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λέγω — 202x G3004 λέγω
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V-PAI-1S
Occurrences: 200 times in 198 verses
Speech: Verb
Parsing: Present Active Indicative
1st Person Singular
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:9 - Don't just say to each other, ‘We're safe, for we are descendants of Abraham.' That means nothing, for I tell you, God can create children of Abraham from these very stones.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:18 - I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not even the smallest detail of God's law will disappear until its purpose is achieved.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:20 - “But I warn you—unless your righteousness is better than the righteousness of the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven!
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:22 - But I say, if you are even angry with someone,[fn] you are subject to judgment! If you call someone an idiot,[fn] you are in danger of being brought before the court. And if you curse someone,[fn] you are in danger of the fires of hell.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:26 - And if that happens, you surely won't be free again until you have paid the last penny.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:28 - But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:32 - But I say that a man who divorces his wife, unless she has been unfaithful, causes her to commit adultery. And anyone who marries a divorced woman also commits adultery.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:34 - But I say, do not make any vows! Do not say, ‘By heaven!' because heaven is God's throne.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:39 - But I say, do not resist an evil person! If someone slaps you on the right cheek, offer the other cheek also.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:44 - But I say, love your enemies![fn] Pray for those who persecute you!
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:2 - When you give to someone in need, don't do as the hypocrites do—blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets to call attention to their acts of charity! I tell you the truth, they have received all the reward they will ever get.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:5 - “When you pray, don't be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I tell you the truth, that is all the reward they will ever get.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:16 - “And when you fast, don't make it obvious, as the hypocrites do, for they try to look miserable and disheveled so people will admire them for their fasting. I tell you the truth, that is the only reward they will ever get.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:25 - “That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn't life more than food, and your body more than clothing?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:29 - yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:9 - I know this because I am under the authority of my superior officers, and I have authority over my soldiers. I only need to say, ‘Go,' and they go, or ‘Come,' and they come. And if I say to my slaves, ‘Do this,' they do it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:10 - When Jesus heard this, he was amazed. Turning to those who were following him, he said, “I tell you the truth, I haven't seen faith like this in all Israel!
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:11 - And I tell you this, that many Gentiles will come from all over the world—from east and west—and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the feast in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:15 - I tell you the truth, the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah will be better off than such a town on the judgment day.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:23 - When you are persecuted in one town, flee to the next. I tell you the truth, the Son of Man[fn] will return before you have reached all the towns of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:27 - What I tell you now in the darkness, shout abroad when daybreak comes. What I whisper in your ear, shout from the housetops for all to hear!
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:42 - And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:9 - Were you looking for a prophet? Yes, and he is more than a prophet.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:11 - “I tell you the truth, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least person in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he is!
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:22 - I tell you, Tyre and Sidon will be better off on judgment day than you.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:24 - I tell you, even Sodom will be better off on judgment day than you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:6 - I tell you, there is one here who is even greater than the Temple!
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:31 - “So I tell you, every sin and blasphemy can be forgiven—except blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, which will never be forgiven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:36 - And I tell you this, you must give an account on judgment day for every idle word you speak.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:17 - I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, but they didn't see it. And they longed to hear what you hear, but they didn't hear it.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:18 - Now I say to you that you are Peter (which means ‘rock'),[fn] and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell[fn] will not conquer it.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:28 - And I tell you the truth, some standing here right now will not die before they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:12 - But I tell you, Elijah has already come, but he wasn't recognized, and they chose to abuse him. And in the same way they will also make the Son of Man suffer.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:20 - “You don't have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,' and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:3 - Then he said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:10 - “Beware that you don't look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels are always in the presence of my heavenly Father.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:13 - And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that didn't wander away!
