Luke 10:11

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

But the word is very near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, ‘Show us the Father?’

in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,

I have spread out my hands all day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;

“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,

to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in him.

He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.

Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.

who doesn’t need, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices daily, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For he did this once for all, when he offered up himself.

From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”

Jesus said, “I am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky.”

So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

neither will they say, ‘Look, here!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ for behold, God’s Kingdom is within you.”

As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that God’s Kingdom would be revealed immediately.

In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

‘For in him we live, move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’

testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.

Having then a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let’s hold tightly to our confession.

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

or else he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God,

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!”

Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is God’s finger;” but Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.

Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all.

Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;

Jesus said to him, “You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky.”

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to you first to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your wickedness.”

a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.

After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s return now and visit our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”

When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!”

“Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the nations, and they will listen.”

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.

who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.

For we didn’t follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and no sin is in him.

Also I shook out my lap, and said, “So may God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that doesn’t perform this promise; even may he be shaken out and emptied like this.” All the assembly said, “Amen,” and praised Yahweh. The people did according to this promise.

The earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars.

Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”

Behold, my servant will deal wisely. He will be exalted and lifted up, and will be very high.

They, whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse, for they are a rebellious house, yet they will know that there has been a prophet among them.

Don’t think to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and God’s Kingdom is at hand! Repent, and believe in the Good News.”

As many as don’t receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them.”

Heal the sick who are there, and tell them, ‘God’s Kingdom has come near to you.’

The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

He who sees me sees him who sent me.

“Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him among you, even as you yourselves know,

even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, “Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen.

In Iconium, they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.

When they had preached the Good News to that city, and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,

In him you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which you have followed.

“When this comes to pass—behold, it comes—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”

You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi,” says Yahweh of Armies.

Whoever doesn’t receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet.

But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then God’s Kingdom has come upon you.

Whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them. Assuredly, I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!”

He sent them out to preach God’s Kingdom and to heal the sick.

But if I by God’s finger cast out demons, then God’s Kingdom has come to you.

The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of God’s Kingdom is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

Being asked by the Pharisees when God’s Kingdom would come, he answered them, “God’s Kingdom doesn’t come with observation;

Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.

Beware therefore, lest that come on you which is spoken in the prophets:

Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, “It was necessary that God’s word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from yourselves, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came to Iconium.

But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth, and in your heart;” that is, the word of faith which we preach:

But about Israel he says, “All day long I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”

His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,