'Told' in the Bible

So he told them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.

They replied as Jesus had told them, and the bystanders let them go.

Now they wanted to arrest him (but they feared the crowd), because they realized that he told this parable against them. So they left him and went away.

Be careful! I have told you everything ahead of time.

I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her."

He sent two of his disciples and told them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him.

So the disciples left, went into the city, and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

But go, tell his disciples, even Peter, that he is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you."

She went out and told those who were with him, while they were mourning and weeping.

They went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.

When they saw him, they related what they had been told about this child,

So the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told.

He told them, "Collect no more than you are required to."

Then some soldiers also asked him, "And as for us -- what should we do?" He told them, "Take money from no one by violence or by false accusation, and be content with your pay."

He also told them a parable: "No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, he will have torn the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.

He also told them a parable: "Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? Won't they both fall into a pit?

So he was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you."

Those who had seen it told them how the man who had been demon-possessed had been healed.

But when Jesus heard this, he told him, "Do not be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed."

Her spirit returned, and she got up immediately. Then he told them to give her something to eat.

When the apostles returned, they told Jesus everything they had done. Then he took them with him and they withdrew privately to a town called Bethsaida.

After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. So they kept silent and told no one at that time anything of what they had seen.

He then told them a parable: "The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,

Now there were some present on that occasion who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

Then Jesus told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.

Then when Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. He said to them,

So Jesus told them this parable:

He won't thank the slave because he did what he was told, will he?

Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.

Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.

They told him, "Jesus the Nazarene is passing by."

So those who were sent ahead found it exactly as he had told them.

Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.

Then he told them a parable: "Look at the fig tree and all the other trees.

So they went and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

So they said, "Look, Lord, here are two swords." Then he told them, "It is enough."

He is not here, but has been raised! Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee,

and when they returned from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.

Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles.

Then they told what had happened on the road, and how they recognized him when he broke the bread.

He first found his own brother Simon and told him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is translated Christ).

Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also wrote about -- Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

Jesus said to him, "Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these."

His mother told the servants, "Whatever he tells you, do it."

Jesus told the servants, "Fill the water jars with water." So they filled them up to the very top.

Then he told them, "Now draw some out and take it to the head steward," and they did.

If I have told you people about earthly things and you don't believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

"Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Surely he can't be the Messiah, can he?"

Now many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the report of the woman who testified, "He told me everything I ever did."

Jesus told him, "Go home; your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and set off for home.

While he was on his way down, his slaves met him and told him that his son was going to live.

So he asked them the time when his condition began to improve, and they told him, "Yesterday at one o'clock in the afternoon the fever left him."

So he told them, "My Father is working until now, and I too am working."

Then Jesus told them, "I tell you the solemn truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven.

But I told you that you have seen me and still do not believe.

So Jesus added, "Because of this I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has allowed him to come."

Thus I told you that you will die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."

So they said to him, "Who are you?" Jesus replied, "What I have told you from the beginning.

But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth I heard from God. Abraham did not do this!

He replied, "The man called Jesus made mud, smeared it on my eyes and told me, 'Go to Siloam and wash.' So I went and washed, and was able to see."

He answered, "I told you already and you didn't listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You people don't want to become his disciples too, do you?"

Jesus told him, "You have seen him; he is the one speaking with you."

Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

Jesus replied, "I told you and you do not believe. The deeds I do in my Father's name testify about me.

Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus has died,

Philip went and told Andrew, and they both went and told Jesus.

And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me."

There are many dwelling places in my Father's house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you.

I have told you now before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe.

I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete.

Remember what I told you, 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours too.

"I have told you all these things so that you will not fall away.

But I have told you these things so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them. "I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you.

"I have told you these things in obscure figures of speech; a time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in obscure figures, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courage -- I have conquered the world."

They replied, "Jesus the Nazarene." He told them, "I am he." (Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, was standing there with them.)

Jesus replied, "I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, let these men go."

Pilate told them, "Take him yourselves and pass judgment on him according to your own law!" The Jewish leaders replied, "We cannot legally put anyone to death."

Jesus replied, "Are you saying this on your own initiative, or have others told you about me?"

So she went running to Simon Peter and the other disciple whom Jesus loved and told them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him!"

Mary Magdalene came and informed the disciples, "I have seen the Lord!" And she told them what Jesus had said to her.

The other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he replied, "Unless I see the wounds from the nails in his hands, and put my finger into the wounds from the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe it!"

Simon Peter told them, "I am going fishing." "We will go with you," they replied. They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

He told them, "Throw your net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they threw the net, and were not able to pull it in because of the large number of fish.

Then when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these do?" He replied, "Yes, Lord, you know I love you." Jesus told him, "Feed my lambs."

Jesus said a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He replied, "Yes, Lord, you know I love you." Jesus told him, "Shepherd my sheep."

(Now Jesus said this to indicate clearly by what kind of death Peter was going to glorify God.) After he said this, Jesus told Peter, "Follow me."

He told them, "You are not permitted to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.

Peter then told her, "Why have you agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out!"

But stand up and enter the city and you will be told what you must do."

Then the Lord told him, "Get up and go to the street called 'Straight,' and at Judas' house look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. For he is praying,

The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man's house.

When she recognized Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed she did not open the gate, but ran back in and told them that Peter was standing at the gate.

After we located the disciples, we stayed there seven days. They repeatedly told Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.

take them and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself live in conformity with the law.

So I asked, 'What should I do, Lord?' The Lord said to me, 'Get up and go to Damascus; there you will be told about everything that you have been designated to do.'

the commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way.

But when the son of Paul's sister heard about the ambush, he came and entered the barracks and told Paul.

Therefore keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will be just as I have been told.

but as it is written: "Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand."