Noun (earth, land, soil, country) in the Gospels-Acts

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


Legend:
Blue color: = biological significance
Red color: = planet, the living environment of mankind, the worlds
Pink color: = land as political territory, a region, a country
Turquoise color: = ground, dry land vs. lake or air
Green color: = Soil to be cultivated

Matthew

2: 6'And you, Bethlehem, in the land () of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who is to shepherd my people Israel.'"
2: 20"Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land () of Israel, for those who were seeking the child's life are dead."
2: 21Then Joseph got up, took the child and his mother, and went to the land () of Israel.
4: 15"Land () of Zebulun, land () of Naphtali, on the road by the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles -
5: 5"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth ().
5: 13"You are the salt of the earth (); but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot.
5: 18For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth () pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.
5: 35or by the earth (), for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
6: 10Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth () as it is in heaven.
6: 19"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth (), where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal;
9: 6But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth () to forgive sins" - he then said to the paralytic - "Stand up, take your bed and go to your home."
9: 26And the report of this spread throughout that district ().
9: 31But they went away and spread the news about him throughout that district ().
10: 15Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land () of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
10: 29Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground () apart from your Father.
10: 34"Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth (); I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
11: 24But I tell you that on the day of judgment it will be more tolerable for the land () of Sodom than for you."
11: 25At that time Jesus said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth (), because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants;
12: 40For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so for three days and three nights the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth ().
12: 42The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth () to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and see, something greater than Solomon is here!
13: 5Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil (), and they sprang up quickly, since they had no depth of soil ().
13: 8Other seeds fell on good soil () and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
13: 23But as for what was sown on good soil (), this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty."
14: 24but by this time the boat, battered by the waves, was far from the land (), for the wind was against them.
14: 34When they had crossed over, they came to land () at Gennesaret.
15: 35Then ordering the crowd to sit down on the ground (),
16: 19I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth () will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth () will be loosed in heaven."
17: 25He said, "Yes, he does." And when he came home, Jesus spoke of it first, asking, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth () take toll or tribute? From their children or from others?"
18: 18Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth () will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth () will be loosed in heaven.
18: 19Again, truly I tell you, if two of you agree on earth () about anything you ask, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.
23: 9And call no one your father on earth (), for you have one Father - the one in heaven.
23: 35so that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth (), from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
24: 30Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth () will mourn, and they will see 'the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven' with power and great glory.
24: 35Heaven and earth () will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
25: 18But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground () and hid his master's money.
25: 25so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground (). Here you have what is yours.'
27: 45From noon on, darkness came over the whole land () until three in the afternoon.
27: 51At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth () shook, and the rocks were split.
28: 18And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth () has been given to me.

Mark

2: 10But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth () to forgive sins" - he said to the paralytic -
4: 1Again he began to teach beside the sea. Such a very large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the sea and sat there, while the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land ().
4: 5Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil (), and it sprang up quickly, since it had no depth of soil ().
4: 8Other seed fell into good soil () and brought forth grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirty and sixty and a hundredfold."
4: 20And these are the ones sown on the good soil (): they hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundredfold."
4: 26He also said, "The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground (),
4: 28The earth () produces of itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head.
4: 31It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground (), is the smallest of all the seeds on earth ();
6: 47When evening came, the boat was out on the sea, and he was alone on the land ().
6: 53When they had crossed over, they came to land () at Gennesaret and moored the boat.
8: 6Then he ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground (); and he took the seven loaves, and after giving thanks he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute; and they distributed them to the crowd.
9: 3and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth () could bleach them.
9: 20And they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground () and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.
13: 27Then he will send out the angels, and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth () to the ends of heaven.
13: 31Heaven and earth () will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
14: 35And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground () and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.
15: 33When it was noon, darkness came over the whole land () until three in the afternoon.

