The noun ouranos (heaven / sky) in the Gospels

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


Legend:
Blue color: ouranos = God
Red color: ouranos = part of the universe above the firmament
Green color: ouranos = the atmosphere under the firmament

Matthew

3: 2"Repent, for the kingdom of heavens (ouranos) has come near."
3: 16And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens (ouranos) were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him.
3: 17And a voice from heavens (ouranos) said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased."
4: 17From that time Jesus began to proclaim, "Repent, for the kingdom of heavens (ouranos) has come near."
5: 3"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heavens (ouranos).
5: 10"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heavens (ouranos).
5: 12Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heavens (ouranos), for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
5: 16In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heavens (ouranos).
5: 18For truly I tell you, until heaven (ouranos) and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until 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 heavens (ouranos); but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heavens (ouranos).
5: 20For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heavens (ouranos).
5: 34But I say to you, Do not swear at all, either by heaven (ouranos), for it is the throne of God,
5: 45so that you may be children of your Father in heavens (ouranos); for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.
6: 1"Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heavens (ouranos).
6: 9"Pray then in this way: Our Father in heavens (ouranos), hallowed be your name.
6: 10Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven (ouranos).
6: 20but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven (ouranos), where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal.
6: 26Look at the birds of the sky (ouranos); they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
7: 11If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heavens (ouranos) give good things to those who ask him!
7: 21"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heavens (ouranos), but only the one who does the will of my Father in heavens (ouranos).
8: 11I tell you, many will come from east and west and will eat with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heavens (ouranos),
8: 20And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the sky (ouranos) have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."
10: 7As you go, proclaim the good news, 'The kingdom of heavens (ouranos) has come near.'
10: 32"Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heavens (ouranos);
10: 33but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heavens (ouranos).
11: 11Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of heavens (ouranos) is greater than he.
11: 12From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heavens (ouranos) has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force.
11: 23And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven (ouranos)? 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 remained until this day.
11: 25At that time Jesus said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven (ouranos) and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants;
12: 50For whoever does the will of my Father in heavens (ouranos) is my brother and sister and mother."
13: 11He answered, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heavens (ouranos), but to them it has not been given.
13: 24He put before them another parable: "The kingdom of heavens (ouranos) may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field;
13: 31He put before them another parable: "The kingdom of heavens (ouranos) is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field;
13: 32it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky (ouranos) come and make nests in its branches."
13: 33He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heavens (ouranos) is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened."
13: 44"The kingdom of heavens (ouranos) is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
13: 45"Again, the kingdom of heavens (ouranos) is like a merchant in search of fine pearls;
13: 47"Again, the kingdom of heavens (ouranos) is like a net that was thrown into the sea and caught fish of every kind;
13: 52And he said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heavens (ouranos) is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old."
14: 19Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven (ouranos), and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
16: 1The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test Jesus they asked him to show them a sign from heaven (ouranos).
16: 2He answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky (ouranos) is red.'
16: 3And in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, for the sky (ouranos) is red and threatening.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky (ouranos), but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.
16: 17And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father in heavens (ouranos).
16: 19I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heavens (ouranos), and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heavens (ouranos), and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heavens (ouranos)."
18: 1At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heavens (ouranos)?"
18: 3and said, "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heavens (ouranos).
18: 4Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heavens (ouranos).
18: 10"Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones; for, I tell you, in heavens (ouranos) their angels continually see the face of my Father in heavens (ouranos).
18: 14So it is not the will of your Father in heavens (ouranos) that one of these little ones should be lost.
18: 18Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven (ouranos), and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven (ouranos).
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 heavens (ouranos).
18: 23"For this reason the kingdom of heavens (ouranos) may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves.
19: 12For 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 heavens (ouranos). Let anyone accept this who can."
19: 14but Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heavens (ouranos) belongs."
19: 21Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heavens (ouranos); then come, follow me."
19: 23Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly I tell you, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heavens (ouranos).
20: 1"For the kingdom of heavens (ouranos) is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
21: 25Did the baptism of John come from heaven (ouranos), or was it of human origin?" And they argued with one another, "If we say, 'From heaven (ouranos),' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
22: 2"The kingdom of heavens (ouranos) may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.
22: 30For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven (ouranos).
23: 13"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you lock people out of the kingdom of heavens (ouranos). For you do not go in yourselves, and when others are going in, you stop them.
23: 22and whoever swears by heaven (ouranos), swears by the throne of God and by the one who is seated upon it.
24: 29"Immediately after the suffering of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven (ouranos), and the powers of heavens (ouranos) will be shaken.
24: 30Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven (ouranos), and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see 'the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven (ouranos)' with power and great glory.
24: 31And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heavens (ouranos) to the other.
24: 35Heaven (ouranos) and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
24: 36"But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heavens (ouranos), nor the Son, but only the Father.
25: 1"Then the kingdom of heavens (ouranos) will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
26: 64Jesus said to him, "You have said so. But I tell you, From now on you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven (ouranos)."
28: 2And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven (ouranos), came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.
28: 18And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven (ouranos) and on earth has been given to me.

