'Words' in the Bible

And with these words he gave them teaching, saying,

But let your words be simply, Yes or No: and whatever is more than these is of the Evil One.

And in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words.

Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;

And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;

And it came about, when Jesus had come to the end of these words, that the people were surprised at his teaching,

And when these words came to the ears of Jesus he was surprised, and said to those who came after him, Truly I say to you, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.

But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.

And whoever will not take you in, or give ear to your words, when you go out from that house or that town, put off its dust from your feet.

Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you.

But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is for mercy and not for offerings, you would not have been judging those who have done no wrong.

So I say to you, Every sin and every evil word against God will have forgiveness; but for evil words against the Spirit there will be no forgiveness.

You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth.

For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and by your words you will be judged.

And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not.

And he gave orders for the people to be seated on the grass; and he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing, and made division of the food, and gave it to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.

And he got the people together and said to them, Give ear, and let my words be clear to you:

Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears?

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:

And at these words the disciples went down on their faces in great fear.

And it came about that after saying these words, Jesus went away from Galilee, and came into the parts of Judaea on the other side of Jordan.

Then some people took little children to him, so that he might put his hands on them in blessing: and the disciples said sharp words to them.

But hearing these words the young man went away sorrowing: for he had much property.

Now this took place so that these words of the prophet might come true,

Then the Pharisees went and had a meeting to see how they might make use of his words to take him.

And words of respect in the market-places, and to be named by men, Teacher.

Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.

And when Jesus had come to the end of all these words, he said to his disciples,

Then the high priest, violently parting his robes, said, He has said evil against God: what more need have we of witnesses? for now his words against God have come to your ears:

And those who went by said bitter words to him, shaking their heads and saying,

And the thieves who were on the crosses said evil words to him.

The first words of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Truly, I say to you, The sons of men will have forgiveness for all their sins and for all the evil words they say:

But Jesus, giving no attention to their words, said to the ruler of the Synagogue, Have no fear, only have faith.

And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them; and when the cakes were broken, he gave them to the disciples to put before the people; and he made division of the two fishes among them all.

And turning to the people again, he said to them, Give ear to me all of you, and let my words be clear to you:

The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts:

And his ears became open, and the band of his tongue was made loose, and his words became clear.

Whoever has a feeling of shame because of me and my words in this false and evil generation, the Son of man will have a feeling of shame because of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

And they took to him little children, so that he might put his hands on them: and the disciples said sharp words to them.

And the disciples were full of wonder at his words. But Jesus said to them again, Children, how hard it is for those who put faith in wealth to come into the kingdom of God!

And they said to them the words which Jesus had said; and they let them go.

And he said to it, Let no man take fruit from you for ever. And his disciples took note of his words.

Then they sent to him certain of the Pharisees and the Herodians, so that they might make use of his words to take him by a trick.

Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.

And again he went away, and said a prayer, using the same words.

His words against God have come to your ears: what is your opinion? And they all said it was right for him to be put to death.

And later he was seen by the eleven themselves while they were taking food; and he said sharp words to them because they had no faith and their hearts were hard, and because they had no belief in those who had seen him after he had come back from the dead.

So then the Lord Jesus, after he had said these words to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God.

And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose place is before God; I have been sent to say these words to you and to give you this good news.

Now, see, you will be without voice or language till the day when these things come about, because you had not faith in my words, which will have effect at the right time.

And when he came out he was not able to say anything, and they saw that he had seen a vision in the Temple; and he was making signs to them without words.

But she was greatly troubled at his words, and said to herself, What may be the purpose of these words?

And his father, Zacharias, was full of the Holy Spirit, and with the voice of a prophet said these words:

But Mary kept all these words in her heart, and gave much thought to them.

And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said;

And after three days they came across him in the Temple, seated among the wise men, giving ear to their words and putting questions to them.

And his words seemed strange to them.

And he went down with them and came to Nazareth; and did as he was ordered: and his mother kept all these words in her heart.

As it says in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

And so comforting them with these and other words, he gave the good news to the people;

And they were all giving witness, with wonder, to the words of grace which came from his mouth: and they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

And wonder came on them all and they said to one another, What are these words? for with authority and power he gives orders to the evil spirits and they come out.

But news of him went out all the more, in every direction, and great numbers of people came together to give hearing to his words and to be made well from their diseases.

Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man.

The good man, out of the good store of his heart, gives good things; and the evil man, out of his evil store, gives evil: for out of the full store of the heart come the words of the mouth.

Everyone who comes to me and gives ear to my words and does them, I will make clear to you what he is like:

After he had come to the end of all his words in the hearing of the people, he went into Capernaum.

And the dead man got up, and words came from his lips. And he gave him to his mother.

And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear.

But Jesus at these words said to him, Have no fear, only have faith, and she will be made well.

And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them, and when they had been broken, he gave them to the disciples to give to the people.

For if any man has a feeling of shame because of me or of my words, the Son of man will have shame because of him when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

Let these words go deep into your ears, for the Son of man will be given up into the hands of men.

But turning round he said sharp words to them.

And she had a sister, by name Mary, who took her seat at the Lord's feet and gave attention to his words.

A curse is on you, Pharisees! for your desires are for the most important seats in the Synagogues and for words of respect said to you in the market-place.

And watching him, for a chance to get something from his words which might be used against him.

And if anyone says a word against the Son of man, he will have forgiveness: but for him who says evil words against the Holy Spirit, there will be no forgiveness.

And Peter said to him, Lord, are these words said to us only, or to all men?

And, hearing these words, one of those who were at table with him said to him, Happy is the man who will be a guest in the kingdom of God.

And the Lord said, Give ear to the words of the evil judge.

The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.

And they took their children to him, so that he might put his hands on them: but when the disciples saw it, they said sharp words to them

But at these words he became very sad, for he had great wealth.

But they did not take in the sense of any of these words, and what he said was not clear to them, and their minds were not able to see it.

And while they were giving ear to these words, he made another story for them, because he was near Jerusalem, and because they were of the opinion that the kingdom of God was coming straight away.

He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed;

But they were not able to do anything, because the people all kept near him, being greatly interested in his words.

And they kept watch on him, and sent out secret representatives, who were acting the part of good men, in order that they might get something from his words, on account of which they might give him up to the government and into the power of the ruler.

And they put a question to him, saying, Master, we are certain that your teaching and your words are right, and that you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God:

And they were not able to get anything from these words before the people: but they were full of wonder at his answer, and said nothing.

Keep away from the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes, and to have words of respect said to them in the market-places, and to take the chief seats in the Synagogues and the first places at feasts;

For I will give you words and wisdom, so that not one of those who are against you will be able to get the better of you, or to put you in the wrong.

Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.

And all the people came early in the morning to give ear to his words in the Temple.

For I say to you that these words will be put into effect in me, And he was numbered among the evil-doers: for what has been said in the Writings about me has an end.

And while he was saying these words, there came a band of people, and Judas, one of the twelve, was in front of them, and he came near to Jesus to give him a kiss.

And Peter said, Man, I have no knowledge of these things of which you are talking. And straight away, while he was saying these words, there came the cry of a cock.