'May' in the Bible

And Zacharias said to the angel, How may I be certain of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far on in years.

But she was greatly troubled at his words, and said to herself, What may be the purpose of these words?

And Mary said to the angel, How may this be, because I have had no knowledge of a man?

And Mary said: I am the servant of the Lord; may it be to me as you say. And the angel went away.

And she said with a loud voice: May blessing be on you among women, and a blessing on the child of your body.

To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade of death, so that our feet may be guided into the way of peace.

(And a sword will go through your heart;) so that the secret thoughts of men may come to light.

And, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

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.

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.

I have come, not to get the upright, but sinners, so that they may be turned from their sins.

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?

And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.

Those by the side of the road are those who have given hearing; then the Evil One comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not have faith and get salvation.

No man, when the light is lighted, puts a cover over it, or puts it under a bed, but he puts it on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.

And the day went on; and the twelve came to him and said, Send these people away so that they may go into the towns and the country round about and get resting-places and food for themselves, for we are in a waste place.

And when his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, Lord, may we send fire from heaven and put an end to them?

And a certain teacher of the law got up and put him to the test, saying, Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

And he said to them, When you say your prayers, say, Father, may your name be kept holy and your kingdom come.

May we have forgiveness for our sins, as we make free all those who are in debt to us. And let us not be put to the test.

No man, when the light has been lighted, puts it in a secret place, or under a vessel, but on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.

So that punishment may come on this generation for the blood of all the prophets which was given from the earliest days;

And I say to you, my friends, Have no fear of those who may put the body to death, and are able to do no more than that.

And he said to his disciples, For this reason I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about what food you will take, or for your body, how it may be clothed.

I came to send a fire on the earth, and it may even now have been lighted.

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.

And the ruler of the Synagogue was angry because Jesus had made her well on the Sabbath, and he said to the people, There are six days in which men may do work: so come on those days to be made well, and not on the Sabbath.

Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? what comparison may I make of it?

When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming,

But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there.

And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.

And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the roads and the fields, and make them come in, so that my house may be full.

And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.

Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple.

And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.

And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.

No man may be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other; or he will keep to the one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

But heaven and earth will come to an end before the smallest letter of the law may be dropped out.

And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame.

And in addition, there is a deep division fixed between us and you, so that those who might go from here to you are not able to do so, and no one may come from you to us.

For I have five brothers; and let him give them an account of these things, so that they may not come to this place of pain.

Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?

And a certain ruler put a question to him, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

And those who were present said, Then who may have salvation?

What would you have me do for you? And he said, Lord, that I may be able to see again.

And the lord of the garden said, What am I to do? I will send my dearly loved son; they may give respect to him.

He will come and put them to destruction and give the garden to others. And when he said this, they said, May it not be so.

In the same way, when you see these things taking place you may be certain that the kingdom of God is near.

But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:

But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.

And Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, Go and make the Passover ready for us, so that we may take it.

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

So that you may take food and drink at my table in my kingdom, and be seated like kings, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Simon, Simon, Satan has made a request to have you, so that he may put you to the test as grain is tested:

But I have made prayer for you, that your faith may not go from you: and when you are turned again, make your brothers strong.

And when he came to the place, he said to them, Make a prayer that you may not be put to the test.

And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to the test.

And when those who were with him saw what was coming, they said, Lord, may we not make use of our swords?