199 occurrences in 12 translations

'Message' in the Bible

When Jesus had concluded His instructions to His twelve disciples, He left in order to teach and to proclaim His Message in the neighbouring towns.

Verse ConceptsTeachingMissionary WorkLast WordsChrist TeachingTwelve DisciplesChrist Speaking To DisciplesDiscipleshipFinishing Strong

When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent a message by his disciples

Verse ConceptsPrisonersHearing About ChristDisciples Of John The BaptistChrist's WorkDiscipleshipjail

When a man hears the Message concerning the Kingdom and does not understand it, the Evil one comes and catches away what has been sown in his heart. This is he who has received the seed by the road-side.

Verse ConceptsSatan, Titles ForSatan, As DeceiverSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfNames And Titles For SatanSatan, Work OfSowing In VainUsing RoadsNot Understanding SayingsOther References To The HeartParables Of The KingdomTaking God's ThingsSeeds

He who has received the seed on the rocky ground is the man who hears the Message and immediately receives it with joy.

Verse ConceptsFleeting ImpressionsSuddenlyHearing God's WordRejoicing In God's WordSowing Seedssowing

It has struck no root, however, within him. He continues for a time, but when suffering comes, or persecution, because of the Message, he at once stumbles and falls.

Verse ConceptsFleeting ImpressionsNot Whole HeartedPersecution, Nature OfPersecution, OriginSuddenlyPeople StumblingChrist's Disciples Will SufferEnduringWhy It HappenedPersecution

"Again he sent other servants with a message to those who were invited. "'My breakfast is now ready," he said, 'my bullocks and fat cattle are killed, and every preparation is made: come to the wedding.'

Verse ConceptsBanquets, ActivitiesReadinessKilling Domesticated AnimalsGod Sends ProphetsPreparing Food

While he was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him a message that said, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, because today I have suffered terribly due to a dream I had about him."

Verse ConceptsInnocence, Examples OfJudgment SeatJudgesWise CouncelSittingSleeplessnessWivesVisions And Dreams In ScriptureChrist, Names ForJudgement SeatLeave Them AloneWife

"Let us go elsewhere, to the neighbouring country towns," He replied, "that I may proclaim my Message there also; because for that purpose I came from God."

Verse ConceptsGoalsHeraldPreaching, Importance OfChrist PreachingWhy God Did Things

So many people gathered together that there was no more room, not even in the doorway, and He was speaking the message to them.

Verse ConceptsPopularityWordsPopularity Of ChristChrist TeachingDisadvantages Of CrowdsNo Room

By this time His mother and His brothers arrive, and standing outside they send a message to Him to call Him.

Verse ConceptsOthers SummoningHalf brothersmomsSiblings

These [in the first group] are the ones along the road where the word is sown; but when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InTemptation, Sources OfUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfHearing God's WordUsing RoadsTaking God's ThingsPlanting SeedsSeedsSowing Seedssowing

In the same way those who receive the seed on the rocky places are those who, when they have heard the Message, at once accept it joyfully,

Verse ConceptsShallownessSuddenlyHearing God's WordRejoicing In God's Word

but they have no root within them. They last for a time; then, when suffering or persecution comes because of the Message, they are immediately overthrown.

Verse ConceptsAfflictions, In Christian LivingShallownessFor The Sake Of ThingsPersecutionpressure

Others there are who receive the seed among the thorns: these are they who have heard the Message,

Verse ConceptsHearing God's WordSowing Seeds

Those, on the other hand, who have received the seed on the good ground, are all who hear the Message and welcome it, and yield a return of thirty, sixty, or a hundred fold."

Verse ConceptsFruit, SpiritualFaith, Nature OfAcceptance, Of The GospelThirtySixtiesOne HundredThe Source Of FruitFertile LandLand ProducingHearing God's WordHundredfold Return

With many other parables like these, Jesus kept speaking his message to them according to their ability to understand.

Verse ConceptsUnderstandingHearing ChristJesus Using Parables

But Jesus, when he heard the message spoken, immediately said to the ruler of the synagogue, "Don't be afraid, only believe."

Verse ConceptsNeglecting PeopleFear, Of DeathBelievingDo Not Fear For God Will HelpFaith And TrustFear And WorryTrusting God And Not Worryingbelief

on the authority of those who were from the beginning eye-witnesses and were devoted to the service of the divine Message,

Verse ConceptsBeginning Of SalvationSpectatorsFrom The Beginning

After seeing them, they reported the message they were told about this child,

Verse ConceptsTelling What People SaidSpreading The Gospel

and Annas and Caiaphas high priests, a message from God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the wilderness.

Verse ConceptsHigh Priest, In NtRankSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfLiving In The Wilderness

Amazement came over them all, and they kept saying to one another, “What is this message? For He commands the unclean spirits with authority and power, and they come out!”

