'People' in the Bible

She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he is the one who will save his people from their sins."

He called together all the high priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Messiah was to be born.

"O Bethlehem in the land of Judah, you are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, because from you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.'"

Then the people of Jerusalem, all Judea, and the entire region along the Jordan began flocking to him,

The people living in darkness have seen a great light, and for those living in the land and shadow of death, a light has risen."

"Follow me," he told them, "and I will make you fishers of people!"

Then he went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every illness among the people.

His fame spread throughout Syria, and people brought to him everyone who was sick those afflicted with various diseases and pains, the demon-possessed, the epileptics, and the paralyzed and he healed them.

"How blessed are you whenever people insult you, persecute you, and say all sorts of evil things against you falsely because of me!

"You are the salt of the world. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty again? It's good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled on by people.

People don't light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lamp stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.

In the same way, let your light shine before people in such a way that they will see your good actions and glorify your Father in heaven."

so that you will become children of your Father in heaven, because he makes his sun rise on both evil and good people, and he lets rain fall on the righteous and the unrighteous.

"Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people in order to be noticed by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

So whenever you give to the poor, don't blow a trumpet before you like the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets so that they will be praised by people. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward!

"And whenever you pray, don't be like the hypocrites who love to stand in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they will be seen by people. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward!

Because if you forgive people their offenses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

But if you do not forgive people their offenses, your Father will not forgive your offenses."

Therefore, whatever you want people to do for you, do the same for them, because this summarizes the Law and the Prophets."

"Go in through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the road is spacious that leads to destruction, and many people are entering by it.

How narrow is the gate and how constricted is the road that leads to life, and there aren't many people who find it!"

When evening came, people brought to him many who were possessed by demons. He drove out the spirits by speaking a command and healed everyone who was sick.

All at once some people brought him a paralyzed man lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he told the paralyzed man, "Be courageous, son! Your sins are forgiven."

When Jesus heard that, he said, "Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick people do.

Go and learn what this means: "I want mercy and not sacrifice,' because I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners."

Nor do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill out, and the skins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."

Watch out for people who will hand you over to the local councils and whip you in their synagogues.

"Therefore, everyone who acknowledges me before people I, too, will acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

But whoever denies me before people I, too, will deny before my Father in heaven."

"From the days of John the Baptist until the present, the kingdom from heaven has been forcefully advancing, and violent people have been attacking it,

"To what can I compare the people living today? They're like little children who sit in the marketplaces and shout to each other,

Because John didn't come eating or drinking, yet people say, "He has a demon!'

At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from wise and intelligent people and have revealed them to infants.

Suddenly, a man with a paralyzed hand appeared. The people asked Jesus if it was lawful to heal on Sabbath days, intending to accuse him of doing something wrong.

I tell you, on Judgment Day people will give an account for every thoughtless word they have uttered,

The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment and condemn the people living today, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah. But look something greater than Jonah is here!

The queen of the south will stand up and condemn the people living today, because she came from so far away to hear the wisdom of Solomon. But look! Something greater than Solomon is here!"

Then the disciples came and asked Jesus, "Why do you speak to people in parables?"

I tell all of you with certainty, many prophets and righteous people longed to see the things you see but did not see them, and to hear the things you hear but did not hear them."

While people were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.

That is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, cull out the evil people from among the righteous ones,

He went to his hometown and began teaching the people in their synagogue in such a way that they were amazed and asked, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these miracles?

"These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

When Jesus had come to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of Man is?"

I tell all of you with certainty, some people standing here will not experience death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."

But I tell you that Elijah has already come, yet people did not recognize him and treated him just as they pleased. In the same way, the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands."

Jesus, however, said, "Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them away, because the kingdom from heaven belongs to people like these."

That's the way it is with the Son of Man. He did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people."

Many people in the crowd spread their own coats on the road, while others began cutting down branches from the trees and spreading them on the road.

When he came into Jerusalem, the whole city was trembling with excitement. The people were asking, "Who is this?"

Blind and lame people came to him in the Temple, and he healed them.

and asked him, "Do you hear what these people are saying?"

Then Jesus went into the Temple. While he was teaching, the high priests and the elders of the people came to him and asked, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

That is why I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce fruit for it.

So go into the roads leading out of town and invite as many people as you can find to the wedding.'

because in the resurrection, people neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like the angels in heaven.

"They do everything to be seen by people. They increase the size of their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments.

to be greeted in the marketplaces, and to be called "Rabbi' by people.

In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

because many will come in my name and say, "I'm the Messiah,' and they will deceive many people.

Then many people will fall away, will betray one another, and will hate one another.

Many false prophets will appear and deceive many people,

and because lawlessness will increase, the love of many people will grow cold.

In those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark.

At that time, two people will be in the field. One will be taken, and one will be left behind.

These people will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life."

Then the high priests and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

But they kept saying, "This must not happen during the festival. Otherwise, there'll be a riot among the people."

because this is my blood of the new covenant that is being poured out for many people for the forgiveness of sins.

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

After a little while, the people who were standing there came up and told Peter, "Obviously you're also one of them, because your accent gives you away."

When morning came, all the high priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put him to death.

So when the people had gathered, Pilate asked them, "Which man do you want me to release for you Barabbas, or Jesus who is called "the Messiah'?"

All the people answered, "Let his blood be on us and our children!"

When some of the people standing there heard this, they said, "He's calling for Elijah."

After his resurrection, they came out of their tombs, went into the Holy City, and appeared to many people.

Therefore, order the tomb to be secured until the third day, or his disciples may go and steal him and then tell the people, "He has been raised from the dead.' Then the last deception would be worse than the first one."

Therefore, as you go, disciple people in all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit,

People from the whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were flocking to him, being baptized by him while they confessed their sins.

Jesus told them, "Follow me, and I'll make you fishers of people!"

The people were utterly amazed at his teaching, because he was teaching them like one with authority, and not like their scribes.

All the people were so stunned that they kept saying to each other, "What is this? A new teaching with authority! He tells even the unclean spirits what to do, and they obey him!"

When evening came, after the sun had set, people started bringing to him everyone who was sick or possessed by demons.

But when the man left, he began to proclaim it freely. He spread the news so widely that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly, but had to stay out in deserted places. Still, people kept coming to him from everywhere.

when some people came and brought him a paralyzed man being carried by four men.

So the man got up, immediately picked up his mat, and went out in front of all of them. As a result, all of the people were amazed and began to glorify God as they kept on saying, "We have never seen anything like this!"

When Jesus heard that, he told them, "Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick ones do. I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners."

Now John's disciples and the Pharisees would fast regularly. Some people came and asked Jesus, "Why do John's disciples and the Pharisees' disciples fast, but your disciples don't fast?"

Then he told them, "The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath.

The people watched Jesus closely to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, intending to accuse him of doing something wrong.

because he had healed so many people that everyone who had diseases kept crowding up against him in order to touch him.

But he sternly ordered them again and again not to tell people who he was.

I tell all of you with certainty, people will be forgiven their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter.

Then looking at the people sitting around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

Some people are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. When they hear it, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

Still others are like the seeds sown among the thorn bushes. These are the people who hear the word,

Now when those who had been taking care of the pigs ran away, they reported what had happened in the city and countryside. So the people went to see what had happened.

The people who had seen it told them what had happened to the demon-possessed man and the pigs.

While he was still speaking, some people came from the synagogue leader's home and said, "Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher anymore?"

When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw mass confusion. People were crying and sobbing loudly.