Noun anankē (necessity) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Matthew

18: 7Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! [It is] necessity (anankē) for stumbling blocks to come, but woe to the one by whom the stumbling block comes!

Luke

14: 18But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a piece of land, and I have necessity (anankē) to go out and see it; please accept my regrets.'
21: 23Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great necessity (anankē) on the earth and wrath against this people;