Luke 16:31

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

Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established.’ ”

Search in the book of Yahweh, and read: not one of these will be missing. None will lack her mate. For my mouth has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them.

Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed, you would see God’s glory?”

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

and said, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.’ ”

He said to them, “This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled.”

preaching God’s Kingdom, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, without hindrance.

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

They rose early in the morning, and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. As they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Yahweh your God, so you will be established! Believe his prophets, so you will prosper.”

Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”

Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!”

In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.”

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

Most certainly I tell you, he who receives whomever I send, receives me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me.”

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.

For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they didn’t know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

which he promised before through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,

Israel saw the great work which Yahweh did to the Egyptians, and the people feared Yahweh; and they believed in Yahweh and in his servant Moses.

but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until Yahweh’s wrath arose against his people, until there was no remedy.

The wise men are disappointed. They are dismayed and trapped. Behold, they have rejected Yahweh’s word. What kind of wisdom is in them?

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.

The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”

and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and, ‘On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don’t dash your foot against a stone.’ ”

Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God.

For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.

But if you don’t believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”

But the chief priests conspired to put Lazarus to death also,

Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed.”

To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days, and speaking about God’s Kingdom.

Much in every way! Because first of all, they were entrusted with the revelations of God.

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,

But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.

But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

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

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

and some save, snatching them out of the fire with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.

Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, “This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.

Yahweh said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have worked among them?

Because he has despised Yahweh’s word, and has broken his commandment, that soul shall be utterly cut off. His iniquity shall be on him.’ ”

It shall be with him, and he shall read from it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear Yahweh his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;

Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from among you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.

An arm of flesh is with him, but Yahweh our God is with us to help us and to fight our battles.” The people rested themselves on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.

I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.

He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.

It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked toward me.

But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

Haven’t you even read this Scripture: ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner.

“But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.

For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.

Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.

The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”

Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him about Jesus.

When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they were gathered together with the assembly, and taught many people. The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

Therefore watch, remembering that for a period of three years I didn’t cease to admonish everyone night and day with tears.

But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;

We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, by various works of power and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! Yahweh is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

Then I said, “Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll.

because they didn’t believe in God, and didn’t trust in his salvation.

Turn to the law and to the covenant! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

Who among you fears Yahweh and obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness and has no light, let him trust in Yahweh’s name, and rely on his God.

But Jeremiah said, “They won’t deliver you. Obey, I beg you, Yahweh’s voice, in that which I speak to you; so it will be well with you, and your soul will live.

Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, “We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.

Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,

But the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy

But Saul increased more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.

When they were at Salamis, they proclaimed God’s word in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as their attendant.

I fell down before his feet to worship him. He said to me, “Look! Don’t do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy.”

May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.”

Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again to Yahweh, and they testified against them; but they would not listen.

For all this they still sinned, and didn’t believe in his wondrous works.

Whoever despises instruction will pay for it, but he who respects a command will be rewarded.

and saying, “You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

They went away and told it to the rest. They didn’t believe them, either.

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.

“If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you won’t believe,

Jesus therefore said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe.”

But I told you that you have seen me, and yet you don’t believe.

The Jews therefore didn’t believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight,

But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they didn’t believe in him,

He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

He entered into the synagogue and spoke boldly for a period of three months, reasoning and persuading about the things concerning God’s Kingdom.

Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”

When they had appointed him a day, many people came to him at his lodging. He explained to them, testifying about God’s Kingdom, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning until evening.

Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who are dying,

Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are revealed to God, and I hope that we are revealed also in your consciences.

Then why is there the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,