Luke

2: 14"Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth () peace among those whom he favors!"
4: 25But the truth is, there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a severe famine over all the land ();
5: 3He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little way from the shore (). Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.
5: 11When they had brought their boats to shore (), they left everything and followed him.
5: 24But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth () to forgive sins" - he said to the one who was paralyzed - "I say to you, stand up and take your bed and go to your home."
6: 49But the one who hears and does not act is like a man who built a house on the ground () without a foundation. When the river burst against it, immediately it fell, and great was the ruin of that house."
8: 8Some fell into good soil (), and when it grew, it produced a hundredfold." As he said this, he called out, "Let anyone with ears to hear listen!"
8: 15But as for that in the good soil (), these are the ones who, when they hear the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance.
8: 27As he stepped out on land (), a man of the city who had demons met him. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he did not live in a house but in the tombs.
10: 21At that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth (), because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.
11: 31The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth () to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and see, something greater than Solomon is here!
12: 49"I came to bring fire to the earth (), and how I wish it were already kindled!
12: 51Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth ()? No, I tell you, but rather division!
12: 56You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth () and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?
13: 7So he said to the gardener, 'See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and still I find none. Cut it down! Why should it be wasting the soil ()?'
14: 35It is fit neither for the soil () nor for the manure pile; they throw it away. Let anyone with ears to hear listen!"
16: 17But it is easier for heaven and earth () to pass away, than for one stroke of a letter in the law to be dropped.
18: 8I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth ()?"
21: 23Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth () and wrath against this people;
21: 25"There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth () distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves.
21: 33Heaven and earth () will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
21: 35like a trap. For it will come upon all who live on the face of the whole earth ().
22: 44In his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground ().]]
23: 44It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land () until three in the afternoon,
24: 5The women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground (), but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen.

John

3: 22After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside (), and he spent some time there with them and baptized.
3: 31The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is of the earth () belongs to the earth () and speaks about things of the earth (). The one who comes from heaven is above all.
6: 21Then they wanted to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the land () toward which they were going.
8: 6They said this to test him, so that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground ().
8: 8And once again he bent down and wrote on the ground ().
12: 24Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth () and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
12: 32And I, when I am lifted up from the earth (), will draw all people to myself."
17: 4I glorified you on earth () by finishing the work that you gave me to do.
21: 8But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land (), only about a hundred yards off.
21: 9When they had gone ashore (), they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish on it, and bread.
21: 11So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore (), full of large fish, a hundred fifty-three of them; and though there were so many, the net was not torn.

Acts

1: 8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth ()."
2: 19And I will show portents in the heaven above and signs on the earth () below, blood, and fire, and smoky mist.
3: 25You are the descendants of the prophets and of the covenant that God gave to your ancestors, saying to Abraham, 'And in your descendants all the families of the earth () shall be blessed.'
4: 24When they heard it, they raised their voices together to God and said, "Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth (), the sea, and everything in them,
4: 26The kings of the earth () took their stand, and the rulers have gathered together against the Lord and against his Messiah.'
7: 3and said to him, 'Leave your country () and your relatives and go to the land () that I will show you.'
7: 4Then he left the country () of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God had him move from there to this country () in which you are now living.
7: 6And God spoke in these terms, that his descendants would be resident aliens in a country () belonging to others, who would enslave them and mistreat them during four hundred years.
7: 29When he heard this, Moses fled and became a resident alien in the land () of Midian. There he became the father of two sons.
7: 33Then the Lord said to him, 'Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground ().
7: 36He led them out, having performed wonders and signs in the land () of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
7: 40saying to Aaron, 'Make gods for us who will lead the way for us; as for this Moses who led us out from the land () of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.'
7: 49'Heaven is my throne, and the earth () is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?
8: 33In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth ()."
9: 4He fell to the ground () and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"
9: 8Saul got up from the ground (), and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.
10: 11He saw the heaven opened and something like a large sheet coming down, being lowered to the ground () by its four corners.
10: 12In it were all kinds of four-footed creatures and reptiles of the earth () and birds of the air.
11: 6As I looked at it closely I saw four footed animals of the earth (), beasts of prey, reptiles, and birds of the air.
13: 17The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors and made the people great during their stay in the land () of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it.
13: 19After he had destroyed seven nations in the land () of Canaan, he gave them their land () as an inheritance
13: 47For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, 'I have set you to be a light for the Gentiles, so that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth ().'"
14: 15"Friends, why are you doing this? We are mortals just like you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth () and the sea and all that is in them.
17: 24The God who made the world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth (), does not live in shrines made by human hands,
17: 26From one ancestor he made all nations to inhabit the whole earth (), and he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live,
22: 22Up to this point they listened to him, but then they shouted, "Away with such a fellow from the earth ()! For he should not be allowed to live."
26: 14When we had all fallen to the ground (), I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It hurts you to kick against the goads.'
27: 39In the morning they did not recognize the land (), but they noticed a bay with a beach, on which they planned to run the ship ashore, if they could.
27: 43but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and make for the land (),
27: 44and the rest to follow, some on planks and others on pieces of the ship. And so it was that all were brought safely to land ().