'Two' in the Bible

And he gave orders to the twelve, and sent them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits;

They were to go with common shoes on their feet, and not to take two coats.

But he said to them in answer, Give them food yourselves. And they said to him, Are we to go and get bread for two hundred pence, and give it to them?

And he said to them, How much bread have you? go and see. And when they had seen, they said, Five cakes of bread and two fishes.

And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them; and when the cakes were broken, he gave them to the disciples to put before the people; and he made division of the two fishes among them all.

And if your hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off; it is better for you to go into life with one hand than to have two hands and go into hell, into the eternal fire.

And if your foot is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off: it is better for you to go into life with one foot than to have two feet and go into hell.

And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out: it is better for you to go into the kingdom of God with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into hell,

And the two will become one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

And when they came near to Jerusalem, to Beth-phage and Bethany, at the Mountain of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

And there came a poor widow, and she put in two little bits of money, which make a farthing.

It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes made designs how they might take him by deceit and put him to death:

And he sent two of his disciples, and said to them, Go into the town, and there will come to you a man with a vessel of water: go after him;

And they put two thieves on crosses with him, one on his right side, and one on his left.

And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end.

And after these things he was seen in another form by two of them, while they were walking on their way into the country.

And to make an offering, as it is ordered in the law of the Lord, of two doves or other young birds.

And he made answer and said to them, He who has two coats, let him give to him who has not even one; and he who has food, let him do the same.

And he saw two boats by the edge of the water, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.

And they made signs to their friends in the other boat to come to their help. And they came, and the two boats were so full that they were going down.

Then John sent two of his disciples to the Lord, saying, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

And he said, Two men were in debt to a certain man of business: one had a debt of five hundred pence, and the other of fifty.

When they were unable to make payment, he made the two of them free of their debts. Which of them, now, will have the greater love for him?

For he gave an order to the evil spirit to come out of the man. For frequently it would take a grip of him: and he was kept under control, and prisoned with chains; but parting the chains in two, he would be sent by the driving of the evil spirit into waste places.

And he said to them, Take nothing for your journey, no stick or bag or bread or money, and do not take two coats.

But he said, Give them food yourselves. And they said, We have only five cakes of bread and two fishes, if we do not go and get food for all these people.

And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them, and when they had been broken, he gave them to the disciples to give to the people.

And two men, Moses and Elijah, were talking with him;

Now Peter and those who were with him were overcome with sleep: but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men who were with him.

Now after these things, the Lord made selection of seventy others and sent them before him, two together, into every town and place where he himself was about to come.

And the day after he took two pennies and gave them to the owner of the house and said, Take care of him; and if this money is not enough, when I come again I will give you whatever more is needed.

Are not five sparrows given in exchange for two farthings? and God has every one of them in mind.

The lord of that servant will come at a time when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not ready for him, and he will have him cut in two and will give him his part in the fate of those who have no faith;

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, A certain man had two sons:

No man may be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other; or he will keep to the one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

I say to you, In that night there will be two men sleeping in one bed, and one will be taken away and the other let go.

Two women will be crushing grain together; one will be taken away and the other let go.

Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer.

And it came about that when he got near Beth-phage and Bethany by the mountain which is named the Mountain of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,

And they said, Lord, here are two swords. And he said, It is enough.

And two others, evil-doers, were taken with him to be put to death.

The light of the sun went out, and the curtain in the Temple was parted in two.

And while they were in doubt about it, they saw two men in shining clothing by them:

And then, two of them, on that very day, were going to a little town named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.

The day after, John was there again with two of his disciples;

Hearing what he said, the two disciples went after Jesus.

Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two men who, hearing what John said, went after Jesus.

On the third day two people were going to be married at Cana in Galilee. The mother of Jesus was there:

Now six pots of stone, every one taking two or three firkins of water, were placed there for the purpose of washing, as is the way of the Jews.

After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they were there not more than two or three days.

So when the people came to him they made request to him to be among them for a time, and he was there two days.

And after the two days he went on from there into Galilee.

