120 occurrences in 11 translations

'Says' in the Bible

And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he says, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.

Verse ConceptsContradictingWho Is John The Baptist?Jesus The Prophet

And, looking at Jesus as he walked, he says, Behold the Lamb of God.

Verse ConceptsLambsAtonement, By Christ AloneWatching Christ

But Jesus having turned, and seeing them following, says to them, What seek ye? And they said to him, Rabbi (which, being interpreted, signifies Teacher), where abidest thou?

Verse ConceptsMoses, Significance OfRabbiTurning RoundChrist SeeingStaying TemporarilyDiscipleshipseekingfollowing

He says to them, Come and see. They went therefore, and saw where he abode; and they abode with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.

Verse ConceptsHourAdventureCalling, Of IndividualsComing To ChristChrist With People On EarthStaying Temporarily

He first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messias (which being interpreted is Christ).

Verse ConceptsFindingWitnessing, Approaches ToNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForFinding PeopleEvangelismmovement

On the morrow he would go forth into Galilee, and Jesus finds Philip, and says to him, Follow me.

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to Jesus ChristChristlikenessdiscipleship, nature ofInstructions About Following

Philip finds Nathanael, and says to him, We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the law, and the prophets, Jesus, the son of Joseph, who is from Nazareth.

Verse ConceptsFindingApostles, DescriptionMoses, Significance OfSonsFinding PeopleChrist And The ScripturesWritten In The ProphetsWritten In The Law

And Nathanael said to him, Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Philip says to him, Come and see.

Verse ConceptsPrejudiceNazarethUncharitablenessComing To ChristUnderestimationNothing GoodBringing Men To Jesus

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and says of him, Behold one truly an Israelite, in whom there is no guile.

Verse ConceptsBehaviourInnocence, Examples OfCharacter Of SaintsGuileDiscernment of JesusChrist SeeingThose Who Deceived

Nathanael says to him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said to him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig-tree, I saw thee.

Verse ConceptsKnowing PeopleJesus Christ, Omniscience OfAwarenessBeforeChrist Seeing

And wine being deficient, the mother of Jesus says to him, They have no wine.

Verse ConceptsShortage Of WineNo FoodFake Friends

Jesus says to her, What have I to do with thee, woman? mine hour has not yet come.

Verse ConceptsUntimelinessNot The TimeWhat Have We In Common?Times Of The Christ

His mother says to the servants, Whatever he may say to you, do.

Verse ConceptsServants Of PeoplemomsWaiting Till Marriage

Jesus says to them, Fill the water-vessels with water. And they filled them up to the brim.

Verse ConceptsDivine Power Over NatureDrinking Water

And he says to them, Draw out now, and carry it to the feast-master. And they carried it.

Verse ConceptsBanquets, CharaceristicsDinnerDrawing Water

and says to him, Every man sets on first the good wine, and when men have well drunk, then the inferior; thou hast kept the good wine till now.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholFirst ActionsProviding WineBad ItemsDrunkenness

A woman comes out of Samaria to draw water. Jesus says to her, Give me to drink

Verse ConceptsOutsidersWaterDrawing WaterMan Providing WaterSocial dutieswoman

The Samaritan woman therefore says to him, How dost thou, being a Jew, ask to drink of me who am a Samaritan woman? for Jews have no intercourse with Samaritans.

Verse ConceptsExclusivenessAskingJews, TheRacial PrejudiceLonelinessOutsidersSamaritansDisfellowshipDiscourtesyOutcastsMan Providing WaterJews Separate From GentilesNo Dealings

The woman says to him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then hast thou the living water?

Verse ConceptsDullnessDeep ThingsDrawing WaterNot EquippedWomen's Strength

The woman says to him, Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst nor come here to draw.

Verse ConceptsMisunderstood TruthDrawing Water

Jesus says to her, Go, call thy husband, and come here.

Verse ConceptsOthers SummoningA Good Husband

The woman answered and said, I have not a husband. Jesus says to her, Thou hast well said, I have not a husband;

Verse ConceptsAdultery, Examples OfUnmarriedBeing A Woman Of GodMan And WomanA Good Husband

Jesus says to her, Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when ye shall neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem worship the Father.

Verse ConceptsProphecies Said By JesusThe Future AgeBelieve In Christ!How To Worship GodThe FatherWorshiping God

The woman says to him, I know that Messias is coming, who is called Christ; when he comes he will tell us all things.

Verse ConceptsMessianic HopeThe Fact Of His Coming

The woman then left her waterpot and went away into the city, and says to the men,

Verse ConceptsWater ContainersAbandoning Thingspotwomanhood

The courtier says to him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

Verse ConceptsBeforePossibility Of DeathRecovery

Jesus says to him, Go, thy son lives. And the man believed the word which Jesus said to him, and went his way.

