'Saying' in the Bible

But when he was giving thought to these things, an angel of the Lord came to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, have no fear of taking Mary as your wife; because that which is in her body is of the Holy Spirit.

Saying, Where is the King of the Jews whose birth has now taken place? We have seen his star in the east and have come to give him worship.

And when they had gone, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream, saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into Egypt, and do not go from there till I give you word; for Herod will be searching for the young child to put him to death.

Saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: because they who were attempting to take the young child's life are dead.

Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.

And they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying openly that they had done wrong.

But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?

But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism.

And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

From that time Jesus went about preaching and saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin, for the kingdom of heaven is near.

And with these words he gave them teaching, saying,

And when you make your prayers, be not like the false-hearted men, who take pleasure in getting up and saying their prayers in the Synagogues and at the street turnings so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed?

And a leper came and gave him worship, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.

And he put his hand on him, saying, It is my pleasure; be clean. And straight away he was made clean.

Saying, Lord, my servant is ill in bed at the house, with no power in his body, and in great pain.

And the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea do his orders?

And they gave a loud cry, saying, What have we to do with you, you Son of God? Have you come here to give us punishment before the time?

And the evil spirits made strong prayers to him, saying, If you send us out, let us go into the herd of pigs.

Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not?

While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life.

Then he put his hand on their eyes, saying, As your faith is, let it be done to you.

And when the evil spirit had been sent out, the man had the power of talking: and they were all surprised, saying, Such a thing has never been seen in Israel.

These twelve Jesus sent out and gave them orders, saying, Do not go among the Gentiles, or into any town of Samaria,

And there was a man with a dead hand. And they put a question to him, saying, Is it right to make a man well on the Sabbath day? so that they might have something against him.

And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;

And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:

He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:

Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us the story of the evil plants in the field.

And when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying, This place is waste land, and the time is now past; send the people away so that they may go into the towns and get themselves food.

And when they saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they gave cries of fear.

But when he saw the wind he was in fear and, starting to go down, he gave a cry, saying, Help, Lord.

And those who were in the boat gave him worship, saying, Truly you are the Son of God.

Then there came to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,

And a woman of Canaan came out from those parts, crying and saying, Have pity on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is greatly troubled with an unclean spirit.

But she came and gave him worship, saying, Help, Lord.

And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, We took no bread.

While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.

And when they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus gave them orders, saying, Let no man have word of what you have seen, till the Son of man has come again from the dead.

And when they came to the people, a man went down on his knees to him, saying,

In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

So the servant went down on his face and gave him worship, saying, Lord, give me time to make payment and I will give you all.

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.

So that servant went down on his face, requesting him and saying, Give me time and I will make payment to you.

And it came about that after saying these words, Jesus went away from Galilee, and came into the parts of Judaea on the other side of Jordan.

And certain Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, Is it right for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

But he said to them, Not all men are able to take in this saying, but only those to whom it is given.

And the disciples, hearing this, were greatly surprised, saying, Who then may have salvation?

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.

And two blind men seated by the wayside, when they had the news that Jesus was going by, gave a loud cry, saying, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us.

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 those who went before him, and those who came after, gave loud cries, saying, Glory to the Son of David: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord: Glory in the highest.

And when he came into Jerusalem, all the town was moved, saying, Who is this?

Have you any idea what these are saying? And Jesus said to them, Yes: have you not seen in the Writings, From the lips of children and babies at the breast you have made your praise complete?

And when the disciples saw it they were surprised, saying, How did the fig-tree become dry in so short a time?

The baptism of John, where did it come from? from heaven or from men? And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say to us, Why then did you not have faith in him?

But after that he sent his son to them, saying, They will have respect for my son.

And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we see that you are true, and that you are teaching the true way of God, and have no fear of anyone, because you have no respect for a man's position.

On the same day there came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no coming back from the dead: and they put a question to him, saying,

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

Now while the Pharisees were together, Jesus put a question to them, saying,

He says to them, How then does David in the Spirit give him the name of Lord, saying,

And while he was seated on the Mountain of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Make clear to us, when will these things be? and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the world?

For people will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and a number will be turned from the true way through them.

But the wise made answer, saying, There may not be enough for us and you; it would be better for you to go to the traders and get oil for yourselves.

After that the other virgins came, saying, Lord, Lord, let us in.

And he who had the five talents came with his other five talents, saying, Lord, you gave into my care five talents: see, I have got five more.

Then will the upright make answer to him, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food, and give it to you? or in need of drink, and give it to you?

Then will they make answer, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food or drink, or wandering, or without clothing, or ill, or in prison, and did not take care of you?

Then will he make answer to them, saying, Truly I say to you, Because you did it not to the least of these, you did it not to me.

But when the disciples saw it they were angry, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

Now on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where are we to make ready for you to take the Passover meal?

And he took a cup and, having given praise, he gave it to them, saying,

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

Then they put shame on him, and were cruel to him: and some gave him blows, saying,

Now Peter was seated in the open square outside the house: and a servant-girl came to him, saying, You were with Jesus the Galilaean.

But he said before them all that it was false, saying, I have no knowledge of what you say.

Saying, I have done wrong in giving into your hands an upright man. But they said, What is that to us? it is your business.

And while he was on the judge's seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have nothing to do with that upright man, for I have had much trouble this day in a dream because of him.

And he said, Why, what evil has he done? But they gave loud cries, saying, To the cross with him!

And they made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and put a rod in his right hand, and they went down on their knees before him, and made sport of him, saying, Long life to the King of the Jews.

And those who went by said bitter words to him, shaking their heads and saying,

And about the ninth hour Jesus gave a loud cry, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why are you turned away from me?

Saying, Sir, we have in mind how that false man said, while he was still living, After three days I will come again from the dead.

And on the way, Jesus came to them, saying, Be glad. And they came and put their hands on his feet, and gave him worship.

And when they had come together with those in authority, and had made their decision, they gave much money to the watchmen, saying,