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:18 - “I tell you the truth, whatever you forbid[fn] on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit[fn] on earth will be permitted in heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:19 - “I also tell you this: If two of you agree here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:22 - “No, not seven times,” Jesus replied, “but seventy times seven![fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:9 - And I tell you this, whoever divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery—unless his wife has been unfaithful.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:23 - Then Jesus said to his disciples, “I tell you the truth, it is very hard for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:24 - I'll say it again—it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:28 - Jesus replied, “I assure you that when the world is made new[fn] and the Son of Man[fn] sits upon his glorious throne, you who have been my followers will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:21 - Then Jesus told them, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and don't doubt, you can do things like this and much more. You can even say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' and it will happen.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:27 - So they finally replied, “We don't know.”
And Jesus responded, “Then I won't tell you by what authority I do these things.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:31 - “Which of the two obeyed his father?”
They replied, “The first.”[fn]
Then Jesus explained his meaning: “I tell you the truth, corrupt tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the Kingdom of God before you do.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:43 - I tell you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation that will produce the proper fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:36 - I tell you the truth, this judgment will fall on this very generation.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:39 - For I tell you this, you will never see me again until you say, ‘Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the LORD!'[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:2 - But he responded, “Do you see all these buildings? I tell you the truth, they will be completely demolished. Not one stone will be left on top of another!”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:34 - I tell you the truth, this generation[fn] will not pass from the scene until all these things take place.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:47 - I tell you the truth, the master will put that servant in charge of all he owns.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:12 - “But he called back, ‘Believe me, I don't know you!'
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:40 - “And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters,[fn] you were doing it to me!'
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:45 - “And he will answer, ‘I tell you the truth, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me.'
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:13 - I tell you the truth, wherever the Good News is preached throughout the world, this woman's deed will be remembered and discussed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:21 - While they were eating, he said, “I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:29 - Mark my words—I will not drink wine again until the day I drink it new with you in my Father's Kingdom.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:34 - Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, Peter—this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny three times that you even know me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:64 - Jesus replied, “You have said it. And in the future you will see the Son of Man seated in the place of power at God's right hand[fn] and coming on the clouds of heaven.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:11 - “Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:28 - “I tell you the truth, all sin and blasphemy can be forgiven,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:41 - Holding her hand, he said to her, “Talitha koum,” which means “Little girl, get up!”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:11 - But if any place refuses to welcome you or listen to you, shake its dust from your feet as you leave to show that you have abandoned those people to their fate.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:12 - When he heard this, he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why do these people keep demanding a miraculous sign? I tell you the truth, I will not give this generation any such sign.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:1 - Jesus went on to say, “I tell you the truth, some standing here right now will not die before they see the Kingdom of God arrive in great power!”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:13 - But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they chose to abuse him, just as the Scriptures predicted.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:41 - If anyone gives you even a cup of water because you belong to the Messiah, I tell you the truth, that person will surely be rewarded.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:15 - I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn't receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:29 - “Yes,” Jesus replied, “and I assure you that everyone who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or property, for my sake and for the Good News,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:23 - I tell you the truth, you can say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' and it will happen. But you must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in your heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:24 - I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you've received it, it will be yours.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:33 - So they finally replied, “We don't know.”
