'Serve' in the Bible

Then Jesus said to him, "Go away, Satan! For it is written: 'You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"

"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and began to serve them.

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

He came and raised her up by gently taking her hand. Then the fever left her and she began to serve them.

He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. He gave them to his disciples to serve the people, and he divided the two fish among them all.

Then he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. After he took the seven loaves and gave thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples to serve. So they served the crowd.

They also had a few small fish. After giving thanks for these, he told them to serve these as well.

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, may serve him without fear,

Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"

So he stood over her, commanded the fever, and it left her. Immediately she got up and began to serve them.

Blessed are those slaves whom their master finds alert when he returns! I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, have them take their place at the table, and will come and wait on them!

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money."

Won't the master instead say to him, 'Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink'?

This will be a time for you to serve as witnesses.

If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant will be too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,' said God, 'and after these things they will come out of there and worship me in this place.'

a promise that our twelve tribes hope to attain as they earnestly serve God night and day. Concerning this hope the Jews are accusing me, Your Majesty!

For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve came to me

For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you

But now we have been released from the law, because we have died to what controlled us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit and not under the old written code.

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

it was said to her, "The older will serve the younger,"

For just as in one body we have many members, and not all the members serve the same function,

If it is service, he must serve; if it is teaching, he must teach;

Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I serve the gospel of God like a priest, so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

For these are the kind who do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of the naive.

Don't you know that those who serve in the temple eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar receive a part of the offerings?

I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so that I could serve you!

For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another.

since it was because of the work of Christ that he almost died. He risked his life so that he could make up for your inability to serve me.

because you know that you will receive your inheritance from the Lord as the reward. Serve the Lord Christ.

For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

And these also must be tested first and then let them serve as deacons if they are found blameless.

I wanted to keep him so that he could serve me in your place during my imprisonment for the sake of the gospel.

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?

For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints.

The place where they serve is a sketch and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary, just as Moses was warned by God as he was about to complete the tabernacle. For he says, "See that you make everything according to the design shown to you on the mountain."

We have an altar that those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat from.

Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

and if he turned to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah when he condemned them to destruction, having appointed them to serve as an example to future generations of the ungodly,

You have appointed them as a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth."

For this reason they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple, and the one seated on the throne will shelter them.