325 occurrences in 13 translations

'Law' in the Bible

Make friends quickly with your opponent at law while you are with him on the way, so that your opponent may not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.

Verse ConceptsAgreementDiscorddisagreementsLawyersJudgesOfficersAttorneyLawsuitsLitigationQuarrelsDebtorsAgreeingHanding Over PeopleImprisonmentsCourt SessionsPeople Accusing PeopleMisunderstandingsMaking Peace With EnemiesReconciliationConflictResolving Conflictjail

And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.

Verse ConceptsCloaksDressPeople Giving ClothesOuter GarmentsInner GarmentsAdding EvilRobbing People

Then an expert in the law came to him and said, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."

Verse ConceptsExaggerationsZeal, Without KnowledgeVolunteeringcats

But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him, "Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath."

Verse ConceptsComplaintsRitualThe Disciples ActionsPharisees Concerned About ChristThe Sabbath And ChristThe SabbathJesus Healing On Sabbathpharisees

how he entered the house of God and they ate the sacred bread, which was against the law for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests?

Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesShowbreadEntering The Tabernacle

Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

Verse ConceptsReading The ScripturesChrist And The ScripturesThe Sabbath And ChristLack Of HolinessBreaking God's Law

Then he said to them, "Therefore every expert in the law who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his treasure what is new and old."

Verse ConceptsHousesKeysTeachers Of The LawChristian TraditionsPeople Of The KingdomtrainingNew

Then Pharisees and experts in the law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and said,

Verse ConceptsJewish Sectsmath

The disciples asked him, "Why then do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?"

Verse ConceptsJudaismTeachers Of The LawPeople Going BeforeWhy Do Others Do This?

"Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the experts in the law. They will condemn him to death,

Verse ConceptsChief priestsSanhedrinHanding Over ChristCondemning JesusOpposition To Christ From ScribesThe Chief Priests Condemning ChristDeath Penalty For Heresy

But when the chief priests and the experts in the law saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they became indignant

Verse ConceptsChief priestsdiligenceResentment, Against GodScribesShoutingChildren And The KingdomAngry With ChristOpposition To Christ From ScribesSave Us!

"But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.

Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionGuidance, Need For God'sKingdom Of God, Entry IntoLegalismStumbling BlocksShutting The KingdomEntering The KingdomHypocritesHypocrisyGoing To Heavenpietypharisees

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You cross land and sea to make one convert, and when you get one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves!

Verse ConceptsExploitationsJudaismMission, Of IsraelPharisees, Beliefs OfPassing OverSonsTravelHypocrites, Description OfGehennaProselytesSea TravelOnly One PersonDouble PenaltyCrossing To The Other SideHypocrisy

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean.

Verse ConceptsWhiteWicked Described AsSepulchresThe Inward BeingBonesFigurative BurialsWhitewashingBeauty Of ThingsUnclean ThingsHypocritesHypocrisyInner Beauty

The same is true of you: outwardly you seem to the human eye to be good and honest men, but, within, you are full of insincerity and disregard of God's Law.

Verse ConceptsRighteousness, As FaithAltering The BodyThe Inward BeingBeing Seen By ManAppearancesShowing HypocrisyHypocritesHypocrisyInner Beautypreppingpiety

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.

Verse ConceptsProphets KilledHypocrisy

"For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town,

Verse ConceptsFloggingMediatorSuffering, Of BelieversTownCharacter AssassinationBeating BelieversCrucifiedKilling Will HappenOthers CrucifiedWise Men In The Church

Now the ones who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, in whose house the experts in the law and the elders had gathered.

Verse ConceptsArrestingOld Age, Attitudes ToAssembling LeadersRivers

In the same way even the chief priests -- together with the experts in the law and elders -- were mocking him:

Verse ConceptsChief priestsCorrupt PriestsMocking ChristOpposition To Christ From ScribesFunpriests

The people there were amazed by his teaching, because he taught them like one who had authority, not like the experts in the law.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsTeachers Of The LawAmazement, Of Jesus ChristChrist TeachingNot Like People

Simon’s mother-in-law was lying in bed with a fever, and they told Him about her at once.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesFeverMother In Laws

Now some of the experts in the law were sitting there, turning these things over in their minds:

Verse ConceptsReasoned Argument

When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

Verse ConceptsFaultsConfrontationComplaintsStatusTax CollectorsOpposition To Christ From ScribesPharisees Concerned About ChristWhy Does Jesus Do This?Finding Fault With Jesus

So the Pharisees said to him, "Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?"

