'Sir' in the Bible

And a leper came to Him, and throwing himself at His feet, said, "Sir, if only you are willing you are able to cleanse me."

"Sir," he said, "my servant at home is lying ill with paralysis, and is suffering great pain."

"Sir," replied the Captain, "I am not a fit person to receive you under my roof: merely say the word, and my servant will be cured.

Another of the disciples said to Him, "Sir, allow me first to go and bury my father."

And when He had gone indoors, they came to Him. "Do you believe that I can do this?" He asked them. "Yes, Sir," they replied.

"So the farmer's men come and ask him, "'Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed on your land? Where then does the darnel come from?'

Here a Canaanitish woman of the district came out and persistently cried out, "Sir, Son of David, pity me; my daughter is cruelly harassed by a demon."

Then she came and threw herself at His feet and entreated Him. "O Sir, help me," she said.

"Be it so, Sir," she said, "for even the dogs eat the scraps which fall from their masters' tables."

"Sir," he said, "have pity on my son, for he is an epileptic and is very ill. Often he falls into the fire and often into the water.

two blind men sitting by the roadside heard that it was Jesus who was passing by, and cried aloud, "Sir, Son of David, pity us."

The people angrily tried to silence them, but they cried all the louder. "O Sir, Son of David, pity us," they said.

"Sir, let our eyes be opened," they replied.

He came to the second and spoke in the same manner. His answer was, "'I will go, Sir.' "But he did not go.

"Afterwards the other bridesmaids came and cried, "'Sir, Sir, open the door to us.'

The one who had received the five talents came and brought five more, and said, "'Sir, it was five talents that you entrusted to me: see, I have gained five more.'

"The second, who had received the two talents, came and said, "'Sir, it was two talents you entrusted to me: see, I have gained two more.'

"But, next, the man who had the one talent in his keeping came and said, "'Sir, I knew you to be a severe man, reaping where you had not sown and garnering what you had not winnowed.

"Sir," they said, "we recollect that during his lifetime that impostor pretended that after two days he was to rise to life again.

"True, Sir," she replied, "and yet the dogs under the table eat the children's scraps."

On another occasion, when He was in one of the towns, there was a man there covered with leprosy, who, seeing Jesus, threw himself at His feet and implored Him, saying, "Sir, if only you are willing, you are able to make me clean."

Then Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the Captain sent friends to Him with the message: "Sir, do not trouble to come. I am not worthy of having you come under my roof;

"But the gardener pleaded, "'Leave it, Sir, this year also, till I have dug round it and manured it.

when some one asked Him, "Sir, are there but few who are to be saved?"

As soon as the Master of the house shall have risen and shut the door, and you have begun to stand outside and knock at the door and say, "'Sir, open the door for us' --"'I do not know you,' He answers; 'you are no friends of mine.'

"Soon the servant reported the result, saying, "'Sir, what you ordered is done, and there is room still.'

"What shall I do for you?" "Sir," he replied, "let me recover my sight."

"So the first came and said, "'Sir, your pound has produced ten pounds more.'

"The second came, and said, "'Your pound, Sir, has produced five pounds.'

"The next came. "'Sir,' he said, 'here is your pound, which I have kept wrapt up in a cloth.

("They said to him, "`Sir, he already has ten pounds.')

"Sir," she said, "you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; so where can you get the living water from?

"Sir," said the woman, "give me that water, that I may never be thirsty, nor continually come all the way here to draw from the well."

"Sir," replied the woman, "I see that you are a Prophet.

"Sir," pleaded the officer, "come down before my child dies."

"Sir," replied the sufferer, "I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is moved; but while I am coming some one else steps down before me."

"Sir," they said, "always give us that bread."

"No one, Sir," she replied. "And *I* do not condemn you either," said Jesus; "go, and from this time do not sin any more."

"Who is He, Sir?" replied the man. "Tell me, so that I may believe in Him."

"I believe, Sir," he said. And he threw himself at His feet.

They came to Philip, of Bethsaida in Galilee, with the request, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus."

"Why are you weeping?" He asked; "who are you looking for?" She, supposing that He was the gardener, replied, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him and I will remove him."

Looking steadily at him, and being much alarmed, he said, "What do you want, Sir?" "Your prayers and charities," he replied, "have gone up and have been recorded before God.

Then, at a sign from the Governor, Paul answered, "Knowing, Sir, that for many years you have administered justice to this nation, I cheerfully make my defence.

the promise which our twelve tribes, worshipping day and night with intense devotedness, hope to have made good to them. It is on the subject of this hope, Sir, that I am accused by the Jews.

and on the journey, at noon, Sir, I saw a light from Heaven--brighter than the brightness of the sun--shining around me and around those who were travelling with me.