'People' in the Bible

Now the whole crowd of people were praying outside at the hour of the incense offering.

He will turn many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God.

And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him."

Now the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they began to wonder why he was delayed in the holy place.

"This is what the Lord has done for me at the time when he has been gracious to me, to take away my disgrace among people."

"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because he has come to help and has redeemed his people.

to give his people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins.

But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid! Listen carefully, for I proclaim to you good news that brings great joy to all the people:

"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people with whom he is pleased!"

a light, for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel."

And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and with people.

While the people were filled with anticipation and they all wondered whether perhaps John could be the Christ,

And in this way, with many other exhortations, John proclaimed good news to the people.

Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized. And while he was praying, the heavens opened,

When they heard this, all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage.

So he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he began to teach the people.

and so were James and John, Zebedee's sons, who were Simon's business partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching people."

"Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil on account of the Son of Man!

"Woe to you when all people speak well of you, for their ancestors did the same things to the false prophets.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to ungrateful and evil people.

After Jesus had finished teaching all this to the people, he entered Capernaum.

Fear seized them all, and they began to glorify God, saying, "A great prophet has appeared among us!" and "God has come to help his people!"

At that very time Jesus cured many people of diseases, sicknesses, and evil spirits, and granted sight to many who were blind.

(Now all the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God's justice, because they had been baptized with John's baptism.

"To what then should I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?

While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from one town after another, he spoke to them in a parable:

So the people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus. They found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.

Then all the people of the Gerasenes and the surrounding region asked Jesus to leave them alone, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and left.

When the woman saw that she could not escape notice, she came trembling and fell down before him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched him and how she had been immediately healed.

Then they departed and went throughout the villages, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.

Now Herod the tetrarch heard about everything that was happening, and he was thoroughly perplexed, because some people were saying that John had been raised from the dead,

But he said to them, "You give them something to eat." They replied, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish -- unless we go and buy food for all these people."

So they did as Jesus directed, and the people all sat down.

Whenever you enter a town and the people welcome you, eat what is set before you.

But whenever you enter a town and the people do not welcome you, go into its streets and say,

For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.

The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon -- and now, something greater than Solomon is here!

The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them -- and now, something greater than Jonah is here!

Woe to you! You are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without realizing it!"

But Jesus replied, "Woe to you experts in religious law as well! You load people down with burdens difficult to bear, yet you yourselves refuse to touch the burdens with even one of your fingers!

And if this is how God clothes the wild grass, which is here today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, how much more will he clothe you, you people of little faith!

be like people waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

Then people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and take their places at the banquet table in the kingdom of God.

So the master said to his slave, 'Go out to the highways and country roads and urge people to come in, so that my house will be filled.

I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to repent.

I know what to do so that when I am put out of management, people will welcome me into their homes.'

The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries than the people of light.

Then people will say to you, 'Look, there he is!' or 'Look, here he is!' Do not go out or chase after them.

People were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage -- right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot, people were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building;

I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.

He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people.

For a while he refused, but later on he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people,

The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers -- or even like this tax collector.

Now people were even bringing their babies to him for him to touch. But when the disciples saw it, they began to scold those who brought them.

And immediately he regained his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they too gave praise to God.

And when the people saw it, they all complained, "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner."

While the people were listening to these things, Jesus proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.

Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him,

but they could not find a way to do it, for all the people hung on his words.

Now one day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and the experts in the law with the elders came up

John's baptism -- was it from heaven or from people?"

But if we say, 'From people,' all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet."

Then he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.

He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others." When the people heard this, they said, "May this never happen!"

Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.

Thus they were unable in the presence of the people to trap him with his own words. And stunned by his answer, they fell silent.

So Jesus said to them, "The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.

As all the people were listening, Jesus said to his disciples,

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people.

People will be fainting from fear and from the expectation of what is coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

And all the people came to him early in the morning to listen to him in the temple courts.

The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. Then they led Jesus away to their council

But they persisted in saying, "He incites the people by teaching throughout all Judea. It started in Galilee and ended up here!"

Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,

and said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. When I examined him before you, I did not find this man guilty of anything you accused him of doing.

A great number of the people followed him, among them women who were mourning and wailing for him.

The people also stood there watching, but the rulers ridiculed him, saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, his chosen one!"

He said to them, "What things?" "The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene," they replied, "a man who, with his powerful deeds and words, proved to be a prophet before God and all the people;

So he said to them, "You foolish people -- how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!