Mark

1: 10And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens (ouranos) torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him.
1: 11And a voice came from heavens (ouranos), "You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased."
4: 32yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky (ouranos) can make nests in its shade."
6: 41Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven (ouranos), and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; and he divided the two fish among them all.
7: 34Then looking up to heaven (ouranos), he sighed and said to him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened."
8: 11The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, asking him for a sign from heaven (ouranos), to test him.
10: 21Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, "You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven (ouranos); then come, follow me."
11: 25"Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father in heavens (ouranos) may also forgive you your trespasses."
11: 30Did the baptism of John come from heaven (ouranos), or was it of human origin? Answer me."
11: 31They argued with one another, "If we say, 'From heaven (ouranos),' he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
12: 25For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heavens (ouranos).
13: 25and the stars will be falling from heaven (ouranos), and the powers in the heavens (ouranos) will be shaken.
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 (ouranos).
13: 31Heaven (ouranos) and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
13: 32"But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven (ouranos), nor the Son, but only the Father.
14: 62Jesus said, "I am; and 'you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power,' and 'coming with the clouds of heaven (ouranos).'"
16: 19So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven (ouranos) and sat down at the right hand of God.

Luke

2: 15When the angels had left them and gone into heaven (ouranos), the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us."
3: 21Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven (ouranos) was opened,
3: 22and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven (ouranos), "You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased."
4: 25But the truth is, there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the heaven (ouranos) was shut up three years and six months, and there was a severe famine over all the land;
6: 23Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for surely your reward is great in heaven (ouranos); for that is what their ancestors did to the prophets.
8: 5"A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell on the path and was trampled on, and the birds of the sky (ouranos) ate it up.
9: 16And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven (ouranos), and blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
9: 54When his disciples James and John saw it, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven (ouranos) and consume them?"
9: 58And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the sky (ouranos) have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."
10: 15And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven (ouranos)? No, you will be brought down to Hades.
10: 18He said to them, "I watched Satan fall from heaven (ouranos) like a flash of lightning.
10: 20Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heavens (ouranos)."
10: 21At that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven (ouranos) 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: 13If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will Father from heaven (ouranos) give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
11: 16Others, to test him, kept demanding from him a sign from heaven (ouranos).
12: 33Sell your possessions, and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heavens (ouranos), where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
12: 56You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky (ouranos), but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?
13: 19It is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in the garden; it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky (ouranos) made nests in its branches."
15: 7Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven (ouranos) over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
15: 18I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven (ouranos) and before you;
15: 21Then the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven (ouranos) and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'
16: 17But it is easier for heaven (ouranos) and earth to pass away, than for one stroke of a letter in the law to be dropped.
17: 24For as the lightning flashes from under the sky (ouranos) and lights up under the sky (ouranos), so will the Son of Man be in his day.
17: 29but on the day that Lot left Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from heaven (ouranos) and destroyed all of them
18: 13But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven (ouranos), but was beating his breast and saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'
18: 22When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "There is still one thing lacking. Sell all that you own and distribute the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heavens (ouranos); then come, follow me."
19: 38saying, "Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven (ouranos), and glory in the highest!"
20: 4Did the baptism of John come from heaven (ouranos), or was it of human origin?"
20: 5They discussed it with one another, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven (ouranos),' he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'
21: 11there will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and plagues; and there will be dreadful portents and great signs from heaven (ouranos).
21: 26People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens (ouranos) will be shaken.
21: 33Heaven (ouranos) and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
22: 43[[Then an angel from heaven (ouranos) appeared to him and gave him strength.
24: 51While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven (ouranos).

