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The God of Israel spoke, the Rock of Israel said to me: 'When one rules over men in righteousness, when he rules in the fear of God,
he is like the light of morning at sunrise on a cloudless morning, like the brightness after rain that brings the grass from the earth.'
2 Samuel Chapter 23: Verses 3 - 4
"I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles,
to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.
Isaiah Chapter 42: Verses 6 - 7
The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,
to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,
and provide for those who grieve in Zion, to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor.
Isaiah Chapter 61: Verses 1 - 3
"Seventy 'sevens' are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy.
Daniel Chapter 9: Verse 24
He will confirm a covenant with many for one 'seven.' In the middle of the 'seven' he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him. "
Daniel Chapter 9: Verse 27
"But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times. "
Micah Chapter 5: Verse 2
"On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
Zechariah Chapter 13: Verse 1
But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire or a launderer's soap.
He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the LORD will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness,
Malachi Chapter 3: Verses 2 - 3
She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."
Matthew Chapter 1: Verse 21
"I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me will come one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not fit to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire."The Baptism of Jesus
Matthew Chapter 3: Verses 11 - 12
Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
Matthew Chapter 4: Verse 23
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
Matthew Chapter 5: Verse 17
But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."Jesus Questioned About Fasting
Matthew Chapter 9: Verse 13
"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
For I have come to turn " 'a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law -
a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.'
Matthew Chapter 10: Verses 34 - 36
He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel."
Matthew Chapter 15: Verse 24
"What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off?
And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off.
In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.A Brother Who Sins Against You
Matthew Chapter 18: Verses 11 - 14
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."Two Blind Men Receive Sight
Matthew Chapter 20: Verse 28
Jesus replied, "Let us go somewhere else,to the nearby villages,so I can preach there also. That is why I have come."
Mark Chapter 1: Verse 38
While Jesus was having dinner at Levi's house, many tax collectors and "sinners" were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.
When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the "sinners" and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: "Why does he eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?"
On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."Jesus Questioned About Fasting
Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, "How is it that John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?"
Jesus answered, "How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them.
But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.
"No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse.
And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, he pours new wine into new wineskins."Lord of the Sabbath
Mark Chapter 2: Verses 15 - 22
because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven
to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace."
Luke Chapter 1: Verses 78 - 79
For my eyes have seen your salvation,
which you have prepared in the sight of all people,
a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel."
Luke Chapter 2: Verses 30 - 32
Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: "This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,
so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too."
Luke Chapter 2: Verses 34 - 35
Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.
Luke Chapter 2: Verse 38
"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 proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed,
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."
Luke Chapter 4: Verses 18 - 19
After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him,
Luke Chapter 8: Verse 1
"I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is completed!
Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.
From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three.
They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."Interpreting the Times
Luke Chapter 12: Verses 49 - 53
Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?"
Luke Chapter 24: Verse 26
He told them, "This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,
and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Luke Chapter 24: Verses 46 - 47
No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven,the Son of Man.
Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
John Chapter 3: Verses 13 - 17
"My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.
John Chapter 4: Verse 34
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world."
John Chapter 6: Verse 51
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
John Chapter 8: Verse 12
Jesus said, "For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind."
John Chapter 9: Verse 39
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
John Chapter 10: Verse 10
You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish."
He did not say this on his own, but as high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation,
and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one.
John Chapter 11: Verses 50 - 52
"Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.
John Chapter 12: Verse 27
I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.
"As for the person who hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save it.
John Chapter 12: Verses 46 - 47
"You are a king, then!" said Pilate. Jesus answered, "You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me."
John Chapter 18: Verse 37
God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior that he might give repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.
Acts Chapter 5: Verse 31
All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."
Acts Chapter 10: Verse 43
that the Christ would suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to his own people and to the Gentiles."
Acts Chapter 26: Verse 23
He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.
Romans Chapter 4: Verse 25
You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.
Romans Chapter 5: Verses 6 - 7
For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man,
in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.
Romans Chapter 8: Verses 3 - 4
Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
Romans Chapter 10: Verse 4
For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
Romans Chapter 14: Verse 9
For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews on behalf of God's truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs
so that the Gentiles may glorify God for his mercy, as it is written: "Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to your name."
Romans Chapter 15: Verses 8 - 9
For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.
And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.
2 Corinthians Chapter 5: Verses 14 - 15
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
Galatians Chapter 1: Verses 3 - 4
But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law,
to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons.
Galatians Chapter 4: Verses 4 - 5
He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)
Ephesians Chapter 4: Verse 10
Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners,of whom I am the worst.
1 Timothy Chapter 1: Verse 15
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
Hebrews Chapter 2: Verse 9
Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death,that is, the devil,
and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
Hebrews Chapter 2: Verses 14 - 15
Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
Hebrews Chapter 2: Verse 18
Then Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Hebrews Chapter 9: Verse 26
But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin.
1 John Chapter 3: Verse 5
He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work.
1 John Chapter 3: Verse 8
This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
1 John Chapter 4: Verse 10
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