Say

Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?

But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but do not do what I say?

That is why I did not consider myself worthy to come to You. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

But those at the table began to say to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”

One day as Jesus was praying in private and the disciples were with Him, He questioned them: “Who do the crowds say I am?”

They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that a prophet of old has arisen.”

They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that a prophet of old has arisen.”

“But what about you?” Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”

So Jesus told them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.

If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? After all, you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”

…waiting to catch Him in something He might say.

When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.

For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”

Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens.

And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is.

Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’

Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors to say, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost coin.’

I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

And the Lord answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

Which of you whose servant comes in from plowing or shepherding in the field will say to him, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”

Nor will people say, ‘Look, here it is,’ or ‘There it is.’ For you see, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”

But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’

They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why did you not believe him?’

But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

Then some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to question Him.

…and say to the owner of that house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’

So they all asked, “Are You then the Son of God?” He replied, “You say that I am.”

Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’

At that time ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’

So they said to him, “Who are you? We need an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

And when the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.

“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.

Even though I do not accept human testimony, I say these things so that you may be saved.

But since you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”

When the people saw the sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, “Truly this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”

In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such a woman. So what do You say?”

“I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”

“We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free?”

The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?”

“Now we know that You have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet You say that anyone who keeps Your word will never taste death.

Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory means nothing. The One who glorifies Me is My Father, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’

So once again they asked the man who had been blind, “What do you say about Him, since it was your eyes He opened?” “He is a prophet,” the man replied.

…and asked, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? So how is it that he can now see?”

I knew that You always hear Me, but I say this for the benefit of the people standing here, so they may believe that You sent Me.”

Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,

Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.

Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.

The crowd replied, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ will remain forever. So how can You say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”

I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.

I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.

And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”

Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’

Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.

You heard Me say, ‘I am going away, and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.

“Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”

Because of this, the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. However, Jesus did not say that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you?”

And seeing the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in response.

Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”

For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”

He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”

Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.

Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I command you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”

As they were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.

I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’

For the Sadducees say that there is neither a resurrection nor angels nor spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.

We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”

But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.

Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!

Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!

What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has discovered?

For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?

What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”

What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!

One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”

But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”

What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;

But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down)

But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming:

You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”

For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.

…so no one can say that you were baptized into my name.

I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers?