Adverb kalōs (well, rightly) in the Gospels-Acts

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


Matthew

12: 12How much more valuable is a human being than a sheep! So it is lawful to do well (kalōs) on the sabbath."
15: 7You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied rightly (kalōs) about you when he said:

Mark

7: 6He said to them, "Isaiah prophesied rightly (kalōs) about you hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me;
7: 9Then he said to them, "You have well (kalōs) rejected the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition!
7: 37They were astounded beyond measure, saying, "He has done everything well (kalōs); he even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak."
12: 28One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well (kalōs), he asked him, "Which commandment is the first of all?"
12: 32Then the scribe said to him, "Well (kalōs), Teacher; you have truly said that 'he is one, and besides him there is no other';
16: 18they will pick up snakes in their hands, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they are doing well (kalōs)."

Luke

6: 26"Woe to you when all speak well (kalōs) of you, for that is what their ancestors did to the false prophets.
6: 27"But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do well (kalōs) to those who hate you,
6: 48That one is like a man building a house, who dug deeply and laid the foundation on rock; when a flood arose, the river burst against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well (kalōs) built.
20: 39Then some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you have spoken well (kalōs)."

John

4: 17The woman answered him, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You answered rightly (kalōs) in saying, 'I have no husband';
8: 48The Jews answered him, "Did we not say rightly (kalōs) that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?"
13: 13You call me Teacher and Lord - and you spoke rightly (kalōs), for that is what I am.
18: 23Jesus answered, "If I have spoken wrongly, testify to the wrong. But if I have spoken rightly (kalōs), why do you strike me?"

Acts

10: 33Therefore I sent for you immediately, and you did well (kalōs) in coming. So now all of us are here in the presence of God to listen to all that the Lord has commanded you to say."
28: 25So they disagreed with each other; and as they were leaving, Paul made one further statement: "The Holy Spirit said rightly (kalōs) to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah,

3 John

1: 6they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well (kalōs) to send them on in a manner worthy of God;