20 Bible Verses about Discussions

They arrived at Capernaum; and when He was in the house, He asked them, “What were you discussing and arguing about on the road?”

The baptism of John—from where did it come? From heaven [that is, ordained by God] or from men?” And they began debating among themselves [considering the implications of their answer], saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why did you not believe John?’

They began discussing it with each other, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’

They discussed and debated it among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’

They began discussing this with one another, saying, “It is because we have no bread [that He said this].”

So they [carefully and faithfully] kept the matter to themselves, discussing and questioning [with one another] what it meant to rise from the dead.

He asked them, “What are you discussing with them?”

But they kept quiet, because on the road they had discussed and debated with one another which one [of them] was the greatest.

And he went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers how he might betray Him and hand Him over to them.

Therefore there arose a controversy between John’s disciples and a Jew in regard to purification (ceremonial washing).

And Paul entered the synagogue, as was his custom, and for three Sabbaths he engaged in discussion and friendly debate with them from the Scriptures,

So he had discussions in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles, and in the market place day after day with any who happened to be there.

And he reasoned and debated in the synagogue every Sabbath, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks;

Then they arrived in Ephesus, and he left the others there; but he entered the synagogue and reasoned and debated with the Jews.

And he went into the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, reasoning and arguing and persuading them about the kingdom of God.

But when some were becoming hardened and disobedient [to the word of God], discrediting and speaking evil of the Way (Jesus, Christianity) before the congregation, Paul left them, taking the disciples with him, and went on holding daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus [instead of in the synagogue].

Then the Jews began to argue with one another, saying, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

But after ordering them to step out of the Council [chamber], they began to confer among themselves,

Neither in the temple, nor in the synagogues, nor elsewhere in the city did they find me carrying on a discussion or disputing with anybody or causing a crowd to gather.

Some individuals have wandered away from these things into empty arguments and useless discussions,