Lexicon :: Strong's G1511 - einai

Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David,

While they were there, the time came for her to give birth.

Assuming he was in the traveling party, they went a day’s journey. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends.

“Why were you searching for me? ” he asked them. “Didn’t you know that it was necessary for me to be in my Father’s house? ”[fn]

Also, demons were coming out of many, shouting and saying, “You are the Son of God! ” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew he was the Messiah.

While he was in one of the towns, a man was there who had leprosy[fn] all over him. He saw Jesus, fell facedown, and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”

The man from whom the demons had departed begged him earnestly to be with him. But he sent him away and said,

While he was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am? ”

“But you,” he asked them, “who do you say that I am? ”

Peter answered, “God’s Messiah.”

As the two men were departing from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it’s good for us to be here. Let’s set up three shelters: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah” ​— ​not knowing what he was saying.

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.”

“I tell you, even though he won’t get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his friend’s shameless boldness,[fn] he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters ​— ​yes, and even his own life ​— ​he cannot be my disciple.

“In the same way, therefore, every one of you who does not renounce[fn] all his possessions cannot be my disciple.

As they were listening to this, he went on to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem, and they thought the kingdom of God was going to appear right away.

“But if we say, ‘Of human origin,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

They watched closely and sent spies who pretended to be righteous,[fn] so that they could catch him in what he said, to hand him over to the governor’s rule and authority.

Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came up and questioned him:

Then he said to them, “How can they say that the Messiah is the son of David?

Then a dispute also arose among them about who should be considered the greatest.

They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation, opposing payment of taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king.”