Matthew 11:9

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.”

Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken,

“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.

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,

to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.

who was faithful to him who appointed him, as also Moses was in all his house.

He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

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

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 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.

Now after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ servant, saying,

“Now therefore, what do I do here,” says Yahweh, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them mock,” says Yahweh, “and my name is blasphemed continually all day long.

“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.”

When Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men and all the princes heard his words, the king sought to put him to death; but when Uriah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt.

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!”

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

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

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

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.

But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.

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

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

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

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!”

For “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” just as it is written.

He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth toward my master. As for me, Yahweh has led me on the way to the house of my master’s relatives.”

He said, “Now hear my words. If there is a prophet among you, I, Yahweh, will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream.

My servant Moses is not so. He is faithful in all my house.

therefore you will serve your enemies whom Yahweh sends against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in lack of all things. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.

However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to Yahweh’s enemies to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you will surely die.”

Solomon said, “You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, because he walked before you in truth, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you. You have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is today.

because they didn’t obey Yahweh their God’s voice, but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded, and would not hear it or do it.

I put my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.

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

He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the children of Israel.

I was angry with my people. I profaned my inheritance and gave them into your hand. You showed them no mercy. You laid a very heavy yoke on the aged.

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says Yahweh of Armies to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, ‘How have we despised your name?’

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

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.

The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given,

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

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.”

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.

He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come!

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.”

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

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

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.”

They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God, and well spoken of by all the nation of the Jews, was directed by a holy angel to invite you to his house, and to listen to what you say.”

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

Here, moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

even as you learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf,

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine not be blasphemed.

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.