'Back' in the Bible

Having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they left for their own country by a different road.

Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he went back to Galilee.

I tell you with certainty, you will not get out of there until you pay back the last dollar!"

Then it says, "I will go back to my home that I left.' When it arrives, it finds it empty, swept clean, and put in order.

"If your brother sins against you, go and confront him while the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.

Jesus told him, "If you want to be perfect, go and sell what you own and give the money to the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me."

They told him, "Caesar's." So he told them, "Then give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

and anyone who's in the field must not turn back to get his coat.

Then you should've invested my money with the bankers. When I returned, I would've received my money back with interest.'

When he went back to the disciples, he found them asleep. He told Peter, "So, you men couldn't stay awake with me for one hour, could you?

Then he came back and found them asleep, because they could not keep their eyes open.

Then he came back to the disciples and told them, "You might as well keep on sleeping and resting. Look! The time is near for the Son of Man to be betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Jesus told him, "Put your sword back in its place! Everyone who uses a sword will be killed by a sword.

Then Judas, who had betrayed him, regretted what had happened when he saw that Jesus was condemned. He brought the 30 pieces of silver back to the high priests and elders,

When they had finished making fun of him, they stripped him of the robe, put his own clothes back on him, and led him away to crucify him.

tombs were opened, and many saints who had died were brought back to life.

But Jesus was in the back of the boat, asleep on a cushion. So they woke him up and asked him, "Teacher, don't you care that we're going to die?"

Jesus left that place and went back to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.

Immediately the girl hurried back to the king with her request, "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter."

Back in the house, the disciples asked him about this again.

Jesus looked at him and loved him. Then he told him, "You're missing one thing. Go and sell everything you own, give the money to the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me."

If anyone asks you, "Why are you doing this?,' say, "The Lord needs it,' and he will send it back here at once."

But the farmers grabbed the servant, beat him, and sent him back empty-handed.

So Jesus told them, "Give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they were utterly amazed at him.

and the one who's in the field must not turn back to get his coat.

When he went back, he found his disciples asleep. "Simon, are you asleep?" he asked Peter. "You couldn't stay awake for one hour, could you?

Again he came back and found them asleep, because they could not keep their eyes open. They didn't even know what they should say to him.

He came back a third time. "Are you still sleeping and resting?" he asked. "Enough of that! The time has come. Look! The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

"Crucify him!" they shouted back.

When they had finished making fun of him, they stripped him of the purple robe, put his own clothes back on him, and led him away to crucify him.

They went back and told the others, who didn't believe them, either.

He will bring many of Israel's descendants back to the Lord their God.

Now Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and then went back home.

When the angels had left them and gone back to heaven, the shepherds told one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see what has taken place that the Lord has told us about."

Then he went back with them, returning to Nazareth and remaining in submission to them. His mother continued to treasure all these things in her heart.

Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. While the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him,

If someone strikes you on the cheek, offer him the other one as well, and if someone takes your coat, don't keep back your shirt, either.

Keep on giving to everyone who asks you for something, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not insist on getting it back.

If you lend to those from whom you expect to get something back, what thanks do you deserve? Even sinners lend to sinners to get back what they lend.

The man who had been dead sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

When they couldn't pay it back, he generously canceled the debts for both of them. Now which of them will love him more?"

Then all the people from the region surrounding the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them, because they were terrified. So he got into a boat and started back.

When Jesus came back, the crowd welcomed him, because everyone was expecting him.

by others that Elijah had appeared, and by still others that one of the ancient prophets had come back to life.

The apostles came back and told Jesus everything they had done. Then he took them away with him privately to a city called Bethsaida.

They answered, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others one of the ancient prophets who has come back to life."

Even while the boy was coming, the demon knocked him to the ground and threw him into convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

Jesus told him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."

If a peaceful person lives there, your greeting of peace will remain with him. But if that's not the case, your greeting will come back to you.

The 70 disciples came back and joyously reported, "Lord, even the demons are submitting to us in your name!"