Verse ConceptsKept Alive By MenThose Who Believed In Christ

Jesus seeing this man lying there, and knowing that he was in that state now a great length of time, says to him, Wouldest thou become well?

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesHealthChrist SeeingChrist Knowing About PeopleAction For A Long TimeHow Healing CameFaith And Healing

Put out of your minds the thought that I will say things against you to the Father: the one who says things against you is Moses, on whom you put your hopes.

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceMoses, Significance OfAccusations, Source OfEffect Of The LawPeople Accusing PeopleThe Fatheraccusations

Jesus then, lifting up his eyes and seeing that a great crowd is coming to him, says to Philip, Whence shall we buy loaves that these may eat?

Verse ConceptsBuying and sellingMoney, Uses OfChrist SeeingPeople Providing Foodautonomy

One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, says to him,

Verse ConceptsAndrew

And when they had been filled, he says to his disciples, Gather together the fragments which are over and above, that nothing may be lost.

Verse ConceptsFrugalityGathering FoodPlenty Through ChristRemaining FoodFilling PeopleNo LossBeing Lostgathering

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written [in Scripture], ‘He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’”

Verse ConceptsDesertsMannaAncestorsGod Acts From HeavenGod Led Them Through The WildernessBread

And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have seen? How is it then that he now says, I have come down from heaven?

Verse ConceptsSonsChrist Going DownChrist And HeavenWho He Might BeNativity of Jesus ChristMothers And Sons

Jesus therefore says to them, My time is not yet come, but your time is always ready.

Verse ConceptsUntimelinessRight Time For PeopleNot The TimeOther TimesTimes Of The Christ

So the Jews said again, “He won’t kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘Where I’m going, you cannot come’?”

Verse ConceptsMisunderstood TruthInstructions About FollowingUnable To Do Other Things

They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus says to them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham;

Verse ConceptsAbrahamAbraham, Family And DescendantsImitating Good PeopleDescendants ofRaising Childrenfatherhoodrehabilitation

They said therefore to him, Where is he? He says, I do not know.

Verse ConceptsNot Knowing About ChristWhere Are People?

Then after this he says to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.

Verse ConceptsChrist Speaking To Disciples

These things said he; and after this he says to them, Lazarus, our friend, is fallen asleep, but I go that I may awake him out of sleep.

Verse ConceptsProphecies Said By JesusIntermediate Stateawakeninglazarus

Jesus says, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of the dead, says to him, Lord, he stinks already, for he is four days there.

Verse ConceptsDead bodiesCorruption Of BodyembalmingdoubtersSmellsUnbelief, And Life Of FaithFour Or Five Dayslazarus

And the dead came forth, bound feet and hands with graveclothes, and his face was bound round with a handkerchief. Jesus says to them, Loose him and let him go.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadClothembalmingBurials, FeaturesCovering NakednessLinenNapkinsTying Uplazarus

One of his disciples therefore, Judas son of Simon, Iscariote, who was about to deliver him up, says,

Verse ConceptsJudas Betraying ChristOther References To The Disciples

And Jesus, having procured a young ass, sat upon it, just as the Scripture says,

Verse ConceptsYoung AnimalRiding DonkeysThe scriptures

Then the people in answer said to him, The law says that the Christ will have life without end: how say you then that it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?

Verse ConceptsCrowdsJesus Christ, Eternity OfPermanenceForetelling Christ's DeathWho Is Jesus?Christ's Crucifixion ForetoldGod Is UnchangingMinistry Of The Son Of Man

And I have knowledge that his order is eternal life: so that the things which I say, I say them even as the Father says them to me.

Verse ConceptsJesus Christ, Relation To FatherLife By God's WordThe Fathereternity

He comes therefore to Simon Peter; and he says to him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

Verse ConceptsClean FeetCare Of Feetimpulsiveness

Peter says to him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, Unless I wash thee, thou hast not part with me.

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In ChristUnworthinessNeverClean FeetCare Of FeetUnrelated People

Simon Peter says to him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.

Verse ConceptsHeadsCare Of Feet

Jesus says to him, He that is washed all over needs not to wash save his feet, but is wholly clean; and ye are clean, but not all.

Verse ConceptsBathing, For CleansingPurity, Moral And SpiritualClean FeetCare Of Feetcleansing

I am not speaking of all of you. I know whom I have chosen, but things are as they are in order that the Scripture may be fulfilled, which says, 'He who eats my bread has lifted up his heel against me.'

Verse Conceptselection, responsibilities ofGospel, Confirmation OfHeelsReward, HumanProphecies Concerning ChristOld Testament People As TypesChosen DisciplesGod Knowing His PeopleScriptures FulfilledUnfaithfulFulfilled Prophecies Prove InspirationSharingTrust In Relationships

But he, leaning on the breast of Jesus, says to him, Lord, who is it?

