'Leave' in the Bible

Then doth the Devil leave him, and lo, messengers came and were ministering to him.

Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

and to him that would go to law with thee and take thy body coat, leave him thy cloak also.

But Jesus said to him, Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.

They cried out, "Son of God, leave us alone! Have you come here to torment us before the time?"

At that, the whole town went out to meet Jesus. When they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.

“Leave,” He said, “because the girl isn’t dead, but sleeping.” And they started laughing at Him.

“When you enter any town or village, find out who is worthy, and stay there until you leave.

If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that house or town.

Are not two little sparrows sold for a copper coin? And yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.

When the messengers had taken their leave, Jesus proceeded to say to the multitude concerning John, "What did you go out into the Desert to gaze at? A reed waving in the wind?

Leave both to grow together until the harvest, and at harvest-time I will direct the reapers, Collect the darnel first, and make it up into bundles to burn it, but bring all the wheat into my barn.'"

Leave them alone! They are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?

And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

Then Jesus said, “Leave the children alone, and don’t try to keep them from coming to Me, because the kingdom of heaven is made up of people like this.”

Then Peter answering said to him, 'Lo, we did leave all, and follow thee, what then shall we have?'

So go to the main highways that lead out of the city, and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.’

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

But the rest said, "Leave him alone! Let's see if Elijah will come to save him."

Then Jesus told them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell My brothers to leave for Galilee, and they will see Me there.”

"Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are -- the Holy One of God!"

Then he cried out with a loud voice, "Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I implore you by God -- do not torment me!"

And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.

Then they began to beg Him to leave their region.

Then He said to them, “Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that place.

If any place does not welcome you and people refuse to listen to you, when you leave there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

But when many people saw them leave and recognized them, they hurried on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them.

and having taken leave of them, he went away to the mountain to pray.

Ye leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

Many angrily told him to leave off shouting; but he only cried out all the louder, "Son of David, have pity on me."

When evening came, Jesus and his disciples would leave the city.

Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him [drop the issue, let it go], so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions and wrongdoings [against Him and others].

Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

There were seven brethren; and the first took a wife, and dying did not leave seed;

and the second took her and died, and neither did he leave seed; and the third likewise.

And the seven took her and did not leave seed. Last of all the woman also died.

Then Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a noble thing for Me.

Then someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Leave him alone! Let's see if Elijah will come to take him down!"

“Now, Lord, You are releasing Your bond-servant to leave [this world] in peace,According to Your word;

and was a widow for 84 years. She did not leave the temple complex, serving God night and day with fasting and prayers.

“Leave us alone! What do You have to do with us, Jesus—Nazarene? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

Then Jesus got up to leave the synagogue and went into Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was sick with a high fever, so they asked Jesus about her.

Next morning, at daybreak, He left the town and went away to a solitary place; but the people flocked out to find Him, and, coming to the place where He was, they endeavoured to detain Him that He might not leave them.

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at Jesus' knees and said, "Leave me, Lord! I am a sinful man!" -

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and shouted with a loud voice, "Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I beg you, do not torment me!"

Now there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they entreated him that he would give them leave to enter into them. And he gave them leave.

Then all the people of the Gerasene region asked Him to leave them, because they were gripped by great fear. So getting into the boat, He returned.

The people were all weeping aloud and beating their breasts for her; but He said, "Leave off wailing; for she is not dead, but asleep."

Whatever house you enter, stay there and leave from there.

If they do not welcome you, when you leave that town, shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.”

Then as the men were starting to leave, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah" -- not knowing what he was saying.

Without warning a spirit takes control of him, and he suddenly screams, goes into convulsions, and foams at the mouth. The spirit mauls him and refuses to leave him.

But he said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but go thou and publish abroad the kingdom of God.

And another also said, 'I will follow thee, sir, but first permit me to take leave of those in my house;'

But Martha was cumbered about much serving; and she came up to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister did leave me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.

But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

and ye like men who wait their own lord whenever he may leave the wedding, that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.

“But he replied to him, ‘Sir, leave it this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.

At that hour some Pharisees came and told Jesus, "Leave and get away from here, because Herod wants to kill you!"

'So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.

What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

and the third took her, and likewise also the seven did not leave children and died.

Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains! Those inside the city must leave it, and those who are in the country must not enter it,

The next day He decided to leave for Galilee. Jesus found Philip and told him, “Follow Me!”

Jesus said to her, “[Dear] woman, what is that to you and to Me? My time [to act and to be revealed] has not yet come.”

So Jesus asked the Twelve, "You don't want to leave, too, do you?"

so His brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea so Your disciples can see Your works that You are doing.

and He who sent me is with me; the Father did not leave me alone, because I, the things pleasing to Him, do always.'

and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep;

If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation."

Jesus answered, “Leave her alone; she has kept it for the day of My burial.

Now before the Passover Festival, Jesus realized that his hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

I've told you this now, before I leave, so that when I do leave, you will believe.

On the contrary, I am going away so that the world may know that I love the Father. Just as the Father commanded Me, so I do.“Get up; let’s leave this place.

I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.

Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

Since it was the Preparation Day, the Jewish leaders did not want to leave the bodies on the crosses during the Sabbath, because that was a particularly important Sabbath. So they asked Pilate to have the men's legs broken and the bodies removed.

And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.

While He was together with them, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the Father’s promise. “This,” He said, “is what you heard from Me;

Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

After they had ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin, they conferred among themselves,

And now, I tell you, stay away from these men and leave them alone. For if this plan or this work is of men, it will be overthrown;

Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.

"The glorious God appeared to our ancestor Abraham while he was in Mesopotamia before he settled in Haran. God told him, "Leave your country and your relatives and go to the land I'll show you.'

"But I will punish the nation they serve,' said God, "and afterwards they will leave and worship me in this place.'

He dealt deceitfully with our race and oppressed our ancestors by making them leave their infants outside, so they wouldn’t survive.

David obtained favour with God, and asked leave to provide a dwelling-place for the God of Jacob.

although He did not leave Himself without a witness, since He did what is good by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons and satisfying your hearts with food and happiness.”

So they came and apologized to them, and escorting them out, they urged them to leave town.

where he found a Jewish man named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul came to them,

And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.

and he came down to Ephesus, and did leave them there, and he himself having entered into the synagogue did reason with the Jews:

but took leave of them, saying, 'It behoveth me by all means the coming feast to keep at Jerusalem, and again I will return unto you -- God willing.' And he sailed from Ephesus,

After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and when he had exhorted them and taken his leave of them, he left to go to Macedonia.

On the first day of the week, when we had met to break bread, Paul began to address the people. Since he intended to leave the next day, he went on speaking until midnight.