his house:

It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.

So you are to keep watch: because you are not certain when the master of the house is coming, in the evening, or in the middle of the night, or at the cock's cry, or in the morning;

And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, seated at table, there came a woman with a bottle of perfumed oil of great price; and when the bottle was broken she put the perfume on his head.

And wherever he goes in, say to the owner of the house, The Master says, Where is my guest-room, where I may take the Passover with my disciples?

And Peter had come after him at a distance, even into the house of the high priest; and he was seated with the captains, warming himself in the light of the fire.

And when the days of his work in the Temple were ended, he went back to his house.

He will have rule over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.

And went into the house of Zacharias and took Elisabeth in her arms.

And Mary was with her for about three months and then went back to her house.

Lifting up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,

And Joseph went up from Galilee, out of the town of Nazareth, into Judaea, to Beth-lehem, the town of David, because he was of the house and family of David,

And she had her first son; and folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where the cattle had their food, because there was no room for them in the house.

And he said to them, Why were you looking for me? was it not clear to you that my right place was in my Father's house?

And he got up and went out of the Synagogue and went into the house of Simon. And Simon's wife's mother was very ill with a burning heat; and in answer to their prayers for her

And because of the mass of people, there was no way to get him in; so they went up on the top of the house and let him down through the roof, on his bed, into the middle in front of Jesus.

But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (he said to the man who was ill,) I say to you, Get up, and take up your bed, and go into your house.

And straight away he got up before them, and took up his bed and went away to his house giving praise to God.

And Levi made a great feast for him in his house: and a great number of tax-farmers and others were seated at table with them.

How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

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.

But he who gives hearing, without doing, is like a man building a house on the earth without a base for it; and when the force of the river came against it, straight away it came down; and the destruction of that house was great.

And Jesus went with them. And when he was not far from the house, the man sent friends to him, saying, Lord, do not give yourself trouble: for I am not important enough for you to come into my house:

And when those who were sent came back to the house they saw that the servant was well.

And one of the Pharisees made a request that he would take a meal with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house and took his seat at the table.

And there was a woman in the town who was a sinner; and when she had news that he was a guest in the Pharisee's house, she took a bottle of perfume,

Now when the Pharisee in whose house he was saw it, he said to himself, This man, if he was a prophet, would be conscious what sort of woman this is who has put her hands on him, that she is a sinner.

And turning to the woman he said to Simon, You see this woman? I came into your house; you did not give me water for my feet: but she has been washing my feet with the drops from her eyes, and drying them with her hair.

And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's chief house-servant, and Susanna and a number of others, who gave him of their wealth for his needs.

And when he had come to the land, there came to him a certain man from the town who had evil spirits; and for a long time he had had no clothing on, and was not living in a house but in the place of the dead.

Go back to your house and let them have news of all the great things which God has done for you. And he went away, giving word through all the town of the great things which Jesus had done for him.

Then there came a man named Jairus, who was a ruler in the Synagogue: and he went down at the feet of Jesus, desiring him to come to his house;

While he was still talking, someone came from the house of the ruler of the Synagogue, saying, Your daughter is dead; do not go on troubling the Master.