'Great' in the Bible

When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

And a voice from heaven said, "This is my one dear Son; in him I take great delight."

The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.

And seeing great masses of people he went up into the mountain; and when he was seated his disciples came to him.

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.

And if you greet only your relatives, that's no great thing you're doing, is it? Even the unbelievers do the same, don't they?

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

Go in by the narrow door; for wide is the door and open is the way which goes to destruction, and great numbers go in by it.

A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power?

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, fearfully tormented.”

When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.

And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

Now there was, a great way off from them, a herd of many swine feeding;

Then saith he to his disciples, The harvest is great and the workmen are few;

But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;

"Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I take great delight. I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.

For as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.

Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:

And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he would have to go to Jerusalem and suffer a great deal because of the elders, the high priests, and the scribes. Then he would be killed, but on the third day he would be raised.

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my one dear Son, in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!"

And at these words the disciples went down on their faces in great fear.

Lord have mercy on my son: for he is off his head, and is in great pain; and frequently he goes falling into the fire, and frequently into the water.

But whosoever shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me, it were profitable for him that a great millstone had been hanged upon his neck and he be sunk in the depths of the sea.

Then his master called him and said to him, ‘You wicked and contemptible slave, I forgave all that [great] debt of yours because you begged me.

And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

But a great number who are first will be last, and some who are last will be first.

But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.

But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.

Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

This is the first and great commandment.

And no one was able to give him an answer, and so great was their fear of him, that from that day no one put any more questions to him.

They make hard laws and put great weights on men's backs; but they themselves will not put a finger to them

Because lawlessness is increased, the love of most people will grow cold.

For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

There came to him a woman having a bottle of perfume of great price, and she put the perfume on his head when he was seated at table.

“This might have been sold for a great deal and given to the poor.”

And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

and about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a great voice, saying, 'Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?' that is, 'My God, my God, why didst Thou forsake me?'

And Jesus having again cried with a great voice, yielded the spirit;

Now the captain and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earth-shock and the things which were done, were in great fear and said, Truly this was a son of God.

And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.

And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.

And a voice came from heaven: "You are my one dear Son; in you I take great delight."

and the unclean spirit having torn him, and having cried with a great voice, came forth out of him,

And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.

And a great number had come together, so that there was no longer room for them, no, not even about the door: and he gave them teaching.

And it came about that he was seated at meat in his house, and a number of tax-farmers and sinners were at table with Jesus and his disciples: for there were a great number of them, and they came after him.

But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,

And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.

For he had made such a great number well that all those who were diseased were falling down before him for the purpose of touching him.

And a great number were seated round him; and they said to him, See, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.

And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.

And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.

And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

and they feared a great fear, and said one to another, 'Who, then, is this, that even the wind and the sea do obey him?'

And Jesus said, What is your name? And he made answer, My name is Legion, because there are a great number of us.

Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.

And when he was getting into the boat, the man in whom had been the evil spirits had a great desire to come with him.

Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.

And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.

And Jesus having passed over in the boat again to the other side, there was gathered a great multitude to him, and he was near the sea,

and he went away with him. And there was following him a great multitude, and they were thronging him,

Although she had endured a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all of her money, she had not been helped at all, but rather grew worse.

He came to the synagogue ruler's house, and he saw an uproar, weeping, and great wailing.

And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.

When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were utterly amazed. "Where did this man get all these things?" they asked. "What is this wisdom that has been given to him? What great miracles are being done by his hands!

And they sent out a number of evil spirits, and put oil on a great number who were ill, and made them well.

Others asserted that He was Elijah. Others again said, "He is a Prophet, like one of the great Prophets."

for Herod stood in awe of John, knowing him to be an upright and holy man, and he protected him. After listening to him he was in great perplexity, and yet he found a pleasure in listening.

And a seasonable day having come, when Herod on his birthday was making a supper to his great men, and to the chiefs of thousands, and to the first men of Galilee,

And he said to them, Come away by yourselves to a quiet place, and take a rest for a time. Because there were a great number coming and going, and they had no time even for food.

and having come forth, Jesus saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion on them, that they were as sheep not having a shepherd, and he began to teach many things.

And wherever he went, into small towns, or great towns, or into the country, they took those who were ill into the market-places, requesting him that they might put their hands even on the edge of his robe: and all those who did so were made well.

And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;

In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,

If I send them home hungry, they will faint on the way, and some of them have come from a great distance."

Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man would have to suffer a great deal and be rejected by the elders, the high priests, and the scribes. Then he would be killed, but after three days he would rise again.