'Yes' in the Bible
Instead, let your message be "Yes' for "Yes' and "No' for "No.' Anything more than that comes from the evil one."
When he had gone into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus asked them, "Do you believe I can do this?" They told him, "Yes, Lord!"
Really, what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and even more than a prophet!
Yes, Father, because this is what was pleasing to you.
"Do you understand all these things?" They told him, "Yes."
She said, "Yes, Lord. But even the puppies eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' tables."
He answered, "Yes." When Peter went home, Jesus spoke to him first and asked him, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings on the earth collect tolls or tributes? From their own subjects, or from foreigners?"
Jesus told them, "Yes! Haven't you ever read, "From the mouths of infants and nursing babies you have created praise'?" Then he left them and went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.
But she answered him, "Yes, Lord. Yet even the puppies under the table eat some of the children's crumbs."
Really, what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and even more than a prophet!
At that moment, the Holy Spirit made Jesus extremely joyful, so Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from wise and intelligent people and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, because this is what was pleasing to you.
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who died between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation!
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!
"Yes, Lord," she told him. "I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who was to come into the world."
You'll be thrown out of the synagogues. Yes, a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he's serving God.
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" Peter told him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." Jesus told him, "Feed my lambs."
Then he asked him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter told him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."
That is why my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices, yes, even my body still rests securely in hope.
It is his name that is, by faith in his name that has healed this man whom you see and know. Yes, the faith that comes through Jesus has given him this perfect health in the presence of all of you.
So Peter asked her, "Tell me, did you sell the land for that price?" She answered, "Yes, that was the price."
So the tribune went and asked Paul, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," he said.
Is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the gentiles, too? Yes, of the gentiles, too,
Yes, they were eager to do this, and in fact they are obligated to help them, for if the gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to be of service to them in material things.
(Oh yes, I also baptized the family of Stephanas. Beyond that, I'm not sure whether I baptized anyone else.)
Isn't he really speaking for our benefit? Yes, this was written for our benefit, because the one who plows should plow in hope, and the one who threshes should thresh in hope of sharing in the crop.
Yes, even those who have died believing in the Messiah are lost.
He has rescued us from a terrible death, and he will continue to rescue us. Yes, he is the one on whom we have set our hope, and he will rescue us again,
When I planned this, I did not do it lightly, did I? Are my plans so fickle that I can say "Yes" and "No" at the same time?
For God's Son, Jesus the Messiah, who was preached among you by us by me, Silvanus, and Timothy was not "Yes" and "No." But with him it is always "Yes."
For all God's promises are "Yes" in him. And so through him we can say "Amen," to the glory of God.
I can testify that by their own free will they have given to the utmost of their ability, yes, even beyond their ability.
I wish you would tolerate a little of my foolishness. Yes, please tolerate me!
Yes, I also ask you, my true partner, to help these women. They have worked hard with me to advance the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.
Above all, brothers, do not swear oaths by heaven, by earth, or by any other object. Instead, let your "Yes" mean yes and your "No" mean no! Otherwise, you may fall under condemnation.
I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write this: How blessed are the dead, that is, those who die in the Lord from now on!" "Yes," says the Spirit. "Let them rest from their labors, for their actions follow them."
Then I heard the altar reply, "Yes, Lord God Almighty, your judgments are true and just."
The one who is testifying to these things says, "Yes, I am coming soon!" Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!