'One' in the Bible

For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

Then Jesus was sent by the Spirit into the waste land to be tested by the Evil One.

And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread.

Then the Evil One took him to the holy town; and he put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him,

Again, the Evil One took him up to a very high mountain, and let him see all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them;

Then the Evil One went away from him, and angels came and took care of him.

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.

And if your right eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

And if your right hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

You may not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.

But let your words be simply, Yes or No: and whatever is more than these is of the Evil One.

And whoever makes you go one mile, go with him two.

And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One.

So that no one may see that you are going without food, but your Father in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

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

But I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.

You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your eye, then will you see clearly to take out the grain of dust from your brother's eye.

for he was teaching as one having authority, and not as their scribes.

Because I myself am a man under authority, having under me fighting men; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.

But when they are cruel to you in one town, go in flight to another: for truly, I say to you, You will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.

Are not sparrows two a farthing? and not one of them comes to an end without your Father:

And whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will not go without his reward.

But what comparison may I make of this generation? It is like children seated in the market-places, crying out to one another,

All things have been given to me by my Father; and no one has knowledge of the Son, but the Father; and no one has knowledge of the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.

See my servant, the man of my selection, my loved one in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him, and he will make my decision clear to the Gentiles.

Then they took to him one with an evil spirit, who was blind and had no power of talking: and he made him well so that he had the power of talking and seeing.

Or how may one go into a strong man's house and take his goods, if he does not first put cords round the strong man? and then he may take his goods.

Then he says, I will go back into my house from which I came out; and when he comes, he sees that there is no one in it, but that it has been made fair and clean.

And one said to him, See, your mother and your brothers are outside, desiring to have talk with you.

When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.

But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.

And the field is the world; and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; and the evil seeds are the sons of the Evil One;

And having come across one jewel of great price, he went and gave all he had in exchange for it.

And they said, Some say, John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

And Peter made answer and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if you will let me, I will make here three tents, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, but Jesus only.

And whoever gives honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me:

But whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have a great stone fixed to his neck, and to come to his end in the deep sea.

And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out, and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into the hell of fire.

Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones is of no value; for I say to you that in heaven their angels see at all times the face of my Father in heaven.

What would you say now? if a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone wandering away, will he not let the ninety-nine be, and go to the mountains in search of the wandering one?

Even so it is not the pleasure of your Father in heaven for one of these little ones to come to destruction.

But if he will not give ear to you, take with you one or two more, that by the lips of two or three witnesses every word may be made certain.

And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents.

But that servant went out, and meeting one of the other servants, who was in debt to him for one hundred pence, he took him by the throat, saying, Make payment of your debt.

For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?

So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Then let not that which has been joined by God be parted by man.

And one came to him and said, Master, what good thing have I to do, so that I may have eternal life?

And he said to him, Why are you questioning me about what is good? One there is who is good: but if you have a desire to go into life, keep the rules of the law.

Saying, These last have done only one hour's work, and you have made them equal to us, who have undergone the hard work of the day and the burning heat.

But he in answer said to one of them, Friend, I do you no wrong: did you not make an agreement with me for a penny?

And when Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples on one side, and said to them,

And he said to her, What is your desire? She says to him, Let my two sons be seated, the one at your right hand, and the other at your left, in your kingdom.

Saying to them, Go into the little town in front of you, and straight away you will see an ass with a cord round her neck, and a young one with her; let them loose and come with them to me.

And got the ass and the young one, and put their clothing on them, and he took his seat on it.

And Jesus said to them in answer, I will put one question to you, and if you give me the answer, I will say by what authority I do these things.

And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another.

But when the workmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death and take his heritage.

Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

But they gave no attention, and went about their business, one to his farm, another to his trade:

And one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, testing him, and saying,

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.

But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers.

And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven.

And you may not be named guides: because one is your Guide, even Christ.

A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you go about land and sea to get one disciple and, having him, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

But he, answering, said to them, See you not all these things? truly I say to you that here there will not be one stone resting on another, which will not be pulled down.

And numbers of people will be turned from the right way, and will give one another up and have hate for one another.

And he will send out his angels with a great sound of a horn, and they will get his saints together from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

But of that day and hour no one has knowledge, not even the angels in heaven, or the Son, but the Father only.

Then two men will be in the field; one is taken, and one let go;

Two women will be crushing grain; one is taken, and one let go.

And to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to everyone as he was able; and he went on his journey.

But he who was given the one went away and put it in a hole in the earth, and kept his lord's money in a secret place.

And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord, I had knowledge that you are a hard man, getting in grain where you have not put seed, and making profits for which you have done no work:

And before him all the nations will come together; and they will be parted one from another, as the sheep are parted from the goats by the keeper.

Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which is ready for the Evil One and his angels:

Then one of the twelve, who was named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said,

And while they were taking food, he said, Truly I say to you that one of you will be false to me.

And they were very said, and said to him, one by one, Is it I, Lord?

And he comes to the disciples, and sees that they are sleeping, and says to Peter, What, were you not able to keep watch with me one hour?

And while he was still talking, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a band armed with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and those in authority over the people.

Now the false one had given them a sign saying, The one to whom I give a kiss, that is he: take him.

And one of those who were with Jesus put out his hand, and took out his sword and gave the servant of the high priest a blow, cutting off his ear.

And after a little time those who were near came and said to Peter, Truly you are one of them; because your talk is witness against you.

Now at the feast it was the way for the ruler to let free to the people one prisoner, at their selection.

Then two thieves were put on crosses with him, one on the right and one on the left.

And straight away one of them went quickly, and took a sponge, and made it full of bitter wine, and put it on a rod and gave him drink.