'Saying' in the Bible

But John tried to stop him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and are you coming to me?"

"So don't ever worry by saying, "What are we going to eat?' or "What are we going to drink?' or "What are we going to wear?'

"Not everyone who keeps saying to me, "Lord, Lord,' will get into the kingdom from heaven, but only the person who keeps doing the will of my Father in heaven.

When Jesus had finished saying all these things, the crowds were utterly amazed at his teaching,

So the demons began to plead with Jesus, saying, "If you drive us out, send us into that herd of pigs."

because she had been saying to herself, "If I just touch his robe, I will get well."

But the Pharisees kept saying, "He drives out demons by the ruler of demons."

All the crowds were amazed and kept saying, "This man isn't the Son of David, is he?"

He presented another parable to them, saying, "The kingdom from heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.

Then the men in the boat began to worship Jesus, saying, "You certainly are the Son of God!"

Then she came and fell down before him, saying, "Lord, help me!"

As they began to discuss this among themselves, they kept saying, "We didn't bring along any bread."

Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, "God be merciful to you, Lord! This must never happen to you!"

But Jesus came up to them and touched them, saying, "Get up, and stop being afraid."

Then the servant fell down and bowed low before him, saying, "Be patient with me, and I will repay you everything!'

When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went to the territory of Judea on the other side of the Jordan.

"Not everyone can accept this saying," he replied, "except those to whom celibacy has been granted,

Jesus stopped and called them, saying, "What do you want me to do for you?"

The crowds kept saying, "This is the prophet Jesus, the man from Nazareth in Galilee."

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

So he sent other servants after saying, "Tell those who have been invited, "Look! I've prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened calves have been slaughtered. Everything is ready. Come to the wedding!"'

When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he told his disciples,

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

While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread and blessed it. Then he broke it in pieces and handed it to the disciples, saying, "Take this and eat it. This is my body."

Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you,

After leaving them again, he went away and prayed again for the third time, saying the same thing.

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

saying, "Prophesy to us, you Messiah! Who hit you?"

saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood."

Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that a riot was about to break out instead. So he took some water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood. Attend to that yourselves."

Twisting some thorns into a victor's crown, they placed it on his head and put a stick in his right hand. They knelt down in front of him and began making fun of him, saying, "Long live the king of the Jews!"

and saying, "You who were going to destroy the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days save yourself! If you're the Son of God, come down from the cross!"

In the same way the high priests, along with the scribes and elders, were also making fun of him. They kept saying,

But the others kept saying, "Wait! Let's see if Elijah will come and save him."