'Able' in the Bible

And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.

and having come out, he was not able to speak to them, and they perceived that a vision he had seen in the sanctuary, and he was beckoning to them, and did remain dumb.

For there is nothing which God is not able to do.

Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

And it came to pass, in his being in one of the cities, that lo, a man full of leprosy, and having seen Jesus, having fallen on his face, he besought him, saying, 'Sir, if thou mayest will, thou art able to cleanse me;'

And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, 'Who is this that doth speak evil words? who is able to forgive sins, except God only?'

And he said unto them, 'Are ye able to make the sons of the bride-chamber -- in the bridegroom being with them -- to fast?

And the scribes and Pharisees were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath, so that they might be able to say something against him.

And he spake a simile to them, 'Is blind able to lead blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?

or how art thou able to say to thy brother, Brother, suffer, I may take out the mote that is in thine eye -- thyself the beam in thine own eye not beholding? Hypocrite, take first the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to take out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.

he is like to a man building a house, who did dig, and deepen, and laid a foundation upon the rock, and a flood having come, the stream broke forth on that house, and was not able to shake it, for it had been founded upon the rock.

[When] they were not able to repay [him], he forgave [the debts] of both. Now which of them will love him more?"

And there came unto him his mother and brethren, and they were not able to get to him because of the multitude,

and a woman, having an issue of blood for twelve years, who, having spent on physicians all her living, was not able to be healed by any,

And when the woman saw that she was not able to keep it secret, she came, shaking with fear, and falling down before him she made clear before all the people the reason for her touching him, and how she was made well straight away.

But Jesus, hearing this, answered him, “Do not be afraid any longer; only believe and trust [in Me and have faith in My ability to do this], and she will be made well.”

and I besought thy disciples that they might cast it out, and they were not able.'

But this saying was not clear to them and its sense was kept secret from them so that they were not able to see it: and they had fear of questioning him about it.

and he from within answering may say, Do not give me trouble, already the door hath been shut, and my children with me are in the bed, I am not able, having risen, to give to thee.

If, then, you who are evil are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who make request to him?

But if you give to the poor such things as you are able, then all things are clean to you.

And I say to you, my friends, Have no fear of those who may put the body to death, and are able to do no more than that.

and who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?

and lo, there was a woman having a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bowed together, and not able to bend back at all,

Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

and they were not able to answer him again unto these things.

and you will be blessed, because they are not able to repay you. For it will be paid back to you at the resurrection of the righteous."

And they all gave reasons why they were not able to come. The first said to him, I have got a new field, and it is necessary for me to go and see it: I am full of regret that I am unable to come.

and another said, A wife I married, and because of this I am not able to come.

'If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;

and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.

Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

'So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.

And the steward said in himself, What shall I do, because my lord doth take away the stewardship from me? to dig I am not able, to beg I am ashamed: --

'No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.'

and besides all these things, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that they who are willing to go over from hence unto you are not able, nor do they from thence to us pass through.

And those who heard, said, 'And who is able to be saved?'

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.

What would you have me do for you? And he said, Lord, that I may be able to see again.

And straight away he was able to see, and he went after him, giving glory to God; and all the people when they saw it gave praise to God.

He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was not able because of the crowd, since he was a short man.

Saying, If you, even you, had knowledge today, of the things which give peace! but you are not able to see them.

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

They were not able to catch Him in what He said in public, and being amazed at His answer, they became silent.

for neither are they able to die any more -- for they are like messengers -- and they are sons of God, being sons of the rising again.

For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.