Verse ConceptsComplaintsRitualLegalismPharisees Concerned About ChristThe Sabbath And Christ

how he entered the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the sacred bread, which is against the law for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to his companions?"

Verse ConceptsHigh Priest, In NtEntering The TabernaclePeople Providing FoodRoyal Priesthood

Now the Pharisees and some of the experts in the law who came from Jerusalem gathered around him.

Verse ConceptsCrowds Around JesusPharisees Concerned About Christ

For, turning away from the law of God, you keep the rules of men.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTForsaking God's ThingsMan's Teachingculture

And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down to you.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NT

since it does not enter his heart, but [only] his stomach, and [from there it] is eliminated?” (By this, He declared all foods ceremonially clean.)

Verse ConceptsRitualEntering The MouthDefecationClean ObjectsClean FoodFood PermittedOther References To The Heartcleansing

Then they asked him, "Why do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?"

Verse ConceptsTeachablenessTeachers Of The LawPeople Going BeforeWhy Do Others Do This?

When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and experts in the law arguing with them.

Verse ConceptsJudaismCrowds Around JesusChrist With His Disciples

But Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of hearts [your callousness and insensitivity toward your wives and the provision of God] he wrote you this precept.

Verse Conceptsdivorce, amongst believersHardness Of Heart

"Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and experts in the law. They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsSanhedrinHanding Over ChristSuffering From ForeignersCondemning JesusOpposition To Christ From ScribesThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

The chief priests and the experts in the law heard it and they considered how they could assassinate him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed by his teaching.

Verse ConceptsScribesTeachers Of The LawMalice, Examples OfAmazement, Of Jesus ChristCrowds AmazedChrist TeachingChrist Would Be KilledFear Of ChristOpposition To Christ From Scribes

They came again to Jerusalem. While Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the experts in the law, and the elders came up to him

Verse ConceptsChrist In The Temple

“Teacher, Moses wrote for us [a law] that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but leaves no child, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up children for his brother.

Verse ConceptsOffspringWidowsConceptionLack Of Sons

Now one of the experts in the law came and heard them debating. When he saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of all?"

Verse ConceptsBeing FirstQuestioning ChristAnsweringFulfilling The LawGreat ThingsMoralityimportance

The expert in the law said to him, "That is true, Teacher; you are right to say that he is one, and there is no one else besides him.

Verse ConceptsNo Other Is GodGod Is One

While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he said, "How is it that the experts in the law say that the Christ is David's son?

Verse ConceptsJesus As Son Of DavidChrist TeachingChrist In The TempleChrist's Origin

In his teaching Jesus also said, "Watch out for the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces,

Verse ConceptsGreetingsMarketsRobesMarketplacesLong ThingsFine ClothesSpoken Greetingszealotsdoctrine

Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

Verse ConceptsFeast Of Unleavened BreadChief priestsJudaismScribesTeachers Of The LawCraftinessTwo DaysActing In SecretArresting ChristChrist Would Be KilledOpposition To Christ From Scribes

Right away, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. With him came a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and experts in the law and elders.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalChief priestsCrowdsTeachers Of The LawWhile Still SpeakingTwelve DisciplesClubsOpposition To Christ From ScribesThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

Then they led Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and experts in the law came together.

Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToAssembling LeadersOpposition To Christ From ScribesThe Chief Priests Convened

Early in the morning, after forming a plan, the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus Christelders, as community leadersBad Decision Making ExamplesRopesTeachers Of The LawCommitteesHanding Over ChristOpposition To Christ From ScribesThe Chief Priests ConvenedTying Up

In the same way even the chief priests -- together with the experts in the law -- were mocking him among themselves: "He saved others, but he cannot save himself!

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofChief priestsImpotence Of ChristMocking ChristOpposition To Christ From ScribesSaving OneselfThose Not Saved

And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;

Verse ConceptsBaby dedicationPurificationPurity, Nature OfPurifying OneselfThe Law Given To IsraelJesus Birth

And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.

