eimi G1510

εἰμί (eimi) means “to be” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

εἰμί Greek · G1510 2,326 tagged occurrences in 1,988 verses

Pronunciation guide: i-mee' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G1510

εἰμί · eimi · to be

εἰμί, with various uses and significations, like the English verb to be. I. As substantive verb. 1. Of persons and things, to be, exist: Act.17:28, Jhn.1:1, 8:58, 17:5, al; ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν (for past ptcp.), Rev.1:4, 8, 4:8, 11:17, 16:5 (see Swete, Ap., 5; M, Pr., 228); τὰ (μὴ) ὄντα, Rom.4:17, 1Co.1:28. 2. Of times, events, etc., to be, happen, take place: Mat.24:3, Mrk.14:2, 15:42, Luk.21:23, Jhn.4:6, 23, 5:10, al. 3. to be present, be in a place, have come: Mat.2:13, 15, Mrk.1:45, 5:21, 15:40, Luk.1:80, 5:29, Jhn.7:30, al.; before εἰς, Mrk.2:1; before ἐκ, (ἐξ), Mat.1:20, 21:25, Mrk.11:30, Jhn.3:31, al. 4. Impers., ἔστι, ἦν, etc.; (a) there is (Fr. il y a), was, etc.: Mat.16:28, Luk.16:19, Jhn.3:1, 5:2, Rom.3:10, al.; with dative (of the possessor; Bl., §37, 3), Mat.16:22, Luk.1:7, Jhn.18.10, Rom.9:2, al.; ἔστιν ὅς, ὅστις (chiefly in pl), Mat.16:28, 19:2, Mrk.9:1, al.; (b) with inf., = ἔξεστιν (which see), it is possible: Heb.9:5, 1Co.11:20, RV (but see ICC, in l.). II. As copula uniting subject and predicate. 1. Expressing simply identity or equivalence: Mat.5:13, 14:15, Luk.1:18, 19, Jhn.1:1, 4:19, Rev.3:9, al. mult. 2. Explicative, as in parable, figure, type, etc.: Mat.13:19, 1Co.9:2, 10:4, 11:25, Gal.4:24, Rev.17:15, al.; ταῦτ᾽ ἔστιν, Mat.27:46, Mrk.7:2, Rom.7:18 al.; ὅ ἐστιν, Mrk.3:17, Col.1:24, Heb.7:2, al.; akin to this is the sacramental usage: Mat.26:26-28, Mrk.14:22, 24, Luk.22:19, 1Co.11:24 (see ICC on Mk, I Co, ll. with; DB, iii, 148 f.). 3. C. genitive: qual., etc., Mrk.5:42, Luk.3:23, 1Co.14:33, Heb.12:11, al.; part., 1Ti.1:20, 2Ti.1:15; poss., Mat.5:3, 10, Mrk.12:7, Luk.4:7; of service or partisanship, Rom.8:9, 1Co.1:12, 2Co.10:7, 2Ti.2:19. 4. C. dative (BL, §37, 3): Act.1:8, 9:15, Rom.4:12, 1Co.1:18, 2:14, Rev.21:7, al. 5. C. ptcp., as a periphrasis for the simple verb (Bl., §62, 1, 2; M, Pr., 225 ff.); (a) with ptcp. pf. (cl.): Mat.10:30, Luk.9:32, Jhn.3:24, Act.21:35, 1Co.15:19, al; (b) with ptcp. pr. (esp. in impf., as in Heb. and Aram.; Dalman, Words, 35 f.), Mat.7:29, Mrk.1:22, Luk.4:31, 14:1, Act.1:10, al. mult., id. for imper. (M, Pr., 180f., 182f.), with ellipsis of εἰμί, Rom.12:9, 10, Heb.13:5, al.; (with) with ptcp. aor. (cl), Luk.23:9. 6. Seq. εἰς (cf. Heb. הָיָה לְ), a vernac. usage (M, Pr., 71): Mat.19:5, Mrk.10:8, Heb.8:10, al. 7. C. adv.: Mat.19:20, Mrk.4:26, Luk.18:11, al. 8. Ellipses; (a) of the copula (Bl., §30, 3): Mat.8:29, 24:32, Jhn.21:22, 23, Heb.6:4, al.; (b) of the predicate: ἐγώ εἰμί, Mat.14:27, Mrk.6:50, al.; absol. (cf. Deu.32:39; אֲנִי הוּא), Mrk.13:6, Jhn.4:26, al. (cf. ἄπ-, ἔν-, πάρ-, συμ-πάρ-, σύν-ειμι). (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I am, exist.

