'People' in the Bible

So they went and preached that people should repent.

An opportunity came during Herod's birthday celebration, when he gave a banquet for his top officials, military officers, and the most important people of Galilee.

He told them, "Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest for a while," because so many people were coming and going that they didn't even have time to eat.

But when many people saw them leave and recognized them, they hurried on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them.

Then he ordered them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass.

Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves in pieces and kept giving them to his disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.

As soon as they got out of the boat, the people recognized Jesus.

Wherever he went, whether into villages, towns, or farms, people would place their sick in the marketplaces and beg him to let them touch even the tassel of his garment, and everyone who touched it was healed.

(The Pharisees and indeed all the Jewish people don't eat unless they wash their hands properly, following the tradition of their elders.

He told them, "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites. As it is written, "These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

Some people brought him a deaf man who also had a speech impediment. They begged him to lay his hand on him.

Jesus ordered the people not to tell anyone, but the more he kept ordering them, the more they kept spreading the news.

Amazed beyond measure, they kept on saying, "He does everything well! He even makes deaf people hear and mute people talk!"

His disciples answered him, "Where could anyone get enough bread to feed these people out here in the wilderness?"

The people ate and were filled. Then the disciples picked up the leftover pieces seven large baskets full.

Now about 4,000 men were there. Then he sent them on their way.

As they came to Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man to Jesus and begged him to touch him.

The man looked up and said, "I see people, but they look like trees walking around."

Then Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he was asking his disciples, "Who do people say I am?"

But I tell you that Elijah has come, yet people treated him just as they pleased, as it is written about him."

Some people were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

When Jesus saw this, he became furious and told them, "Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them away, because the kingdom of God belongs to people like these.

because even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people."

Many people sternly told him to be quiet, but he started shouting even louder, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

Many people spread their coats on the road, while others spread leafy branches that they had cut in the fields.

When people rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like the angels in heaven.

As Jesus sat facing the offering box, he watched how the crowd was dropping their money into it. Many rich people were dropping in large amounts.

Many will come in my name and say, "I AM,' and they will deceive many people.

"As for yourselves, be on your guard! People will hand you over to local councils, and you will be beaten in their synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings to testify to them because of me.

Then people will see "the Son of Man coming in clouds' with great power and glory.

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

He told them, "This is my blood of the covenant that is being poured out for many people.

Although many people gave false testimony against him, their testimony didn't agree.

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.

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

Since many people have attempted to write an orderly account of the events that have transpired among us,

And the entire congregation of people was praying outside at the time when the incense was burned.

You will have great joy, and many people will rejoice at his birth,

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."

Meanwhile, the people kept waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he stayed in the sanctuary so long.

He displayed his mighty power with his arm. He scattered people who were proud in mind and heart.

He pulled powerful rulers from their thrones and lifted up humble people.

He filled hungry people with good things and sent rich people away with nothing.

"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel! He has taken care of his people and has set them free.

and to give his people knowledge of salvation through forgiveness of their sins.

So all the people went to their hometowns to be registered.

Then the angel told them, "Stop being afraid! Listen! I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people.

"Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth to people who enjoy his favor!"

which you prepared for all people to see

a light that will reveal salvation to unbelievers and bring glory to your people Israel."

Indeed, a sword will pierce your own soul, too, so that the inner thoughts of many people might be revealed."

Now the people were filled with expectation, and all of them were wondering if John was perhaps the Messiah.

With many other exhortations John continued to proclaim the good news to the people.

When all the people had been baptized, Jesus, too, was baptized. While he was praying, heaven opened,

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; he has anointed me to tell the good news to the poor. He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to set oppressed people free,

All the people began to speak well of him and to wonder at the gracious words that flowed from his mouth. They said, "This is Joseph's son, isn't it?"

All the people in the synagogue became furious when they heard this.

Then Jesus went down to Capernaum, a city in Galilee, and began teaching the people on Sabbath days.

Even demons came out of many people, screaming, "You are the Son of God!" But Jesus rebuked them and ordered them not to speak, because they knew he was the Messiah.

because Simon and all the people who were with him were amazed at the number of fish they had caught,

Then Jesus told Simon, "Stop being afraid. From now on you will be catching people." So when they brought the boats to shore, they left everything and followed Jesus.

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.

Amazement seized all the people, and they began to praise God. They were filled with fear and declared, "We have seen wonderful things today!"

But Jesus answered them, "Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick people do.

I have not come to call righteous people, but sinners, to repentance."

Then Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place, along with many of his disciples and a large gathering of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.

"How blessed are you whenever people hate you, avoid you, insult you, and slander you because of the Son of Man!

Whatever you want people to do for you, do the same for them.

Rather, love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind even to ungrateful and evil people.

because every tree is known by its own fruit. People don't gather figs from thorny plants or pick grapes from a thorn bush.

After Jesus had finished saying all these things to the people who were there listening, he went to Capernaum.

because he loves our people and built our synagogue for us."

Fear gripped everyone, and they began to praise God. "A great prophet has appeared among us," they said, and "God has helped his people."

At that time Jesus had healed many people of diseases, plagues, and evil spirits, and had given sight to many who were blind.

By having been baptized with John's baptism, all the people who listened, including the tax collectors, acknowledged God's justice.

Jesus continued, "To what may I compare the people living today?

Now while a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from every city, he said in a parable:

The ones on the path are the people who listen, but then the Devil comes and takes the word away from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

The ones on the stony ground are the people who joyfully welcome the word when they hear it. But since they don't have any roots, they believe for a while, but in a time of testing they fall away.

The ones that fell among the thorn bushes are the people who listen, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries, wealth, and pleasures of life, and their fruit doesn't mature.

But the ones on the good soil are the people who hear the word but also hold on to it with good and honest hearts, producing a crop through endurance."

But he answered those people, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear a message from God and heed it."

So the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting at Jesus' feet, dressed and in his right mind, they were frightened.

The people who had seen it told them how the demon-possessed man had been healed.

Then all the people from the region surrounding the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them, because they were terrified. So he got into a boat and started back.

When the woman saw that she couldn't hide, she came forward trembling. Bowing down in front of him, she explained in the presence of all the people why she had touched Jesus and how she had been instantly healed.

if people don't welcome you, when you leave that city, shake its dust off your feet as a testimony against them."

But he told them, "You give them something to eat." They replied, "We have nothing more than five loaves of bread and two fish unless we go and buy food for all these people."

I tell you with certainty, some people who are standing here won't experience death until they see the kingdom of God."

All the people continued to be amazed at the greatness of God. Indeed, everyone was astonished at all the things Jesus was doing. So he told his disciples,

But the people would not welcome him, because he was determined to go to Jerusalem.

"Whenever you go into a town and the people welcome you, eat whatever they serve you,

But whenever you go into a town and people don't welcome you, go out into its streets and say,

At that moment, the Holy Spirit made Jesus extremely joyful, so 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. Yes, Father, because this is what was pleasing to you.

Now as the crowds continued to throng around Jesus, he went on to say, "This people living today are an evil generation. It craves a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah,

because just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.

The queen of the south will stand up at the judgment and condemn the people living today, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. But look, something greater than Solomon is here!

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!"

How terrible it will be for you! You are like unmarked graves people walk on them without realizing it."