161 questions on this theme across 16 books
“Why will ye go with me? Are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?”
“Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? Would ye stay for them from having husbands?”
“Whose damsel is this?”
“Hearest thou not, my daughter?”
“Have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee?”
“Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?”
“Where hast thou gleaned to day? And where wroughtest thou?”
“Shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?”
“Is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast?”
“Who art thou?”
“Who art thou, my daughter?”
“For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans the same?”
“And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? Do not even the publicans so?”
“And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?”
“Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?”
“Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?”
“Who is my mother? And who are my brethren?”
“Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
“Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Till seven times?”
“Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?”
“Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?”
“Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female”
“And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?”
“Master, which is the great commandment in the law?”
“Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? Or thirsty, and gave thee drink?”
“When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? Or naked, and clothed thee?”
“Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?”
“Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?”
“To what purpose is this waste?”
“Why trouble ye the woman?”
“Lord, is it I?”
“How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?”
“Who is my mother, or my brethren?”
“What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?”
“If the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it?”
“Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife?”
“Which is the first commandment of all?”
“Why was this waste of the ointment made?”
“Why trouble ye her?”
“Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?”
“Is it I? Is it I?”
“Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us?”
“What shall we do then?”
“Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?”
“For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye?”
“And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye?”
“And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye?”
“And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?”
“Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye?”
“Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?”
“Seest thou this woman?”
“Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?”
“What is written in the law? How readest thou?”
“And who is my neighbour?”
“Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?”
“Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone?”
“Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth?”
“Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?”
“And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?”
“Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?”
“Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?”
“What these things meant”
“Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?”
“There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger”
“For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? Is not he that sitteth at meat?”
“Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?”
“How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria?”
“What seekest thou? Why talkest thou with her?”
“Where have ye laid him?”
“Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?”
“Know ye what I have done to you?”
“Lord, who is it?”
“Lord, why cannot I follow thee now?”
“Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?”
“Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?”
“Why do ye wrong one to another?”
“What is the cause wherefore ye are come?”
“I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?”
“Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?”
“What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart?”
“What is it therefore?”
“Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also?”
“Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?”
“Who art thou that judgest another man's servant?”
“But why dost thou judge thy brother? Or why dost thou set at nought thy brother?”
“Hast thou faith?”
“Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?”
“Are ye not carnal, and walk as men?”
“Are ye not carnal?”
“Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?”
“For who maketh thee to differ from another? What hast thou that thou didst not receive? Now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?”
“What will ye? Shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?”
“Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?”
“For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? Do not ye judge them that are within?”
“Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?”
“Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? And if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?”
“Know ye not that we shall judge angels? How much more things that pertain to this life?”
“Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? No, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?”
“Why do ye not rather take wrong? Why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?”
“What knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? Or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?”
“If any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols”
“And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?”
“Have we not power to eat and to drink?”
“Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?”
“Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?”
“Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? Who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? Or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?”
“If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?”
“If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather?”
“The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?”
“For why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?”
“For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?”
“What? Have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this?”
“Is it therefore not of the body?”
“If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?”
“If they were all one member, where were the body?”
“Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles?”
“Have all the gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?”
“If I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?”
“Even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?”
“If the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?”
“Except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken?”
“What is it then?”
“When thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?”
“If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?”
“How is it then, brethren?”
“What? Came the word of God out from you? Or came it unto you only?”
“When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? Or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?”
“For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?”
“Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?”
“Wherefore? Because I love you not?”
“Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is offended, and I burn not?”
“For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you?”
“Though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved”
“Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?”
“Did Titus make a gain of you? Walked we not in the same spirit? Walked we not in the same steps?”
“Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you?”
“If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?”
“Where is then the blessedness ye spake of?”
“Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?”
“What then?”
“What I shall choose”
“For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?”
“For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God”
“Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?”
“For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?”
“How much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?”
“Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?”
“Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?”
“Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?”
“Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?”
“What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? Can faith save him?”
“What doth it profit?”
“Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?”
“Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? Either a vine, figs?”
“Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you?”
“From whence come wars and fightings among you? Come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?”
“Is any sick among you?”
“And wherefore slew he him?”
“But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?”
“He that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?”