For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.

And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.

I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.

And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,

And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.

And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.

But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said.

Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?

And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;

For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?

It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.

Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.

And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.

In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months:

And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.

While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.

And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.

And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,

And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.

And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.

Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.

In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously.

And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.

And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.

And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.

And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.

Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.

This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.

Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.

Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.

He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.