Matthew 12:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Ordering them not to give people word of him:

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  • Matt 8:4 : 4 And Jesus said to him, See that you say nothing about this to anyone; but go and let the priest see you and make the offering which was ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.
  • Matt 9:30 : 30 And their eyes were made open. And Jesus said to them sharply, Let no man have knowledge of it.
  • Matt 17:9 : 9 And when they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus gave them orders, saying, Let no man have word of what you have seen, till the Son of man has come again from the dead.
  • Mark 7:36 : 36 And he gave them orders not to give news of it to anyone; but the more he made this request, so much the more they made it public.
  • Luke 5:14-15 : 14 And he gave him orders: Say nothing to any man, but let the priest see you and give an offering so that you may be made clean, as the law of Moses says, and for a witness to them. 15 But news of him went out all the more, in every direction, and great numbers of people came together to give hearing to his words and to be made well from their diseases.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 12 And he gave them special orders not to say who he was.

  • 30 And he put them under orders not to say this of him to anyone.

  • 20 Then he gave orders to the disciples to give no man word that he was the Christ.

  • 21 But he gave them special orders, not to say this to any man;

  • 36 And he gave them orders not to give news of it to anyone; but the more he made this request, so much the more they made it public.

  • 30 And they went out from there, through Galilee; and it was his desire that no man might have knowledge of it;

  • Matt 9:30-31
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    30 And their eyes were made open. And Jesus said to them sharply, Let no man have knowledge of it.

    31 But they went out and gave news of him in all that land.

  • 9 And while they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to give word to any man of the things they had seen, till the Son of man had come back from the dead.

  • 17 So that what was said by Isaiah the prophet might come true,

  • 15 And Jesus, having knowledge of this, went away from there, and a great number went after him; and he made them all well,

  • 56 And her father and mother were full of wonder, but he gave orders to them to say nothing about it to anyone.

  • 43 And he gave them special orders that they were not to say anything of this; and he said that some food was to be given to her.

  • 9 And when they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus gave them orders, saying, Let no man have word of what you have seen, till the Son of man has come again from the dead.

  • 36 And after the voice was gone they saw that Jesus was by himself. And they kept quiet, and said nothing at that time to anyone of the things which they had seen.

  • 26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Do not even go into the town.

  • 16 But their eyes were not open that they might have knowledge of him.

  • Luke 5:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14 And he gave him orders: Say nothing to any man, but let the priest see you and give an offering so that you may be made clean, as the law of Moses says, and for a witness to them.

    15 But news of him went out all the more, in every direction, and great numbers of people came together to give hearing to his words and to be made well from their diseases.

  • Mark 1:43-45
    3 verses
    73%

    43 And he sent him away, saying to him very sharply,

    44 See that you say nothing to any man: but go and let the priest see you, and make yourself clean by an offering of the things ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.

    45 But he went out, and made it public, giving an account of it everywhere, so that Jesus was no longer able to go openly into a town, but was outside in the waste land; and they came to him from every part.

  • 34 And a number, who were ill with different diseases, he made well, and sent out evil spirits; but he did not let the evil spirits say anything, because they had knowledge of him.

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    40 He has made their eyes blind, and their hearts hard; for fear that they might see with their eyes and get knowledge with their hearts, and be changed, and I might make them well.

    41 (Isaiah said these words because he saw his glory. His words were about him.)

    42 However, a number even of the rulers had belief in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not say so openly for fear that they might be shut out from the Synagogue:

  • Acts 4:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17 But so that it may not go farther among the people, let us put them in fear of punishment if they say anything in future in this name.

    18 And they sent for them, and gave them orders not to make statements or give teaching in the name of Jesus.

  • 4 And Jesus said to him, See that you say nothing about this to anyone; but go and let the priest see you and make the offering which was ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.

  • 24 And he went away from there to the country of Tyre and Sidon. And he went into a house, desiring that no man might have knowledge of it: and he was not able to keep it secret.

  • 12 So that seeing they may see, and it will not be clear to them; and hearing it, they will not get the sense; for fear that they may be turned again to me and have forgiveness.

  • 37 And he did not let anyone come with him, but Peter and James and John, the brother of James.

  • 57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone had knowledge where he was, he was to give them word, so that they might take him.

  • 37 But though he had done such a number of signs before them, they still had no belief in him:

  • 42 And when it was day, he came out and went to a waste place; and great numbers of people came looking for him, and they came to him and would have kept him from going away.

  • 45 But this saying was not clear to them and its sense was kept secret from them so that they were not able to see it: and they had fear of questioning him about it.

  • 32 But the saying was not clear to them, and they were in fear of questioning him about it.

  • John 5:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12 Then they put to him the question: Who is the man who said to you, Take it up and go?

    13 Now he who had been made well had no knowledge who it was, Jesus having gone away because of the number of people who were in that place.

  • 18 Now when Jesus saw a great mass of people about him, he gave an order to go to the other side.

  • 16 (These things were not clear to his disciples at first: but when Jesus had been lifted up into his glory, then it came to their minds that these things in the Writings were about him and that they had been done to him.)

  • 12 And they made attempts to take him; but they were in fear of the people, because they saw that the story was against them; and they went away from him.

  • 34 All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:

  • 14 And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

  • 15 And he said to them, Take care to be on the watch against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.

  • 7 And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great number from Galilee came after him: and from Judaea,

  • 34 But they did not take in the sense of any of these words, and what he said was not clear to them, and their minds were not able to see it.

  • 2 But nothing is covered up, which will not come to light, or secret, which will not be made clear.

  • 20 Jesus said these words in the place where the offerings were stored, while he was teaching in the Temple: but no man took him because his time was still to come.

  • 19 And he would not let him, but said to him, Go to your house, to your friends, and give them news of the great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you.