'Able' in the Bible

And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

And behold, a leper came up to him and did him homage, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou art able to cleanse me.

And there met him, when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gergesenes, two possessed by demons, coming out of the tombs, exceeding dangerous, so that no one was able to pass by that way.

And when he was come to the house, the blind men came to him. And Jesus says to them, Do ye believe that I am able to do this? They say to him, Yea, Lord.

And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

And I brought him to thy disciples, and they were not able to heal him.

Then the disciples, coming to Jesus apart, said to him, Why were not we able to cast him out?

for there are eunuchs which have been born thus from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs of men; and there are eunuchs who have made eunuchs of themselves for the sake of the kingdom of the heavens. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

And Jesus answering said, Ye know not what ye ask. Can ye drink the cup which I am about to drink? They say to him, We are able.

And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did any one dare from that day to question him any more.

And he comes to the disciples and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, Thus ye have not been able to watch one hour with me?

and said, He said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and in three days build it.

and, not being able to get near to him on account of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was, and having dug it up they let down the couch on which the paralytic lay.

Why does this man thus speak? he blasphemes. Who is able to forgive sins except God alone?

And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear,

who had his dwelling in the tombs; and no one was able to bind him, not even with chains;

because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn asunder by him, and the fetters were shattered; and no one was able to subdue him.

And his disciples answered him, Whence shall one be able to satisfy these with bread here in a desert place?

But Jesus said, Forbid him not; for there is no one who shall do a miracle in my name, and be able soon after to speak ill of me;

And Jesus said to them, Ye do not know what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup which I drink, or be baptised with the baptism that I am baptised with?

And they said to him, We are able. And Jesus said to them, The cup that I drink ye will drink and with the baptism that I am baptised with ye will be baptised,

And he comes and finds them sleeping. And he says to Peter, Simon, dost thou sleep? Hast thou not been able to watch one hour?

and behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, till the day in which these things shall take place, because thou hast not believed my words, the which shall be fulfilled in their time.

Produce therefore fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not to say in yourselves, We have Abraham for our father, for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

And it came to pass as he was in one of the cities, that behold, there was a man full of leprosy, and seeing Jesus, falling upon his face, he besought him saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou art able to cleanse me.

And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason in their minds, saying, Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who is able to forgive sins but God alone?

Strive with earnestness to enter in through the narrow door, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.

And they were not able to answer him to these things.

in order that, having laid the foundation of it, and not being able to finish it, all who see it do not begin to mock at him,

saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish?

Or what king, going on his way to engage in war with another king, does not, sitting down first, take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him coming against him with twenty thousand?

And the steward said within himself, What shall I do; for my lord is taking the stewardship from me? I am not able to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

And they were not able to take hold of him in his expressions before the people, and, wondering at his answer, they were silent.

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your opposers shall not be able to reply to or resist.

If this man were not of God he would be able to do nothing.

but if it be from God, ye will not be able to put them down, lest ye be found also fighters against God.

And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

And he said, How should I then be able unless some one guide me? And he begged Philip to come up and sit with him.

If then God has given them the same gift as also to us when we had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who indeed was I to be able to forbid God?

Now therefore why tempt ye God, by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

For also we are in danger to be put in accusation for sedition for this affair of to-day, no cause existing in reference to which we shall be able to give a reason for this concourse.

And now I commit you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and give to you an inheritance among all the sanctified.

And different persons cried some different thing in the crowd. But he, not being able to know the certainty on account of the uproar, commanded him to be brought into the fortress.

And when he was come, the Jews who were come down from Jerusalem stood round, bringing many and grievous charges which they were not able to prove:

And the ship being caught and driven, and not able to bring her head to the wind, letting her go we were driven before it.

But running under the lee of a certain island called Clauda, we were with difficulty able to make ourselves masters of the boat;

And when it was day they did not recognise the land; but they perceived a certain bay having a strand, on which they were minded, if they should be able, to run the ship ashore;

But the centurion, desirous of saving Paul, hindered them of their purpose, and commanded those who were able to swim, casting themselves first into the sea, to get out on land;

and being fully persuaded that what he has promised he is able also to do;

nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And they too, if they abide not in unbelief, shall be grafted in; for God is able again to graft them in.

Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? to his own master he stands or falls. And he shall be made to stand; for the Lord is able to make him stand.

But I am persuaded, my brethren, I myself also, concerning you, that yourselves also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

Now to him that is able to establish you, according to my glad tidings and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, as to which silence has been kept in the times of the ages,

And I, brethren, have not been able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly; as to babes in Christ.

I have given you milk to drink, not meat, for ye have not yet been able, nor indeed are ye yet able;

I speak to you to put you to shame. Thus there is not a wise person among you, not even one, who shall be able to decide between his brethren!

No temptation has taken you but such as is according to man's nature; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able to bear, but will with the temptation make the issue also, so that ye should be able to bear it.

who encourages us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to encourage those who are in any tribulation whatever, through the encouragement with which we ourselves are encouraged of God.

But God is able to make every gracious gift abound towards you, that, having in every way always all-sufficiency, ye may abound to every good work:

Is then the law against the promises of God? Far be the thought. For if a law had been given able to quicken, then indeed righteousness were on the principle of law;

in order that ye may be fully able to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and depth and height;

But to him that is able to do far exceedingly above all which we ask or think, according to the power which works in us,

Put on the panoply of God, that ye may be able to stand against the artifices of the devil:

For this reason take to you the panoply of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having accomplished all things, to stand.

besides all these, having taken the shield of faith with which ye will be able to quench all the inflamed darts of the wicked one.

Wherefore, being no longer able to refrain ourselves, we thought good to be left alone in Athens,

For this reason I also, no longer able to refrain myself, sent to know your faith, lest perhaps the tempter had tempted you and our labour should be come to nothing.

who only has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor is able to see; to whom be honour and eternal might. Amen.

For which cause also I suffer these things; but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep for that day the deposit I have entrusted to him.

always learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

and that from a child thou hast known the sacred letters, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

clinging to the faithful word according to the doctrine taught, that he may be able both to encourage with sound teaching and refute gainsayers.

for, in that himself has suffered, being tempted, he is able to help those that are being tempted.

For we have not a high priest not able to sympathise with our infirmities, but tempted in all things in like manner, sin apart.

being able to exercise forbearance towards the ignorant and erring, since he himself also is clothed with infirmity;

Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up both supplications and entreaties to him who was able to save him out of death, with strong crying and tears; (and having been heard because of his piety;)

Whence also he is able to save completely those who approach by him to God, always living to intercede for them.

counting that God was able to raise him even from among the dead, whence also he received him in a figure.

(for they were not able to bear what was enjoined: And if a beast should touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;

Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness and abounding of wickedness, accept with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

For we all often offend. If any one offend not in word, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body too.

One is the lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou who judgest thy neighbour?

But to him that is able to keep you without stumbling, and to set you with exultation blameless before his glory,

And no one was able in the heaven, or upon the earth, or underneath the earth, to open the book, or to regard it.

because the great day of his wrath is come, and who is able to stand?

and that no one should be able to buy or sell save he that had the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of its name.