'Telling' in the Bible

telling him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer what Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”

John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!”

For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill Him, and after He is killed, He will rise three days later.”

Then Jesus began by telling them: “Watch out that no one deceives you.