'Good' in the Bible

It seemed good to me, having made observation, with great care, of the direction of events in their order, to put the facts in writing for you, most noble Theophilus;

And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose place is before God; I have been sent to say these words to you and to give you this good news.

Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;

And it came to the ears of her neighbours and relations that the Lord had been very good to her, and they took part in her joy.

And the angel said, Have no fear; for truly, I give you good news of great joy which will be for all the people:

And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; and every tree which does not have good fruit will be cut down and put into the fire.

John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:

In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned in the fire which will never be put out.

And so comforting them with these and other words, he gave the good news to the people;

The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,

To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure is come.

But he said to them, I have to give the good news of the kingdom of God in other towns, because that is why I was sent.

And Jesus said, I put the question to you, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to take it away?

But I say to you who give ear to me, Have love for those who are against you, do good to those who have hate for you,

And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners do the same.

But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.

Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, crushed down, full and running over, they will give to you. For in the same measure as you give, it will be given to you again.

For no good tree gives bad fruit, and no bad tree gives good fruit.

The good man, out of the good store of his heart, gives good things; and the evil man, out of his evil store, gives evil: for out of the full store of the heart come the words of the mouth.

He is like a man building a house, who went deep and put the base of it on a rock; and when the water came up and the river was driving against that house, it was not moved, because the building was good.

And I had the feeling that I was not even good enough to come to you: but say the word only, and my servant will be well.

And answering them he said, Go back and give news to John of what you have seen, and the things which have come to your ears; the blind now see, those who had no power in their legs are walking, lepers are made clean, those who had no hearing now have their ears open, dead men come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

And it came about, after a short time, that he went through town and country giving the good news of the kingdom of God, and with him were the twelve,

And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear.

And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.

And they went away, journeying through all the towns, preaching the good news and making people free from diseases in all places.

And when they were about to go away from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah: having no knowledge of what he was saying.

And another man said, I will come with you, Lord, but first let me say a last good-day to those who are at my house.

But Jesus said, No man, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is good enough for the kingdom of God.

Little is needed, or even one thing only: for Mary has taken that good part, which will not be taken away from her.

If, then, you who are evil are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who make request to him?

Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

For salt is good, but if the taste goes from it, of what use is it?

It is no good for the land or for the place of waste; no one has a use for it. He who has ears, let him give ear.

I say to you that even so there will be more joy in heaven when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing, than for ninety-nine good men, who have no need of a change of heart.

I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make me like one of your servants.

And his son said to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: I am no longer good enough to be named your son.

But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.

And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:

And a certain ruler put a question to him, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

And Jesus said to him, Why do you say that I am good? No one is good, but only God.

And he said to him, You have done well, O good servant: because you have done well in a small thing you will have authority over ten towns.

And it came about on one of those days, when he was teaching the people in the Temple and preaching the good news,

And they kept watch on him, and sent out secret representatives, who were acting the part of good men, in order that they might get something from his words, on account of which they might give him up to the government and into the power of the ruler.

Now there was a man named Joseph, a man of authority and a good and upright man