Verse ConceptsReclining To EatWho Is The One?breasts

And, after the morsel, then entered Satan into him. Jesus therefore says to him, What thou doest, do quickly.

Verse ConceptsJudas IscariotSuffering, Of Jesus ChristDemons EnteringThose DemonisedWork Soon DoneSatanResolving ConflictDemonic Influence

When therefore he was gone out Jesus says, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.

Verse ConceptsGlorifying GodJesus As Son Of ManMinistry Of The Son Of Man

Simon Peter says to him, Lord, where goest thou? Jesus answered him, Where I go thou canst not follow me now, but thou shalt follow me after.

Verse ConceptsFollowing Jesus ChristInstructions About FollowingUnable To Do Other ThingsWhere To?

Thomas says to him, Lord, we know not where thou goest, and how can we know the way?

Verse ConceptsKnowing God's WaysNot Knowing About ChristWhere To?

Philip says to him, Lord, shew us the Father and it suffices us.

Verse ConceptsProofsThe Fatherfatherhood

Judas, not the Iscariote, says to him, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself to us and not to the world?

Verse ConceptsApostles, DescriptionMaking Christ Known

Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, What is this he says to us, A little while and ye do not behold me; and again a little while and ye shall see me, and, Because I go away to the Father?

Verse ConceptsJesus Returning To The FatherSeeing The Risen ChristNot Seeing ChristThe Disciples WordsChrist's Short LifeShort Time Till The EndThe Father

They said therefore, What is this which he says of the little while? We do not know of what he speaks.

Verse ConceptsCommunicationA Short TimeMeaningBeing Without UnderstandingSaying RepeatedlyShort Time For Action

They answered him, Jesus the Nazaraean. Jesus says to them, I am he. And Judas also, who delivered him up, stood with them.

Verse ConceptsThe Existence Of ChristJudas Betraying ChristThis Is Me

The maid therefore, who was porteress, says to Peter, Art thou also of the disciples of this man? He says, I am not.

Verse ConceptsDoorkeepersOther References To The Disciples

One of the bondmen of the high priest, who was kinsman of him whose ear Peter cut off, says, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?

Verse ConceptsConfrontationSevering Body PartsChrist With People On Earth

Pilate says to him, What is truth? And having said this he went out again to the Jews, and says to them, I find no fault whatever in him.

Verse ConceptsAgnosticismWhat Is This?Jews

And Pilate went out again and says to them, Lo, I bring him out to you, that ye may know that I find in him no fault whatever.

Verse ConceptsAccusations, Against ChristJesus Christ, Sinlessness

(Jesus therefore went forth without, wearing the crown of thorn, and the purple robe.) And he says to them, Behold the man!

Verse ConceptsCrown Of ThornsOuter GarmentsPurple ClothesWho He Might Becrowns

When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him they cried out saying, Crucify, crucify him. Pilate says to them, Take him ye and crucify him, for I find no fault in him.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsAccusations, Against ChristCorrupt PriestsChrist Would Be KilledThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

and went into the praetorium again and says to Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.

Verse ConceptsSilenceChrist Being SilentWhere From?

Pilate therefore says to him, Speakest thou not to me? Dost thou not know that I have authority to release thee and have authority to crucify thee?

Verse ConceptsHuman Authority, Nature OfCourage, Examples OfChrist Being SilentAuthority Delegated To PeoplePeople Releasing Others

(now it was the preparation of the passover; it was about the sixth hour;) and he says to the Jews, Behold your king!

Verse ConceptsPreparing Food

But they cried out, Take him away, take him away, crucify him. Pilate says to them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsDuplicating WordsDriving Out ChristChrist Would Be Killed

So they said to one another, “Let’s not tear it, but cast lots for it, to see who gets it.” They did this to fulfill the Scripture that says: They divided My clothes among themselves, and they cast lots for My clothing. And this is what the soldiers did.

Verse ConceptsGospel, Confirmation OfGamblingChrist's Fulfilment Of ProphecyOuter GarmentsNot Tearing ClothesScriptures Fulfilled

Jesus therefore, seeing his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, says to his mother, Woman, behold thy son.

Verse ConceptsLoving Your MotherThe Beloved DiscipleChrist SeeingChrist's LovemomsMothers Love For Her ChildrenThe CrossMothers And SonsDeath Of A Mother

Then he says unto the disciple, Behold thy mother. And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.

Verse ConceptsAttitude Towards Your MotherIndividuals going homemomsMothers Love For Her Children

And he who saw it bears witness, and his witness is true, and he knows that he says true that ye also may believe.

Verse ConceptsGospel, Confirmation OfReliabilityContemporary Witness To ChristTelling The TruthWitnessingtestimonytestifying

Also, another Scripture says: They will look at the One they pierced.

Verse ConceptsGospel, Confirmation OfScripture Says

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