'Thing' in the Bible

And if you greet only your relatives, that's no great thing you're doing, is it? Even the unbelievers do the same, don't they?

So off they went. He went out again about noon and about three o'clock and did the same thing.

Then the father went to the other son and told him the same thing. He replied, "I will, sir,' but he didn't go.

The same thing happened with the second brother, and then the third, and finally with the rest of the brothers.

But knowing this, Jesus asked them, "Why are you bothering the woman? She has done a beautiful thing for me.

Peter told him, "Even if I have to die with you, I will never deny you!" And all the disciples said the same thing.

After leaving them again, he went away and prayed again for the third time, saying the same thing.

Jesus looked at him and loved him. Then he told him, "You're missing one thing. Go and sell everything you own, give the money to the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me."

But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing for me,

But Peter kept saying emphatically, "Even if I have to die with you, I'll never deny you!" And all the others kept saying the same thing.

So they left the tomb and ran away, overwhelmed by shock and astonishment. They didn't say a thing to anyone, because they were afraid.

But there's only one thing you need. Mary has chosen what is better, and it is not to be taken away from her."

So if you can't do a small thing like that, why worry about other things?

When Jesus heard this, he told him, "You still need to do one thing. Sell everything you have and give the money to the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me."

The king told him, "Well done, good servant! Because you have been trustworthy in a very small thing, take charge of ten cities.'

The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and say to him, "We have found the Anointed One!" (which is translated "Messiah").

But he responded, "I don't know whether he is a sinner or not. The one thing I do know is that I used to be blind and now I can see!"

The man answered them, "This is an amazing thing! You don't know where he comes from, yet he healed my eyes.

Simon Peter told them, "I'm going fishing." They all told him, "We'll go with you, too." So they went out and got into the boat but didn't catch a thing that night.

Meanwhile, some were shouting one thing and some another, since the crowd was confused, and most of them didn't know why they were meeting.

because the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection and that there is no such thing as an angel or spirit, but the Pharisees believe in all those things.

unless it is for the one thing I shouted as I stood among them: "It is for the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.'"

The right thing to do is to avoid eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that makes your brother stumble, upset, or weak.

It is a very small thing to me that I should be examined by you or by any human court. In fact, I don't even evaluate myself.

and those who mourn as though they did not mourn, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they did not own a thing,

I am not saying this on human authority, am I? The Law says the same thing, doesn't it?

The only thing they kept hearing was this: "The man who used to persecute us is now proclaiming the faith he once tried to destroy!"

The only thing they asked us to do was to remember the destitute, the very thing I was eager to do.

I want to learn only one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the actions of the Law or by believing what you heard?

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is the right thing to do.

The only thing that matters is that you continue to live as good citizens in a manner worthy of the gospel of the Messiah. Then, whether I come to see you or whether I stay away, I may hear all about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, struggling with one mind for the faith of the gospel,

Brothers, I do not consider myself to have embraced it yet. But this one thing I do: Forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,

It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God!

Nevertheless, you are doing the right thing if you obey the royal Law in keeping with the Scripture, "You must love your neighbor as yourself."

For it is a fine thing if, when moved by your conscience to please God, you suffer patiently when wronged.

The second angel poured his bowl into the sea. It became like the blood of a dead body, and every living thing in the sea died.