'One' in the Bible

"The voice of one crying aloud: 'In the Desert prepare a road for the Lord: Make His highways straight.'"

His announcement was, "There is One coming after me mightier than I--One whose sandal-strap I am unworthy to stoop down and unfasten.

One day, passing along the shore of the Lake of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew, Simon's brother, throwing their nets in the Lake; for they were fisherman.

"What have you to do with us, Jesus the Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--God's Holy One."

And all were amazed and awe-struck, so they began to ask one another, "What does this mean? Here is a new sort of teaching--and a tone of authority! And even to foul spirits he issues orders and they obey him!"

When they found Him they said, "Every one is looking for you."

One day there came a leper to Jesus entreating Him, and pleading on his knees. "If you are willing," he said, "you are able to cleanse me."

and saying, "Be careful not to tell any one, but go and show yourself to the Priest, and for your purification present the offerings that Moses appointed as evidence for them."

But the man, when he went out, began to tell every one and to publish the matter abroad, so that it was no longer possible for Jesus to go openly into any town; but He had to remain outside in unfrequented places, where people came to Him from all parts.

"Why does this man use such words?" they said; "he is blaspheming. Who can pardon sins but One--that is, God?"

No one mends an old garment with a piece of unshrunk cloth. Otherwise, the patch put on would tear away from it--the new from the old--and a worse hole would be made.

And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise the wine would burst the skins, and both wine and skins would be lost. New wine needs fresh skins!"

One Sabbath He was walking through the wheatfields when His disciples began to pluck the ears of wheat as they went.

At another time, when He went to the synagogue, there was a man there with one arm shrivelled up.

Then He asked them, "Are we allowed to do good on the Sabbath, or to do evil? to save a life, or to destroy one?" They remained silent.

Nay, no one can go into a strong man's house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.

"Here are my mother and my brothers. For wherever there is one who has been obedient to God, there is my brother--my sister--and my mother."

"Listen," He added, "every one who has ears to listen with!"

Listen, every one who has ears to listen with!"

Then they were filled with terror, and began to say to one another, "Who is this, then? For even wind and sea obey Him."

This man lived among the tombs, nor could any one now secure him even with a chain;

for many a time he had been left securely bound in fetters and chains, but afterwards the chains lay torn link from link, and the fetters in fragments, and there was no one strong enough to master him.

when there came one of the Wardens of the Synagogue--he was called Jair--who, on beholding Him, threw himself at His feet,

And He allowed no one to accompany Him except Peter and the brothers James and John.

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

Then He rose and left that place and went into the neighbourhood of Tyre and Sidon. Here He entered a house and wished no one to know it, but He could not escape observation.

Then Jesus charged them to tell no one; but the more He charged them, all the more did they spread the news far and wide.

they explained His words to one another by saying, "We have no bread!"

"John the Baptist," they replied, "but others say Elijah, and others, that it is one of the Prophets."

And He strictly forbad them to tell this about Him to any one.

Then calling to Him the crowd and also His disciples, He said to them, "If any one is desirous of following me, let him ignore self and take up his cross, and so be my follower.

Every one, however, who has been ashamed of me and of my teachings in this faithless and sinful age, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in His Father's glory with the holy angels."

when Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, we are thankful to you that we are here. Let us put up three tents--one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

Instantly they looked round, and now they could no longer see any one, but themselves and Jesus.

As they were coming down from the mountain, He very strictly forbad them to tell any one what they had seen "until after the Son of Man has risen from among the dead."

So they kept the matter to themselves, although frequently asking one another what was meant by the rising from the dead.

"Rabbi," answered one of the crowd, "I have brought you my son. He has a dumb spirit in him;

Departing thence they passed through Galilee, and He was unwilling that any one should know it;

But they remained silent; for on the way they had debated with one another who was the chief of them.

Then sitting down He called the Twelve, and said to them, "If any one wishes to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."

"Whoever for my sake receives one such young child as this, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not so much me as Him who sent me."

"You should not have tried to hinder him," replied Jesus, "for there is no one who will use my name to perform a miracle and be able the next minute to speak evil of me.

"And whoever shall occasion the fall of one of these little ones who believe, he would be better off if, with a millstone round his neck, he were lying at the bottom of the sea.

Every one, however, will be salted with fire.

Salt is a good thing, but if the salt should become tasteless, what will you use to give it saltness? Have salt within you and live at peace with one another."

and the two shall be one'; so that they are two no longer, but 'one.'

One day people were bringing young children to Jesus for Him to touch them, but the disciples interfered.

In solemn truth I tell you that no one who does not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child will by any possibility enter it."

Then He took them in His arms and blessed them lovingly, one by one, laying His hands upon them.

"Why do you call me good?" asked Jesus in reply; "there is no one truly good except One--that is, God.

Then Jesus looked at him and loved him, and said, "One thing is lacking in you: go, sell all you possess and give the proceeds to the poor, and you shall have riches in Heaven; and come and be a follower of mine."

