Particle an (perchance) in the Gospels-Acts

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

Matthew

2: 13Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until perchance (an) I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him."
5: 18For truly I tell you, until perchance (an) heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until perchance (an) all is accomplished.
5: 19Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever perchance (an) does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
5: 21"You have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, 'You shall not murder'; and 'whoever perchance (an) murders shall be liable to judgment.'
5: 22But I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be liable to judgment; and if perchance (an) you insult a brother or sister, you will be liable to the council; and if perchance (an) you say, 'You fool,' you will be liable to the hell of fire.
5: 26Truly I tell you, you will never get out until perchance (an) you have paid the last penny.
5: 31"It was also said, 'Whoever perchance (an) divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.'
10: 11Whatever town or village perchance (an) you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until perchance (an) you leave.
10: 14If anyone perchance (an) will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that house or town.
10: 23When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; for truly I tell you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before perchance (an) the Son of Man comes.
10: 33but whoever perchance (an) denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven.
10: 42and whoever perchance (an) gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple - truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward."
11: 21"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have perchance (an) repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
11: 23And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades. For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have perchance (an) remained until this day.
12: 7But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice,' you would not perchance (an) have condemned the guiltless.
12: 20He will not break a bruised reed or quench a smoldering wick until perchance (an) he brings justice to victory.
12: 32Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever perchance (an) speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
12: 50For whoever perchance (an) does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."
15: 5But you say that whoever perchance (an) tells father or mother, 'Whatever support you might have had from me is given to God,' then that person need not honor the father.
16: 25For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who perchance (an) lose their life for my sake will find it.
16: 28Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before perchance (an) they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."
18: 6"If any of you perchance (an) put a stumbling block before one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for you if a great millstone were fastened around your neck and you were drowned in the depth of the sea.
19: 9And I say to you, whoever perchance (an) divorces his wife, except for unchastity, and marries another commits adultery."
20: 27and whoever perchance (an) wishes to be first among you must be your slave;
21: 22Whatever perchance (an) you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive."
21: 44The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and it will crush anyone on whom perchance (an) it falls."
22: 44'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until perchance (an) I put your enemies under your feet"'?
23: 16"Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'Whoever perchance (an) swears by the sanctuary is bound by nothing, but whoever perchance (an) swears by the gold of the sanctuary is bound by the oath.'
23: 18And you say, 'Whoever perchance (an) swears by the altar is bound by nothing, but whoever perchance (an) swears by the gift that is on the altar is bound by the oath.'
23: 30and you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have perchance (an) taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'
23: 39For I tell you, you will not see me again until perchance (an) you say, 'Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.'"
24: 22And if those days had not been cut short, no one perchance (an) would be saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
24: 34Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things perchance (an) have taken place.
24: 43But understand this: if the owner of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have perchance (an) stayed awake and would not have perchance (an) let his house be broken into.
25: 27Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received perchance (an) what was my own with interest.
26: 48Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one perchance (an) I will kiss is the man; arrest him."

Mark

3: 29but whoever perchance (an) blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"
3: 35Whoever perchance (an) does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."
6: 10He said to them, "Wherever you enter a house, stay there until perchance (an) you leave the place.
6: 11If any place perchance (an) will not welcome you and they refuse to hear you, as you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them."
6: 56And wherever perchance (an) he went, into villages or cities or farms, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch even the fringe of his cloak; and all who perchance (an) touched it were healed.
8: 35For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who perchance (an) lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.
9: 1And he said to them, "Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until perchance (an) they see that the kingdom of God has come with power."
9: 37"Whoever perchance (an) welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever perchance (an) welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me."
9: 41For truly I tell you, whoever perchance (an) gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ will by no means lose the reward.
9: 42"If any of you perchance (an) put a stumbling block before one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for you if a great millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea.
10: 11He said to them, "Whoever perchance (an) divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her;
10: 15Truly I tell you, whoever perchance (an) does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it."
10: 43But it is not so among you; but whoever perchance (an) wishes to become great among you must be your servant,
10: 44and whoever perchance (an) wishes to be first among you must be slave of all.
11: 23Truly I tell you, if perchance (an) you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' and if you do not doubt in your heart, but believe that what you say will come to pass, it will be done for you.
12: 36David himself, by the Holy Spirit, declared, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until perchance (an) I put your enemies under your feet."'
13: 20And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one perchance (an) would be saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut short those days.
14: 44Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one perchance (an) I will kiss is the man; arrest him and lead him away under guard."

