'Kept' in the Bible

He kept proclaiming, "The one who is coming after me is stronger than I am, and I am not worthy to bend down and untie his sandal straps.

All the people were so stunned that they kept saying to each other, "What is this? A new teaching with authority! He tells even the unclean spirits what to do, and they obey him!"

But when the man left, he began to proclaim it freely. He spread the news so widely that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly, but had to stay out in deserted places. Still, people kept coming to him from everywhere.

So the man got up, immediately picked up his mat, and went out in front of all of them. As a result, all of the people were amazed and began to glorify God as they kept on saying, "We have never seen anything like this!"

Jesus went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd kept coming to him, and he kept teaching them.

Jerusalem, Idumea, from across the Jordan, and from the region around Tyre and Sidon followed him. They came to him because they kept hearing about everything he was doing.

because he had healed so many people that everyone who had diseases kept crowding up against him in order to touch him.

When his family heard about it, they went to restrain him, because they kept saying, "He's out of his mind!"

The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem kept repeating, "He has Beelzebul," and, "He drives out demons by the ruler of demons."

With many other parables like these, Jesus kept speaking his message to them according to their ability to understand.

Overcome with fear, they kept saying to one another, "Who is this man? Even the wind and the sea obey him!"

He kept screaming night and day among the tombs and on the mountainsides, and kept cutting himself with stones.

He told him, "My name is Legion, because there are many of us." He kept pleading with Jesus not to send them out of that region.

As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed kept begging him to let him go with him.

So Jesus went with him. A huge crowd kept following him and jostling him.

But he kept looking around to look at the woman who had done this.

They also kept driving out many demons and anointing with oil many who were sick, and healing them.

Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves in pieces and kept giving them to his disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.

Jesus left that place and went to the territory of Tyre and Sidon. He went into a house, not wanting anyone to know he was there. However, it couldn't be kept a secret.

Now the woman happened to be a Greek, born in Phoenicia in Syria. She kept asking him to drive the demon out of her daughter.

But he kept telling her, "First let the children be filled. It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the puppies."

Jesus ordered the people not to tell anyone, but the more he kept ordering them, the more they kept spreading the news.

Amazed beyond measure, they kept on saying, "He does everything well! He even makes deaf people hear and mute people talk!"

So he ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves and gave thanks. He broke them in pieces and kept giving them to his disciples to distribute. So they served them to the crowd.

They kept the matter to themselves but argued about what "rising from the dead" meant.

So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy into convulsions. He fell on the ground and kept rolling around and foaming at the mouth.

But they kept silent, because they had argued on the road with one another about who was the greatest.

David himself calls him "Lord,' so how can he be his son?" And the large crowd kept listening to him with delight.

because they kept saying, "This must not happen during the festival. Otherwise, there'll be a riot among the people."

But Peter kept saying emphatically, "Even if I have to die with you, I'll never deny you!" And all the others kept saying the same thing.

Going on a little farther, he fell to the ground and kept praying that if it were possible the hour might pass from him.

He kept repeating, "Abba! Father! All things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I want but what you want."

But he kept silent and didn't answer at all. The high priest asked him again, "Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?"

Some of them began to spit on him. They blindfolded him and kept hitting him with their fists and telling him, "Prophesy!" Even the servants took him and slapped him around.

The high priests kept accusing him of many things.

They kept hitting him on the head with a stick, spitting on him, kneeling in front of him, and worshiping him.

Those who passed by kept insulting him, shaking their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who were going to destroy the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days

In the same way, the high priests, along with the scribes, were also making fun of him among themselves. They kept saying, "He saved others, but can't save himself!

Let the Messiah, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, since seeing is believing!" Even the men who were crucified with him kept insulting him.

They kept saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?"

Then his disciples went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord kept working with them and confirming the message by the signs that accompanied it.