John

1: 32And John testified, "I saw the Spirit descending from heaven (ouranos) like a dove, and it remained on him.
1: 51And he said to him, "Very truly, I tell you, you will see heaven (ouranos) opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man."
3: 13No one has ascended into heaven (ouranos) except the one who descended from heaven (ouranos), the Son of Man.
3: 27John answered, "No one can receive anything except what has been given from heaven (ouranos).
3: 31The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven (ouranos) is above all.
6: 31Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven (ouranos) to eat.'"
6: 32Then Jesus said to them, "Very truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven (ouranos), but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven (ouranos).
6: 33For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven (ouranos) and gives life to the world."
6: 38for I have come down from heaven (ouranos), not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
6: 41Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven (ouranos)."
6: 42They were saying, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, 'I have come down from heaven (ouranos)'?"
6: 50This is the bread that comes down from heaven (ouranos), so that one may eat of it and not die.
6: 51I am the living bread that came down from heaven (ouranos). Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."
6: 58This is the bread that came down from heaven (ouranos), not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever."
12: 28Father, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven (ouranos), "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again."
17: 1After Jesus had spoken these words, he looked up to heaven (ouranos) and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you,

Actes

1: 10While he was going and they were gazing up toward heaven (ouranos), suddenly two men in white robes stood by them.
1: 11They said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven (ouranos)? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven (ouranos), will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven (ouranos)."
2: 2And suddenly from heaven (ouranos) there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.
2: 5Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven (ouranos) living in Jerusalem.
2: 19And I will show portents in the heaven (ouranos) above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and smoky mist.
2: 34For David did not ascend into the heaven (ouranos), but he himself says, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,
3: 21who must remain in heaven (ouranos) until the time of universal restoration that God announced long ago through his holy prophets.
4: 12There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven (ouranos) given among mortals by which we must be saved."
4: 24When they heard it, they raised their voices together to God and said, "Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven (ouranos) and the earth, the sea, and everything in them,
7: 42But God turned away from them and handed them over to worship the host of heaven (ouranos), as it is written in the book of the prophets: 'Did you offer to me slain victims and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
7: 49'Heaven (ouranos) 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?
7: 55But filled with the Holy Spirit, he gazed into heaven (ouranos) and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
7: 56"Look," he said, "I see the heavens (ouranos) opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"
9: 3Now as he was going along and approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven (ouranos) flashed around him.
10: 11He saw the heaven (ouranos) 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 and birds of the sky (ouranos).
10: 16This happened three times, and the thing was suddenly taken up to heaven (ouranos).
11: 5"I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. There was something like a large sheet coming down from heaven (ouranos), being lowered by its four corners; and it came close to me.
11: 6As I looked at it closely I saw four footed animals, beasts of prey, reptiles, and birds of the sky (ouranos).
11: 9But a second time the voice answered from heaven (ouranos), 'What God has made clean, you must not call profane.'
11: 10This happened three times; then everything was pulled up again to heaven (ouranos).
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 (ouranos) 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 (ouranos) and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands,
22: 6"While I was on my way and approaching Damascus, about noon a great light from heaven (ouranos) suddenly shone about me.