And Jesus responded, “Then I won't tell you by what authority I do these things.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:43 - Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has given more than all the others who are making contributions.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:30 - I tell you the truth, this generation[fn] will not pass from the scene before all these things take place.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:37 - I say to you what I say to everyone: Watch for him!”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:9 - I tell you the truth, wherever the Good News is preached throughout the world, this woman's deed will be remembered and discussed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:18 - As they were at the table[fn] eating, Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, one of you eating with me here will betray me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:25 - I tell you the truth, I will not drink wine again until the day I drink it new in the Kingdom of God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:30 - Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, Peter—this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny three times that you even know me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:8 - Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God. Don't just say to each other, ‘We're safe, for we are descendants of Abraham.' That means nothing, for I tell you, God can create children of Abraham from these very stones.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:24 - But I tell you the truth, no prophet is accepted in his own hometown.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:25 - “Certainly there were many needy widows in Israel in Elijah's time, when the heavens were closed for three and a half years, and a severe famine devastated the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:24 - So I will prove to you that the Son of Man[fn] has the authority on earth to forgive sins.” Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:27 - “But to you who are willing to listen, I say, love your enemies! Do good to those who hate you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:46 - “So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!' when you don't do what I say?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:8 - I know this because I am under the authority of my superior officers, and I have authority over my soldiers. I only need to say, ‘Go,' and they go, or ‘Come,' and they come. And if I say to my slaves, ‘Do this,' they do it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:14 - Then he walked over to the coffin and touched it, and the bearers stopped. “Young man,” he said, “I tell you, get up.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:26 - Were you looking for a prophet? Yes, and he is more than a prophet.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:28 - I tell you, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John. Yet even the least person in the Kingdom of God is greater than he is!”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:47 - “I tell you, her sins—and they are many—have been forgiven, so she has shown me much love. But a person who is forgiven little shows only little love.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:27 - I tell you the truth, some standing here right now will not die before they see the Kingdom of God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:12 - I assure you, even wicked Sodom will be better off than such a town on judgment day.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:24 - I tell you, many prophets and kings longed to see what you see, but they didn't see it. And they longed to hear what you hear, but they didn't hear it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:8 - But I tell you this—though he won't do it for friendship's sake, if you keep knocking long enough, he will get up and give you whatever you need because of your shameless persistence.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:9 - “And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:51 - from the murder of Abel to the murder of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, it will certainly be charged against this generation.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:5 - But I'll tell you whom to fear. Fear God, who has the power to kill you and then throw you into hell.[fn] Yes, he's the one to fear.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:22 - Then, turning to his disciples, Jesus said, “That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food to eat or enough clothes to wear.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:27 - “Look at the lilies and how they grow. They don't work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:37 - The servants who are ready and waiting for his return will be rewarded. I tell you the truth, he himself will seat them, put on an apron, and serve them as they sit and eat!
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:44 - I tell you the truth, the master will put that servant in charge of all he owns.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:51 - Do you think I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I have come to divide people against each other!
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:59 - And if that happens, you won't be free again until you have paid the very last penny.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:3 - Not at all! And you will perish, too, unless you repent of your sins and turn to God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:5 - No, and I tell you again that unless you repent, you will perish, too.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:24 - “Work hard to enter the narrow door to God's Kingdom, for many will try to enter but will fail.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:27 - And he will reply, ‘I tell you, I don't know you or where you come from. Get away from me, all you who do evil.'
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:35 - And now, look, your house is abandoned. And you will never see me again until you say, ‘Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the LORD!'[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:24 - For none of those I first invited will get even the smallest taste of my banquet.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:7 - In the same way, there is more joy in heaven over one lost sinner who repents and returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven't strayed away!
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:10 - In the same way, there is joy in the presence of God's angels when even one sinner repents.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:9 - Here's the lesson: Use your worldly resources to benefit others and make friends. Then, when your earthly possessions are gone, they will welcome you to an eternal home.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:34 - That night two people will be asleep in one bed; one will be taken, the other left.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:8 - I tell you, he will grant justice to them quickly! But when the Son of Man[fn] returns, how many will he find on the earth who have faith?”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:14 - I tell you, this sinner, not the Pharisee, returned home justified before God. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:17 - I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn't receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:29 - “Yes,” Jesus replied, “and I assure you that everyone who has given up house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the Kingdom of God,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:26 - “‘Yes,' the king replied, ‘and to those who use well what they are given, even more will be given. But from those who do nothing, even what little they have will be taken away.