Luke 4:21

For he received from God the Father honor and glory when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

John testified, saying, “I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.

I will tell of the decree: Yahweh said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father.

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”

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

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.

“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.

Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice to the nations.

He believed in Yahweh, who credited it to him for righteousness.

Didn’t you, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it to the offspring of Abraham your friend forever?

“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham my friend,

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.”

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.

coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.

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,

For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love,

For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

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

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”

He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”

He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest in parables; that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’

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

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.

Even as Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.”

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.

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.

“Son of man, you dwell in the middle of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and don’t see, who have ears to hear, and don’t hear; for they are a rebellious house.

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

Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

that ‘seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.’ ”

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

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

him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;

Yahweh spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. He turned again into the camp, but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, didn’t depart from the Tent.

For it is no vain thing for you, because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it.”

This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

For with you is the spring of life. In your light we will see light.

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

I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

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

Yahweh says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets that he will be called a Nazarene.

In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, ‘By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:

When they had accomplished all things that were according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

A voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!”

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

“He said to him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.’ ”

I have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of 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.”

It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true.

But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.

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

They answered him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search, and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.”

Father, glorify your name!” Then a voice came out of the sky, saying, “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.”

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

But the things which God announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.

Paul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”

King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”

For in him all the fullness of the Deity dwells bodily,

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.”

Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”

They went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught.

Elijah and Moses appeared to them, and they were talking with Jesus.

He answered, “What did Moses command you?”

As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?”

When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say, “Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!”

Jesus answered them, “Isn’t this because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God?

Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to David’s city, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David;

“Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men.”

When he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast,

and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form like a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying “You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased.”

The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”

He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.

He said to them, “Doubtless you will tell me this parable, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.’ ”

It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his right hand was withered.

The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here.

For Moses from generations of old has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath.”

So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God.