'God' in the Bible

How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, went down before him, crying out, and saying, You are the Son of God.

And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;

And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,

And he said, What picture may we give of the kingdom of God, or with what story may we make it clear?

And crying out with a loud voice he said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name, do not be cruel to me.

For, turning away from the law of God, you keep the rules of men.

And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down to you.

But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God,

Making the word of God of no effect by your rule, which you have given: and a number of other such things you do.

But he, turning about, and seeing his disciples, said sharply to Peter, Get out of my way, Satan: for your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.

And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There are some here who will have no taste of death till they see the kingdom of God come with power.

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,

Let not that which has been joined together by God be parted by man.

And when Jesus saw it, he was angry, and said to them, Let the little children come to me, and do not keep them away; for of such is the kingdom of God.

And Jesus said to him, Why do you say I am good? no one is good but one, and that is God.

And Jesus, looking round about, said to his disciples, How hard it is for those who have wealth to come into the kingdom of God!

And the disciples were full of wonder at his words. But Jesus said to them again, Children, how hard it is for those who put faith in wealth to come into the kingdom of God!

It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man of wealth to come into the kingdom of God.

Jesus, looking on them, said, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God.

And when they had come, they said to him, Master, we are certain that you are true, and have no fear of anyone: you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God: Is it right to give taxes to Caesar or not?

And Jesus said to them, Give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's. And they were full of wonder at him.

Jesus said to them, Is not this the reason for your error, that you have no knowledge of the holy Writings or of the power of God?

But as to the dead coming back to life; have you not seen in the book of Moses, about the burning thorn-tree, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: you are greatly in error.

Jesus said in answer, The first is, Give ear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord;

And you are to have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.

And when Jesus saw that he gave a wise answer, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And every man after that was in fear of questioning him any more.

For in those days there will be sorrow, such as there has not been from the time when God made the world till now, and will not ever be again.

Truly I say to you, I will take no more of the fruit of the vine till the day when I take it new in the kingdom of God.

And after a song of praise to God they went out to the Mountain of Olives.

His words against God have come to your ears: what is your opinion? And they all said it was right for him to be put to death.

And at the ninth hour, Jesus said in a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, My God, my God, why are you turned away from me?

And when the captain, who was near, saw how he gave up his spirit, he said, Truly this man was a son of God.

There came Joseph of Arimathaea, a responsible man in high honour, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God; and he went in to Pilate without fear, and made a request for the body of Jesus.

So then the Lord Jesus, after he had said these words to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God.

They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.

Now it came about that in his turn he was acting as priest before God,

But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.

For he will be great in the eyes of the Lord; he will not take wine or strong drink; and he will be full of the Spirit of God from his birth.

And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God.

And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose place is before God; I have been sent to say these words to you and to give you this good news.

Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town in Galilee, named Nazareth,

He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father:

And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will come to rest on you, and so that which will come to birth will be named holy, Son of God.

For there is nothing which God is not able to do.

And Mary said: My soul gives glory to God;

My spirit is glad in God my Saviour.

And straight away his mouth was open and his tongue was free and he gave praise to God.

Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has come to his people and made them free,

Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the dawn from heaven has come to us,

And suddenly there was with the angel a great band of spirits from heaven, giving praise to God, and saying,

Glory to God in the highest, and on the earth peace among men with whom he is well pleased.

Then the keepers of the sheep went back, giving glory and praise to God for all the things which had come to their ears and which they had seen, as it had been said to them.

And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on him.

Then he took him in his arms and gave praise to God and said,

And coming up at that time, she gave praise to God, talking of him to all those who were waiting for the freeing of Jerusalem.

And the child became tall and strong and full of wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.

And Jesus was increasing in wisdom and in years, and in grace before God and men.

And all flesh will see the salvation of God.

Make clear by your acts that your hearts have been changed; and do not say to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father: for I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children of Abraham.

The son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

And the Evil One said to him, If you are the Son of God, give orders to this stone to become bread.

And Jesus in answer said to him, It has been said in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God, and be his servant only.

And he took him to Jerusalem and put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him, If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down from here; for it is said in the Writings,

And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

Let us be! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? have you come to put an end to us? I have knowledge who you are, the Holy One of God.

And evil spirits came out of a number of them, crying out and saying, You are the Son of God. But he gave them sharp orders not to say a word, because they had knowledge that he was the Christ.

But he said to them, I have to give the good news of the kingdom of God in other towns, because that is why I was sent.

Now it came about that while the people came pushing to be near him, and to have knowledge of the word of God, he was by a wide stretch of water named Gennesaret;

And the scribes and Pharisees were having an argument, saying, Who is this, who has no respect for God? who is able to give forgiveness for sins, but God only?

And straight away he got up before them, and took up his bed and went away to his house giving praise to God.

And wonder overcame them all, and they gave glory to God; and they were full of fear, saying, We have seen strange things today.

How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

And it came about in those days that he went out to the mountain for prayer; and he was all night in prayer to God.

And turning his eyes to his disciples he said, Happy are you who are poor: for the kingdom of God is yours.

And fear came on all, and they gave praise to God, saying, A great prophet is among us: and, God has given thought to his people.

I say to you, Among all the sons of women, not one is greater than John: but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

(And all the people, and the tax-farmers, to whom John had given baptism, when they had knowledge of these things, gave glory to God.

But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were against the purpose of God for themselves, not having had his baptism.)

And it came about, after a short time, that he went through town and country giving the good news of the kingdom of God, and with him were the twelve,

And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.

Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.

But he said to them in answer, My mother and my brothers are those who have knowledge of the word of God and do it.

And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.

Go back to your house and let them have news of all the great things which God has done for you. And he went away, giving word through all the town of the great things which Jesus had done for him.

And he sent them out to be preachers of the kingdom of God, and to make well those who were ill.

But the people, getting news of it, went after him: and he was pleased to see them, and gave them teaching about the kingdom of God, and made those well who were in need of it.

And he said, But who do you say that I am? And Peter, answering, said, The Christ of God.

But truly I say to you, Some of those who are here now will have no taste of death till they see the kingdom of God.

And they were full of wonder at the great power of God. But while they were all wondering at all the things which he did, he said to his disciples,

But he said to him, Let the dead take care of their dead; it is for you to go and give news of the kingdom of God.

But Jesus said, No man, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is good enough for the kingdom of God.

And make well those in it who are ill and say to them, The kingdom of God is near to you.

Even the dust of your town, which is on our feet, we put off as a witness against you; but be certain of this, that the kingdom of God is near.

And he, answering, said, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and for your neighbour as for yourself.

But if I, by the finger of God, send out evil spirits, then the kingdom of God has overtaken you.

But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.

But a curse is on you, Pharisees! for you make men give a tenth of every sort of plant, and give no thought to right and the love of God; but it is right for you to do these things, and not let the others be undone.

For this reason the wisdom of God has said, I will send them prophets and teachers, and to some of them they will give death and cruel pains;