'Tell' in the Bible

Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

"But I tell you, my friends, never be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can't do anything more.

I'll show you the one you should be afraid of. Be afraid of the one who has the authority to throw you into hell after killing you. Yes, I tell you, be afraid of him!

"But I tell you, the Son of Man will acknowledge before God's angels everyone who acknowledges me before people.

Someone from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'

Then He said to His disciples: “Therefore I tell you, don’t worry about your life, what you will eat; or about the body, what you will wear.

“Consider how the wildflowers grow: They don’t labor or spin thread. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these!

How blessed are those servants whom the master finds watching for him when he comes! I tell all of you with certainty, he himself will put on an apron, make them sit down at the table, and go around and serve them.

I tell you the truth: He will put him in charge of all his possessions.

Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:

I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.

Now at the same time some had come to tell him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you, many will try to enter and won’t be able

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.'

But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

And I tell you that some now last will then be first, and some now first will then be last."

And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.

See, your house is abandoned to you. And I tell you, you will not see Me until the time comes when you say, ‘He who comes in the name of the Lord is the blessed One’!”

and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, 'Make room for this person.' Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.

But when you are invited, go and sit down at the place of least honor. Then, when your host comes, he will tell you, "Friend, move up higher,' and you will be honored in the presence of everyone who eats with you.

At the time of the banquet, he sent his slave to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, because everything is now ready.’

For I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will enjoy my banquet!’”

I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous people who don’t need repentance.

I tell you, in the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of the unrighteous money so that when it fails, they may welcome you into eternal dwellings.

Pay attention and always be on guard [looking out for one another]! If your brother sins and disregards God’s precepts, solemnly warn him; and if he repents and changes, forgive him.

The Lord said, "If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, 'Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

Instead, will he not tell him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat, get ready, and serve me while I eat and drink; later you can eat and drink’?

They will tell you, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!' Don't go away, nor follow after them,

I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

I tell all of you with certainty, whoever doesn't receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never get into it at all."

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, there is no one who has left his home, wife, brothers, parents, or children because of the kingdom of God

As they were listening to this, He went on to tell a parable because He was near Jerusalem, and they thought the kingdom of God was going to appear right away.

“‘I tell you, that to everyone who has, more will be given; and from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away.

Some of the Pharisees in the crowd told Jesus, "Teacher, tell your disciples to be quiet."

And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?

He answered them, “I will also ask you a question. Tell Me,

And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.

And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went away for a long time.

“I tell you the truth,” He said. “This poor widow has put in more than all of them.

I tell all of you with certainty, this generation won't disappear until all these things take place.

Tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks you, “Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover with My disciples?”’

For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”

For I tell you, from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”

"Simon, Simon, I tell you that Satan has obtained permission to have all of you to sift as wheat is sifted.

And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.

For I tell you, what is written must be fulfilled in Me: And He was counted among the outlaws. Yes, what is written about Me is coming to its fulfillment.”

Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:

But he told them, "If I tell you, you won't believe me, and if I ask you a question, you won't answer me.

Then they will begin to tell the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and tell the hills, 'Cover us.'

Jesus told him, "I tell you with certainty, today you will be with me in Paradise."

Then the two men began to tell what had happened on the road and how they had recognized him when he broke the bread in pieces.

“Who are you, then?” they asked. “We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What can you tell us about yourself?”

Then he told him, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, you will see heaven standing open and the angels of God going up and coming down to the Son of Man."

and didn't need anyone to tell him what people were like, because he himself knew what was in every person.

Jesus replied to him, "Truly, I tell you emphatically, unless a person is born from above he cannot see the kingdom of God."

Jesus answered, "Truly, I tell you emphatically, unless a person is born of water and Spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

Truly, I tell you emphatically, we know what we're talking about, and we testify about what we've seen. Yet you people do not accept our testimony.

If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.

You say, don't you, "In four more months the harvest will begin?' Look, I tell you, open your eyes and observe that the fields are ready for harvesting now!

Jesus told them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the Son can do nothing on his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing, What the Father does, the Son does likewise.

"Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, whoever hears what I say and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged, but has passed from death to life.

Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the time approaches, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.

Jesus replied to them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate the loaves and were completely satisfied.

Jesus told them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.

Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the one who believes in me has eternal life.

So Jesus told them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don't have life in yourselves.

"Master," replied Simon Peter, "to whom shall we go? Your teachings tell us of the Life of the Ages.

If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know whether the teaching is of God or whether I speak on My own accord and by My own authority.

And yet we know this man, and we know where he is from; but as for the Christ, when He comes, no one can tell where He is from."

Does the Scripture not say that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”

Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.

“I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the One who sent Me is true, and what I have heard from Him—these things I tell the world.”

Jesus answered them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, that everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.

I tell the things that I have seen at My Father’s side [in His very presence]; so you also do the things that you heard from your father.”

And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

Who among you can convict Me of sin? If I tell the truth, why don’t you believe Me?

Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death."

Jesus told them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, before there was an Abraham, I AM!"

Then they summoned the man who used to be blind a second time and said to him, "Promise before God to tell the truth. We know that this man is a sinner."

He answered, "And who is he, sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in him."

"Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the person who doesn't enter the sheepfold through the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a bandit.

So again Jesus said, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, I'm the gate for the sheep.

Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.

“I did tell you and you don’t believe,” Jesus answered them. “The works that I do in My Father’s name testify about Me.

Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?”

Now the high priests and the Pharisees had given orders that whoever knew where he was should tell them so that they could arrest him.

Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.

Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it produces a lot of grain.

For I have never spoken on My own initiative or authority, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment regarding what to say and what to speak.