'Possible' in the Bible
It is not possible for a good tree to give bad fruit, and a bad tree will not give good fruit.
And Jesus, looking at them, said, With men this is not possible; but with God all things are possible.
For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked.
And he went forward a little, and falling down on his face in prayer, he said, O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup go from me; but let not my pleasure, but yours be done.
Does it not seem possible to you that if I make request to my Father he will even now send me an army of angels?
And turning to them, he said to them in the form of a story, How is it possible for Satan to put out Satan?
And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place?
And Jesus said to him, If you are able! All things are possible to him who has faith.
Jesus, looking on them, said, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God.
And he went forward a little, and falling down on the earth, made request that, if possible, the hour might go from him.
And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to you; take away this cup from me: but even so let not my pleasure, but yours be done.
And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, Is it possible for one blind man to be guide to another? will they not go falling together into a hole?
And he, from inside the house, would say in answer, Do not be a trouble to me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; it is not possible for me to get up and give to you?
But he said, Things which are not possible with man are possible with God.
David then gives him the name of Lord, so how is it possible for him to be his son?
Nazareth! said Nathanael, Is it possible for any good to come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see.
Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for a man to be given birth when he is old? Is he able to go into his mother's body a second time and come to birth again?
Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.
Come and see a man who has been talking to me of everything I ever did! Is it possible that this is the Christ?
How is it possible for you to have faith while you take honour one from another and have no desire for the honour which comes from the only God?
Then the Jews had an angry discussion among themselves, saying, How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh for food?
It is not possible for you to be hated by the world; but I am hated by it, because I give witness that what it does is evil.
And here he is talking openly and they say nothing to him! Is it possible that the rulers have knowledge that this is truly the Christ?
Then he said to them again, I am going away and you will be looking for me, but death will overtake you in your sins. It is not possible for you to come where I am going.
So the Jews said, Will he take his life? Is that why he says, Where I go it is not possible for you to come?
Then some of the Pharisees said, That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a sinner to do such signs? So there was a division among them.
Others said, These are not the words of one who has an evil spirit. Is it possible for an evil spirit to make blind people see?
But God gave him back to life, having made him free from the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be overcome by it.
Saying, What are we to do with these men? for certainly it is clear to all who are living in Jerusalem that a most important sign has been done by them, and it is not possible to say that it is not so.
For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of.
And he said, How is that possible when I have no guide? And he made Philip get up by his side.
So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us:
For Paul's purpose was to go past Ephesus, so that he might not be kept in Asia; for he was going quickly, in order, if possible, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.
And as the harbour was not a good one in which to be for the winter, the greater number of them were for going out to sea, in order, if possible, to put in for the winter at Phoenix, a harbour of Crete, looking to the north-east and south-east.
And when it was day, they had no knowledge of the land, but they saw an inlet of the sea with a floor of sand, and they had the idea of driving the ship up on to it if possible.
As far as it is possible for you be at peace with all men.
But I had not in mind the sinners who are outside the church, or those who have a desire for and take the property of others, or those who give worship to images; for it is not possible to keep away from such people without going out of the world completely:
It is not possible for you, at the same time, to take the cup of the Lord and the cup of evil spirits; you may not take part in the table of the Lord and the table of evil spirits.
But now, when you come together, it is not possible to take the holy meal of the Lord:
For if it is not possible for the dead to come to life again, then Christ has not come to life again:
Now I say this, my brothers, that it is not possible for flesh and blood to have a part in the kingdom of God; and death may not have a part in life.
And if it is possible for me to go there, they will go with me.
Where then is that happy condition of yours? because I give you witness, that, if possible, you would have taken out your eyes and given them to me.
Him then I am hoping to send as quickly as possible, when I am able to see how things will go for me:
For it is possible that for this reason he was parted from you for a time, so that you might have him for ever;
And then let themselves be turned away, it is not possible for their hearts to be made new a second time; because they themselves put the Son of God on the cross again, openly shaming him.
So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;
Now if it was possible for things to be made complete through the priests of the house of Levi (for the law was given to the people in connection with them), what need was there for another priest who was of the order of Melchizedek and not of the order of Aaron?
For if that first agreement had been as good as possible, there would have been no place for a second.
And over it were the winged ones of glory with their wings covering the mercy-seat; about which it is not possible now to say anything in detail.
For if this had been possible, would there not have been an end of those offerings, because the worshippers would have been made completely clean and would have been no longer conscious of sins?
Because it is not possible for the blood of oxen and goats to take away sins.
And without faith it is not possible to be well-pleasing to him, for it is necessary for anyone who comes to God to have the belief that God is, and that he is a rewarder of all those who make a serious search for him.
Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.
And the words, Still one more, make it clear that there will be a taking away of those things which are shaking, as of things which are made, so that there may be only those things of which no shaking is possible.
Let no man say when he is tested, I am tested by God; for it is not possible for God to be tested by evil, and he himself puts no man to such a test:
But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him?