The next day, he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, "Take good care of him. If you spend more than that, I'll repay you when I come back.'

"Whenever an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it wanders through dry places looking for a place to rest but doesn't find any. So it says, "I will go back to my home that I left.'

When it gets back home, it finds it swept clean and put in order.

But God told him, "You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you. Now who will get the things you've accumulated?'

But if that servant says to himself, "My master is taking a long time to come back,' and begins to beat the other servants and to eat, drink, and get drunk,

I tell you, you will never get out of there until you pay back the last penny!"

"So the servant went back and reported all this to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and told his servant, "Go quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring back the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.'

Because my son was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.' And they began to celebrate.

"Now the father's older son was in the field. As he was coming back to the house, he heard music and dancing.

The servant told him, "Your brother has come home, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he got him back safely.'

But this son of yours spent your money on prostitutes, and when he came back, you killed the fattened calf for him!'

But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.'"

Even if he sins against you seven times in a day and comes back to you seven times and says, "I repent,' you must forgive him."

But one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, came back and praised God with a loud voice.

"The person who is on the housetop that day must not come down to get his belongings out of his house. The person in the field, too, must not turn back to what's left behind.

When Jesus heard this, he told him, "You still need to do one thing. Sell everything you have and give the money to the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me."

He called ten of his servants and gave them ten coins. He told them, "Invest this money until I come back.'

"After he was appointed king, the prince came back. He ordered the servants to whom he had given the money to be called so he could find out what they had earned by investing.

At the right time he sent a servant to the farmers in order to get his share of the produce of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him back empty-handed.

He sent another servant, and they beat him, too, treated him shamefully, and sent him back empty-handed.

So he told them, "Then give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail. When you have come back, you must strengthen your brothers."

Even Herod and his soldiers treated him with contempt and made fun of him. He put a magnificent robe on Jesus and sent him back to Pilate.

Neither does Herod, because he sent him back to us! Indeed, this man has done nothing to deserve death.

Then they went back and prepared spices and perfumes, and on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

and didn't find his body there, so they came back and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who were saying that he was alive.

They got up right away, went back to Jerusalem, and found the eleven disciples and their companions all together.

Nicodemus asked him, "How can a person be born when he is old? He can't go back into his mother's womb a second time and be born, can he?"

he left Judea and went back to Galilee.

He told her, "Go and call your husband, and come back here."

Then the woman left her water jar and went back to town. She told people,

Jesus told him, "Go home. Your son will live." The man believed what Jesus told him and started back home.

As a result, many of his disciples turned back and no longer associated with him.

Then Jesus said, "I'll be with you only a little while longer, and then I'm going back to the one who sent me.

and told him, "Go and wash in the pool of Siloam" (which is translated "Sent One"). So he went off, washed, and came back seeing.

This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it back again.

No one is taking it from me; I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This is what my Father has commanded me."

After this, he told the disciples, "Let's go back to Judea."

The disciples told him, "Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just now trying to stone you to death, and you are going back there again?"

And since I'm going away to prepare a place for you, I'll come back again and welcome you into my presence, so that you may be where I am.

I'm not going to forsake you like orphans. I will come back to you.

You have heard me tell you, "I'm going away, but I'm coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would rejoice that I'm going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.

He cuts off every branch that does not produce fruit in me, and he cuts back every branch that does produce fruit, so that it might produce more fruit.

I left the Father and came into the world. Now I'm leaving the world and going back to the Father."

Jesus told Peter, "Put your sword back into its sheath. Shouldn't I drink the cup that the Father has given me?"

So Pilate went back into the governor's headquarters, summoned Jesus, and asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"

So the disciples went back to their homes.

That disciple whom Jesus kept loving told Peter, "It's the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put his clothes back on, because he was practically naked, and jumped into the sea.

Jesus told him, "If it's my will for him to remain until I come back, how does that concern you? You must keep following me!"

So the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple wasn't going to die. Yet Jesus didn't say to Peter that he wasn't going to die, but, "If it's my will for him to remain until I come back, how does that concern you?"