Verse ConceptsExorcismsevil, victory overDemons, Delivered FromPower, God's SavingAmazement, Of Jesus Christ

Now it happened that while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret (Sea of Galilee), with the people crowding all around Him and listening to the word of God;

Verse ConceptsListeningPopularityPopularity Of ChristCrowds Around JesusPressingHearing God's Wordlakes

Then Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the Captain sent friends to Him with the message: "Sir, do not trouble to come. I am not worthy of having you come under my roof;

Verse ConceptsPoverty, SpiritualPrayer, Advice For EffectiveRoofPeople Not Far Away

Jesus listened to the Captain's message and was astonished at him, and He turned and said to the crowd that followed Him, "I tell you that not even in Israel have I found faith like that."

Verse ConceptsFollowing Jesus ChristFaith, Growth InCommendationMission, Of Jesus ChristMarvellingAttitudes Of Faithsurprises

Those beside the road are the people who have heard; then the devil comes and takes the message [of God] away from their hearts, so that they will not believe [in Me as the Messiah] and be saved.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InTemptation, Sources OfUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfUnbelief, Sourced InHearing God's WordSaved By FaithUsing RoadsThose Not SavedTaking God's Things

Those on the rock are the people who on hearing the Message receive it joyfully; but they have no root: for a time they believe, but when trial comes they fall away.

Verse ConceptsApostatesWarnings Against ApostasyHeart, Fallen And RedeemedTemptation, Universality OfEnticementHearing God's WordBeing TemptedBelief In GodRejoicing In God's Wordtrailsimpulsiveness

"Go," He replied, "and take this message to that fox: "'See, to-day and to-morrow I am driving out demons and effecting cures, and on the third day I finish my course.'

Verse ConceptsGoalsFigures Of Speechdriving outFoxesDemons, Exorcism OfLeaders, PoliticalThe Third Day Of The WeekJesus Casting Out DemonsTodayJesus HealingCasting Out Demonstomorrow

But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

Verse ConceptsenvoyHatredSelf WillHating GodUnsuitable RuleCitizens

So when He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered what He had said. And they believed and trusted in and relied on the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Origins OfRememberingUnderstandingBelieving ProphetsChrist Would RiseDiscipleshipJesus Death

Many more believed in Him [with a deep, abiding trust] because of His word [His personal message to them];

Verse ConceptsThose Who Believed In ChristWhy It Happenedevangelizing

You do not have His word (Scripture) abiding in you [actually living in your hearts and minds], because you do not believe in Him whom He has sent.

Verse ConceptsUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfUnbelieversUnbelief, Results Of Being GuiltyUnbelief, Examples OfNot Believing In JesusReceiving God's WordGod Sending Others

When many of His disciples heard this, they said, “This is a difficult and harsh and offensive statement. Who can [be expected to] listen to it?”

Verse ConceptsConfusionLack Of InsightAcceptance, Of Jesus ChristPeople's Inability To UnderstandRefusing To HearThe Disciples WordsHard To Be SavedUnable To Understand

Simon Peter answered, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You [alone] have the words of eternal life [you are our only hope].

Verse ConceptsPeter, The DiscipleLife By God's WordWho Is The One?Eternal lifeEverlastingThe Power Of Wordseternity

Why do you misunderstand what I am saying? It is because [your spiritual ears are deaf and] you are unable to hear [the truth of] My word.

Verse ConceptsHearingDullnessPeople's Inability To UnderstandNot Understanding SayingsUnable To UnderstandLanguagespeakingListening To GodSpeechego

I assure you and most solemnly say to you, if anyone keeps My word [by living in accordance with My message] he will indeed never, ever see and experience death.”

Verse ConceptsThe DeadAffirmationseternal life, nature ofImmortality, In NtLife By God's WordNot DyingChrist Telling The TruthTruly TrulyKeeping Christ's CommandsSpiritual Death

Yet you do not know Him, but I know Him fully. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him and keep His word.

Verse ConceptsChrist's Knowledge Of The FatherChrist Knowing GodI Keep The CommandmentsThose Who Are Liars

If he called those to whom a message from God came "gods' (and the Scripture cannot be disregarded),

Verse ConceptsWord Of GodScripture, Inerrancy OfMen As GodsThe Word Of GodThe Bible

When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death; but [on the contrary it is] for the glory and honor of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.”

Verse ConceptsProphecies Said By JesusNot DyingDeath AvertedGlory of ChristGod's Healing LoveSicknesslosing a loved oneDeath Of A Family MemberDeath Of A ChildLosing A FriendDeath Of A FatherIllnessJesus DeathFamily DeathLoss Of A Loved Onelazarus

"I have revealed Thy perfections to the men whom Thou gavest me out of the world. Thine they were, and Thou gavest them to me, and they have obeyed Thy message.

