'House' in the Bible

Entering the house, they saw the child with Mary His mother, and falling to their knees, they worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, but rather on a lampstand, and it gives light for all who are in the house.

“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on the rock.

The rain fell, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and pounded that house. Yet it didn’t collapse, because its foundation was on the rock.

But everyone who hears these words of Mine and doesn’t act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

The rain fell, the rivers rose, the winds blew and pounded that house, and it collapsed. And its collapse was great!”

When Jesus went into Peter’s house, He saw his mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever.

While He was reclining at the table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came as guests to eat with Jesus and His disciples.

When Jesus came to the leader’s house, He saw the flute players and a crowd lamenting loudly.

When He entered the house, the blind men approached Him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I can do this?”“Yes, Lord,” they answered Him.

Instead, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that house or town.

It is enough for a disciple to become like his teacher and a slave like his master. If they called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much more the members of his household!

how he entered the house of God, and they ate the sacred bread, which is not lawful for him or for those with him to eat, but only for the priests?

Knowing their thoughts, He told them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is headed for destruction, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.

How can someone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can rob his house.

Then it says, ‘I’ll go back to my house that I came from.’ And returning, it finds the house vacant, swept, and put in order.

On that day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting by the sea.

Then He dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples approached Him and said, “Explain the parable of the weeds in the field to us.”

He replied, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

“Yes,” he said.When he went into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, “What do you think, Simon? Who do earthly kings collect tariffs or taxes from? From their sons or from strangers?”

And He said to them, “It is written, My house will be called a house of prayer. But you are making it a den of thieves!”

See, your house is left to you desolate.

A man on the housetop must not come down to get things out of his house.

But know this: If the homeowner had known what time the thief was coming, he would have stayed alert and not let his house be broken into.

While Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon, a man who had a serious skin disease,

As soon as they left the synagogue, they went into Simon and Andrew’s house with James and John.

While He was reclining at the table in Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were also guests with Jesus and His disciples, because there were many who were following Him.

how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the sacred bread—which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests—and also gave some to his companions?”

If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

“On the other hand, no one can enter a strong man’s house and rob his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he will rob his house.

While He was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader’s house and said, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher anymore?”

They came to the leader’s house, and He saw a commotion—people weeping and wailing loudly.

Then He said to them, “Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that place.

When He went into the house away from the crowd, the disciples asked Him about the parable.

He got up and departed from there to the region of Tyre and Sidon. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it, but He could not escape notice.

After He went into a house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”

Then they came to Capernaum. When He was in the house, He asked them, “What were you arguing about on the way?”

Now in the house the disciples questioned Him again about this matter.

“I assure you,” Jesus said, “there is no one who has left house, brothers or sisters, mother or father, children, or fields because of Me and the gospel,

Then He began to teach them: “Is it not written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of thieves!”

A man on the housetop must not come down or go in to get anything out of his house.

It is like a man on a journey, who left his house, gave authority to his slaves, gave each one his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to be alert.

Therefore be alert, since you don’t know when the master of the house is coming—whether in the evening or at midnight or at the crowing of the rooster or early in the morning.

While He was in Bethany at the house of Simon who had a serious skin disease, as He was reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of pure and expensive fragrant oil of nard. She broke the jar and poured it on His head.

Wherever he enters, tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is the guest room for Me to eat the Passover with My disciples?”’

to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.

He will reign over the house of Jacob forever,and His kingdom will have no end.

where she entered Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth.

He has raised up a horn of salvation for usin the house of His servant David,

And Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David,

“Why were you searching for Me?” He asked them. “Didn’t you know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”

After He left the synagogue, He entered Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Him about her.

Then Levi hosted a grand banquet for Him at his house. Now there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were guests with them.

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.”

He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the river crashed against that house and couldn’t shake it, because it was well built.

But the one who hears and does not act is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The river crashed against it, and immediately it collapsed. And the destruction of that house was great!”

Jesus went with them, and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell Him, “Lord, don’t trouble Yourself, since I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.

When those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.

Then one of the Pharisees invited Him to eat with him. He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.

And a woman in the town who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house. She brought an alabaster jar of fragrant oil

Turning to the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she, with her tears, has washed My feet and wiped them with her hair.

When He got out on land, a demon-possessed man from the town met Him. For a long time he had worn no clothes and did not stay in a house but in the tombs.

Just then, a man named Jairus came. He was a leader of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus’ feet and pleaded with Him to come to his house,

While He was still speaking, someone came from the synagogue leader’s house, saying, “Your daughter is dead. Don’t bother the Teacher anymore.”

After He came to the house, He let no one enter with Him except Peter, John, James, and the child’s father and mother.

Whatever house you enter, stay there and leave from there.

Another also said, “I will follow You, Lord, but first let me go and say good-bye to those at my house.”

Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this household.’

Remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they offer, for the worker is worthy of his wages. Don’t be moving from house to house.

Knowing their thoughts, He told them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is headed for destruction, and a house divided against itself falls.

“When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it roams through waterless places looking for rest, and not finding rest, it then says, ‘I’ll go back to my house where I came from.’

And returning, it finds the house swept and put in order.

But know this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

See, your house is abandoned to you. And I tell you, you will not see Me until the time comes when you say, ‘He who comes in the name of the Lord is the blessed One’!”

One Sabbath, when He went to eat at the house of one of the leading Pharisees, they were watching Him closely.

“So the slave came back and reported these things to his master. Then in anger, the master of the house told his slave, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in here the poor, maimed, blind, and lame!’

“Then the master told the slave, ‘Go out into the highways and lanes and make them come in, so that my house may be filled.

“Or what woman who has 10 silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?

“Now his older son was in the field; as he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.

“‘Father,’ he said, ‘then I beg you to send him to my father’s house—

On that day, a man on the housetop, whose belongings are in the house, must not come down to get them. Likewise the man who is in the field must not turn back.

I tell you, this one went down to his house justified rather than the other; because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

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,

When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down because today I must stay at your house.”

“Today salvation has come to this house,” Jesus told him, “because he too is a son of Abraham.

and He said, “It is written, My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves!”

“Listen,” He said to them, “when you’ve entered the city, a man carrying a water jug will meet you. Follow him into the house he enters.

Tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks you, “Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover with My disciples?”’

They seized Him, led Him away, and brought Him into the high priest’s house. Meanwhile Peter was following at a distance.

He told those who were selling doves, “Get these things out of here! Stop turning My Father’s house into a marketplace!”

And His disciples remembered that it is written: Zeal for Your house will consume Me.

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As soon as Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet Him. But Mary remained seated in the house.

The Jews who were with her in the house consoling her saw that Mary got up quickly and went out. So they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to cry there.

Then Mary took a pound of fragrant oil—pure and expensive nard—anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped His feet with her hair. So the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.

In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if not, I would have told you. I am going away to prepare a place for you.

Suddenly a sound like that of a violent rushing wind came from heaven, and it filled the whole house where they were staying.

“Therefore let all the house of Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah!”

Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple complex, and broke bread from house to house. They ate their food with a joyful and humble attitude,