Lexicon :: Strong's G4119 - pleiōn

“For I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven.

“Therefore I tell you: Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing?

“The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah’s preaching; and look ​— ​something greater than Jonah is here.

“So when the first ones came, they assumed they would get more, but they also received a denarius each.

“Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group, and they did the same to them.

“Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and he will provide me here and now with more than twelve legions of angels?

“And to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding,[fn] and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, is far more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Summoning his disciples, he said to them, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.

He told them, “Don’t collect any more than what you have been authorized.”

“Since they could not pay it back, he graciously forgave them both. So, which of them will love him more? ”

“You give them something to eat,” he told them.

“We have no more than five loaves and two fish,” they said, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

“The queen of the south will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and look ​— ​something greater than Solomon is here.

When he left there,[fn] the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose him fiercely and to cross-examine him about many things;

“For life is more than food and the body more than clothing.

“Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all of them.

When Jesus[fn] learned that the Pharisees had heard he was making and baptizing more disciples than John

Many more believed because of what he said.[fn]

However, many from the crowd believed in him and said, “When the Messiah comes, he won’t perform more signs than this man has done, will he? ”

“Every branch in me that does not produce fruit he removes, and he prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit.

When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John,[fn] do you love me more than these? ”

“Yes, Lord,” he said to him, “you know that I love you.”

“Feed my lambs,” he told him.

With many other words he testified and strongly urged them, saying, “Be saved from this corrupt[fn] generation! ”

“But so that this does not spread any further among the people, let’s threaten them against speaking to anyone in this name again.”

For this sign of healing had been performed on a man over forty years old.

“and he appeared for many days to those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.

“For it was the Holy Spirit’s decision ​— ​and ours ​— ​not to place further burdens on you beyond these requirements:

When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he declined,

Some were shouting one thing and some another, because the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together.

and a young man named Eutychus was sitting on a window sill and sank into a deep sleep as Paul kept on talking. When he was overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

After we had been there for several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

There were more than forty who had formed this plot.

“Don’t let them persuade you, because there are more than forty of them lying in ambush ​— ​men who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, waiting for your consent.”

“But, so that I will not burden you any further, I request that you would be kind enough to give us a brief hearing.

“You can verify for yourself that it is no more than twelve days since I went up to worship in Jerusalem.

“After many years, I came to bring charitable gifts and offerings to my people.

When he had spent not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea. The next day, seated at the tribunal, he commanded Paul to be brought in.

Since they were staying there several days, Festus presented Paul’s case to the king, saying, “There’s a man who was left as a prisoner by Felix.

Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to set sail from there, hoping somehow to reach Phoenix, a harbor on Crete facing the southwest and northwest, and to winter there.

For many days neither sun nor stars appeared, and the severe storm kept raging. Finally all hope was fading that we would be saved.

After arranging a day with him, many came to him at his lodging. From dawn to dusk he expounded and testified about the kingdom of God. He tried to persuade them about Jesus from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

Although I am free from all and not anyone’s slave, I have made myself a slave to everyone, in order to win more people.

Nevertheless God was not pleased with most of them, since they were struck down in the wilderness.

Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers and sisters at one time; most of them are still alive, but some have fallen asleep.

This punishment by the majority is sufficient for that person.

Indeed, everything is for your benefit so that, as grace extends through more and more people, it may cause thanksgiving to increase to the glory of God.

For I know your eagerness, and I boast about you to the Macedonians, “Achaia has been ready since last year,” and your zeal has stirred up most of them.

Most of the brothers have gained confidence in the Lord from my imprisonment and dare even more to speak the word[fn] fearlessly.

Avoid irreverent and empty speech, since those who engage in it will produce even more godlessness,