Luke 7:26

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

He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”

“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!” says Yahweh of Armies.

We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts:

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

But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,

There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.

Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways. As a nation that did righteousness, and didn’t forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments. They delight to draw near to God.

“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they don’t do them.

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

For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make the way of the Lord ready! Make his paths straight!”

You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden.

But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.

What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;

When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

As it is written in the prophets, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you:

These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

This is he of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’

Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.

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

But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”

When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.

Following Paul and us, she cried out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!”

that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

Let’s therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.

In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil which is before the covenant, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Yahweh: it shall be a statute forever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

The children of Israel saw Moses’ face, that the skin of Moses’ face shone; so Moses put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

“Command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, “Don’t go out with us to battle any more, so that you don’t quench the lamp of Israel.”

When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!”

Yes, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one was born in her;” the Most High himself will establish her.

If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don’t marvel at the matter, for one official is eyed by a higher one, and there are officials over them.

They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.

Those who are wise will shine as the brightness of the expanse. Those who turn many to righteousness will shine as the stars forever and ever.

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.

He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”

In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,

Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him.

I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.

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

Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’

As these went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

Most certainly I tell you, among those who are born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn’t even repent afterward, that you might believe him.

When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.

But they said, “Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.”

Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Good News of God’s Kingdom,

But he went out, and began to proclaim it much, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places. People came to him from everywhere.

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.

He said to them, “Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things and be despised?

If we should say, ‘From men’ ”—they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.

They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.

For they said, “Not during the feast, because there might be a riot among the people.”

He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

“For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in God’s Kingdom is greater than he.”

When Jesus returned, the multitude welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.

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

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

‘Even the dust from your city that clings to us, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that God’s Kingdom has come near 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.

“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.’ ”

He said, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to loosen.”

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 yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before him.’

He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

Many came to him. They said, “John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this man is true.”

If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, “See how you accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him.”

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

Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.

Ananias departed and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

before his coming, when John had first preached the baptism of repentance to Israel.