Adverb houtōs (so, in this way) in the Gospels-Acts

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

Matthew

1: 18Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah so (houtōs) it was. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.
2: 5They told him, "In Bethlehem of Judea; for so (houtōs) it has been written by the prophet:
3: 15But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so (houtōs) now; for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness." Then he consented.
5: 12Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in this way (houtōs) they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
5: 16In this way (houtōs), let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
5: 19Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do so (houtōs), will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
6: 9"Pray then in this way (houtōs): Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
6: 30But if God so (houtōs) clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you - you of little faith?
7: 12"In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for so (houtōs) is the law and the prophets.
7: 17In this way (houtōs), every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.
9: 33And when the demon had been cast out, the one who had been mute spoke; and the crowds were amazed and said, "Never has things been seen so (houtōs) in Israel."
11: 26yes, Father, for so (houtōs) was your gracious will.
12: 40For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so (houtōs) for three days and three nights the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth.
12: 45Then it goes and brings along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and live there; and the last state of that person is worse than the first. So (houtōs) will it be also with this evil generation."
13: 40Just as the weeds are collected and burned up with fire, so (houtōs) will it be at the end of the age.
13: 49So (houtōs) it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous
17: 12but I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but they did to him whatever they pleased. So (houtōs) also the Son of Man is about to suffer at their hands."
18: 14So (houtōs) it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.
18: 35So (houtōs) my heavenly Father will also do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother or sister from your heart."
19: 8He said to them, "It was because you were hard-hearted that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so (houtōs).
19: 10His disciples said to him, "If so (houtōs) is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry."
19: 12For there are eunuchs who have been so (houtōs) 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. Let anyone accept this who can."
20: 16So (houtōs) the last will be first, and the first will be last."
20: 26It will not be so (houtōs) among you; but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant,
23: 28So (houtōs) you also on the outside look righteous to others, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
24: 27For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so (houtōs) will be the coming of the Son of Man.
24: 33So (houtōs) also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates.
24: 37For as the days of Noah were, so (houtōs) will be the coming of the Son of Man.
24: 39and they knew nothing until the flood came and swept them all away, so (houtōs) too will be the coming of the Son of Man.
24: 46Blessed is that slave whom his master will find so (houtōs) when he arrives.
26: 40Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping; and he said to Peter, "So (houtōs), could you not stay awake with me one hour?
26: 54But how then would the scriptures be fulfilled, which say it must happen In this way (houtōs)?"

Mark

2: 7"Why does this fellow speak in this way (houtōs)? It is blasphemy! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"
2: 8At once Jesus perceived in his spirit that they were discussing in this way (houtōs) among themselves; and he said to them, "Why do you raise such questions in your hearts?
2: 12And he stood up, and immediately took the mat and went out before all of them; so (houtōs) that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this!"
4: 26He also said, "So (houtōs) is the kingdom of God like someone would scatter seed on the ground,
7: 18He said to them, "So (houtōs) you also are without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile,
9: 3and his clothes became dazzling white, so (houtōs) as no one on earth could bleach them.
10: 43But it is not so (houtōs) among you; but whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant,
13: 29So (houtōs) also, when you see these things taking place, you know that he is near, at the very gates.
14: 59And in this way (houtōs) their testimony did not agree.
15: 39Now when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way (houtōs) he breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was God's Son!"

Luke

1: 25"So (houtōs) is what the Lord has done for me when he looked favorably on me and took away the disgrace I have endured among my people."
2: 48When his parents saw him they were astonished; and his mother said to him, "Child, why have you treated us so (houtōs)? Look, your father and I have been searching for you in great anxiety."
9: 15They did so (houtōs) and made them all sit down.
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 so (houtōs) was your gracious will.
11: 30For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so (houtōs) the Son of Man will be to this generation.
12: 21So (houtōs) it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God."
12: 28But if God so (houtōs) clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you - you of little faith!
12: 38If he comes during the middle of the night, or near dawn, and finds them so (houtōs), blessed are those slaves.
12: 43Blessed is that slave whom his master will find so (houtōs) when he arrives.
12: 54He also said to the crowds, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, 'It is going to rain'; and so (houtōs) it happens.
14: 33So (houtōs) therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.
15: 7Just so (houtōs), I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
15: 10Just so (houtōs), I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."
17: 10So (houtōs) you also, when you have done all that you were ordered to do, say, 'We are worthless slaves; we have done only what we ought to have done!'"
17: 24For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so (houtōs) will the Son of Man be in his day.
17: 26Just as it was in the days of Noah, so (houtōs) too it will be in the days of the Son of Man.
19: 31If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' just say so (houtōs), 'The Lord needs it.'"
21: 31So (houtōs) also, when you see these things taking place, you know that the kingdom of God is near.
22: 26But not so (houtōs) with you; rather the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like one who serves.
24: 24Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it so (houtōs) as the women had said; but they did not see him."
24: 46and he said to them, "So (houtōs) it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day,

