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(Matthew 12:9â14; Luke 6:6â11)
Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there. In order to accuse Jesus, they were watching to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.
Then Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, âStand up among us.â And He asked them, âWhich is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?â
But they were silent.
Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, âStretch out your hand.â So he stretched it out, and it was restored.
At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
(Matthew 4:23â25; Luke 6:17â19)
So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, the region beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon. The large crowd came to Him when they heard what great things He was doing.
Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him. For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him. And when the unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, âYou are the Son of God!â But He warned them sternly not to make Him known.
(Matthew 10:1â4; Luke 6:12â16)
Then Jesus went up on the mountain and called for those He wanted, and they came to Him. He appointed twelve of them, whom He designated as apostles, [SBL, NE, BYZ, and TR do not include whom He designated as apostles ]to accompany Him, to be sent out to preach, and to have authority to drive out demons.
These are the twelve He appointed: Simon (whom He named Peter), James son of Zebedee and his brother John (whom He named Boanerges, meaning âSons of Thunderâ), Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot, [Greek Simon the Cananean ] and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus. [Literally who also betrayed Him ]
(Matthew 12:22â30; Luke 11:14â23)
Then Jesus went home, [Literally Then He comes to a house ]and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat. When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, âHe is out of His mind.â
And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, âHe is possessed by Beelzebul, [WH Beezeboul; Vulgate Beelzebub ]â and, âBy the prince of the demons He drives out demons.â
So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: âHow can Satan drive out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot stand. If a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand. And if Satan is divided and rises against himself, he cannot stand; his end has come. Indeed, no one can enter a strong manâs house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.
(Matthew 12:31â32)
Truly I tell you, the sons of men will be forgiven all sins and blasphemies, as many as they utter. But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of eternal sin.â
Jesus made this statement because they were saying, âHe has an unclean spirit.â
(Matthew 12:46â50; Luke 8:19â21)
Then Jesusâ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him, and a crowd was sitting around Him. âLook,â He was told, âYour mother and brothers [NE and NA include and Your sisters. ]are outside, asking for You.â
But Jesus replied, âWho are My mother and My brothers?â Looking at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, âHere are My mother and My brothers! For whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.â (BSB)
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Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, âCommand the children of Israel, and tell them, âSee that you present my offering, my food for my offerings made by fire, as a pleasant aroma to me, in their due season.â You shall tell them, âThis is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to Yahweh: male lambs a year old without defect, two day by day, for a continual burnt offering. You shall offer the one lamb in the morning, and you shall offer the other lamb at evening, with one tenth of an ephah [1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel ]of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with the fourth part of a hin [A hin is about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons. ]of beaten oil. It is a continual burnt offering which was ordained in Mount Sinai for a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh. Its drink offering shall be the fourth part of a hin [One hin is about 6.5 liters, so 1/4 hin is about 1.6 liters or 1.7 quarts. ]for each lamb. You shall pour out a drink offering of strong drink to Yahweh in the holy place. The other lamb you shall offer at evening. As the meal offering of the morning, and as its drink offering, you shall offer it, an offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
ââ On the Sabbath day, you shall offer two male lambs a year old without defect, and two tenths of an ephah [1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel ]of fine flour for a meal offering mixed with oil, and its drink offering: this is the burnt offering of every Sabbath, in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.
ââ In the beginnings of your months, you shall offer a burnt offering to Yahweh: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without defect, and three tenths of an ephah [1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel ]of fine flour for a meal offering mixed with oil, for each bull; and two tenth parts of fine flour for a meal offering mixed with oil, for the one ram; and one tenth part of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering to every lamb, as a burnt offering of a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh. Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part of a hin for a lamb. This is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year. Also, one male goat for a sin offering to Yahweh shall be offered in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.
ââ In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is Yahwehâs Passover. On the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast. Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days. In the first day shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work, but you shall offer an offering made by fire, a burnt offering to Yahweh: two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old. They shall be without defect, with their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil. You shall offer three tenths for a bull, and two tenths for the ram. You shall offer one tenth for every lamb of the seven lambs; and one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you. You shall offer these in addition to the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering. In this way you shall offer daily, for seven days, the food of the offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. It shall be offered in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering. On the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.
ââ Also in the day of the first fruits, when you offer a new meal offering to Yahweh in your feast of weeks, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work; but you shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old; and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths for each bull, two tenths for the one ram, one tenth for every lamb of the seven lambs; and one male goat, to make atonement for you. Besides the continual burnt offering and its meal offering, you shall offer them and their drink offerings. See that they are without defect. (WEB)
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Therefore let â s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let â s run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you donâ t grow weary, fainting in your souls. You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin. You have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children,
âMy son, donâ t take lightly the chastening of the Lord,
nor faint when you are reproved by him;
for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines,
and chastises every son whom he receives.â (Proverbs 3:11-12 )
It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesnâ t discipline? But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then you are illegitimate, and not children. Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? For they indeed for a few days disciplined us as seemed good to them, but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness. All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Therefore lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees, (Isaiah 35:3 ) and make straight paths for your feet, (Proverbs 4:26 )so what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.
Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord, looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you and many be defiled by it, lest there be any sexually immoral person or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal. For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears.