They were astonished beyond measure, and said to one another, "Who then *can* be saved?"

"In solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that there is no one who has forsaken house or brothers or sisters, or mother or father, or children or lands, for my sake and for the sake of the Good News,

"Allow us," they replied, "to sit one at your right hand and the other at your left hand, in your glory."

"Go," He said, "to the village facing you, and immediately on entering it you will find an ass's foal tied up which no one has ever yet ridden: untie him and bring him here.

And if any one asks you, 'Why are you doing that?' say, 'The Master needs it, and will send it back here without delay.'"

and He said to the tree, "Let no one ever again eat fruit from thee!" And His disciples heard this.

and would not allow any one to carry anything through the Temple.

In solemn truth I tell you that if any one shall say to this mountain, 'Remove, and hurl thyself into the sea,' and has no doubt about it in his heart, but stedfastly believes that what he says will happen, it shall be granted him.

But whenever you stand praying, if you have a grievance against any one, forgive it, so that your Father in Heaven may also forgive you your offences."

So they debated the matter with one another. "Suppose we say, 'Heavenly,'" they argued, "he will ask, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

At vintage-time he sent one of his servants to receive from the vine-dressers a share of the grapes.

He had still one left whom he could send, a dearly-loved son: him last of all he sent, saying, "'They will treat my son with respect.'

"But those men--the vine-dressers--said to one another, "'Here is the heir: come, let us kill him, and then the property will one day be ours.'

So they came to Him. "Rabbi," they said, "we know that you are a truthful man and you do not fear any one; for you do not recognize human distinctions, but teach God's way truly. Is it allowable to pay poll-tax to Caesar, or not?

They brought one; and He asked them, "Whose is this likeness and this inscription?" "Caesar's," they replied.

Then one of the Scribes, who had heard them disputing and well knew that Jesus had given them an answer to the point, and a forcible one, came forward and asked Him, "Which is the chief of all the Commandments?"

"The chief Commandment," replied Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord;

Perceiving that the Scribe had answered wisely Jesus said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God." No one from that time forward ventured to put any question to Him.

But there came one poor widow and dropped in two farthings, equal in value to a halfpenny.

As He was leaving the Temple, one of His disciples exclaimed, "Look, Rabbi, what wonderful stones! what wonderful buildings!"

"You see all these great buildings?" Jesus replied; "not one stone will be left here upon another--not thrown down."

So Jesus began to say to them: "Take care that no one misleads you.

and but for the fact that the Lord has cut short those days, no one would escape; but for the sake of His own People whom He has chosen for Himself He has cut short the days.

"At that time if any one says to you, 'See, here is the Christ!' or 'See, He is there!' do not believe it.

"But as to that day or the exact time no one knows--not even the angels in Heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

It is like a man living abroad who has left his house, and given the management to his servants--to each one his special duty--and has ordered the porter to keep awake.

But Judas Iscariot, already mentioned as one of the Twelve, went to the High Priests to betray Jesus to them.

And while they were at table Jesus said, "I solemnly tell you that one of you will betray me--one who is eating with me."

They were filled with sorrow, and began asking Him, one by one, "Not I, is it?"

"It is one of the Twelve," He replied; "he who is dipping his fingers in the dish with me.

Immediately, while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came and with him a crowd of men armed with swords and cudgels, sent by the High Priests and Scribes and Elders.

Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them. "The one I kiss," he said, "is the man: lay hold of him, and take him safely away."

But one of those who stood by drew his sword and struck a blow at the High Priest's servant, cutting off his ear.

One youth indeed did follow Him, wearing only a linen cloth round his bare body. Of him they laid hold,

But He remained silent, and gave no reply. A second time the High Priest questioned Him. "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?" he said.

You all heard his impious words. What is your judgement?" Then with one voice they condemned Him as deserving of death.

Now while Peter was below in the quadrangle, one of the High Priest's maidservants came,

Again the maidservant saw him, and again began to say to the people standing by, "He is one of them."

A second time he repeatedly denied it. Soon afterwards the bystanders again accused Peter, saying, "You are surely one of them, for you too are a Galilaean."

Now at the Festival it was customary for Pilate to release to the Jews any one prisoner whom they might beg off from punishment;

One Simon, a Cyrenaean, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing along, coming from the country: him they compelled to carry His cross.

And together with Jesus they crucified two robbers, one at His right hand and one at His left.

And all the passers-by reviled Him. They shook their heads at Him and said, "Ah! you who were for destroying the Sanctuary and building a new one in three days,

In the same way the High Priests also, as well as the Scribes, kept on scoffing at Him, saying to one another, "He has saved others: himself he cannot save!

and they were saying to one another, 'Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?"

So they came out, and fled from the tomb, for they were greatly agitated and surprised; and they said not a word to any one, for they were afraid.