'One' in the Bible

The angel replied to her:“The Holy Spirit will come upon you,and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.Therefore, the holy One to be bornwill be called the Son of God.

because the Mighty Onehas done great things for me,and His name is holy.

When the angels had left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go straight to Bethlehem and see what has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”

as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah:A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:Prepare the way for the Lord;make His paths straight!

He replied to them, “The one who has two shirts must share with someone who has none, and the one who has food must do the same.”

John answered them all, “I baptize you with water, but One is coming who is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to untie the strap of His sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

And in the prophet Elisha’s time, there were many in Israel who had serious skin diseases, yet not one of them was healed —only Naaman the Syrian.”

“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!”

Amazement came over them all, and they kept saying to one another, “What is this message? For He commands the unclean spirits with authority and power, and they come out!”

When the sun was setting, all those who had anyone sick with various diseases brought them to Him. As He laid His hands on each one of them, He would heal them.

He got into one of the boats, which belonged to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from the land. Then He sat down and was teaching the crowds from the boat.

While He was in one of the towns, a man was there who had a serious skin disease all over him. He saw Jesus, fell facedown, and begged Him: “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

Then He ordered him to tell no one: “But go and show yourself to the priest, and offer what Moses prescribed for your cleansing as a testimony to them.”

On one of those days while He was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea, and also from Jerusalem. And the Lord’s power to heal was in Him.

He also told them a parable: “No one tears a patch from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. Otherwise, not only will he tear the new, but also the piece from the new garment will not match the old.

And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, it will spill, and the skins will be ruined.

And no one, after drinking old wine, wants new, because he says, ‘The old is better.’”

They, however, were filled with rage and started discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.

Give to everyone who asks you, and from one who takes your things, don’t ask for them back.

But the one who hears and does not act is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The river crashed against it, and immediately it collapsed. And the destruction of that house was great!”

For I too am a man placed under authority, having soldiers under my command. I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”

and sent them to the Lord, asking, “Are You the One who is to come, or should we look for someone else?”

When the men reached Him, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to ask You, ‘Are You the One who is to come, or should we look for someone else?’”

This is the one it is written about:Look, I am sending My messengerahead of You;he will prepare Your way before You.

I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John, but the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

Then one of the Pharisees invited Him to eat with him. He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.

“A creditor had two debtors. One owed 500 denarii, and the other 50.

Simon answered, “I suppose the one he forgave more.”“You have judged correctly,” He told him.

Therefore I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; that’s why she loved much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little.”

Soon afterward He was traveling from one town and village to another, preaching and telling the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with Him,

“No one, after lighting a lamp, covers it with a basket or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in may see its light.

One day He and His disciples got into a boat, and He told them, “Let’s cross over to the other side of the lake.” So they set out,

He said to them, “Where is your faith?”They were fearful and amazed, asking one another, “Who can this be? He commands even the winds and the waves, and they obey Him!”

After He came to the house, He let no one enter with Him except Peter, John, James, and the child’s father and mother.

Her parents were astounded, but He instructed them to tell no one what had happened.

some that Elijah had appeared, and others that one of the ancient prophets had risen.

They answered, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, that one of the ancient prophets has come back.”

But He strictly warned and instructed them to tell this to no one,

As the two men were departing from Him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it’s good for us to be here! Let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—not knowing what he said.

Then a voice came from the cloud, saying:This is My Son, the Chosen One;listen to Him!

After the voice had spoken, only Jesus was found. They kept silent, and in those days told no one what they had seen.

He told them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in My name welcomes Me. And whoever welcomes Me welcomes Him who sent Me. For whoever is least among you—this one is great.”

But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Whoever listens to you listens to Me. Whoever rejects you rejects Me. And whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son desires to reveal Him.”

“The one who showed mercy to him,” he said.Then Jesus told him, “Go and do the same.”

but one thing is necessary. Mary has made the right choice, and it will not be taken away from her.”

He was praying in a certain place, and when He finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”

He also said to them: “Suppose one of you has a friend and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who searches finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

But when one stronger than he attacks and overpowers him, he takes from him all his weapons he trusted in, and divides up his plunder.

As He was saying these things, a woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “The womb that bore You and the one who nursed You are blessed!”

“No one lights a lamp and puts it in the cellar or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see its light.

One of the experts in the law answered Him, “Teacher, when You say these things You insult us too.”

Then He said: “Woe also to you experts in the law! You load people with burdens that are hard to carry, yet you yourselves don’t touch these burdens with one of your fingers.

In these circumstances, a crowd of many thousands came together, so that they were trampling on one another. He began to say to His disciples first: “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

But I will show you the One to fear: Fear Him who has authority to throw people into hell after death. Yes, I say to you, this is the One to fear!

Aren’t five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten in God’s sight.

Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

“That’s how it is with the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”

“Consider how the wildflowers grow: They don’t labor or spin thread. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these!

But the one who did not know and did things deserving of blows will be beaten lightly. Much will be required of everyone who has been given much. And even more will be expected of the one who has been entrusted with more.

From now on, five in one household will be divided: three against two, and two against three.

As He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath,

But the Lord answered him and said, “Hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you untie his ox or donkey from the feeding trough on the Sabbath and lead it to water?

He went through one town and village after another, teaching and making His way to Jerusalem.

One Sabbath, when He went to eat at the house of one of the leading Pharisees, they were watching Him closely.

The one who invited both of you may come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this man,’ and then in humiliation, you will proceed to take the lowest place.

“But when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when the one who invited you comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ You will then be honored in the presence of all the other guests.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

He also said to the one who had invited Him, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, don’t invite your friends, your brothers, your relatives, or your rich neighbors, because they might invite you back, and you would be repaid.

When one of those who reclined at the table with Him heard these things, he said to Him, “The one who will eat bread in the kingdom of God is blessed!”

“But without exception they all began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. I ask you to excuse me.’

For I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will enjoy my banquet!’”

“Or what king, going to war against another king, will not first sit down and decide if he is able with 10,000 to oppose the one who comes against him with 20,000?

In the same way, therefore, every one of you who does not say good-bye to all his possessions cannot be My disciple.

“What man among you, who has 100 sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the 99 in the open field and go after the lost one until he finds it?

I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous people who don’t need repentance.

“Or what woman who has 10 silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?

I tell you, in the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

Then he went to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

He longed to eat his fill from the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him any.

I’m no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired hands.’

So he summoned one of the servants and asked what these things meant.

“So he summoned each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first one.

No household slave can be the slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t be slaves to both God and money.”

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter in the law to drop out.

One day the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.

He said to His disciples, “Offenses will certainly come, but woe to the one they come through!

It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble.

“Which one of you having a slave tending sheep or plowing will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

But one of them, seeing that he was healed, returned and, with a loud voice, gave glory to God.

no one will say, ‘Look here!’ or ‘There!’ For you see, the kingdom of God is among you.”

Then He told the disciples: “The days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you won’t see it.

I tell you, on that night two will be in one bed: One will be taken and the other will be left.

Two women will be grinding grain together: One will be taken and the other left.

[Two will be in a field: One will be taken, and the other will be left.]”

“There was a judge in a certain town who didn’t fear God or respect man.

“Two men went up to the temple complex to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

I tell you, this one went down to his house justified rather than the other; because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”