'Two' in the Bible

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was very angry; and he sent out, and put to death all the male children in Beth-lehem and in all the parts round about it, from two years old and under, acting on the knowledge which he had got with care from the wise men.

And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were putting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in the boat with their father, stitching up their nets; and he said, Come.

And whoever makes you go one mile, go with him two.

No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

And when he had come to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, there came out to him from the place of the dead, two who had evil spirits, so violent that no man was able to go that way.

And men do not put new wine into old wine-skins; or the skins will be burst and the wine will come out, and the skins are of no more use: but they put new wine into new wine-skins, and so the two will be safe.

And when Jesus went on from there, two blind men came after him, crying out, Have mercy on us, you Son of David.

Take no bag for your journey and do not take two coats or shoes or a stick: for the workman has a right to his food.

Are not sparrows two a farthing? and not one of them comes to an end without your Father:

And they say to him, We have here but five cakes of bread and two fishes.

And he gave orders for the people to be seated on the grass; and he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing, and made division of the food, and gave it to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.

Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.

And if your hand or your foot is a cause of trouble, let it be cut off and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with the loss of a hand or a foot than, having two hands or two feet, to go into the eternal fire.

And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out, and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into the hell of fire.

But if he will not give ear to you, take with you one or two more, that by the lips of two or three witnesses every word may be made certain.

Again, I say to you, that if two of you are in agreement on earth about anything for which they will make a request, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.

For where two or three are come together in my name, there am I among them.

For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?

So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Then let not that which has been joined by God be parted by man.

And he said to her, What is your desire? She says to him, Let my two sons be seated, the one at your right hand, and the other at your left, in your kingdom.

And when it came to the ears of the ten, they were angry with the two brothers.

And two blind men seated by the wayside, when they had the news that Jesus was going by, gave a loud cry, saying, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us.

And when they were near Jerusalem, and had come to Beth-phage, to the Mountain of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,

But how does it seem to you? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go and do work today in the vine-garden.

Which of the two did his father's pleasure? They say, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax-farmers and loose women are going into the kingdom of God before you.

On these two rules all the law and the prophets are based.

Then two men will be in the field; one is taken, and one let go;

Two women will be crushing grain; one is taken, and one let go.

And will have him cut in two, and will give him a part in the fate of the false ones: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

And to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to everyone as he was able; and he went on his journey.

In the same way he who had been given the two got two more.

And he who had the two talents came and said, Lord, you gave into my care two talents: see, I have got two more.

After two days is the Passover, and the Son of man will be given up to the death of the cross.

And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became sad and very troubled.

But later there came two who said, This man said, I am able to give the Temple of God to destruction, and to put it up again in three days.

But the ruler made answer and said to them, Which of the two is it your pleasure that I let go free? And they said, Barabbas.

Then two thieves were put on crosses with him, one on the right and one on the left.

And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end; and there was an earth-shock; and the rocks were broken;

And he let them do it. And the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea, about two thousand of them; and they came to their death in the sea.

And he was unable to do any work of power there, but only to put his hands on one or two persons who were ill, and make them well.

And he gave orders to the twelve, and sent them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits;

They were to go with common shoes on their feet, and not to take two coats.

But he said to them in answer, Give them food yourselves. And they said to him, Are we to go and get bread for two hundred pence, and give it to them?

And he said to them, How much bread have you? go and see. And when they had seen, they said, Five cakes of bread and two fishes.

And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them; and when the cakes were broken, he gave them to the disciples to put before the people; and he made division of the two fishes among them all.

And if your hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off; it is better for you to go into life with one hand than to have two hands and go into hell, into the eternal fire.

And if your foot is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off: it is better for you to go into life with one foot than to have two feet and go into hell.

And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out: it is better for you to go into the kingdom of God with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into hell,

And the two will become one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

And when they came near to Jerusalem, to Beth-phage and Bethany, at the Mountain of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

And there came a poor widow, and she put in two little bits of money, which make a farthing.

It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes made designs how they might take him by deceit and put him to death:

And he sent two of his disciples, and said to them, Go into the town, and there will come to you a man with a vessel of water: go after him;

And they put two thieves on crosses with him, one on his right side, and one on his left.

And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end.

And after these things he was seen in another form by two of them, while they were walking on their way into the country.

And to make an offering, as it is ordered in the law of the Lord, of two doves or other young birds.

And he made answer and said to them, He who has two coats, let him give to him who has not even one; and he who has food, let him do the same.

And he saw two boats by the edge of the water, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.

And they made signs to their friends in the other boat to come to their help. And they came, and the two boats were so full that they were going down.

Then John sent two of his disciples to the Lord, saying, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

And he said, Two men were in debt to a certain man of business: one had a debt of five hundred pence, and the other of fifty.

When they were unable to make payment, he made the two of them free of their debts. Which of them, now, will have the greater love for him?

For he gave an order to the evil spirit to come out of the man. For frequently it would take a grip of him: and he was kept under control, and prisoned with chains; but parting the chains in two, he would be sent by the driving of the evil spirit into waste places.

And he said to them, Take nothing for your journey, no stick or bag or bread or money, and do not take two coats.

But he said, Give them food yourselves. And they said, We have only five cakes of bread and two fishes, if we do not go and get food for all these people.

And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them, and when they had been broken, he gave them to the disciples to give to the people.

And two men, Moses and Elijah, were talking with him;

Now Peter and those who were with him were overcome with sleep: but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men who were with him.

Now after these things, the Lord made selection of seventy others and sent them before him, two together, into every town and place where he himself was about to come.

And the day after he took two pennies and gave them to the owner of the house and said, Take care of him; and if this money is not enough, when I come again I will give you whatever more is needed.

Are not five sparrows given in exchange for two farthings? and God has every one of them in mind.

The lord of that servant will come at a time when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not ready for him, and he will have him cut in two and will give him his part in the fate of those who have no faith;

For from this time, a family of five in one house will be on opposite sides, three against two and two against three.

And he said, A certain man had two sons:

No man may be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other; or he will keep to the one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

I say to you, In that night there will be two men sleeping in one bed, and one will be taken away and the other let go.

Two women will be crushing grain together; one will be taken away and the other let go.

Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer.

And it came about that when he got near Beth-phage and Bethany by the mountain which is named the Mountain of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,

And they said, Lord, here are two swords. And he said, It is enough.

And two others, evil-doers, were taken with him to be put to death.

The light of the sun went out, and the curtain in the Temple was parted in two.

And while they were in doubt about it, they saw two men in shining clothing by them:

And then, two of them, on that very day, were going to a little town named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.

The day after, John was there again with two of his disciples;

Hearing what he said, the two disciples went after Jesus.

Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two men who, hearing what John said, went after Jesus.

On the third day two people were going to be married at Cana in Galilee. The mother of Jesus was there:

Now six pots of stone, every one taking two or three firkins of water, were placed there for the purpose of washing, as is the way of the Jews.

After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they were there not more than two or three days.

So when the people came to him they made request to him to be among them for a time, and he was there two days.

And after the two days he went on from there into Galilee.

Philip made answer, Bread to the value of two hundred pence would not be enough even to give everyone a little.

There is a boy here with five barley cakes and two fishes: but what is that among such a number?

Even in your law it is said that the witness of two men is true.

So when the news came to him that Lazarus was ill, he did not go from the place where he was for two days.

Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about two miles away;

Where they put him on the cross with two others, one on this side and one on that, and Jesus in the middle.