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How translators render G1510

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
is	501
are	207
was	166
it is	75
am	73
will be	71
were	63
vvv	59
you are	50
i am	47
there is	47
he is	40
he was	33
to be	33
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it was	30
we are	24
be	22
there was	21
are you	18
they were	18
there are	17
there were	17
you will be	16
may be	13
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i was	12
there will be	12
you were	12
had	10
will	10
am he	9
have	8
it will be	8
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as	7
means	7
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arent	6
belongs	6
isnt	6
must be	6
we were	6
who was	6
will it be	6
you have been	6
he	5
jesus was	5
she is	5
come	4
comes	4
happen	4
has	4
i will be	4
is it	4
they will be	4
this is	4
who are	4
will become	4
you	4
am i	3
and	3
are like	3
belongs to	3
can he be	3
does	3
he will be	3
is a call for	3
is he	3
is that	3
let him be	3
must i remain	3
she was	3
that is	3
they	3
they may be	3
you may be	3
and is	2
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belonging	2
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exist	2
existed	2
follow	2
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have been	2
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he stayed	2
i do	2
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it were	2
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there	2
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to	2
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we	2
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when he is	2
when we were	2
which is here	2
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who had suffered	2
who is	2
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will she be	2
will there be	2
would	2
you had been	2
accompany	1
although he is	1
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am the one	1
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and absorbed	1
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and may be	1
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appear	1
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as well as	1
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became	1
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become	1
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been	1
belonged	1
belonged to	1
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came about	1
can this be	1
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consisting	1
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contains	1
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could have been attained	1
could this be	1
crowded	1
did not come	1
do	1
do not be	1
does not show	1
during	1
even though he did not yet have	1
even though he was	1
everything is	1
exists	1
for	1
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go	1
god was	1
had already become	1
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had yet been	1
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have come	1
have our being	1
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he had	1
he had been	1
he had removed it	1
he has been	1
he just looks	1
he lived	1
he may be	1
he must be	1
he remains	1
he stood	1
he too is	1
he was already	1
he were	1
he would not be	1
herod was	1
himself	1
i am from	1
i am present	1
i have	1
i have been	1
i live	1
i was staying	1
i will	1
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i would be	1
if they are	1
into being	1
into the	1
is going to	1
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is the meaning	1
it has already been	1
it meant	1
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it read	1
it was from	1
it was now	1
it will all be	1
it will be done	1
it will happen	1
it will happen that	1
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its	1
jesus	1
kept	1
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let it be	1
let there be	1
let this be	1
levi was	1
lived	1
may have	1
mean	1
meaning	1
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meant	1
might be	1
now i am	1
now there were	1
of them were	1
of us	1
of you	1
one	1
our	1
paul and silas were	1
paul was	1
people were	1
perish	1
regard him	1
rely on	1
remain	1
saul stayed	1
shall be	1
shall be made	1
shall i do	1
shall we say	1
she can be	1
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should live	1
should we do	1
sided	1
since there are already	1
since they are	1
since you are	1
standing	1
stands for	1
stay	1
stood	1
surely	1
surely not	1
sweep	1
that dwells	1
the authorities are	1
the believers gathered together	1
the holy spirit had	1
the man had been	1
the meaning	1
the meaning of	1
their	1
then let this be	1
there should be	1