Philip made answer, Bread to the value of two hundred pence would not be enough even to give everyone a little.

There is a boy here with five barley cakes and two fishes: but what is that among such a number?

Even in your law it is said that the witness of two men is true.

So when the news came to him that Lazarus was ill, he did not go from the place where he was for two days.

Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about two miles away;

Where they put him on the cross with two others, one on this side and one on that, and Jesus in the middle.

She saw two angels in white seated where the body of Jesus had been, one at the head and the other at the feet.

Simon Peter, Thomas named Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were all together.

And the other disciples came in the little boat (they were not far from land, only about two hundred cubits off) pulling the net full of fish.

And while they were looking up to heaven with great attention, two men came to them, in white clothing,

And they made selection of two, Joseph, named Barsabbas, whose other name was Justus, and Matthias.

And they made prayers and said, Lord, having knowledge of the hearts of all men, make clear which of these two has been marked out by you,

And at these words, Moses went in flight to the land of Midian, and was living there for a time, and had two sons.

And he gave orders for the carriage to be stopped, and the two of them went down into the water, and Philip gave him baptism.

And because Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having knowledge that Peter was there, sent two men to him, requesting him to come to them straight away.

And when the angel who said these words to him had gone away, he sent for two of his house-servants, and a God-fearing man of the army, one of those who were waiting on him at all times;

And when Herod was about to take him out, the same night Peter was sleeping in chains between two armed men, and the watchmen were keeping watch before the door of the prison.

And this went on for two years, so that all those who were living in Asia had knowledge of the word of the Lord, Greeks as well as Jews.

And the man in whom the evil spirit was, jumping on them, was stronger than the two of them, and overcame them, so that they went running from that house, wounded and without their clothing.

And having sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, he himself went on living in Asia for a time.

But when they saw that he was a Jew, all of them with one voice went on crying out for about two hours, Great is Diana of Ephesus.

And when the argument became very violent, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be pulled in two by them, gave orders to the armed men to take him by force from among them, and take him into the army building.

And he sent for two captains and said, Make ready two hundred men, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, to go to Caesarea, at the third hour of the night:

But after two years Porcius Festus took the place of Felix, who, desiring to have the approval of the Jews, kept Paul in chains.

And we were, in the ship, two hundred and seventy-six persons.

And coming to a point between two seas, they got the ship to land; and the front part was fixed in the sand and not able to be moved, but the back part was broken by the force of the waves.

And for the space of two years, Paul was living in the house of which he had the use, and had talk with all those who went in to see him,

Or do you not see that he who is joined to a loose woman is one body with her? for God has said, The two of them will become one flesh.

If any man makes use of a tongue, let it not be more than two, or at the most three, and in turn; and let someone give the sense:

And let the prophets give their words, but not more than two or three, and let the others be judges of what they say.

This is the third time that I am coming to you. From the mouth of two or three witnesses will every word be made certain.

Because it is in the Writings, that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant-woman, and one by the free woman.

Which things have a secret sense; because these women are the two agreements; one from the mountain of Sinai, giving birth to servants, which is Hagar.

For he is our peace, who has made the two into one, and by whom the middle wall of division has been broken down,

Having in his flesh put an end to that which made the division between us, even the law with its rules and orders, so that he might make in himself, of the two, one new man, so making peace;

And that the two might come into agreement with God in one body through the cross, so putting an end to that division.

Because through him the two of us are able to come near in one Spirit to the Father.

For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:

Do not take as true any statement made against one in authority, but only if two or three give witness to it.

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;

A man who has gone against the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the word of two or three witnesses:

By faith Jacob gave a blessing to the two sons of Joseph, when he was near to death; and gave God worship, supported by his stick.

The first Trouble is past: see, there are still two Troubles to come.

But do not take the measure of the space outside the house; because it has been given to the nations: and the holy town will be under their feet for forty-two months.

And I will give orders to my two witnesses, and they will be prophets for a thousand, two hundred and sixty days, clothed with haircloth.

These are the two olive-trees and the two lights, which are before the Lord of the earth.