'Word' in the Bible

Now all this took place so that the word of the Lord by the prophet might come true,

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.

And was there till the death of Herod; so that the word of the Lord through the prophet might come true, Out of Egypt have I sent for my son.

Then the word of Jeremiah the prophet came true,

And he came and was living in a town named Nazareth: so that the word of the prophets might come true, He will be named a Nazarene.

But when he saw a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?

And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread.

But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.

So that the word of the prophet Isaiah might come true,

And the captain in answer said, Lord, I am not good enough for you to come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be made well.

And in the evening, they took to him a number of people who had evil spirits; and he sent the spirits out of them with a word, and made well all who were ill;

So that the word of Isaiah the prophet might come true: He himself took our pains and our diseases.

Ordering them not to give people word of him:

So I say to you, Every sin and every evil word against God will have forgiveness; but for evil words against the Spirit there will be no forgiveness.

And whoever says a word against the Son of man, will have forgiveness; but whoever says a word against the Holy Spirit, will not have forgiveness in this life or in that which is to come.

And I say to you that in the day when they are judged, men will have to give an account of every foolish word they have said.

When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.

And that which went on the stones, this is he who, hearing the word, straight away takes it with joy;

But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, he quickly becomes full of doubts.

And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit.

And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

So he gave her his word with an oath to let her have whatever she might make request for.

And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?

There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.

Then he gave orders to the disciples to give no man word that he was the Christ.

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.

But if he will not give ear to you, take with you one or two more, that by the lips of two or three witnesses every word may be made certain.

So when the other servants saw what was done they were very sad, and came and gave word to their lord of what had been done.

When, then, you see in the holy place the unclean thing which makes destruction, of which word was given by Daniel the prophet (let this be clear to the reader),

But Jesus said not a word. And the high priest said to him, I put you on oath, by the living God, that you will say to us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.

And the word of Jesus came back to Peter, when he said, Before the hour of the cock's cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me. And he went out, weeping bitterly.

And they gave them for the potter's field, as I had word from the Lord.

And he gave him no answer, not even a word: so that the ruler was greatly surprised.

Then said Jesus to them, Have no fear: go and give word to my brothers to go into Galilee, and there they will see me.

Now Simon's wife's mother was ill, with a burning heat; and they gave him word of her:

The seed is the word.

And these are they by the wayside, where the word is planted; and when they have given ear, the Evil One comes straight away and takes away the word which has been planted in them.

And in the same way, these are they who are planted on the stones, who, when the word has come to their ears, straight away take it with joy;

And they have no root in themselves, but go on for a time; then, when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, they quickly become full of doubts.

And others are those planted among the thorns; these are they who have given ear to the word,

And the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, and the desire for other things coming in, put a stop to the growth of the word, and it gives no fruit.

And these are they who were planted on the good earth; such as give ear to the word, and take it into their hearts, and give fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundred times as much.

Making the word of God of no effect by your rule, which you have given: and a number of other such things you do.

And while they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to give word to any man of the things they had seen, till the Son of man had come back from the dead.

And they were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going before them: and they were full of wonder; but those who came after him were in fear. And again he took the twelve, and gave them word of the things which were to come on him,

And hearing what he said, they were glad, and gave him their word to make him a payment of money. And he took thought how he might best give him up to them.

And they went out, preaching everywhere, the Lord working with them, and giving witness to the word by the signs which came after. So be it.

As they were handed down to us by those who saw them from the first and were preachers of the word,

As he gave his word to our fathers.

And all who had word of them kept them in their minds and said, What will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

To do acts of mercy to our fathers and to keep in mind his holy word,

When Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of the Lord came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the waste land.

So he said to the people who went out to him for baptism: You offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?

Then he said to them, Today this word has come true in your hearing.

And they were surprised at his teaching, for his word was with authority.

He went near her, and with a sharp word he gave orders to the disease and it went away from her; and straight away she got up and took care of their needs.

And evil spirits came out of a number of them, crying out and saying, You are the Son of God. But he gave them sharp orders not to say a word, because they had knowledge that he was the Christ.

Now it came about that while the people came pushing to be near him, and to have knowledge of the word of God, he was by a wide stretch of water named Gennesaret;

And Simon, answering, said, Master, we were working all night and we took nothing: but at your word I will let down the nets.

And I had the feeling that I was not even good enough to come to you: but say the word only, and my servant will be well.

Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.

Those by the side of the road are those who have given hearing; then the Evil One comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not have faith and get salvation.

And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up.

And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.

But he said to them in answer, My mother and my brothers are those who have knowledge of the word of God and do it.

Go back to your house and let them have news of all the great things which God has done for you. And he went away, giving word through all the town of the great things which Jesus had done for him.

Take no bag for money or for food, and no shoes; say no word to any man on the way.

But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.

And if anyone says a word against the Son of man, he will have forgiveness: but for him who says evil words against the Holy Spirit, there will be no forgiveness.

And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people.

Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness.

From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.

This Word was from the first in relation with God.

And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.

So when he had come back again from the dead, the memory of these words came back to the disciples, and they had faith in the holy Writings and in the word which Jesus had said.

Now when it was clear to the Lord that word had come to the ears of the Pharisees that Jesus was making more disciples than John and was giving them baptism

Jesus said to her, Woman, take my word for this; the time is coming when you will not give worship to the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.

And Jesus said, Go in peace; your son is living. The man had faith in the word which Jesus said to him and went away.

Truly I say to you, The man whose ears are open to my word and who has faith in him who sent me, has eternal life; he will not be judged, but has come from death into life.

And you have not kept his word in your hearts, because you have not faith in him whom he has sent.

Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, If you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples;

I am conscious that you are Abraham's seed; but you have a desire to put me to death because my word has no place in you.

Truly I say to you, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.

The Jews said to him, Now we are certain that you have an evil spirit. Abraham is dead, and the prophets are dead; and you say, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.

You have no knowledge of him, but I have knowledge of him; and if I said I have no knowledge of him I would be talking falsely like you: but I have full knowledge of him, and I keep his word.

We are certain that God gave his word to Moses: but as for this man, we have no knowledge where he comes from.

If he said they were gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Writings may not be broken),

Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone had knowledge where he was, he was to give them word, so that they might take him.

Philip went and gave word of it to Andrew; and Andrew went with Philip to Jesus.

He who puts me on one side and does not take my words to heart, is not without a judge: the word which I have said will be his judge on the last day.

He who has no love for me does not keep my words; and the word which you are hearing is not my word but the Father's who sent me.

And now I have given you word of it before it comes, so that, when it comes, you may have faith.

I have given your word to them; and they are hated by the world, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

Make them holy by the true word: your word is the true word.

My prayer is not for them only, but for all who will have faith in me through their word;

But Peter was kept outside at the door. Then this other disciple, who was a friend of the high priest, came out and had a word with the girl who kept the door, and took Peter in.

(That the word of Jesus might come true, pointing to the sort of death he would have.)

And when they were all together, with him, he gave them orders not to go away from Jerusalem, but to keep there, waiting till the word of the Father was put into effect, of which, he said, I have given you knowledge:

My brothers, the word of God had to be put into effect, which the Holy Spirit had said before, by the mouth of David, about Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus,

And so, being lifted up to the right hand of God, and having the Father's word that the Holy Spirit would come, he has sent this thing, which now you see and have knowledge of.