'Men' in the Bible

And He said to them, "Come and follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."

Just so let your light shine before all men, in order that they may see your holy lives and may give glory to your Father who is in Heaven.

"But beware of doing your good actions in the sight of men, in order to attract their gaze; if you do, there is no reward for you with your Father who is in Heaven.

When you give in charity, never blow a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and streets in order that their praises may be sung by men. I solemnly tell you that they already have their reward.

"And when praying, you must not be like the hypocrites. They are fond of standing and praying in the synagogues or at the corners of the wider streets, in order that men may see them. I solemnly tell you that they already have their reward.

"When any of you fast, never assume gloomy looks as the hypocrites do; for they disfigure their faces in order that it may be evident to men that they are fasting. I solemnly tell you that they already have their reward.

that it may not be apparent to men that you are fasting, but to your Father who is in secret; and your Father--He who sees in secret--will recompense you.

And if God so clothes the wild herbage which to-day flourishes and to-morrow is thrown into the oven, is it not much more certain that He will clothe you, you men of little faith?

Everything, therefore, be it what it may, that you would have men do to you, do you also the same to them; for in this the Law and the Prophets are summed up.

"Beware of the false teachers--men who come to you in sheep's fleeces, but beneath that disguise they are ravenous wolves.

"Why are you so easily frightened," He replied, "you men of little faith?" Then He rose and reproved the winds and the waves, and there was a perfect calm;

and the men, filled with amazement, exclaimed, "What kind of man is this? for the very winds and waves obey him!"

On His arrival at the other side, in the country of the Gadarenes, there met Him two men possessed by demons, coming from among the tombs: they were so dangerously fierce that no one was able to pass that way.

"Go," He replied. Then they came out from the men and went into the swine, whereupon the entire herd instantly rushed down the cliff into the Lake and perished in the water.

He heard the question and replied, "It is not men in good health who require a doctor, but the sick.

As Jesus passed on, two blind men followed Him, shouting and saying, "Pity us, Son of David."

But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to appear before Sanhedrins, and will flog you in their synagogues;

"Every man who acknowledges me before men I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in Heaven.

But whoever disowns me before men I also will disown before my Father who is in Heaven.

About that time Jesus exclaimed, "I heartily praise Thee, Father, Lord of Heaven and of earth, that Thou hast hidden these things from sages and men of discernment, and hast unveiled them to babes.

"Have you never read," He replied, "what David did when he and his men were hungry?

how he entered the House of God and ate the Presented Loaves, which it was not lawful for him or his men to eat, nor for any except the priests?

This is why I tell you that men may find forgiveness for every other sin and impious word, but that for impious speaking against the Holy Spirit they shall find no forgiveness.

But I tell you that for every careless word that men shall speak they will be held accountable on the day of Judgement.

There will stand up men of Nineveh at the Judgement together with the present generation, and will condemn it; because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and mark! there is One greater than Jonah here.

For I solemnly tell you that many Prophets and holy men have longed to see the sights you see, and have not seen them, and to hear the words you hear, and have not heard them.

"So the farmer's men come and ask him, "'Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed on your land? Where then does the darnel come from?'

"'Some enemy has done this,' he said. "'Shall we go, and collect it?' the men inquire.

Those who had eaten were about 5,000 adult men, without reckoning women and children.

and the men on board fell down before him and said, "You are indeed God's Son."

and the men of the place, recognizing Him, sent word into all the country round. So they brought all the sick to Him,

Those who ate were 4,000 adult men, without reckoning women and children.

Jesus perceived this and said, "Why are you reasoning among yourselves, you men of little faith, because you have no bread?

As they were travelling about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men;

There are men who from their birth have been disabled from marriage, others who have been so disabled by men, and others who have disabled themselves for the sake of the Kingdom of the Heavens. He who is able to receive this, let him receive it."

Jesus looked at them and said, "With men this is impossible, but with God everything is possible."

"For the Kingdom of the Heavens is like an employer who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard,

"When evening came, the master said to his steward, "'Call the men and pay them their wages. Begin with the last set and finish with the first.'

But Jesus called them to Him, and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.

two blind men sitting by the roadside heard that it was Jesus who was passing by, and cried aloud, "Sir, Son of David, pity us."

For in the Resurrection, men neither marry nor are women given in marriage, but they are like angels in Heaven.

I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of dead, but of living men."

And everything they do they do with a view to being observed by men; for they widen their phylacteries and make the tassels large,

and like to be bowed to in places of public resort, and to be addressed by men as 'Rabbi.'

"But alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you lock the door of the Kingdom of the Heavens against men; you yourselves do not enter, nor do you allow those to enter who are seeking to do so.

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.

"For this reason I am sending to you Prophets and wise men and Scribes. Some of them you will put to death--nay, crucify; some of them you will flog in your synagogues and chase from town to town;

At that time, before the Deluge, men were busy eating and drinking, taking wives or giving them, up to the very day when Noah entered the Ark,

Then will two men be in the open country: one will be taken away, and one left behind.

Then He came to the disciples and said, "Sleep on and rest. See, the moment is close at hand when the Son of Man is to be betrayed into the hands of sinful men.

