Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'stretch' occurs 60 times in the standard works.

2 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'stretch' in the standard works and contain 3.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 14:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 45 75 120
NT 5 10 15
Matt. 1 4 5
Mark 1 1 2
Luke 1 1 2
John 1 0 1
Acts 0 3 3
Rom. 0 1 1
2 Cor. 1 0 1
BM 6 26 32
DC 2 3 5
PGP 2 3 5
TOTAL 60 117 177

Matt. 12:13
Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.

Matt. 12:49
And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

Matt. 14:31
And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

Matt. 26:51
And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and smote off his ear.

Mark 3:5
And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

Luke 6:10
And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

Luke 22:53
When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

John 21:18
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.

Acts 4:30
By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.

Acts 12:1
Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.

Acts 26:1
Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:

Rom. 10:21
But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.

2 Cor. 10:14
For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ: