'Saying' in the Bible

And he was preaching, and saying, “After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to stoop down and untie the thong of His sandals.

and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

saying, “What business do we have with each other, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!”

They were all amazed, so that they debated among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.”

And a leper *came to Jesus, beseeching Him and falling on his knees before Him, and saying, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”

And he got up and immediately picked up the pallet and went out in the sight of everyone, so that they were all amazed and were glorifying God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this.”

When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, “Why is He eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners?”

The Pharisees were saying to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, “You are the Son of God!”

When His own people heard of this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “He has lost His senses.”

The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.”

because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching,

And He was saying, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

And He was saying to them, “To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but those who are outside get everything in parables,

And He was saying to them, “A lamp is not brought to be put under a basket, is it, or under a bed? Is it not brought to be put on the lampstand?

And He was saying to them, “Take care what you listen to. By your standard of measure it will be measured to you; and more will be given you besides.

And He was saying, “The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil;

For He had been saying to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”

The demons implored Him, saying, “Send us into the swine so that we may enter them.”

and *implored Him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death; please come and lay Your hands on her, so that she will get well and live.”

While He was still speaking, they *came from the house of the synagogue official, saying, “Your daughter has died; why trouble the Teacher anymore?”

When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue; and the many listeners were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things, and what is this wisdom given to Him, and such miracles as these performed by His hands?

And King Herod heard of it, for His name had become well known; and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are at work in Him.”

But others were saying, “He is Elijah.” And others were saying, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”

But when Herod heard of it, he kept saying, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen!”

For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”

Immediately she came in a hurry to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”

When it was already quite late, His disciples came to Him and said, “This place is desolate and it is already quite late;

He was also saying to them, “You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition.

After He called the crowd to Him again, He began saying to them, “Listen to Me, all of you, and understand:

And He was saying, “That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man.

And He was saying to her, “Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

They were utterly astonished, saying, “He has done all things well; He makes even the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”

And He was giving orders to them, saying, “Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”

And He was saying to them, “Do you not yet understand?”

And He sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.”

Jesus went out, along with His disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He questioned His disciples, saying to them, “Who do people say that I am?”

They told Him, saying, “John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; but others, one of the prophets.”

And Jesus was saying to them, “Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.”

They asked Him, saying, “Why is it that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

Immediately the boy’s father cried out and said, “I do believe; help my unbelief.”

When Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly gathering, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You deaf and mute spirit, I command you, come out of him and do not enter him again.”

saying, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death and will hand Him over to the Gentiles.

James and John, the two sons of Zebedee, *came up to Jesus, saying, “Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask of You.”

And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him here.” So they *called the blind man, saying to him, “Take courage, stand up! He is calling for you.”

Some of the bystanders were saying to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?”

And Jesus *answered saying to them, “Have faith in God.

and began saying to Him, “By what authority are You doing these things, or who gave You this authority to do these things?”

They began reasoning among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’

He had one more to send, a beloved son; he sent him last of all to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

Some Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection) *came to Jesus, and began questioning Him, saying,

But regarding the fact that the dead rise again, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

In His teaching He was saying: “Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in long robes, and like respectful greetings in the market places,

Many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He!’ and will mislead many.

for they were saying, “Not during the festival, otherwise there might be a riot of the people.”

But Peter kept saying insistently, “Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!” And they all were saying the same thing also.

And He was saying, “Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will.”

Again He went away and prayed, saying the same words.

Now he who was betraying Him had given them a signal, saying, “Whomever I kiss, He is the one; seize Him and lead Him away under guard.”

After coming, Judas immediately went to Him, saying, “Rabbi!” and kissed Him.

Some stood up and began to give false testimony against Him, saying,

The high priest stood up and came forward and questioned Jesus, saying, “Do You not answer? What is it that these men are testifying against You?”

But He kept silent and did not answer. Again the high priest was questioning Him, and saying to Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”

But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.” And he went out onto the porch.

But again he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders were again saying to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean too.”

Then Pilate questioned Him again, saying, “Do You not answer? See how many charges they bring against You!”

Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?”

Answering again, Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?”

But Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has He done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify Him!”

Those passing by were hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes, were mocking Him among themselves and saying, “He saved others; He cannot save Himself.

When some of the bystanders heard it, they began saying, “Behold, He is calling for Elijah.”

Someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink, saying, “Let us see whether Elijah will come to take Him down.”

They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?”