Luke

1: 62Then they began motioning to his father to find out what name perchance (an) he wanted to give him.
2: 26It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before perchance (an) he had seen the LORD's Messiah.
2: 35so that perchance (an) the inner thoughts of many will be revealed - and a sword will pierce your own soul too."
6: 11But they were filled with fury and discussed with one another what perchance (an) they might do to Jesus.
7: 39Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would have known perchance (an) who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him - that she is a sinner."
8: 18Then pay attention to how you listen; for to those who perchance (an) have, more will be given; and from those who perchance (an) do not have, even what they seem to have will be taken away."
9: 4Whatever house perchance (an) you enter, stay there, and leave from there.
9: 5Wherever perchance (an) they do not welcome you, as you are leaving that town shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them."
9: 24For those who perchance (an) want to save their life will lose it, and those who perchance (an) lose their life for my sake will save it.
9: 26Those who perchance (an) are ashamed of me and of my words, of them the Son of Man will be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
9: 27But truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before perchance (an) they see the kingdom of God."
9: 46An argument arose among them as to which one of them perchance (an) was the greatest.
9: 48and said to them, "Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever perchance (an) welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me; for the least among all of you is the greatest."
10: 5Whatever house perchance (an) you enter, first say, 'Peace to this house!'
10: 8Whenever perchance (an) you enter a town and its people welcome you, eat what is set before you;
10: 10But whenever perchance (an) you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go out into its streets and say,
10: 13"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented perchance (an) long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
10: 35The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, 'Take care of him; and when perchance (an) I come back, I will repay you whatever more you spend.'
12: 8"And I tell you, everyone who perchance (an) acknowledges me before others, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God;
12: 39"But know this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have perchance (an) let his house be broken into.
13: 25When once the owner of the house perchance (an) has got up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, open to us,' then in reply he will say to you, 'I do not know where you come from.'
15: 26He called one of the slaves and asked what perchance (an) was going on.
17: 6The Lord replied, "If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say perchance (an) to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would perchance (an) obey you.
17: 33Those who try to make their life secure will lose it, but those who perchance (an) lose their life will keep it.
18: 17Truly I tell you, whoever perchance (an) does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it."
19: 23Why then did you not put my money into the bank? Then when I returned, I could have perchance (an) collected it with interest.'
20: 18Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; and it will crush anyone on whom perchance (an) it falls."
20: 43until perchance (an) I make your enemies your footstool."'
21: 32Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things perchance (an) have taken place.

John

1: 33I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'He on whom perchance (an) you see the Spirit descend and remain is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'
2: 5His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever perchance (an) he tells you."
4: 10Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have perchance (an) asked him, and he would have given you perchance (an) living water."
4: 14but those who perchance (an) drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life."
5: 19Jesus said to them, "Very truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever perchance (an) the Father does, the Son does likewise.
5: 46If you believed Moses, you would perchance (an) believe me, for he wrote about me.
8: 19Then they said to him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would perchance (an) know my Father also."
8: 42Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would perchance (an) love me, for I came from God and now I am here. I did not come on my own, but he sent me.
9: 41Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would perchance (an) not have sin. But now that you say, 'We see,' your sin remains.
11: 21Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, perchance (an) my brother would not have died.
11: 22But even now I know that God will give you whatever perchance (an) you ask of him."
11: 32When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, "Lord, if you had been here, perchance (an) my brother would not have died."
13: 20Very truly, I tell you, whoever receives perchance (an) one whom I send receives me; and whoever receives me receives him who sent me."
13: 24Simon Peter therefore motioned to him to ask Jesus of whom perchance (an) he was speaking.
14: 2In my Father's house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I perchance (an) have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
14: 13I will do whatever perchance (an) you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14: 28You heard me say to you, 'I am going away, and I am coming to you.' If you loved me, you would perchance (an) rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.
15: 16You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever perchance (an) you ask him in my name.
15: 19If you belonged to the world, the world would perchance (an) love you as its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world - therefore the world hates you.
16: 23On that day you will ask nothing of me. Very truly, I tell you, if perchance (an) you ask anything of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
18: 30They answered, "If this man were not a criminal, we would not have perchance (an) handed him over to you."
18: 36Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my followers would be perchance (an) fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here."
20: 23If perchance (an) you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if perchance (an) you retain the sins of any, they are retained."

Acts

2: 21Then everyone who perchance (an) calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.'
2: 35until perchance (an) I make your enemies your footstool."'
2: 39For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom perchance (an) the Lord our God calls to him."
2: 45they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as perchance (an) any had need.
3: 20so that times of refreshing perchance (an) may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Messiah appointed for you, that is, Jesus,
3: 22Moses said, 'The Lord your God will raise up for you from your own people a prophet like me. You must listen to whatever perchance (an) he tells you.
4: 35They laid it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to each as perchance (an) any had need.
5: 24Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were perplexed about them, wondering what perchance (an) might be going on.
7: 3and said to him, 'Leave your country and your relatives and go to the land that perchance (an) I will show you.'
8: 31He replied, "How perchance (an) can I, unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to get in and sit beside him.
10: 17Now while Peter was greatly puzzled about what perchance (an) to make of the vision that he had seen, suddenly the men sent by Cornelius appeared. They were asking for Simon's house and were standing by the gate.
15: 17so that all other peoples perchance (an) may seek the Lord - even all the Gentiles over whom my name has been called. Thus says the Lord, who has been making these things
17: 18Also some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers debated with him. Some said, "What does this babbler perchance (an) want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign divinities." (This was because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)
18: 14Just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of crime or serious villainy, I would be justified in accepting perchance (an) the complaint of you Jews;
26: 29Paul replied, "Whether quickly or not, I perchance (an) pray to God that not only you but also all who are listening to me today might become such as I am - except for these chains."

1 John

2: 5but whoever perchance (an) obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has reached perfection. By this we may be sure that we are in him:
2: 19They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained perchance (an) with us. But by going out they made it plain that none of them belongs to us.
3: 17How does God's love abide in anyone who perchance (an) has the world's goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?