Verse ConceptsAbility, Of God To Saveethics, basis ofelection, to salvationGod, Revelation OfTheologyBible, In Christian LivingGod Giving To The SonPeople Belong To GodOther References To God's Name

I have given to them Your word [the message You gave Me]; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world and do not belong to the world, just as I am not of the world and do not belong to it.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of believersGospel, Responses ToHatredKnowledge, Of Jesus ChristPersecution, Nature OfSaintsSatan, Kingdom OfSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InSuffering, Of BelieversWorldlinessSaints, As PilgrimsHated SaintsPeople Being HatedThe World Without GodPerspective

I pray not only for these,but also for those who believe in Methrough their message.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Origins OfAnticipationJesus PrayingPraying For OthersPrayingfreemasonry

"Go, stand in the Temple, and keep on telling the people the whole message about this life they can have."

Verse ConceptsNewnessMinisters, Way They Should TeachGo And PreachLife By God's WordDisciples In The TempleSpeaking As From God

And the message of God kept on growing and spreading, and the number of disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem; and a large number of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith [accepting Jesus as Messiah and acknowledging Him as the Source of eternal salvation].

Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithFaith, As A Body Of BeliefsGrowthProgressChurch, IncreasingAdditionsGrowth In ProclamationMany In The ChurchObeying The GospelThose Who Had FaithUnnamed PriestsSpreading The Gospelgroupspriests

So Joseph sent a message and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come, seventy-five people in all.

Verse ConceptsSeventies

When the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had welcomed God’s message, they sent Peter and John to them.

Verse ConceptsMissionaries, Support ForAcceptance, Of The GospelThe Apostles In ActionAcceptance

Then, after they had testified and spoken the message of the Lord, they traveled back to Jerusalem, evangelizing many villages of the Samaritans.

Verse Conceptsevangelists, identity ofLordship, Human And DivineVillagesThe Gospel PreachedIndividuals going homeevangelizing

They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who has a good reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was divinely directed by a holy angel to call you to his house and to hear a message from you.”

Verse ConceptsSpecific Holy Individuals

you know the things that have taken place throughout Judea, starting in Galilee after the baptism preached by John—

Verse ConceptsTo The Jew First

While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came down on all those who heard the message.

Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritGiftsPreaching, Importance OfSpiritual UnderstandingWhile Still Speakingghosts

The apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles had welcomed God’s message also.

Verse ConceptsAcceptance, Of The GospelThe Gentiles ConversionForeigners Saved By FaithThe Apostles In Action

Those who had been scattered as a result of the persecution that started because of Stephen made their way as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message to no one except Jews.

Verse Conceptsdispersion, theJews, TheMission, Of The ChurchTravelAntioch in SyriaThe Church ScatteredSalvation For IsraelThe Gospel To Jew And GentilePersecution

Arriving in Salamis, they proclaimed God’s message in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as their assistant.

Verse ConceptsCongregation

He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and desired to hear God’s message.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofDerision

After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent word to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any message of encouragement for the people, you can speak.”

Verse ConceptsReadingLiteracySynagogueReading The ScripturesExhort OthersStudying The LawUse Of The ScripturesWritten In The ProphetsEncouragementMotivationReading The Bibleencouraginguplifting

“Brothers, sons of Abraham’s race, and those among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Family And DescendantsReverence, And ObedienceChildren Of AbrahamThe Gospel Of SalvationRace

The following Sabbath almost the whole town assembled to hear the message of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsAudiencesHearing God's WordAll PeopleOn The SabbathWorshiping Togethergathering

Then Paul and Barnabas boldly said: “It was necessary that God’s message be spoken to you first. But since you reject it and consider yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles!

Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtCourage, In Facing EnemiesBoldness, Proclaiming Gospeldenial of Jesus ChristNecessityRejection Of GodRejection Of God's CallUnworthinessAdvice, Rejecting God's AdvicePreaching Gospel To ForeignersNot Maintaining LifeTo The Jew Firstholy Boldness

So they stayed there for some time and spoke boldly in reliance on the Lord, who testified to the message of His grace by granting that signs and wonders be performed through them.

Verse ConceptsBoldness, Proclaiming GospelImportunity, Towards PeopleMiracles, Nature OfBoldness Examples OfThe Witness Of GodBeing StrongOther MiraclesSigns And Wonders Of The GospelStaying A Long Timeholy Boldness

After they spoke the message in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them: “Brothers, you are aware that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the gospel message and believe.

Verse Conceptsevangelists, identity ofevangelists, ministry ofHeraldLipsDissensionDisputesMissionary ExamplesThe Gentiles ConversionPreaching Gospel To ForeignersForeigners Saved By FaithChosen DisciplesSpeaking With The Mouth

So we have sent Judas and Silas, who will report by word of mouth the same things [that we decided in our meeting].

Verse ConceptsConfirmationLiteracyGiving InformationPowers Of Speech

Both Judas and Silas, who were also prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers and strengthened them with a long message.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofEdification, Examples OfProphecy, In NtSpecific Cases Of StrengtheningPeople Encouraging OthersEncouraging Others

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