there will be more	1
these things are	1
they continued	1
they did not belong	1
they exist	1
they had all been	1
they had been	1
they had belonged	1
they remain	1
they shared	1
they will all be	1
they will not be	1
this	1
this gospel is	1
this happened	1
this man is	1
this matter involved	1
this means	1
this point is	1
those present	1
though	1
though he was	1
though i am	1
though you once were	1
throughout	1
to be known	1
to bring	1
to find	1
to go	1
to remain	1
was about to happen	1
was it after	1
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was present	1
was using	1
we are all	1
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we had lived	1
we have	1
we lived	1
we who are	1
we will	1
we will certainly also be united with him	1
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were often	1
were present	1
were together	1
what he looks like	1
when there is	1
which is	1
while he was	1
while he was still	1
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while she was still	1
while we are	1
who belonged to	1
who belongs to	1
who live	1
who were	1
whose temple was	1
will appear	1
will be a sign	1
will correspond to	1
will get	1
will have	1
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will not experience	1
will own	1
with	1
would not rest	1
would share	1
you are still	1
you bear	1
you do	1
you do not experience	1
you have	1
you may	1
you may have	1
you really are	1
you so occupy	1
you too are	1
you will	1
you will just be	1
you will not be	1
you yourselves are	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
is	570
was	190
are	188
am	84
be	82
it is	82
shall be	70
were	70
art	47
he was	45
i am	43
there is	42
he is	38
being	37
to be	36
it was	35
ye are	32
there was	30
they were	28
they are	27
we are	26
thou art	23
shall	19
there are	19
there be	18
is it	16
there shall be	16
there were	15
are they	14
may be	13
are ye	12
is he	12
have	11
had	10
i was	10
it be	9
should be	9
which is	9
ye were	9
it shall be	8
that is	8
ye shall be	7
am i	6
art thou	6
he	6
is to say	6
might be	6
thou be	6
we were	6
when	6
he be	5
is there	5
let him be	5
shall it be	5
they	5
which are	5
i will be	4
it had been	4
it shall come to pass	4
let	4
she is	4
should	4
that were	4
there should be	4
they be	4
thou shalt be	4
when he was	4
which were	4
ye be	4
are we	3
he had	3
he were	3
shall i be	3
shall there be	3
stood	3
that are	3
that was	3
they had been	3
they may be	3
wast	3
we	3
we shall be	3
which was	3
will	3
ye may be	3
agree	2
be it	2
did	2
had been	2
have been	2
he had been	2
he shall be	2
i	2
i shall be	2
it were	2
meaneth	2
meant	2
shall have	2
shall she be	2
should mean	2
that	2
that be	2
they had	2
they shall be	2
they that are	2
thou hadst been	2
thou hast been	2
thou shalt	2
was it	2
we have	2
when he is	2
when we were	2
which	2
which art	2
which had	2
who are	2
who is	2
will be	2
ye have	2
a fool	1
against	1
agree with	1
agreed	1
and had	1
and is	1
and was	1
are there	1
art also	1
be it so	1
be thou	1
belongeth	1
bringeth	1
bringeth forth fruit	1
but dung	1
but loss	1
came	1
cannot be tempted	1
come	1
cometh	1
consisteth	1
continued	1
continued all night	1
descendeth	1
diligent	1
drew near	1
dureth	1
endure	1
followed	1
for	1
for all there were	1
forasmuch as	1
give thyself wholly	1
hast	1
hast been	1
have i been	1
have our being	1
have thou	1
having	1
he belonged	1
he hath been	1
he may be	1
he might be	1
he preached	1
he sat	1
he shall have	1
he should	1
he taught	1
he that is	1
he withdrew	1
himself to be	1
i be	1
i shall	1
i should	1
if	1
imprisoned	1
in	1
it	1
it becometh	1
it pleased	1
it remaineth	1
it shall	1
it should be	1
joined hard to	1
just men	1
knowing	1
let it	1
make	1
may	1
may have	1
men	1
might	1
mighty	1
now i am	1
of	1
of daily	1
one	1
ought	1
owneth	1
perish	1
sat down	1
seeing	1
seeing that there are	1
seeing ye	1
shall be made	1
shall it	1
shall we	1
shalt	1
shalt be	1
shalt have	1
shalt thou be	1
she may be	1
she pass	1
she was	1
should have been	1
shouldest be	1
soweth	1
stand	1
taught	1
that he is	1
that he was	1
that there are	1
that there is	1
that there was	1
that they are	1
that they do good	1
the christ	1
the shepherd	1
them that are	1
there	1
they continued stedfastly	1
they looked stedfastly	1
they should be	1
they that were	1
thing is	1
this is	1
those things which be	1
thou mayest	1
thou wast	1
thou wert	1
though he was	1
though i be	1
though they were	1
to be known	1
to be made	1
to have been	1
to them who are	1
us was	1
used	1
was come	1
watched	1
we be	1
we cannot	1
we had been	1
we may be	1
we should	1
we that are	1
we would	1
went	1
went before	1
were it	1
what would follow	1
when i was	1
when it was	1
when there is	1
when thou wast	1
whereas i was	1
which am	1
which though	1
while	1
while i was	1
while she was	1
who was	1
who were	1
will come	1
ye	1
ye belong	1
ye have been	1
ye know	1
you	1

