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Verb chōreō (to make room) in the Gospels-Acts
(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Matthew
| 15: 17 | Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth then makes room (chōreō) the stomach, and goes out into the sewer? |
| 19: 11 | But he said to them, "Not everyone can make room (chōreō) to this teaching, but only those to whom it is given. |
| 19: 12 | For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Whoever can make room (chōreō) [to this teaching], let him make room (chōreō)." |
Mark
| 2: 2 | So many gathered around that could not make room (chōreō) for them, not even in front of the door; and he was speaking the word to them. |
John
| 2: 6 | Now standing there were six stone water jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each making room (chōreō) for twenty or thirty gallons. |
| 8: 37 | I know that you are descendants of Abraham; yet you look for an opportunity to kill me, because you do not make room (chōreō) for my word. |
| 21: 25 | But there are also many other things that Jesus did; if every one of them were written down, I suppose that the world itself could make room (chōreō) the books that would be written. |
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