Noun ekklēsia (assembly, church) in the Gospels-Acts

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


Matthew

16: 18And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church (ekklēsia), and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
18: 17If the member refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church (ekklēsia); and if the offender refuses to listen even to the church (ekklēsia), let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

Acts

5: 11And great fear seized the whole church (ekklēsia) and all who heard of these things.
7: 38He is the one who was in the assembly (ekklēsia) in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors; and he received living oracles to give to us.
8: 1And Saul approved of their killing him. That day a severe persecution began against the church (ekklēsia) in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout the countryside of Judea and Samaria.
8: 3But Saul was ravaging the church (ekklēsia) by entering house after house; dragging off both men and women, he committed them to prison.
9: 31Meanwhile the church (ekklēsia) throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and was built up. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.
11: 22News of this came to the ears of the church (ekklēsia) in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
11: 26and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for an entire year they met with the church (ekklēsia) and taught a great many people, and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called "Christians."
12: 1About that time King Herod laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church (ekklēsia).
12: 5While Peter was kept in prison, the church (ekklēsia) prayed fervently to God for him.
13: 1Now in the church (ekklēsia) at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the ruler, and Saul.
14: 23And after they had appointed elders for them in each church (ekklēsia), with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had come to believe.
14: 27When they arrived, they called the church (ekklēsia) together and related all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.
15: 3So they were sent on their way by the church (ekklēsia), and as they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, they reported the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the believers.
15: 4When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church (ekklēsia) and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.
15: 22Then the apostles and the elders, with the consent of the whole church (ekklēsia), decided to choose men from among their members and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leaders among the brothers,
15: 41He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches (ekklēsia).
16: 5So the churches (ekklēsia) were strengthened in the faith and increased in numbers daily.
18: 22When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and greeted the church (ekklēsia), and then went down to Antioch.
19: 32Meanwhile, some were shouting one thing, some another; for the assembly (ekklēsia) was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together.
19: 39If there is anything further you want to know, it must be settled in the regular assembly (ekklēsia).
19: 40For we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, since there is no cause that we can give to justify this commotion." When he had said this, he dismissed the assembly (ekklēsia).
20: 17From Miletus he sent a message to Ephesus, asking the elders of the church (ekklēsia) to meet him.
20: 28Keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock, of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church (ekklēsia) of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.

3 John

1: 6they have testified to your love before the church (ekklēsia). You will do well to send them on in a manner worthy of God;
1: 9I have written something to the church (ekklēsia); but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority.
1: 10So if I come, I will call attention to what he is doing in spreading false charges against us. And not content with those charges, he refuses to welcome the friends, and even prevents those who want to do so and expels them from the church (ekklēsia).