He had scarcely finished speaking when Judas came--one of the Twelve--accompanied by a great crowd of men armed with swords and bludgeons, sent by the High Priests and Elders of the People.

Then the High Priest stood up and asked Him, "Have you no answer to make? What is it these men are saying in evidence against you?"

For fear of him the guards trembled violently, and became like dead men.

"Come and follow me," said Jesus, "and I will make you fishers for men."

They therefore left their father Zabdi in the boat with the hired men, and went and followed Him.

when there came a party of people bringing a paralytic--four men carrying him.

"Have you never read," Jesus replied, "what David did when the necessity arose and he and his men were hungry:

how he entered the house of God in the High-priesthood of Abiathar, and ate the Presented Loaves--which none but the priests are allowed to eat--and gave some to his men also?"

In solemn truth I tell you that all their sins may be pardoned to the sons of men, and all their blasphemies, however they may have blasphemed;

While He is yet speaking, men come from the house to the Warden, and say, "Your daughter is dead: why trouble the Rabbi further?"

So they set out, and preached in order that men might repent.

Those who ate the bread were 5,000 adult men.

The amazement was extreme. "He succeeds in everything he attempts," they exclaimed; "he even makes deaf men hear and dumb men speak!"

Heaving a deep and troubled sigh, He said, "Why do the men of to-day ask for a sign? In solemn truth I tell you that no sign will be given to the men of to-day."

When I broke up the five loaves for the 5,000 men, how many baskets did you carry away full of broken portions?" "Twelve," they said.

for He was teaching His disciples, and telling them, "The Son of Man is to be betrayed into the hands of men, and they will put Him to death; and after being put to death, in three days He will rise to life again."

Jesus looking on them said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God; for everything is possible with God."

Jesus, however, called them to Him and said to them, "You are aware how those who are deemed rulers among the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men make them feel their authority;

"But those men--the vine-dressers--said to one another, "'Here is the heir: come, let us kill him, and then the property will one day be ours.'

For when they have risen from among the dead, men do not marry and women are not given in marriage, but they are as angels are in Heaven.

He is not the God of dead, but of living men. You are in grave error."

and who swallow up the property of widows and then mask their wickedness by making long prayers: these men will receive far heavier punishment."

A third time He came, and then He said, "Sleep on and rest. Enough! the hour has come. Even now they are betraying the Son of Man into the hands of sinful men.

Immediately, while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came and with him a crowd of men armed with swords and cudgels, sent by the High Priests and Scribes and Elders.

This Christ, the King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe." Even the men who were being crucified with Him heaped insults on Him.

"Thus has the Lord dealt with me," she said, "now that He has graciously taken away my reproach among men."

He has cast monarchs down from their thrones, And exalted men of low estate.

"Glory be to God in the highest Heavens, And on earth peace among men who please Him!"

He, however, saw two fishing-boats drawn up on the beach (for the men had gone away from them and were washing the nets)

And a party of men came carrying a palsied man on a bed, and they endeavoured to bring him in and lay him before Jesus.

But Jesus replied to them, "It is not men in good health who require a physician, but the sick.

"Blessed are you when men shall hate you and exclude you from their society and insult you, and spurn your very names as evil things, for the Son of Man's sake.

"But alas for you rich men, because you already have your consolation!

"Alas for you when men shall all have spoken well of you; for that is just the way their forefathers behaved to the false Prophets!

And behave to your fellow men just as you would have them behave to you.

"If you love those who love you, what credit is it to you? Why, even bad men love those who love them.

And if you are kind to those who are kind to you, what credit is it to you? Even bad men act thus.

And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is it to you? Even bad men lend to their fellows so as to receive back an equal amount.

Every tree is known by its own fruit. It is not from thorns that men gather figs, nor from the bramble that they can get a bunch of grapes.

The men came to Jesus and said, "John the Baptist has sent us to you with this question: 'Are you the Coming One, or is there another that we are to expect?'"

Then He answered the messengers, "Go and report to John what you have seen and heard. Blind men receive sight, the lame walk, lepers are purified, deaf persons hear, the dead are raised to life, the poor have the Good News proclaimed to them.

"To what then shall I compare the men of the present generation, and what do they resemble?

"There were once two men in debt to one money-lender," said Jesus; "one owed him five hundred shillings and the other fifty.

And suddenly there were two men conversing with Him, who were Moses and Elijah.

Now Peter and the others were weighed down with sleep; but, keeping themselves awake all through, they saw His glory, and the two men standing with Him.

"As for you, store these my sayings in your memory; for, before long, the Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of men."

On that same occasion Jesus was filled by the Holy Spirit with rapturous joy. "I give Thee fervent thanks," He exclaimed, "O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, that Thou hast hidden these things from sages and men of understanding, and hast revealed them to babes. Yes, Father, for such has been Thy gracious will.

For just as Jonah became a sign to the men of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a token to the present generation.

The Queen of the South will awake at the Judgement together with the men of the present generation, and will condemn them; because she came from the extremity of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; but mark! One greater than Solomon is here.

There will stand up men of Nineveh at the Judgement together with the present generation, and will condemn it; because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and mark! One greater than Jonah is here.