Did the word of God begin with you, ¹  or did it come to you alone?

to sanctify her by cleansing her ¹  with the washing of the water by the word,

For it is sanctified by God’s word and by prayer.

tasted the good word of God and the miracles of the coming age,

Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth. ¹ 

He is dressed in clothing dipped ¹  in blood, and he is called ²  the Word of God.

In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, ¹  even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live, ² 

Let your word be ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no.’ More than this is from the evil one. ¹ 

I ¹  tell you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every worthless word they speak.

The ¹  seed sown on rocky ground ²  is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

he does not need to honor his father.’ ¹  You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.

Then ¹  Jesus’ ²  mother and his brothers ³  came. Standing ⁴  outside, they sent word to him, to summon him.

These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy.

So ¹  with many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.

They went out and proclaimed everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word through the accompanying signs.]]

like the accounts ¹  passed on ²  to us by those who were eyewitnesses and servants of the word ³  from the beginning. ⁴ 

Simon ¹  answered, ²  “Master, ³  we worked hard all night and caught nothing! But at your word ⁴  I will lower ⁵  the nets.”

nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent.

If those people to whom the word of God came were called ‘gods’ (and the scripture cannot be broken), ¹ 

Now this happened ¹  to fulfill the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without reason.’ ²