'May' in the Bible

And he gave him orders: Say nothing to any man, but let the priest see you and give an offering so that you may be made clean, as the law of Moses says, and for a witness to them.

But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (he said to the man who was ill,) I say to you, Get up, and take up your bed, and go into your house.

I have come, not to get the upright, but sinners, so that they may be turned from their sins.

How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.

Those by the side of the road are those who have given hearing; then the Evil One comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not have faith and get salvation.

No man, when the light is lighted, puts a cover over it, or puts it under a bed, but he puts it on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.

And the day went on; and the twelve came to him and said, Send these people away so that they may go into the towns and the country round about and get resting-places and food for themselves, for we are in a waste place.

And when his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, Lord, may we send fire from heaven and put an end to them?

And a certain teacher of the law got up and put him to the test, saying, Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

And he said to them, When you say your prayers, say, Father, may your name be kept holy and your kingdom come.

May we have forgiveness for our sins, as we make free all those who are in debt to us. And let us not be put to the test.

No man, when the light has been lighted, puts it in a secret place, or under a vessel, but on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.

So that punishment may come on this generation for the blood of all the prophets which was given from the earliest days;

And I say to you, my friends, Have no fear of those who may put the body to death, and are able to do no more than that.

And he said to his disciples, For this reason I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about what food you will take, or for your body, how it may be clothed.

I came to send a fire on the earth, and it may even now have been lighted.

For if anyone has a cause at law against you, and you are going with him before the ruler, make an attempt, on the way, to come to an agreement with him, for if you do not, he may take you before the judge and the judge will give you up to the police, and they will put you in prison.

And the ruler of the Synagogue was angry because Jesus had made her well on the Sabbath, and he said to the people, There are six days in which men may do work: so come on those days to be made well, and not on the Sabbath.

Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? what comparison may I make of it?

When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming,

But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there.

And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.

And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the roads and the fields, and make them come in, so that my house may be full.

And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.

Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple.

And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.

And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.

No man may be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other; or he will keep to the one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

But heaven and earth will come to an end before the smallest letter of the law may be dropped out.

And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame.

And in addition, there is a deep division fixed between us and you, so that those who might go from here to you are not able to do so, and no one may come from you to us.

For I have five brothers; and let him give them an account of these things, so that they may not come to this place of pain.

Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?

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 those who were present said, Then who may have salvation?

What would you have me do for you? And he said, Lord, that I may be able to see again.

And the lord of the garden said, What am I to do? I will send my dearly loved son; they may give respect to him.

He will come and put them to destruction and give the garden to others. And when he said this, they said, May it not be so.

In the same way, when you see these things taking place you may be certain that the kingdom of God is near.

But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:

But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.

And Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, Go and make the Passover ready for us, so that we may take it.

And say to the master of the house, The Master says, Where is the guest-room, where I may take the Passover with my disciples?

So that you may take food and drink at my table in my kingdom, and be seated like kings, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Simon, Simon, Satan has made a request to have you, so that he may put you to the test as grain is tested:

But I have made prayer for you, that your faith may not go from you: and when you are turned again, make your brothers strong.

And when he came to the place, he said to them, Make a prayer that you may not be put to the test.

And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to the test.

And when those who were with him saw what was coming, they said, Lord, may we not make use of our swords?

So that whoever has faith may have in him eternal life.

For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.

But he whose life is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his acts have been done by the help of God.

The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be in need again of drink and will not have to come all this way for it.

He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.

For the Father has love for the Son and lets him see everything which he does: and he will let him see greater works than these so that you may be full of wonder.

So that all men may give honour to the Son even as they give honour to the Father. He who gives no honour to the Son gives no honour to the Father who sent him.

But I have no need of a man's witness: I only say these things so that you may have salvation.

And still you have no desire to come to me so that you may have life.

Lifting up his eyes, Jesus saw a great number of people coming to where he was, and he said to Philip, Where may we get bread for all these people?

And when they had had enough, Jesus said to his disciples, Take up the broken bits which are over, so that nothing may be wasted.

Then they said to him, How may we do the works of God?

So they said, What sign do you give us, so that we may see and have faith in you? What do you do?

This, I say, is my Father's pleasure, that everyone who sees the Son and has faith in him may have eternal life: and I will take him up on the last day.

The bread which comes from heaven is such bread that a man may take it for food and never see death.

So his brothers said to him, Go away from here into Judaea so that your disciples may see the works which you do.

Because no man does things secretly if he has a desire that men may have knowledge of him. If you do these things, let yourself be seen by all men.

If a child is given circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?

You will be looking for me, and you will not see me: and where I am you may not come.

What is this saying of his, You will be looking for me and will not see me, and where I am you may not come?

While it is day we have to do the works of him who sent me: the night comes when no work may be done.

He said in answer, And who is he, Lord? Say, so that I may have faith in him.

And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.

The thief comes only to take the sheep and to put them to death: he comes for their destruction: I have come so that they may have life and have it in greater measure.

For this reason am I loved by the Father, because I give up my life so that I may take it again.

If he said they were gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Writings may not be broken),

But if I am doing them, then have belief in the works even if you have no belief in me; so that you may see clearly and be certain that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.

When this came to his ears, Jesus said, The end of this disease is not death, but the glory of God, so that the Son of God may have glory because of it.

Then Jesus said in answer, Are there not twelve hours in the day? A man may go about in the day without falling, because he sees the light of this world.

But if a man goes about in the night, he may have a fall because the light is not in him.

These things said he: and after that he said to them, Lazarus our friend is at rest; but I go so that I may make him come out of his sleep.

And because of you I am glad I was not there, so that you may have faith; but let us go to him.

Then Thomas, who was named Didymus, said to the other disciples, Let us go so that we may be with him in death.

I was certain that your ears are at all times open to me, but I said it because of these who are here, so that they may see that you sent me.

You do not see that it is in your interest for one man to be put to death for the people, so that all the nation may not come to destruction.

Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.

In so far as you have the light, put your faith in the light so that you may become sons of light. With these words Jesus went away and for a time was not seen again by them.

I have given you an example, so that you may do what I have done to you.

I am not talking of you all: I have knowledge of my true disciples, but things are as they are, so that the Writings may come true, The foot of him who takes bread with me is lifted up against me.

From this time forward, I give you knowledge of things before they come about, so that when they come about you may have belief that I am he.

My dear children, I am only to be with you a little longer. Then you will be looking for me: and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you, Where I am going you may not come.

Simon Peter said to him, Lord, where are you going? Jesus said in answer, Where I am going you may not come with me now, but you will come later.

Peter said to him, Why may I not come with you even now? I will give up my life for you.

And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am.

Thomas said, Lord, we have no knowledge of where you are going; how may we have knowledge of the way?

And whatever request you make in my name, that I will do, so that the Father may have glory in the Son.

May peace be with you; my peace I give to you: I give it not as the world gives. Let not your heart be troubled; let it be without fear.

And now I have given you word of it before it comes, so that, when it comes, you may have faith.

But he comes so that the world may see that I have love for the Father, and that I am doing as I am ordered by the Father. Get up, and let us go.

He takes away every branch in me which has no fruit, and every branch which has fruit he makes clean, so that it may have more fruit.