'Told' in the Bible

When Joseph awoke from sleep he did what the angel of the Lord told him. He took his wife,

The herdsmen ran off, went into the town, and told everything that had happened to the demon-possessed men.

Someone told him, "Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside wanting to speak to you."

He told them many things in parables, saying: "Listen! A sower went out to sow.

He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until all the dough had risen."

because John had repeatedly told him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."

Then John's disciples came and took the body and buried it and went and told Jesus.

Then they understood that he had not told them to be on guard against the yeast in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

He told them, "It was because of your little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; nothing will be impossible for you."

When they gathered together in Galilee, Jesus told them, "The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.

When his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very upset and went and told their lord everything that had taken place.

He told them, "You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right and at my left is not mine to give. Rather, it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

Remember, I have told you ahead of time.

When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he told his disciples,

I tell you the truth, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her."

Then go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has been raised from the dead. He is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there.' Listen, I have told you!"

While they were going, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened.

So they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story is told among the Jews to this day.

He told him, "See that you do not say anything to anyone, but go, show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them."

Because of the crowd, he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him so the crowd would not press toward him.

Those who had seen what had happened to the demon-possessed man reported it, and they also told about the pigs.

Then the woman, with fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth.

But Jesus, paying no attention to what was said, told the synagogue ruler, "Do not be afraid; just believe."

He strictly ordered that no one should know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.

For John had repeatedly told Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."

Then the apostles gathered around Jesus and told him everything they had done and taught.

They also had a few small fish. After giving thanks for these, he told them to serve these as well.

He told them, "This kind can come out only by prayer."

So he told them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.

They replied as Jesus had told them, and the bystanders let them go.

Now they wanted to arrest him (but they feared the crowd), because they realized that he told this parable against them. So they left him and went away.

Be careful! I have told you everything ahead of time.

I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her."

He sent two of his disciples and told them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him.

So the disciples left, went into the city, and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

But go, tell his disciples, even Peter, that he is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you."

She went out and told those who were with him, while they were mourning and weeping.

They went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.

When they saw him, they related what they had been told about this child,

So the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told.

He told them, "Collect no more than you are required to."

Then some soldiers also asked him, "And as for us -- what should we do?" He told them, "Take money from no one by violence or by false accusation, and be content with your pay."

He also told them a parable: "No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, he will have torn the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.

He also told them a parable: "Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? Won't they both fall into a pit?

So he was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you."

Those who had seen it told them how the man who had been demon-possessed had been healed.

But when Jesus heard this, he told him, "Do not be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed."

Her spirit returned, and she got up immediately. Then he told them to give her something to eat.

When the apostles returned, they told Jesus everything they had done. Then he took them with him and they withdrew privately to a town called Bethsaida.

After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. So they kept silent and told no one at that time anything of what they had seen.

He then told them a parable: "The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,

Now there were some present on that occasion who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

Then Jesus told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.

Then when Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. He said to them,

So Jesus told them this parable:

He won't thank the slave because he did what he was told, will he?

Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.

Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.

They told him, "Jesus the Nazarene is passing by."

So those who were sent ahead found it exactly as he had told them.

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.

Then he told them a parable: "Look at the fig tree and all the other trees.

So they went and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

So they said, "Look, Lord, here are two swords." Then he told them, "It is enough."

He is not here, but has been raised! Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee,

and when they returned from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.

Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles.

Then they told what had happened on the road, and how they recognized him when he broke the bread.

He first found his own brother Simon and told him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is translated Christ).

Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also wrote about -- Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

Jesus said to him, "Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these."

His mother told the servants, "Whatever he tells you, do it."

Jesus told the servants, "Fill the water jars with water." So they filled them up to the very top.

Then he told them, "Now draw some out and take it to the head steward," and they did.

If I have told you people about earthly things and you don't believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

"Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Surely he can't be the Messiah, can he?"

Now many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the report of the woman who testified, "He told me everything I ever did."

Jesus told him, "Go home; your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and set off for home.

While he was on his way down, his slaves met him and told him that his son was going to live.

So he asked them the time when his condition began to improve, and they told him, "Yesterday at one o'clock in the afternoon the fever left him."

So he told them, "My Father is working until now, and I too am working."

Then Jesus told them, "I tell you the solemn truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven.

But I told you that you have seen me and still do not believe.

So Jesus added, "Because of this I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has allowed him to come."

Thus I told you that you will die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."

So they said to him, "Who are you?" Jesus replied, "What I have told you from the beginning.

But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth I heard from God. Abraham did not do this!

He replied, "The man called Jesus made mud, smeared it on my eyes and told me, 'Go to Siloam and wash.' So I went and washed, and was able to see."

He answered, "I told you already and you didn't listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You people don't want to become his disciples too, do you?"

Jesus told him, "You have seen him; he is the one speaking with you."

Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

Jesus replied, "I told you and you do not believe. The deeds I do in my Father's name testify about me.

Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus has died,

Philip went and told Andrew, and they both went and told Jesus.

And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me."

There are many dwelling places in my Father's house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you.

I have told you now before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe.

I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete.

Remember what I told you, 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours too.

"I have told you all these things so that you will not fall away.