'Men' in the Bible

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,

Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.

He said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men."

"You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

"Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

"When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.

"For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

But if you don't forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

"Moreover when you fast, don't be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

The men marveled, saying, "What kind of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"

But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

As Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him, calling out and saying, "Have mercy on us, son of David!"

When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They told him, "Yes, Lord."

But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.

You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven.

But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.

I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here.

For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn't see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn't hear them.

Those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'"

Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?"

But he turned, and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men."

While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men,

But he said to them, "Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.

For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven's sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it."

Looking at them, Jesus said, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!"

The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?" They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet."

They told him, "He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will give him the fruit in its season."

But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments,

the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called 'Rabbi, Rabbi' by men.

"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don't enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.

Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;

Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one will be left;

For fear of him, the guards shook, and became like dead men.

Jesus said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you into fishers for men."

Then a convenient day came, that Herod on his birthday made a supper for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee.

Those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.

But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'

"For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men -- the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things."

For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,

He looked up, and said, "I see men; for I see them like trees walking."

Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that I am?"

But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men."

For he was teaching his disciples, and said to them, "The Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, on the third day he will rise again."

Jesus, looking at them, said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God."

The baptism of John -- was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me."

If we should say, 'From men'" -- they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.

You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.

A certain young man followed him, having a linen cloth thrown around himself, over his naked body. The young men grabbed him,

There was one called Barabbas, bound with those who had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.

"Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men."

"Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men."

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Christ,

Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before Jesus.

Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake.

Woe, when men speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.

When the men had come to him, they said, "John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, 'Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?'"

For they were about five thousand men. He said to his disciples, "Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each."

Behold, two men were talking with him, who were Moses and Elijah,

Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory, and the two men who stood with him.

"Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man will be delivered up into the hands of men."

The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here.

The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don't know it."

He said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won't even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.

"I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, him will the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God;

but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the angels of God.

Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.

Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?

The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, "There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!"

For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.'"

"Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

As he entered into a certain village, ten men who were lepers met him, who stood at a distance.

"Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.

The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: 'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

But he said, "The things which are impossible with men are possible with God."

He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him.

the baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?"

But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet."

You will be hated by all men for my name's sake.

men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

The men who held Jesus mocked him and beat him.

It happened, while they were greatly perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing.

saying that the Son of Man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again?"

He said to them, "Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

In him was life, and the life was the light of men.