'One' in the Bible

Jesus looked at him and loved him. Then he told him, "You're missing one thing. Go and sell everything you own, give the money to the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me."

The disciples were utterly amazed and asked one another, "Then who can be saved?"

Jesus said, "I tell all of you with certainty, there is no one who has left his home, brothers, sisters, mother, father, children, or fields because of me and the gospel

They asked him, "Let us sit in your glory, one on your right and one on your left."

and told them, "Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you go into it, you will find a colt tied up that no one has ever ridden. Untie it, and bring it along.

Those who went ahead and those who followed him were shouting, "Hosanna! How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!

So he told it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again!" Now his disciples were listening to this.

Jesus told them, "I'll ask you one question. Answer me, and then I'll tell you by what authority I'm doing these things.

Then the man sent another, and that one they killed. So it was with many other servants. Some of these they beat, and others they killed.

He still had one more person to send, a son whom he loved. Finally, he sent him to them, saying, "They will respect my son.'

But those farmers told one another, "This is the heir. Come on, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!'

So they brought one. Then he asked them, "Whose face and name are on this?" They told him, "Caesar's."

There were seven brothers. The first one married and died without having children.

Then one of the scribes came near and heard the Sadducees arguing with one another. He saw how well Jesus answered them, so he asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of them all?"

Jesus answered, "The most important is, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord,

Then the scribe told him, "Well said, Teacher! You have told the truth that "God is one, and there is no other besides him.'

When Jesus saw how wisely the man answered, he told him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." After that, no one dared to ask him another question.

As Jesus was leaving the Temple, one of his disciples told him, "Look, Teacher, what large stones and what beautiful buildings!"

"Do you see these large buildings?" Jesus responded. "Not one stone here will be left on another that will not be torn down."

Jesus began to say to them, "See to it that no one deceives you.

The one who's on his housetop must not come down and go into his house to take anything out of it,

and the one who's in the field must not turn back to get his coat.

If the Lord had not shortened those days, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect whom he has chosen, he has shortened those days.

"No one knows when that day or hour will come not the angels in heaven, not the Son, but only the Father.

Irritated, some who were there asked one another, "Why was the perfume wasted like this?

Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the high priests to betray Jesus to them.

While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, "I tell all of you with certainty, one of you is going to betray me, one who is eating with me."

They began to be very sad and asked him, one after the other, "Surely I am not the one, am I?"

He told them, "It's one of you Twelve, the one who is dipping his bread into the bowl with me.

When he went back, he found his disciples asleep. "Simon, are you asleep?" he asked Peter. "You couldn't stay awake for one hour, could you?

Get up! Let's go! See, the one who is betraying me is near!"

Just then, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. A crowd armed with swords and clubs was with him. They were from the high priests, the scribes, and the elders.

Now the betrayer personally had given them a signal, saying, "The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him, and lead him safely away."

But one of those standing there drew his sword and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his ear.

"We ourselves heard him say, "I will destroy this sanctuary made by human hands, and in three days I will build another one not made by human hands.'"

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?"

While Peter was down in the courtyard, one of the high priest's servant girls came by.

The servant girl saw him and again told those who were standing around, "This man is one of them!"

Again he denied it. After a little while, the people who were standing there began to say to Peter again, "Obviously you're one of them, because you are a Galilean!"

At every festival, Pilate would release any one prisoner whom the people requested.

Then they crucified him. They divided his clothes among themselves by throwing dice to see what each one would get.

They crucified two bandits with him, one on his right and the other on his left.

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

He is the one who will go before the Lord with the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, and to prepare the people to be ready for the Lord."

When the angels had left them and gone back to heaven, the shepherds told one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see what has taken place that the Lord has told us about."

Now a man named Simeon was in Jerusalem. This man was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the one who would comfort Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

He answered them, "The person who has two coats must share with the one who doesn't have any, and the person who has food must do the same."

John replied to all of them, "I'm baptizing you with water, but one is coming who is more powerful than I, and I'm not worthy to untie his sandal straps. It is he who will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Jesus answered him, "It is written, "One must not live on bread alone, but on every word of God.'"

Yet Elijah wasn't sent to a single one of those widows except to one at Zarephath in Sidon.

There were also many lepers in Israel in the prophet Elisha's time, yet not one of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian."

"Oh, no! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are the Holy One of God!"

Overwhelmed with amazement, they all kept saying to one another, "What kind of statement is this? because with authority and power he gives orders to unclean spirits, and they come out!"