Verse ConceptsdovesBurnt offeringPigeonsSin OfferingYoung AnimalTwo AnimalsWritten In The Law

Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout [carefully observing the divine Law], and looking for the Consolation of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

Verse ConceptsDevout MenRemnantRighteousness, Of BelieversWaitingWaiting On GodWatchfulness, Of BelieversCharacter Of SaintsNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForThe Holy Spirit, And SanctificationGod Has ComfortedPeople Who Did RightDevout motherspiety

And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,

Verse ConceptsCustomChrist, Names ForEntering The TempleFulfilling The LawLed By The SpiritDevout mothers

And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.

Verse ConceptsAccording To ThingsFulfilling The Law

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.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesMothers, Responsibilities OfPeter, The DiscipleSuffering, Nature OfMother In Laws

And he gave him orders: Say nothing to any man, but let the priest see you and give an offering so that you may be made clean, as the law of Moses says, and for a witness to them.

Verse ConceptsPriesthood, In NtPriests, Tasks In Nt TimesWitness To The GospelChrist Concealing ThingsPeople Made Known

And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.

Verse ConceptsGod, Power OfPower, God's SavingVillagesPower Of Christ, ShownThe Power Of GodChrist TeachingJesus HealingPharisees Concerned About ChristAtmosphereThe power of Christ

Then the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to think to themselves, "Who is this man who is uttering blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

Verse ConceptsCriticism, against believersFaultsClaimsDisputesBlasphemy, Falsely AccusedGod AloneWho Is Jesus?BlasphemyPharisees Concerned About ChristWho Can Forgive Sins?Finding Fault With Jesus

But the Pharisees and their experts in the law complained to his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"

Verse ConceptsFaultsComplaintsSectsStatusTax CollectorsMurmuringDisputesGrumbling At PeopleOpposition To Christ From ScribesFinding Fault With Jesus

But some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?"

Verse ConceptsComplaintsConfrontationRitualLegalismDisputesPharisees Concerned About ChristThe Sabbath And Christ

But since the Pharisees and experts in the law had not been baptized by him, they rejected the plan of God for themselves.)

Verse ConceptsAttorneyLawyersRejection Of GodJewish SectsBaptised By JohnCharacteristics Of PhariseesRejection

Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Verse ConceptsLawyersInheritance, SpiritualSeeking LifeTesting ChristDoing God's WorksTests

He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

Verse ConceptsReading The Scriptures

The expert in religious law said, "The one who showed mercy to him." So Jesus said to him, "Go and do the same."

Verse ConceptsImitating Good PeoplePeople Showing Mercy

One of the experts in the law answered Him, “Teacher, when You say these things You insult us too.”

Verse ConceptsInsultsLegalismInsulting Other People

Then He said: “Woe also to you experts in the law! You load people with burdens that are hard to carry, yet you yourselves don’t touch these burdens with one of your fingers.

Verse ConceptsFingersLawyersBurdensHeavy BurdensNot TouchingFingers Of PeopleNo Helpweight

“Woe to you experts in the law! You have taken away the key of knowledge! You didn’t go in yourselves, and you hindered those who were going in.”

Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionGuidance, Need For God'sKeysWoeStumbling BlocksEntering The KingdomDrawbacks To KnowledgeTaking God's ThingsScience

When he went out from there, the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, and to ask him hostile questions about many things,

Verse ConceptsQuestioning ChristOpposition To Christ From ScribesPharisees Concerned About ChristSchoolpharisees

For if anyone has a cause at law against you, and you are going with him before the ruler, make an attempt, on the way, to come to an agreement with him, for if you do not, he may take you before the judge and the judge will give you up to the police, and they will put you in prison.

Verse ConceptsdisagreementsImprisonmentsJudgesOfficersReconciliation, Between BelieversLitigationHanding Over PeopleStress And Hard TimesReconciliationPurgatoryeffortjail

In response, Jesus asked the law experts and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”

Verse ConceptsAttorneyJesus HealingPharisees Concerned About ChristThe Sabbath And Christ

Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him,

Verse ConceptsScribesTeachers Of The LawAmazement, Of Jesus ChristPlottingUnceasingAlways Being ActiveChrist TeachingChrist Would Be KilledOpposition To Christ From Scribes

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