'Women' in the Bible

Truly I say to you, among [those] born of women there has not arisen [one] greater than John the Baptist. But the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

Now those who ate were about five thousand men, in addition to women and children.

Now those who ate were four thousand men, in addition to women and children.

Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left.

And there were many women there, observing from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him,

But the angel answered [and] said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.

And there were also women observing from a distance, among whom [were] Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and Joses, and Salome,

who used to follow him and serve him when he was in Galilee, and many other [women] who went up with him to Jerusalem.

And she cried out with a loud shout and said, "Blessed [are] you among women, and blessed [is] the fruit of your womb!

I tell you, there is no one greater among [those] born of women than John, but the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

and some women who had been healed of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (who was called Magdalene), from whom seven demons had gone out,

There will be two [women] grinding at the same [place]; one will be taken and the other will be left."

And a great crowd of the people were following him, and of women who were mourning and lamenting him.

And all his acquaintances, and the women who had followed him from Galilee who saw these [things], stood at a distance.

And the women who had been accompanying him from Galilee followed [and] saw the tomb and how his body was placed.

But also some women from among us astonished us, who were at the tomb early in the morning,

And some of those with us went out to the tomb and found [it] like this, just as the women had also said, but him they did not see."

Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?"

All these were busily engaged with one mind in prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus and with his brothers.

And even more believers in the Lord were being added, large numbers of both men and women,

But Saul was attempting to destroy the church. Entering {house after house}, he dragged off both men and women [and] delivered [them] to prison.

But when they believed Philip [as he] was proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were being baptized.

[and] asked for letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, both men and women, he could bring [them] tied up to Jerusalem.

But the Jews incited the devout women of high social standing and the most prominent men of the city, and stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and threw them out of their district.

And on the day of the Sabbath, we went outside the [city] gate beside the river, where we thought there was a place of prayer, and we sat down [and] spoke to the women assembled [there].

And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, and [also] a large number of God-fearing Greeks and not a few of the prominent women.

Therefore many of them believed, and not a few of the prominent Greek women and men.

{I} persecuted this Way to the death, tying up and delivering to prison both men and women,

the women must be silent in the churches, for it is not permitted for them to speak, but they must be in submission, just as the law also says.

which [things] are spoken allegorically, for these [women] are two covenants, one from Mount Sinai, bearing [children] for slavery, who is Hagar.

Likewise also the women should adorn themselves in appropriate clothing, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold jewelry or pearls or expensive clothing,

but with good deeds which are fitting for women who profess godliness.

But reject those {worthless myths told by elderly women}, and train yourself for godliness.

older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.

For from these are those who slip into houses and captivate foolish women loaded down with sins, led by various kinds of desires,

Older women likewise [are to be] reverent in [their] behavior, not slanderous, not enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good,

in order that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands [and to] love their children,

Women received back their dead by resurrection. But others were tortured, not accepting release, in order that they might gain a better resurrection.

For in the [same] way formerly the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves [by] being subject to their own husbands,

and they had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like [the teeth] of lions,

These are those who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. These [are] the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were bought from humanity [as] first fruits to God and to the Lamb,