'Saying' in the Bible

And as for the vision which the king saw of a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven, saying, Let the tree be cut down and given to destruction;

While the word was still in the king's mouth, a voice came down from heaven, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is said: The kingdom has gone from you:

I was watching the horns with care, and I saw another coming up among them, a little one, before which three of the first horns were pulled up by the roots: and there were eyes like a man's eyes in this horn, and a mouth saying great things.

And about the ten horns on his head and the other which came up, causing the fall of three; that horn which had eyes, and a mouth saying great things, which seemed to be greater than the other horns.

And the voice of a man came to my ears between the sides of the Ulai, crying out and saying, Gabriel, make the vision clear to this man.

And while I was still saying these words in prayer, and putting my sins and the sins of my people Israel before the Lord, and requesting grace from the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God;

And the king will do his pleasure; he will put himself on high, lifting himself over every god, and saying things to be wondered at against the God of gods; and all will be well for him till the wrath is complete; for what has been purposed will be done.

Give ear to this word which the Lord has said against you, O children of Israel, against all the family which I took up out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Then Amaziah, the priest of Beth-el, sent to Jeroboam, king of Israel, saying, Amos has made designs against you among the people of Israel: the land is troubled by his words.

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit;

The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord has said about Edom: We have had word from the Lord, and a representative has been sent among the nations, saying, Up! and let us make war against her.

And the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amittai, saying,

And the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying,

In that day this saying will be said about you, and this song of grief will be made: The heritage of my people is measured out, and there is no one to give it back; those who have made us prisoners have taken our fields from us, and complete destruction has come to us.

If a man came with a false spirit of deceit, saying, I will be a prophet to you of wine and strong drink: he would be the sort of prophet for this people.

Will not all these take up a word of shame against him and a bitter saying against him, and say, A curse on him who goes on taking what is not his and is weighted down with the property of debtors!

This is the town which was full of joy, living without fear of danger, saying in her heart, I am, and there is no other: how has she been made waste, a place for beasts to take their rest in! everyone who goes by her will make hisses, waving his hand.

In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, ruler of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

Then the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying,

In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying,

On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying,

These are the words of the Lord of armies: Put now a point of law to the priests, saying,

And the word of the Lord came a second time to Haggai, on the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,

In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,

Be not like your fathers, to whom the voice of the earlier prophets came, saying, Be turned now from your evil ways and from your evil doings: but they did not give ear to me or take note, says the Lord.

On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,

This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by force or by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of armies.

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Then the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying

And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying,

And the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying,

And the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying,

This is what the Lord of armies has said: In those days, ten men from all the languages of the nations will put out their hands and take a grip of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for it has come to our ears that God is with you.

And if anyone goes on acting as a prophet, then his father and his mother who gave him life will say to him, You may not go on living, for you are saying what is false in the name of the Lord; and his father and his mother will put a sword through him when he does so.

You put unclean bread on my altar. And you say, How have we made it unclean? By your saying, The table of the Lord is of no value.

But you make it unholy by saying, The Lord's table has become unclean, and his food is of no value.

You have made the Lord tired with your words. And still you say, How have we made him tired? By your saying, Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of the Lord, and he has delight in them; or, Where is God the judge?

But when he was giving thought to these things, an angel of the Lord came to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, have no fear of taking Mary as your wife; because that which is in her body is of the Holy Spirit.

Saying, Where is the King of the Jews whose birth has now taken place? We have seen his star in the east and have come to give him worship.

And when they had gone, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream, saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into Egypt, and do not go from there till I give you word; for Herod will be searching for the young child to put him to death.

Saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: because they who were attempting to take the young child's life are dead.

Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.

And they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying openly that they had done wrong.

But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?

But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism.

And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

From that time Jesus went about preaching and saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin, for the kingdom of heaven is near.

And with these words he gave them teaching, saying,

And when you make your prayers, be not like the false-hearted men, who take pleasure in getting up and saying their prayers in the Synagogues and at the street turnings so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed?

And a leper came and gave him worship, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.

And he put his hand on him, saying, It is my pleasure; be clean. And straight away he was made clean.

Saying, Lord, my servant is ill in bed at the house, with no power in his body, and in great pain.

And the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea do his orders?

And they gave a loud cry, saying, What have we to do with you, you Son of God? Have you come here to give us punishment before the time?

And the evil spirits made strong prayers to him, saying, If you send us out, let us go into the herd of pigs.

Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not?

While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life.

Then he put his hand on their eyes, saying, As your faith is, let it be done to you.

And when the evil spirit had been sent out, the man had the power of talking: and they were all surprised, saying, Such a thing has never been seen in Israel.

These twelve Jesus sent out and gave them orders, saying, Do not go among the Gentiles, or into any town of Samaria,

And there was a man with a dead hand. And they put a question to him, saying, Is it right to make a man well on the Sabbath day? so that they might have something against him.

And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;

And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:

He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:

Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us the story of the evil plants in the field.

And when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying, This place is waste land, and the time is now past; send the people away so that they may go into the towns and get themselves food.

And when they saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they gave cries of fear.

But when he saw the wind he was in fear and, starting to go down, he gave a cry, saying, Help, Lord.

And those who were in the boat gave him worship, saying, Truly you are the Son of God.

Then there came to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,

And a woman of Canaan came out from those parts, crying and saying, Have pity on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is greatly troubled with an unclean spirit.

But she came and gave him worship, saying, Help, Lord.

And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, We took no bread.

While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.

And when they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus gave them orders, saying, Let no man have word of what you have seen, till the Son of man has come again from the dead.

And when they came to the people, a man went down on his knees to him, saying,

In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

So the servant went down on his face and gave him worship, saying, Lord, give me time to make payment and I will give you all.

But that servant went out, and meeting one of the other servants, who was in debt to him for one hundred pence, he took him by the throat, saying, Make payment of your debt.

So that servant went down on his face, requesting him and saying, Give me time and I will make payment to you.

And it came about that after saying these words, Jesus went away from Galilee, and came into the parts of Judaea on the other side of Jordan.

And certain Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, Is it right for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

But he said to them, Not all men are able to take in this saying, but only those to whom it is given.

And the disciples, hearing this, were greatly surprised, saying, Who then may have salvation?

Saying, These last have done only one hour's work, and you have made them equal to us, who have undergone the hard work of the day and the burning heat.

And two blind men seated by the wayside, when they had the news that Jesus was going by, gave a loud cry, saying, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us.

Saying to them, Go into the little town in front of you, and straight away you will see an ass with a cord round her neck, and a young one with her; let them loose and come with them to me.

And those who went before him, and those who came after, gave loud cries, saying, Glory to the Son of David: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord: Glory in the highest.

And when he came into Jerusalem, all the town was moved, saying, Who is this?

Have you any idea what these are saying? And Jesus said to them, Yes: have you not seen in the Writings, From the lips of children and babies at the breast you have made your praise complete?

And when the disciples saw it they were surprised, saying, How did the fig-tree become dry in so short a time?

The baptism of John, where did it come from? from heaven or from men? And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say to us, Why then did you not have faith in him?

But after that he sent his son to them, saying, They will have respect for my son.

And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we see that you are true, and that you are teaching the true way of God, and have no fear of anyone, because you have no respect for a man's position.

On the same day there came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no coming back from the dead: and they put a question to him, saying,

And one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, testing him, and saying,

Now while the Pharisees were together, Jesus put a question to them, saying,

He says to them, How then does David in the Spirit give him the name of Lord, saying,