'One' in the Bible

The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight;

And he said to them all, There is one coming after me who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.

And they were full of wonder at his teaching, because he gave it as one having authority, and not like the scribes.

Saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? have you come to put an end to us? I see well who you are, the Holy One of God.

And they were all greatly surprised, so that they put questions to one another, saying, What is this? a new teaching! with authority he gives orders even to the unclean spirits, and they do what he says.

And four men came to him with one on a bed who had no power of moving.

But no one is able to go into the house of the strong man and take his goods, without first putting cords round the strong man, and then he will take his goods.

And these are they by the wayside, where the word is planted; and when they have given ear, the Evil One comes straight away and takes away the word which has been planted in them.

And their fear was great, and they said one to another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea do his orders?

And one of the rulers of the Synagogue, Jairus by name, came, and seeing him, went down at his feet,

And he was unable to do any work of power there, but only to put his hands on one or two persons who were ill, and make them well.

But others said, It is Elijah. And others said, It is a prophet, even like one of the prophets.

And straight away the king sent out one of his armed men, and gave him an order to come back with the head: and he went and took off John's head in prison,

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.

And they came to him with one who had no power of hearing and had trouble in talking; and they made a request to him to put his hands on him.

And he took him on one side from the people privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he put water from his mouth on the man's tongue with his finger;

And they had taken no thought to get bread; and they had only one cake of bread with them in the boat.

And they said to one another, We have no bread.

And they made answer, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets.

And Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tents; one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

And suddenly looking round about, they saw no one any longer, but Jesus only with themselves.

And one of the number said to him in answer, Master, I came to you with my son, who has in him a spirit which takes away his power of talking;

And after crying out and shaking him violently, it came out: and the child became like one dead; so that most of them said, He is dead.

Whoever will give honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour not to me, but to him who sent me.

John said to him, Master, we saw one driving out evil spirits in your name: and we said that he might not, because he is not one of us.

And whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea.

And if your hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off; it is better for you to go into life with one hand than to have two hands and go into hell, into the eternal fire.

And if your foot is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off: it is better for you to go into life with one foot than to have two feet and go into hell.

And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out: it is better for you to go into the kingdom of God with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into hell,

Salt is good; but if the taste goes from it, how will you make it salt again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

And the two will become one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

And Jesus said to him, Why do you say I am good? no one is good but one, and that is God.

You have knowledge of what is said in the law, Do not put any one to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Do not get money by deceit, Give honour to your father and mother.

And Jesus, looking on him and loving him, said, There is one thing needed: go, get money for your goods, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come with me.

But his face became sad at the saying, and he went away sorrowing: for he was one who had much property.

And they said to him, Let us be seated, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.

And Jesus said to them, I will put to you one question; give me an answer, and I will say by what authority I do these things.

He still had one, a dearly loved son: he sent him last to them, saying, They will have respect for my son.

But those workmen said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death, and the heritage will be ours.

Have you not seen this which is in the Writings: The stone which the builders put on one side, the same was made the chief stone of the building:

And they gave him one. And he said to them, Whose is this image and name on it? And they said to him, Caesar's.

And one of the scribes came, and hearing their argument together, and seeing that he had given them a good answer, put the question to him, Which law is the first of all?

Jesus said in answer, The first is, Give ear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord;

And the scribe said to him, Truly, Master, you have well said that he is one, and there is no other but he:

And when he was going out of the Temple, one of his disciples said to him, Master, see, what stones and what buildings!

And Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? there is not one stone here resting on another which will not be overturned.

But of that day or that hour no one has knowledge, not even the angels in heaven, or the Son, but the Father.

And Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, so that he might give him up to them.

And while they were seated taking food, Jesus said, Truly I say to you, One of you will be false to me, one who is taking food with me.

They were sad, and said to him one by one, Is it I?

And he said to them, It is one of the twelve, one who is putting his bread with me into the same plate.

And he came, and saw them sleeping, and said to Peter, Simon, are you sleeping? were you not able to keep watch one hour?

And straight away, while he was still talking, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great band with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority.

Now he who had been false to him had given them a sign, saying, The one to whom I give a kiss, that is he; take him, and get him away safely.

But a certain one of those who were near took out his sword, and gave the servant of the high priest a blow, cutting off his ear.

But he kept quiet and said nothing. Again the high priest questioning him said, Are you the Christ, the son of the Holy One?

And while Peter was down in the open square of the building, one of the servant-girls of the high priest came;

And the girl saw him, and said again to those who were near, This is one of them.

But again he said it was not so. And after a little time, again those who were near said to Peter, Truly you are one of them; for you are a Galilaean.

Now at the feast every year he let one prisoner go free at their request.

And there was one named Barabbas, in prison with those who had gone against the government and in the fight had taken life.

And they made one, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was going by, coming from the country, go with them, so that he might take his cross.

And they put two thieves on crosses with him, one on his right side, and one on his left.

And one of them went quickly and, getting a sponge full of bitter wine, put it on a rod, and gave it to him for drink, saying, Let be; let us see if Elijah will come to take him down.