'Permitted' in the Bible
The Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
how he went into the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the sacred bread, which is not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat, and how he also gave it to the men who were with him?”
And he said to them, "Is it permitted on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?" But they were silent.
And he permitted them. And the unclean spirits came out [and] entered into the pigs, and the herd--about two thousand--rushed headlong down the steep slope into the sea and were drowned in the sea.
And He allowed no one to go with Him [as witnesses], except Peter and James and John the brother of James.
For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not permitted for you to have your brother's wife."
And they asked him if it was permitted for a man to divorce [his] wife, [in order to] test him.
They said, “Moses permitted us to write divorce papers and send her away.”
And [when they] came, they said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and {you do not care what anyone thinks}, {because you do not regard the opinion of people} but teach the way of God in truth. Is it permitted to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or should we not pay?"
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Bible Theasaurus
- Allow (206 instances)
- Countenance (70 instances)
- Permit (64 instances)
- Permitted (92 instances)
- Tolerate (15 instances)