'Except' in the Bible

But I say to you, any man who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery."

All things have been entrusted to me by my Father. No one fully knows the Son except the Father, and no one fully knows the Father except the Son and the person to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

But he replied to them, "An evil and adulterous generation craves a sign. Yet no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah,

They told him, "We don't have anything here except five loaves of bread and two fish."

You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, yet you can't interpret the signs of the times? An evil and adulterous generation craves a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." Then he left them and went away.

But this kind does not come out except by prayer and fasting."

I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery."

"Not everyone can accept this saying," he replied, "except those to whom celibacy has been granted,

Seeing a fig tree by the roadside, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. He told it, "May fruit never come from you again!" And immediately the fig tree dried up.

Nothing is hidden except for the purpose of having it revealed, and nothing is secret except for the purpose of having it come to light.

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

He couldn't perform a miracle there except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.

He instructed them to take nothing along on the trip except a walking stick no bread, no traveling bag, nothing in their moneybag.

"Why do you call me good?" Jesus asked him. "Nobody is good except for one God.

Seeing in the distance a fig tree covered with leaves, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing except leaves because it wasn't the season for figs.

Yet Elijah wasn't sent to a single one of those widows except to one at Zarephath in Sidon.

There were also many lepers in Israel in the prophet Elisha's time, yet not one of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian."

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.

All things have been entrusted to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and the person to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."

Now as the crowds continued to throng around Jesus, he went on to say, "This people living today are an evil generation. It craves a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah,

Except for this foreigner, were any of them found to return and give praise to God?"

"Why do you call me good?" Jesus asked him. "Nobody is good except for one God.

"No one has gone up to heaven except the one who came down from heaven, the Son of Man who is in heaven.

Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who comes from God. This one has seen the Father.

Jesus told him, "Whoever has bathed is entirely clean. He doesn't need to wash himself further, except for his feet. And you men are clean, though not all of you."

Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

While I was with them, I protected them by the authority that you gave me. I guarded them, and not one of them became lost except the one who was destined for destruction, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

Jesus answered him, "You have no authority over me at all, except what was given to you from above. That's why the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin."

Now Saul heartily approved of putting Stephen to death. That day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and everyone except for the apostles was scattered throughout the countryside of Judea and Samaria.

Now the people who were scattered by the persecution that started because of Stephen went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews.

except that in town after town the Holy Spirit assures me that imprisonment and suffering are waiting for me.

When he could not be persuaded otherwise, we remained silent except to say, "May the Lord's will be done."

Paul replied, "Whether quickly or not, I wish to God that not only you but everyone listening to me today would become what I am except for these chains!"

Every person must be subject to the governing authorities, for no authority exists except by God's permission. The existing authorities have been established by God,

Do not owe anyone anything except to love one another. For the one who loves another has fulfilled the Law.

I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,

For while I was with you I resolved to know nothing except Jesus the Messiah, and him crucified.

Is there anyone who can understand his own thoughts except his own inner spirit? In the same way, no one can know the thoughts of God except God's Spirit.

For this reason I want you to be aware that no one who is speaking by God's Spirit can say, "Jesus is cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.

How were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I did not bother you for help? Forgive me for this wrong!

But I did not see any other apostle except James, the Lord's brother.

But may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world!

Now what does this "he went up" mean except that he also had gone down into the lower parts of the earth?

You Philippians also know that in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church participated with me in the matter of giving and receiving except for you.

"Let everyone listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone. On the white stone is written a new name that no one knows except the person who receives it.'"

They were singing a new song in front of the throne, the four living creatures, and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many royal crowns. He has a name written on him that nobody knows except himself.