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:8 - And Jesus responded, “Then I won't tell you by what authority I do these things.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:3 - “I tell you the truth,” Jesus said, “this poor widow has given more than all the rest of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:32 - I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass from the scene until all these things have taken place.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:16 - For I tell you now that I won't eat this meal again until its meaning is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:18 - For I will not drink wine again until the Kingdom of God has come.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:37 - For the time has come for this prophecy about me to be fulfilled: ‘He was counted among the rebels.'[fn] Yes, everything written about me by the prophets will come true.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:43 - And Jesus replied, “I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:51 - Then he said, “I tell you the truth, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God going up and down on the Son of Man, the one who is the stairway between heaven and earth.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:3 - Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again,[fn] you cannot see the Kingdom of God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:5 - Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:11 - I assure you, we tell you what we know and have seen, and yet you won't believe our testimony.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:35 - You know the saying, ‘Four months between planting and harvest.' But I say, wake up and look around. The fields are already ripe[fn] for harvest.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:19 - So Jesus explained, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:24 - “I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:25 - “And I assure you that the time is coming, indeed it's here now, when the dead will hear my voice—the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen will live.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:34 - Of course, I have no need of human witnesses, but I say these things so you might be saved.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:26 - Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, you want to be with me because I fed you, not because you understood the miraculous signs.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:32 - Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, Moses didn't give you bread from heaven. My Father did. And now he offers you the true bread from heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:47 - “I tell you the truth, anyone who believes has eternal life.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:53 - So Jesus said again, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you cannot have eternal life within you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:34 - Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:45 - So when I tell the truth, you just naturally don't believe me!
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:46 - Which of you can truthfully accuse me of sin? And since I am telling you the truth, why don't you believe me?
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:51 - I tell you the truth, anyone who obeys my teaching will never die!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:58 - Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, before Abraham was even born, I AM![fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:1 - “I tell you the truth, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a robber!
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:7 - so he explained it to them: “I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:24 - I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its death will produce many new kernels—a plentiful harvest of new lives.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:16 - I tell you the truth, slaves are not greater than their master. Nor is the messenger more important than the one who sends the message.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:18 - “I am not saying these things to all of you; I know the ones I have chosen. But this fulfills the Scripture that says, ‘The one who eats my food has turned against me.'[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:19 - I tell you this beforehand, so that when it happens you will believe that I AM the Messiah.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:20 - I tell you the truth, anyone who welcomes my messenger is welcoming me, and anyone who welcomes me is welcoming the Father who sent me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:21 - Now Jesus was deeply troubled,[fn] and he exclaimed, “I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:33 - Dear children, I will be with you only a little longer. And as I told the Jewish leaders, you will search for me, but you can't come where I am going.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:38 - Jesus answered, “Die for me? I tell you the truth, Peter—before the rooster crows tomorrow morning, you will deny three times that you even know me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:12 - “I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:15 - I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn't confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:7 - But in fact, it is best for you that I go away, because if I don't, the Advocate[fn] won't come. If I do go away, then I will send him to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:20 - I tell you the truth, you will weep and mourn over what is going to happen to me, but the world will rejoice. You will grieve, but your grief will suddenly turn to wonderful joy.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:23 - At that time you won't need to ask me for anything. I tell you the truth, you will ask the Father directly, and he will grant your request because you use my name.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:26 - Then you will ask in my name. I'm not saying I will ask the Father on your behalf,
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:18 - “I tell you the truth, when you were young, you were able to do as you liked; you dressed yourself and went wherever you wanted to go. But when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and others[fn] will dress you and take you where you don't want to go.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:38 - “So my advice is, leave these men alone. Let them go. If they are planning and doing these things merely on their own, it will soon be overthrown.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:5 - “But,” some might say, “our sinfulness serves a good purpose, for it helps people see how righteous God is. Isn't it unfair, then, for him to punish us?” (This is merely a human point of view.)
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:19 - Because of the weakness of your human nature, I am using the illustration of slavery to help you understand all this. Previously, you let yourselves be slaves to impurity and lawlessness, which led ever deeper into sin. Now you must give yourselves to be slaves to righteous living so that you will become holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:1 - With Christ as my witness, I speak with utter truthfulness. My conscience and the Holy Spirit confirm it.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:18 - But I ask, have the people of Israel actually heard the message? Yes, they have:
“The message has gone throughout the earth,
and the words to all the world.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:19 - But I ask, did the people of Israel really understand? Yes, they did, for even in the time of Moses, God said,
“I will rouse your jealousy through people who are not even a nation.
