Luke 8:16

The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound,

Now, brothers, I entrust you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

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.

The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.

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

to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.

having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”

Then he said, “These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”

seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

He said to them, “Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn’t it put on a stand?

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.

But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house. I trust in God’s loving kindness forever and ever.

Yahweh called your name, “A green olive tree, beautiful with goodly fruit.” With the noise of a great roar he has kindled fire on it, and its branches are broken.

and two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl, and the other on the left side of it.”

Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.

to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,

“No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.

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

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.

giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light,

Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.

Then I asked him, “What are these two olive trees on the right side of the lamp stand and on the left side of it?”

“But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins,

and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, that those who don’t see may see; and that those who see may become blind.”

He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.

But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the profit of all.

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.

Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship do righteousness and iniquity have? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.

being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed: that he might destroy the works of the devil.

In that day, the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness.

I asked him the second time, “What are these two olive branches, which are beside the two golden spouts, that pour the golden oil out of themselves?”

Then one possessed by a demon, blind and mute, was brought to him and he healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw.

Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.

When I was with you in the temple daily, you didn’t stretch out your hands against me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.”

Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures.

Now is the judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast out.

I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.

how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles.”

are to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

You are all children of light and children of the day. We don’t belong to the night, nor to darkness,

In the same way also there are good works that are obvious, and those that are otherwise can’t be hidden.

For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

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.

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,

For you were going astray like sheep; but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:

But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.

There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there, to the end you may know that I am Yahweh on the earth.

You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.

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

“Speak to Aaron, and tell him, ‘When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lamp stand.’ ”

At that time Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, to stand before Yahweh to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.

Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.”

Naaman said, “If not, then, please let two mules’ burden of earth be given to your servant; for your servant will from now on offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice to other gods, but to Yahweh.

The eyes of those who see will not be dim, and the ears of those who hear will listen.

The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water. Grass with reeds and rushes will be in the habitation of jackals, where they lay.

saying to those who are bound, ‘Come out!’; to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves!’ “They shall feed along the paths, and their pasture shall be on all treeless heights.

For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name. The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. He will be called the God of the whole earth.

Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion; for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs bronze; and you will beat in pieces many peoples: and I will devote their gain to Yahweh, and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth.

Immediately he received his sight and followed him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, praised God.

This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree,

The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lamp stands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies. The seven lamp stands are seven assemblies.

These are the two olive trees and the two lamp stands, standing before the Lord of the earth.