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Adjective kakos (evil) in the Gospels-Acts
(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Matthew
| 21: 41 | They said to him, "He will put those evil (kakos) tenants to a miserable death, and lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the harvest time." |
| 24: 48 | But if that evil (kakos) slave says to himself, 'My master is delayed,' |
| 27: 23 | Then he asked, "Why, what evil (kakos) has he done?" But they shouted all the more, "Let him be crucified!" |
Mark
| 7: 21 | For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil (kakos) intentions come: fornication, theft, murder, |
| 15: 14 | Pilate asked them, "Why, what evil (kakos) has he done?" But they shouted all the more, "Crucify him!" |
Luke
| 16: 25 | But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil (kakos) things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony. |
| 23: 22 | A third time he said to them, "Why, what evil (kakos) has he done? I have found in him no ground for the sentence of death; I will therefore have him flogged and then release him." |
John
| 18: 23 | Jesus answered, "If I have spoken wrongly, testify to evil (kakos) [thing]. But if I have spoken rightly, why do you strike me?" |
| 18: 30 | They answered, "If this man were not evil (kakos), we would not have handed him over to you." |
Acts
| 9: 13 | But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil (kakos) he has done to your saints in Jerusalem; |
| 16: 28 | But Paul shouted in a loud voice, "Do not a evil (kakos) [thing] to yourself, for we are all here." |
| 23: 9 | Then a great clamor arose, and certain scribes of the Pharisees' group stood up and contended, "We find nothing evil (kakos) with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?" |
| 28: 5 | He, however, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no evil (kakos) [thing]. |
3 John
| 1: 11 | Beloved, do not imitate what is evil (kakos) but imitate what is good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God. |
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