One day, as the crowd was pressing in on him to listen to God's word, Jesus was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.

So Jesus got into one of the boats (the one that belonged to Simon) and asked him to push out a little from the shore. Then he sat down and began to teach the crowds from the boat.

One day, while Jesus was in one of the cities, a man covered with leprosy saw Jesus and fell on his face, begging him, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."

One day, as Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and teachers of the Law happened to be sitting nearby. The people had come from every village in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was present to heal them.

Then he told them a parable: "No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, the new cloth will tear, and the piece from the new won't match the old.

And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will make the skins burst, the wine will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined.

No one who has been drinking old wine wants new wine, because he says, "The old wine is good enough!'"

One time Jesus was walking through some grain fields on a Sabbath. His disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.

If someone strikes you on the cheek, offer him the other one as well, and if someone takes your coat, don't keep back your shirt, either.

He also told them a parable: "One blind person can't lead another blind person, can he? Both will fall into a ditch, won't they?

because I, too, am a man under authority and have soldiers under me. I say to one "Go' and he goes, to another "Come' and he comes, and to my servant "Do this' and he does it."

and sent them to the Lord to ask, "Are you the Coming One, or should we wait for someone else?"

When the men had come to Jesus, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask, "Are you the Coming One, or should we wait for someone else?'"

I tell you, no one has ever been born who is greater than John. Yet even the least important person in the kingdom of God is greater than he."

Now one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him. So he went to the Pharisee's home and took his place at the table.

"Two men were in debt to a moneylender. One owed him 500 denarii, and the other 50.

Simon answered, "I suppose the one who had the larger debt canceled." Jesus told him, "You have answered correctly."

So I'm telling you that her sins, as many as they are, have been forgiven, and that's why she has shown such great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven loves little."

After this, Jesus traveled from one city and village to another, preaching and spreading the good news about God's kingdom. The Twelve were with him,

"No one lights a lamp and hides it under a bowl or puts it under a bed. Instead, he puts it on a lamp stand so that those who come in will see the light.

So pay attention to how you listen, because to the one who has something, more will be given. However, from the one who doesn't have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him."

One day, Jesus and his disciples got into a boat. He told them, "Let's cross to the other side of the lake." So they started out.

Then he asked the disciples, "Where's your faith?" Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, "Who is this man? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him!"

A woman was there who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years. Although she had spent all she had on doctors, no one could heal her.

When he arrived at the man's house, he allowed no one to go in with him except Peter, John, James, and the young girl's father and mother.

by others that Elijah had appeared, and by still others that one of the ancient prophets had come back to life.

One day, while Jesus was praying privately and the disciples were with him, he asked them, "Who do the crowds say I am?"

They answered, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others one of the ancient prophets who has come back to life."

Just as Moses and Elijah were leaving, Peter told Jesus, "Master, it's good that we're here! Let's set up three shelters one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." (Peter didn't know what he was saying.)

After the voice had spoken, Jesus was alone. The disciples kept silent and at that time told no one about what they had seen.

Then he told them, "Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me, because the one who is least among all of you is the one who is greatest."

Jesus told him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."

The person who listens to you listens to me, and the person who rejects you rejects me. The person who rejects me rejects the one who sent me."

All things have been entrusted to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and the person to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."

He said, "The one who showed mercy to him." Jesus told him, "Go and do what he did."

But there's only one thing you need. Mary has chosen what is better, and it is not to be taken away from her."

Once Jesus was praying in a certain place. After he had finished, one of his disciples told him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples."

Then he told them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, "Friend, let me borrow three loaves of bread.

"No one lights a lamp and puts it in a hiding place or under a basket, but on a lamp stand, so that those who enter may see its light.

You fools! The one who made the outside made the inside, too, didn't he?

Then one of the experts in the Law told him, "Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us, too."

Meanwhile, the people had gathered by the thousands and were trampling on one another. Jesus began to speak first to his disciples. "Watch out for the yeast that is, the hypocrisy of the Pharisees!

I'll show you the one you should be afraid of. Be afraid of the one who has the authority to throw you into hell after killing you. Yes, I tell you, be afraid of him!

"Five sparrows are sold for two pennies, aren't they? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.

Consider how the lilies grow. They don't work or spin yarn, but I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was clothed like one of them.

But the servant who did things that deserved a beating without knowing it will receive a light beating. Much will be required from everyone to whom much has been given. But even more will be demanded from the one to whom much has been entrusted."

From now on, five people in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.