'Allowed' in the Bible

Jesus answered him, “Allow it for now, because this is the way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him to be baptized.

He told them, "It was because of your hardness of heart that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives. But from the beginning it was not this way.

I am allowed to do what I want with my own money, am I not? Or are you envious because I'm generous?'

But be sure of this: if the owner of the house had known when during the night the thief would be coming, he would have stayed awake and not allowed his house to be broken into.

how he entered the house of God in the High-priesthood of Abiathar, and ate the Presented Loaves--which none but the priests are allowed to eat--and gave some to his men also?"

Then He asked them, "Are we allowed to do good on the Sabbath, or to do evil? to save a life, or to destroy one?" They remained silent.

And Jesus immediately allowed them. And the unclean spirits going out entered into the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep slope, into the sea (about two thousand), and were choked in the sea.

Jesus allowed no one to go further with him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.

They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to divorce her."

They replied to them just as Jesus had directed, and they allowed them to go.

how he entered the house of God and took and ate the Presented Loaves and gave some to his followers--loaves which none but the Priests are allowed to eat?"

Then Jesus said to them, "I put it to you all whether we are allowed to do good on the Sabbath, or to do evil; to save a life, or to destroy it."

Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the mountain. The demons begged Jesus to allow them to enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.

When he arrived at the man's house, he allowed no one to go in with him except Peter, John, James, and the young girl's father and mother.

“But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

So Jesus added, "Because of this I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has allowed him to come."

And after these things Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly through fear of the Jews, demanded of Pilate that he might take the body of Jesus: and Pilate allowed it. He came therefore and took away the body of Jesus.

Brethren, let it be allowed to speak with freedom to you concerning the patriarch David, that he has both died and been buried, and his monument is amongst us unto this day.

The Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) took his advice; and after summoning the apostles, they flogged them and ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.

who found favor (grace, spiritual blessing) in the sight of God and asked that he might [be allowed to] find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

"They hung him on a tree and killed him, but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear

In past generations He allowed all the nations to go their own way,

and are advocating customs that we're not allowed to accept or practice as Romans."

Therefore God overlooked and disregarded the former ages of ignorance; but now He commands all people everywhere to repent [that is, to change their old way of thinking, to regret their past sins, and to seek God’s purpose for their lives],

As he was about to be brought into the barracks, Paul said to the commander, “Am I allowed to say something to you?”He replied, “Do you know Greek?

And when he had allowed him, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand to the people; and a great silence having been made, he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,

They listened to him up to this statement, and then they raised their voices and said, “Away with such a fellow from the earth, for he should not be allowed to live!”

The next day we put in at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul kindly and allowed him to go to his friends to receive their care.

And when the barbarians saw the beast hanging from his hand, they said to one another, This man is certainly a murderer, whom, though saved out of the sea, Nemesis has not allowed to live.

When we came into Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself with the soldier who was guarding him.

If, however, a father thinks he is acting unbecomingly towards his still unmarried daughter if she be past the bloom of her youth, and so the matter is urgent, let him do what she desires; he commits no sin; she and her suitor should be allowed to marry.

And all [of them] were baptized into Moses [into his safekeeping as their leader] in the cloud and in the sea;

As in all the churches of the saints, the women must keep silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak out, but must place themselves in submission, as the oral law also says.

With earnest entreaty they begged from us the favour of being allowed to share in the service now being rendered to God's people.

was caught up into paradise. He heard inexpressible words, which a man is not allowed to speak.

and that by [divine] revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I have already written in brief.

But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

They were not allowed to kill them, but were only allowed to torture them for five months. Their torture was like the pain of a scorpion when it stings someone.

The beast was allowed to speak arrogant and blasphemous things, and it was given authority for 42 months.

It was allowed to wage war against the saints and to conquer them. It was also given authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation.

It deceives those living on earth with the signs that it is allowed to do on behalf of the first beast, telling them to make an image for the beast who was wounded by a sword and yet lived.

The second beast was allowed to impart life to the image of the first beast so that the image of the beast could talk and order the execution of those who would not worship the image of the beast.

Thus no one was allowed to buy or sell things unless he bore the mark of the beast -- that is, his name or his number.

The fourth angel poured his bowl on the sun, which then was allowed to burn people with fire,