I will provoke your anger through the foolish Gentiles.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:13 - I am saying all this especially for you Gentiles. God has appointed me as the apostle to the Gentiles. I stress this,
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:8 - Remember that Christ came as a servant to the Jews[fn] to show that God is true to the promises he made to their ancestors.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:12 - Some of you are saying, “I am a follower of Paul.” Others are saying, “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Peter,[fn]” or “I follow only Christ.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:5 - I am saying this to shame you. Isn't there anyone in all the church who is wise enough to decide these issues?
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:6 - I say this as a concession, not as a command.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:12 - Now, I will speak to the rest of you, though I do not have a direct command from the Lord. If a Christian man[fn] has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to continue living with him, he must not leave her.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:35 - I am saying this for your benefit, not to place restrictions on you. I want you to do whatever will help you serve the Lord best, with as few distractions as possible.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:15 - You are reasonable people. Decide for yourselves if what I am saying is true.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:29 - It might not be a matter of conscience for you, but it is for the other person.) For why should my freedom be limited by what someone else thinks?
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:34 - Think carefully about what is right, and stop sinning. For to your shame I say that some of you don't know God at all.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:51 - But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will all be transformed!
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:13 - I am asking you to respond as if you were my own children. Open your hearts to us!
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:3 - I'm not saying this to condemn you. I said before that you are in our hearts, and we live or die together with you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:8 - I am not commanding you to do this. But I am testing how genuine your love is by comparing it with the eagerness of the other churches.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:16 - Again I say, don't think that I am a fool to talk like this. But even if you do, listen to me, as you would to a foolish person, while I also boast a little.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:21 - I'm ashamed to say that we've been too “weak” to do that!
But whatever they dare to boast about—I'm talking like a fool again—I dare to boast about it, too.
Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:9 - I say again what we have said before: If anyone preaches any other Good News than the one you welcomed, let that person be cursed.
Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:15 - Dear brothers and sisters,[fn] here's an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or amend an irrevocable agreement, so it is in this case.
Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:17 - This is what I am trying to say: The agreement God made with Abraham could not be canceled 430 years later when God gave the law to Moses. God would be breaking his promise.
Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:2 - Listen! I, Paul, tell you this: If you are counting on circumcision to make you right with God, then Christ will be of no benefit to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:17 - With the Lord's authority I say this: Live no longer as the Gentiles do, for they are hopelessly confused.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:32 - This is a great mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are one.
Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:18 - For I have told you often before, and I say it again with tears in my eyes, that there are many whose conduct shows they are really enemies of the cross of Christ.
Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:11 - Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have.
Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:4 - I am telling you this so no one will deceive you with well-crafted arguments.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 2:7 - And I have been chosen as a preacher and apostle to teach the Gentiles this message about faith and truth. I'm not exaggerating—just telling the truth.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:7 - Think about what I am saying. The Lord will help you understand all these things.
Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:21 - I am confident as I write this letter that you will do what I ask and even more!
Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:16 - If you see a Christian brother or sister[fn] sinning in a way that does not lead to death, you should pray, and God will give that person life. But there is a sin that leads to death, and I am not saying you should pray for those who commit it.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:24 - “But I also have a message for the rest of you in Thyatira who have not followed this false teaching (‘deeper truths,' as they call them—depths of Satan, actually). I will ask nothing more of you
V-PAS-1S
Occurrences: 2 times in 2 verses
Speech: Verb
Parsing: Present Active Subjunctive
1st Person Singular
Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:19 - I, PAUL, WRITE THIS WITH MY OWN HAND: I WILL REPAY IT. AND I WONT MENTION THAT YOU OWE ME YOUR VERY SOUL!
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:32 - How much more do I need to say? It would take too long to recount the stories of the faith of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and all the prophets.
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