'Even' in the Bible

For to the one who has, it will be given, and from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.”

And they were terrified and asked one another, “Who then is this? Even the wind and the sea obey Him!”

He lived in the tombs. No one was able to restrain him anymore—even with chains—

He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a remote place and rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

But she replied to Him, “Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

They were extremely astonished and said, “He has done everything well! He even makes deaf people hear, and people unable to speak, talk!”

Then He sent him home, saying, “Don’t even go into the village.”

So they were even more astonished, saying to one another, “Then who can be saved?”

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life—a ransom for many.”

Peter told Him, “Even if everyone runs away, I will certainly not!”

Yet their testimony did not agree even on this.

Then some began to spit on Him, to blindfold Him, and to beat Him, saying, “Prophesy!” The temple police also took Him and slapped Him.

Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe.” Even those who were crucified with Him were taunting Him.

And consider your relative Elizabeth—even she has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called childless.

Even now the ax is ready to strike the root of the trees! Therefore, every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

But the news about Him spread even more, and large crowds would come together to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

how he entered the house of God, and took and ate the sacred bread, which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat? He even gave some to those who were with him.”

If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.

If you do what is good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that.

And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners to be repaid in full.

That is why I didn’t even consider myself worthy to come to You. But say the word, and my servant will be cured.

Jesus heard this and was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following Him, He said, “I tell you, I have not found so great a faith even in Israel!”

Those who were at the table with Him began to say among themselves, “Who is this man who even forgives sins?”

Therefore take care how you listen. For whoever has, more will be given to him; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”

He said to them, “Where is your faith?”They were fearful and amazed, asking one another, “Who can this be? He commands even the winds and the waves, and they obey Him!”

‘We are wiping off as a witness against you even the dust of your town that clings to our feet. Know this for certain: The kingdom of God has come near.’

The Seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”

I tell you, even though he won’t get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his friend’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

He said, “Even more, those who hear the word of God and keep it are blessed!”

If then you’re not able to do even a little thing, why worry about the rest?

“Consider how the wildflowers grow: They don’t labor or spin thread. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these!

If he comes in the middle of the night, or even near dawn, and finds them alert, those slaves are blessed.

But the one who did not know and did things deserving of blows will be beaten lightly. Much will be required of everyone who has been given much. And even more will be expected of the one who has been entrusted with more.

He told the vineyard worker, ‘Listen, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it even waste the soil?’

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, and even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

“For a while he was unwilling, but later he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or respect man,

The Pharisee took his stand and was praying like this: ‘God, I thank You that I’m not like other people —greedy, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest and saying, ‘God, turn Your wrath from me—a sinner!’

Some people were even bringing infants to Him so He might touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

“‘I tell you, that to everyone who has, more will be given; and from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away.

Moses even indicated in the passage about the burning bush that the dead are raised, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.

You will even be betrayed by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will kill some of you.

But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where He started even to here.”

The people stood watching, and even the leaders kept scoffing: “He saved others; let Him save Himself if this is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One!”

But the other answered, rebuking him: “Don’t you even fear God, since you are undergoing the same punishment?

“Sir,” said the woman, “You don’t even have a bucket, and the well is deep. So where do You get this ‘living water’?

This is why the Jews began trying all the more to kill Him: Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

(For not even His brothers believed in Him.)

“Even if I testify about Myself,” Jesus replied, “My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I’m going. But you don’t know where I come from or where I’m going.

Even in your law it is written that the witness of two men is valid.

Are You greater than our father Abraham who died? Even the prophets died. Who do You pretend to be?”

Yet even now I know that whatever You ask from God, God will give You.”

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in Me, even if he dies, will live.

Even though He had performed so many signs in their presence, they did not believe in Him.

Nevertheless, many did believe in Him even among the rulers, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, so they would not be banned from the synagogue.

“I assure you: The one who believes in Me will also do the works that I do. And he will do even greater works than these, because I am going to the Father.

After eight days His disciples were indoors again, and Thomas was with them. Even though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them. He said, “Peace to you!”

So Simon Peter got up and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish—153 of them. Even though there were so many, the net was not torn.

And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which, if they were written one by one, I suppose not even the world itself could contain the books that would be written.

I will even pour out My Spiriton My male and female slaves in those days,and they will prophesy.

but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You may even be found fighting against God.” So they were persuaded by him.

He didn’t give him an inheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, but He promised to give it to him as a possession, and to his descendants after him, even though he was childless.

They even made a calf in those days, offered sacrifice to the idol, and were celebrating what their hands had made.

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They even killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.

Then even Simon himself believed. And after he was baptized, he went around constantly with Philip and was astounded as he observed the signs and great miracles that were being performed.

When they heard this they became silent. Then they glorified God, saying, “So God has granted repentance resulting in life even to the Gentiles!”

Look, you scoffers,marvel and vanish away,because I am doing a work in your days,a work that you will never believe,even if someone were to explain it to you.”

Even though they said these things, they barely stopped the crowds from sacrificing to them.

so the rest of humanitymay seek the Lord—even all the Gentileswho are called by My name,declares the Lord who does these things,

For as I was passing through and observing the objects of your worship, I even found an altar on which was inscribed: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.

For in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’

and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”“No,” they told him, “we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

so that even facecloths or work aprons that had touched his skin were brought to the sick, and the diseases left them, and the evil spirits came out of them.

Even some of the provincial officials of Asia, who were his friends, sent word to him, pleading with him not to take a chance by going into the amphitheater.

When they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they became even quieter.

He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we apprehended him [and wanted to judge him according to our law.

But Paul said: “I am standing at Caesar’s tribunal, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as even you can see very well.

In all the synagogues I often tried to make them blaspheme by punishing them. I even pursued them to foreign cities since I was greatly enraged at them.

This is why God delivered them over to degrading passions. For even their females exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones.

Although they know full well God’s just sentence—that those who practice such things deserve to die—they not only do them, but even applaud others who practice them.

So, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, instinctively do what the law demands, they are a law to themselves even though they do not have the law.

as it is written:There is no one righteous, not even one.

All have turned away;all alike have become useless.There is no one who does what is good,not even one.

For rarely will someone die for a just person—though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die.

Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin in the likeness of Adam’s transgression. He is a prototype of the Coming One.

The law came along to multiply the trespass. But where sin multiplied, grace multiplied even more

He did not even spare His own Sonbut offered Him up for us all;how will He not also with Him grant us everything?

Who is the one who condemns?Christ Jesus is the One who died,but even more, has been raised;He also is at the right hand of Godand intercedes for us.

And even they, if they do not remain in unbelief, will be grafted in, because God has the power to graft them in again.

For even the Messiah did not please Himself. On the contrary, as it is written, The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.

Now God has revealed these things to us by the Spirit, for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.

It is of little importance to me that I should be evaluated by you or by any human court. In fact, I don’t even evaluate myself.

when we are slandered, we respond graciously. Even now, we are like the world’s garbage, like the dirt everyone scrapes off their sandals.

It is widely reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and the kind of sexual immorality that is not even tolerated among the Gentiles—a man is living with his father’s wife.

But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a believer who is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or verbally abusive, a drunkard or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.

For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth—as there are many “gods” and many “lords”—

If others have this right to receive benefits from you, don’t we even more?However, we have not made use of this right; instead we endure everything so that we will not hinder the gospel of Christ.

Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair it is a disgrace to him,

But desire the greater gifts. And I will show you an even better way.

I wish all of you spoke in other languages, but even more that you prophesied. The person who prophesies is greater than the person who speaks in languages, unless he interprets so that the church may be built up.