Verses containing G1510

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Luke 14:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘Sir,’ the servant replied, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’
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Luke 14:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
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Luke 14:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms of peace.
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Luke 14:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile, and it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
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Luke 15:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus.
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Luke 15:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.
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Luke 15:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’
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Luke 15:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
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Luke 15:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
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Luke 15:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Meanwhile the older son was in the field, and as he approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
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Luke 15:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So he called one of the servants and asked what was going on.
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Luke 15:31 · BSB · 2 occurrences
‘Son, you are always with me,’ the father said, ‘and all that is mine is yours.
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Luke 15:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
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Luke 16:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.
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Luke 16:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.
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Luke 16:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
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Luke 16:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
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Luke 16:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
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Luke 16:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
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Luke 17:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks will come, but woe to the one through whom they come!
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Luke 17:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
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Luke 17:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He fell facedown at Jesus’ feet in thanksgiving to Him—and he was a Samaritan.
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Luke 17:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nor will people say, ‘Look, here it is,’ or ‘There it is.’ For you see, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”
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Luke 17:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For just as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will be the Son of Man in His day.
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Luke 17:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
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Luke 17:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It will be just like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
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Luke 17:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.
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Luke 17:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: one will be taken and the other left.
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Luke 17:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Two women will be grinding grain together: one will be taken and the other left.”
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Luke 18:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.
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Luke 18:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
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Luke 18:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:
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Luke 18:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
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Luke 18:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jesus called the children to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
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Luke 18:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when the ruler heard this, he became very sad, because he was extremely wealthy.
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Luke 18:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Indeed, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
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Luke 18:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jesus said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
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Luke 18:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God
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Luke 18:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying.
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Luke 18:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.
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Luke 19:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And there was a man named Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, who was very wealthy.
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Luke 19:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
He was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not see over the crowd because he was small in stature.
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Luke 19:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham.
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Luke 19:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His master replied, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.’
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Luke 19:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.’
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Luke 19:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
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Luke 19:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
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Luke 19:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.
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Luke 20:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Tell us,” they said, “by what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”
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Luke 20:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
John’s baptism—was it from heaven, or from men?”
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We convert source tables to JSON, expand grammar labels and count tagged words. Greek counts use the SBL edition in TAGNT. Hebrew counts use the main reading in TAHOT, including Qere readings and restored text. Source numbering follows NRSV; alternate references appear where supplied.

Berean Standard Bible translation tables, public domain, Berean Bible. CrossWire KJV 3.1 , public domain text with Bible Foundation and KJV2003 Project tags, licensed for any purpose. Dodson Greek Lexicon , CC0. Strong’s Hebrew dictionary , Open Scriptures transcription, CC BY-SA; converted Hebrew entries retain those terms. Greek pronunciation spellings come from Strong's Greek dictionary, XML edition 1.4 , public domain.

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