'Return' in the Bible

But being forbidden by God in a dream to return to Herod, they went back to their own country by a different route.

leave your gift there before the altar, and go and make friends with your brother first, and then return and proceed to offer your gift.

While He was thus speaking, a Ruler came up and profoundly bowing said, "My daughter is just dead; but come and put your hand upon her and she will return to life."

and if the house deserves it, the peace you invoke shall come upon it. If not, your peace shall return to you.

Then he says, 'I will return to my house that I left;' and he comes and finds it unoccupied, swept clean, and in good order.

But a portion falls upon good ground, and gives a return, some a hundred for one, some sixty, some thirty.

But he who has received the seed on good ground is he who hears and understands. Such hearers give a return, and yield one a hundred for one, another sixty, another thirty.")

Early in the morning as He was on His way to return to the city He was hungry,

But some of the seed falls into good ground, and gives a return: it comes up and increases, and yields thirty, sixty, or a hundred-fold."

that "'They may look and look but not see, and listen and listen but not understand, lest perchance they should return and be pardoned.'"

Those, on the other hand, who have received the seed on the good ground, are all who hear the Message and welcome it, and yield a return of thirty, sixty, or a hundred fold."

After the return of Jesus to the house His disciples asked Him privately, "How is it that we could not expel the spirit?"

give, and gifts shall be bestowed on you. Full measure, pressed, shaken down, and running over, shall they pour into your laps; for with the same measure that you use they shall measure to you in return."

But some of the seed falls into good ground, and grows up and yields a return of a hundred for one." While thus speaking, He cried aloud and said, "Listen, every one who has ears to listen with!"

But as for that in the good ground, it means those who, having listened to the Message with open minds and in a right spirit, hold it fast, and patiently yield a return.

"Return home," He said, "and tell there all that God has done for you." So he went and published through the whole town all that Jesus had done for him.

The Apostles, on their return, related to Jesus all they had done. Then He took them and withdrew to a quiet retreat, to a town called Bethsaida.

"When a foul spirit has left a man, it roams about in the Desert, seeking a resting-place; but, unable to find any, it says, 'I will return to the house I have left;"

and be yourselves like men waiting for their master--on the look-out till he shall return from the wedding feast--that, when he comes and knocks, they may open the door instantly.

Also to His host, who had invited Him, He said, "When you give a breakfast or a dinner, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbours, lest perhaps they should invite you in return and a requital be made you.

So He said to them, "A man of noble family travelled to a distant country to obtain the rank of king, and to return.

And upon his return, after he had obtained the sovereignty, he ordered those servants to whom he had given the money to be summoned before him, that he might learn their success in trading.

"You may return home," replied Jesus; "your son has recovered." He believed the words of Jesus, and started back home;

Then, after that, He said to the disciples, "Let us return to Judaea."

And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will return and take you to be with me, that where I am you also may be.

And as to His having raised Him from among the dead, never again to be in the position of one soon to return to decay, He speaks thus: 'I will give you the holy and trustworthy promises made to David.'

"'"Afterwards I will return, and will rebuild David's fallen tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will set it up again;

After spending some time there they received an affectionate farewell from the brethren to return to those who had sent them.

but took leave of them with the promise, "I will return to you, God willing." So he set sail from Ephesus.

"After my return to Jerusalem, and while praying in the Temple, I fell into a trance.

"Who has first given God anything, so as to receive payment in return?"

But this will happen to each in the right order--Christ having been the first to rise, and afterwards Christ's people rising at His return.

and to pass by way of Corinth into Macedonia. Then my plan was to return from Macedonia to you, and be helped forward by you to Judaea.

To return to what I was saying. Let no one suppose that I am foolish. Or if you must, at any rate make allowance for me as being foolish, in order that I, as well as they, may boast a little.

and to await the return from Heaven of His Son, whom He raised from among the dead--even Jesus, our Deliverer from God's coming anger.

For what thanksgiving on your behalf can we possibly offer to God in return for all the joy which fills our souls before our God for you,

And if they had cherished the remembrance of the country they had left, they would have found an opportunity to return;

lest there be a fornicator, or an ungodly person like Esau, who, in return for a single meal, parted with the birthright which belonged to him.

not requiting evil with evil nor abuse with abuse, but, on the contrary, giving a blessing in return, because a blessing is what you have been called by God to inherit.

and, asking, "What has become of His promised Return? For from the time our forefathers fell asleep all things continue as they have been ever since the creation of the world."

For they poured out the blood of Thy people and of the Prophets, and in return Thou hast given them blood to drink. And this they deserved."