'Began' in the Bible

In the wilderness John the baptizer began preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Then they went to Capernaum. When the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.

He came and raised her up by gently taking her hand. Then the fever left her and she began to serve them.

But as the man went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still they kept coming to him from everywhere.

Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples began to pick some heads of wheat as they made their way.

So the Pharisees went out immediately and began plotting with the Herodians, as to how they could assassinate him.

Again he began to teach by the lake. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there while the whole crowd was on the shore by the lake.

So he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him, and all were amazed.

And they began making fun of him. But he put them all outside and he took the child's father and mother and his own companions and went into the room where the child was.

The girl got up at once and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). They were completely astonished at this.

When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue. Many who heard him were astonished, saying, "Where did he get these ideas? And what is this wisdom that has been given to him? What are these miracles that are done through his hands?

Jesus called the twelve and began to send them out two by two. He gave them authority over the unclean spirits.

They ran through that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever he was rumored to be.

Then he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. After he took the seven loaves and gave thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples to serve. So they served the crowd.

Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, asking for a sign from heaven to test him.

So they began to discuss with one another about having no bread.

Then Jesus began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

He spoke openly about this. So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

Peter began to speak to him, "Look, we have left everything to follow you!"

They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem. Jesus was going ahead of them, and they were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what was going to happen to him.

When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

Then they came to Jerusalem. Jesus entered the temple area and began to drive out those who were selling and buying in the temple courts. He turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves,

Then he began to teach them and said, "Is it not written: 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations'? But you have turned it into a den of robbers!"

Then he began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

Jesus began to say to them, "Watch out that no one misleads you.

When they heard this, they were delighted and promised to give him money. So Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

Then some began to spit on him, and to blindfold him, and to strike him with their fists, saying, "Prophesy!" The guards also took him and beat him.

When the slave girl saw him, she began again to say to the bystanders, "This man is one of them."

Then he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, "I do not know this man you are talking about!"

Then the chief priests began to accuse him repeatedly.

Then the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to release a prisoner for them, as was his custom.

They began to salute him: "Hail, king of the Jews!"