'Three' in the Bible

And Mary was with her for about three months and then went back to her house.

And after three days they came across him in the Temple, seated among the wise men, giving ear to their words and putting questions to them.

Truly I say to you, There were a number of widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months and there was no food in the land;

And when they were about to go away from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah: having no knowledge of what he was saying.

Which of these three men, in your opinion, was neighbour to the man who came into the hands of thieves?

And he said to them, Which of you, having a friend, would go to him in the middle of the night and say to him, Friend, let me have three cakes of bread;

For from this time, a family of five in one house will be on opposite sides, three against two and two against three.

And he said to the gardener, See, for three years I have been looking for fruit from this tree, and I have not had any: let it be cut down; why is it taking up space?

It is like leaven, which a woman put into three measures of meal, and it was all leavened.

And he said, I say to you, Peter, before the cock's second cry today, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me.

And the Lord, turning, gave Peter a look. And the words of the Lord came to Peter's mind, how he had said, This night, before the hour of the cock's cry, you will be false to me three times.

But we were hoping that he would be the Saviour of Israel. In addition to all this he has now let three days go by from the time when these things took place;