John

3: 8The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So (houtōs) it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."
3: 14And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so (houtōs) must the Son of Man be lifted up,
3: 16"For God so (houtōs) loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
4: 6Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting so (houtōs) by the well. It was about noon.
5: 21Indeed, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so (houtōs) also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes.
5: 26For just as the Father has life in himself, so (houtōs) he has granted the Son also to have life in himself;
7: 46The police answered, "Never has anyone spoken in this way (houtōs)!"
11: 48If we let him go in this way (houtōs), everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our holy place and our nation."
12: 50And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I speak, therefore, just as the Father has told me, so (houtōs) I speak."
13: 25While reclining so (houtōs) next to Jesus, he asked him, "Lord, who is it?"
14: 31But in order that the world may know that I love the Father, and according to what the Father has commanded me, so (houtōs) I do. Rise, let us be on our way.
15: 4Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, so (houtōs) you cannot unless you abide in me.
18: 22When he had said this, one of the police standing nearby struck Jesus on the face, saying, "In this way (houtōs) you answer the high priest?"
21: 1After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he showed himself in this way (houtōs).

Acts

1: 11They said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in this way (houtōs) as you saw him go into heaven."
3: 18In this way (houtōs) God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, that his Messiah would suffer.
7: 1Then the high priest asked him, "Are these things so (houtōs)?"
7: 6And God spoke in this way (houtōs), 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: 8Then he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so (houtōs) Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
8: 32Now the passage of the scripture that he was reading was this: "Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and like a lamb silent before its shearer, so (houtōs) he does not open his mouth.
12: 8The angel said to him, "Fasten your belt and put on your sandals." He did so (houtōs). Then he said to him, "Wrap your cloak around you and follow me."
12: 15They said to her, "You are out of your mind!" But she insisted that it was so (houtōs). They said, "It is his angel."
13: 8But the magician Elymas (so (houtōs) is the translation of his name) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
13: 34As to his raising him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he has spoken in this way (houtōs), 'I will give you the holy promises made to David.'
13: 47For so (houtōs) 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: 1The same thing occurred in Iconium, where Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in this way (houtōs) that a great number of both Jews and Greeks became believers.
17: 11These Jews were more receptive than those in Thessalonica, for they welcomed the message very eagerly and examined the scriptures every day to see whether these things were so (houtōs).
17: 33In this way (houtōs) Paul left them.
19: 20So (houtōs) the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.
20: 11Then Paul went upstairs, and after he had broken bread and eaten, he continued to converse with them until dawn; so (houtōs) he left.
20: 13We went ahead to the ship and set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there; for he had made so (houtōs) the arrangement, intending to go by land himself.
20: 35In all this I have given you an example that in this way (houtōs) we must support the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, for he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
21: 11He came to us and took Paul's belt, bound his own feet and hands with it, and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit, 'In this way (houtōs) the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and will hand him over to the Gentiles.'"
22: 24the tribune directed that he was to be brought into the barracks, and ordered him to be examined by flogging, to find out in this way (houtōs) the reason for this outcry against him.
23: 11That night the Lord stood near him and said, "Keep up your courage! For just as you have testified for me in Jerusalem, so (houtōs) you must bear witness also in Rome."
24: 9The Jews also joined in the charge by asserting that all this was so (houtōs).
24: 14But this I admit to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship so (houtōs) the God of our ancestors, believing everything laid down according to the law or written in the prophets.
27: 17After hoisting it up they took measures to undergird the ship; then, fearing that they would run on the Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and so (houtōs) were driven.
27: 25Therefore keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will be so (houtōs) as I have been told.
27: 44and the rest to follow, some on planks and others on pieces of the ship. And so (houtōs) it was that all were brought safely to land.
28: 14There we found believers and were invited to stay with them for seven days. And so (houtōs) we came to Rome.

1 John

2: 6whoever says, "I abide in him," ought to walk also so (houtōs) he walked.
4: 11Beloved, since God loved us so (houtōs) much, we also ought to love one another.