'Saying' in the Bible

After these days Elizabeth, his wife, conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying,

But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be.

All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, "What then will this child be?" The hand of the Lord was with him.

His father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army praising God, and saying,

When they saw it, they publicized widely the saying which was spoken to them about this child.

They didn't understand the saying which he spoke to them.

Soldiers also asked him, saying, "What about us? What must we do?" He said to them, "Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages."

and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying "You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased."

Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.'"

saying, "Ah! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!"

Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!" When the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm.

Amazement came on all, and they spoke together, one with another, saying, "What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!"

Demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, "You are the Christ, the Son of God!" Rebuking them, he didn't allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord."

It happened, while he was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and begged him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."

He stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, "I want to. Be made clean." Immediately the leprosy left him.

The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, "Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?"

Amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God. They were filled with fear, saying, "We have seen strange things today."

Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?"

When they came to Jesus, they begged him earnestly, saying, "He is worthy for you to do this for him,

Jesus went with them. When he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, "Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof.

Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and, "God has visited his people!"

John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, "Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?"

When the men had come to him, they said, "John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, 'Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?'"

They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one to another, saying, 'We piped to you, and you didn't dance. We mourned, and you didn't weep.'

It was told him by some saying, "Your mother and your brothers stand outside, desiring to see you."

They came to him, and awoke him, saying, "Master, master, we are dying!" He awoke, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and it was calm.

He said to them, "Where is your faith?" Being afraid they marveled, saying one to another, "Who is this, then, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?"

But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him that he might go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,

While he still spoke, one from the ruler of the synagogue's house came, saying to him, "Your daughter is dead. Don't trouble the Teacher."

But he put them all outside, and taking her by the hand, he called, saying, "Child, arise!"

saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up."

A voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!"

Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.

But they didn't understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!"

Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, in saying this you insult us also."

He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.

He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I don't have room to store my crops?'

When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'

On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, "Get out of here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill you."

Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"

saying, 'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.'

The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them."

When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!'

When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.'

If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him."

They lifted up their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!"

saying, "There was a judge in a certain city who didn't fear God, and didn't respect man.

A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, 'Defend me from my adversary!'

But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'

Jesus summoned them, saying, "Allow the little children to come to me, and don't hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

A certain ruler asked him, saying, "Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they didn't understand the things that were said.

When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, "He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner."

But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, 'We don't want this man to reign over us.'

The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.'

"The second came, saying, 'Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.'

Another came, saying, 'Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,

saying, "Go your way into the village on the other side, in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat. Untie it, and bring it.

saying, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!"

saying, "If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes.

saying to them, "It is written, 'My house is a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of robbers'!"

They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why didn't you believe him?'

"But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.'

He said, "Watch out that you don't get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and, 'The time is at hand.' Therefore don't follow them.

He sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat."

He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and gave to them, saying, "This is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory of me."

Likewise, he took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

saying, "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done."

He denied Jesus, saying, "Woman, I don't know him."

After about one hour passed, another confidently affirmed, saying, "Truly this man also was with him, for he is a Galilean!"

As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,

They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king."

But they insisted, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place."

But they all cried out together, saying, "Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!" --

but they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!"

The people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!"

and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!"

One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, "If you are the Christ, save yourself and us!"

When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, "Certainly this was a righteous man."

saying that the Son of Man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again?"

and when they didn't find his body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.

They urged him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over." He went in to stay with them.

saying, "The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!"