'One' in the Bible

A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:Prepare the way for the Lord;make His paths straight!

They were astonished at His teaching because, unlike the scribes, He was teaching them as one having authority.

“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 they were all amazed, so they began to argue with one another, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.”

When Jesus heard this, He told them, “Those who are well don’t need a doctor, but the sick do need one. I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new patch pulls away from the old cloth, and a worse tear is made.

And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost as well as the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins.”

“On the other hand, no one can enter a strong man’s house and rob his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he will rob his house.

For to the one who has, it will be given, and from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.”

And they were terrified and asked one another, “Who then is this? Even the wind and the sea obey Him!”

He lived in the tombs. No one was able to restrain him anymore—even with chains—

because he often had been bound with shackles and chains, but had snapped off the chains and smashed the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue him.

One of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at His feet

Then He gave them strict orders that no one should know about this and said that she should be given something to eat.

But others said, “He’s Elijah.” Still others said, “He’s a prophet—like one of the prophets.”

When Herod heard of it, he said, “John, the one I beheaded, has been raised!”

Then He ordered them to tell no one, but the more He would order them, the more they would proclaim it.

They had forgotten to take bread and had only one loaf with them in the boat.

They answered Him, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, one of the prophets.”

And He strictly warned them to tell no one about Him.

Then Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it’s good for us to be here! Let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—

As they were coming down from the mountain, He ordered them to tell no one what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

Out of the crowd, one man answered Him, “Teacher, I brought my son to You. He has a spirit that makes him unable to speak.

Then Jesus said to him, “‘If You can’? Everything is possible to the one who believes.”

But they were silent, because on the way they had been arguing with one another about who was the greatest.

“Whoever welcomes one little child such as this in My name welcomes Me. And whoever welcomes Me does not welcome Me, but Him who sent Me.”

“Don’t stop him,” said Jesus, “because there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name who can soon afterward speak evil of Me.

“But whoever causes the downfall of one of these little ones who believe in Me—it would be better for him if a heavy millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

And if your eye causes your downfall, gouge it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

Salt is good, but if the salt should lose its flavor, how can you make it salty? Have salt among yourselves and be at peace with one another.”

and the two will become one flesh.So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good but One—God.

Then, looking at him, Jesus loved him and said to him, “You lack one thing: Go, sell all you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

So they were even more astonished, saying to one another, “Then who can be saved?”

“I assure you,” Jesus said, “there is no one who has left house, brothers or sisters, mother or father, children, or fields because of Me and the gospel,

and told them, “Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

He said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again!” And His disciples heard it.

Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question; then answer Me, and I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

Then he sent another, and they killed that one. He also sent many others; they beat some and they killed some.

“He still had one to send, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

When they came, they said to Him, “Teacher, we know You are truthful and defer to no one, for You don’t show partiality but teach truthfully the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?

So they brought one. “Whose image and inscription is this?” He asked them.“Caesar’s,” they said.

One of the scribes approached. When he heard them debating and saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked Him, “Which command is the most important of all?”

“This is the most important,” Jesus answered:Listen, Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is One.

Then the scribe said to Him, “You are right, Teacher! You have correctly said that He is One, and there is no one else except Him.

When Jesus saw that he answered intelligently, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to question Him any longer.

As He was going out of the temple complex, one of His disciples said to Him, “Teacher, look! What massive stones! What impressive buildings!”

Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here on another that will not be thrown down!”

Then Jesus began by telling them: “Watch out that no one deceives you.

And you will be hated by everyone because of My name. But the one who endures to the end will be delivered.

Unless the Lord limited those days, no one would survive. But He limited those days because of the elect, whom He chose.

“Now concerning that day or hour no one knows—neither the angels in heaven nor the Son—except the Father.

It is like a man on a journey, who left his house, gave authority to his slaves, gave each one his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to be alert.

But some were expressing indignation to one another: “Why has this fragrant oil been wasted?

Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to hand Him over to them.

While they were reclining and eating, Jesus said, “I assure you: One of you will betray Me—one who is eating with Me!”

They began to be distressed and to say to Him one by one, “Surely not I?”

He said to them, “It is one of the Twelve—the one who is dipping bread with Me in the bowl.

Then He came and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you sleeping?” He asked Peter. “Couldn’t you stay awake one hour?

While He was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, suddenly arrived. With him was a mob, with swords and clubs, from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders.

His betrayer had given them a signal. “The One I kiss,” he said, “He’s the One; arrest Him and take Him away under guard.”

And one of those who stood by drew his sword, struck the high priest’s slave, and cut off his ear.

But He kept silent and did not answer anything. Again the high priest questioned Him, “Are You the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”

While Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the high priest’s servants came.

When the servant saw him again she began to tell those standing nearby, “This man is one of them!”

But again he denied it. After a little while those standing there said to Peter again, “You certainly are one of them, since you’re also a Galilean!”

There was one named Barabbas, who was in prison with rebels who had committed murder during the rebellion.

Pilate asked them again, “Then what do you want me to do with the One you call the King of the Jews?”

They crucified two criminals with Him, one on His right and one on His left.

Those who passed by were yelling insults at Him, shaking their heads, and saying, “Ha! The One who would demolish the sanctuary and build it in three days,

In the same way, the chief priests with the scribes were mocking Him to one another and saying, “He saved others; He cannot save Himself!

They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance to the tomb for us?”