For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm, the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them, for they could not stand that which was commanded, âIf even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned â. [TR adds âor shot with an arrowâ ](Exodus 19:12-13 ) So fearful was the appearance that Moses said, âI am terrified and trembling.â (Deuteronomy 9:19 )
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels, to the festal gathering and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, (Jeremiah 31:31 )and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.
See that you donâ t refuse him who speaks. For if they didnâ t escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven, whose voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying, âYet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens.â (Haggai 2:6 ) This phrase, âYet once moreâ signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain. Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that canâ t be shaken, let â s have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire. (Deuteronomy 4:24 ) (WEB)
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But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron, forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving. For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.
If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine which you have followed. But refuse profane and old wivesâ fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness. For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now and of that which is to come. This saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance. For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe. Command and teach these things.
Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity. Until I come, pay attention to reading, to exhortation, and to teaching. Donâ t neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the elders. Be diligent in these things. Give yourself wholly to them, that your progress may be revealed to all. Pay attention to yourself and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you. (WEB)
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After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth. Job answered:
âLet the day perish in which I was born,
the night which said, âThere is a boy conceived.â
Let that day be darkness.
Donât let God from above seek for it,
neither let the light shine on it.
Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own.
Let a cloud dwell on it.
Let all that makes the day black terrify it.
As for that night, let thick darkness seize on it.
Let it not rejoice among the days of the year.
Let it not come into the number of the months.
Behold, let that night be barren.
Let no joyful voice come therein.
Let them curse it who curse the day,
who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
Let the stars of its twilight be dark.
Let it look for light, but have none,
neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,
because it didnât shut up the doors of my motherâs womb,
nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.
âWhy didnât I die from the womb?
Why didnât I give up the spirit when my mother bore me?
Why did the knees receive me?
Or why the breast, that I should nurse?
For now I should have lain down and been quiet.
I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,
with kings and counselors of the earth,
who built up waste places for themselves;
or with princes who had gold,
who filled their houses with silver;
or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been,
as infants who never saw light.
There the wicked cease from troubling.
There the weary are at rest.
There the prisoners are at ease together.
They donât hear the voice of the taskmaster.
The small and the great are there.
The servant is free from his master.
âWhy is light given to him who is in misery,
life to the bitter in soul,
who long for death, but it doesnât come;
and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
who rejoice exceedingly,
and are glad, when they can find the grave?
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden,
whom God has hedged in?
For my sighing comes before I eat.
My groanings are poured out like water.
For the thing which I fear comes on me,
that which I am afraid of comes to me.
I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither do I have rest;
but trouble comes.â (WEB)
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Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea.
Give ear to my prayer that doesnât go out of deceitful lips.
Let my sentence come out of your presence.
Let your eyes look on equity.
You have proved my heart.
You have visited me in the night.
You have tried me, and found nothing.
I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.
As for the deeds of men, by the word of your lips,
I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.
My steps have held fast to your paths.
My feet have not slipped.
I have called on you, for you will answer me, God.
Turn your ear to me.
Hear my speech.
Show your marvelous loving kindness,
you who save those who take refuge by your right hand from their enemies.
Keep me as the apple of your eye.
Hide me under the shadow of your wings,
from the wicked who oppress me,
my deadly enemies, who surround me.
They close up their callous hearts.
With their mouth they speak proudly.
They have now surrounded us in our steps.
They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.
He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey,
as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Arise, Yahweh, confront him.
Cast him down.
Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,
from men by your hand, Yahweh,
from men of the world, whose portion is in this life.
You fill the belly of your cherished ones.
Your sons have plenty,
and they store up wealth for their children.
As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness.
I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form. (WEB)
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My child, do not forget my teaching,but let your heart keep my commandments, for they will provide a long and full life and well-being for you. Do not let mercy and truth leave you;bind them around your neck,write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and people. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding. Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own estimation; fear the Lord and turn away from evil. This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your inner self. Honor the Lord from your wealthand from the firstfruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled completely, and your vats will overflow with new wine. My child, do not despise discipline from the Lord, and do not loathe his rebuke. For the Lord disciplines those he loves,just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights. Blessed is the one who has found wisdomand the one who obtains understanding. For her benefit is more profitable than silver,and her gain is better than gold. She is more precious than rubies,and none of the things you desire can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand;in her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are very pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful. She is like a tree of life to those who grasp onto her, and everyone who takes hold of her will be blessed. By wisdom the Lord laid the foundation of the earth; he established the heavens by understanding. By his knowledge the primordial sea was broken open, so that the clouds drip down dew. My child, do not let them escape from your sight;safeguard sound wisdom and discretion. So they will become life for your soul and grace around your neck. Then you will walk on your way with security,and you will not stumble. When you lie down you will not be filled with fear; when you lie down your sleep will be pleasant. Do not be afraid of sudden disaster or when destruction overtakes the wicked; for the Lord will be the source of your confidence, and he will guard your foot from being caught in a trap. Do not withhold good from those who need it when you have the ability to help. Do not say to your neighbor, âGo! Return tomorrowand I will give it,â when you have it with you at the time. Do not plot evil against your neighborwhen he dwells by you unsuspectingly. Do not accuse anyone without legitimate cause if he has not treated you wrongly. Do not envy a violent man, and do not choose any of his ways; for one who goes astray is an abomination to the Lord, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright. The Lordâs curse is on the household of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous. With arrogant scoffers he is scornful,yet he shows favor to the humble. The wise inherit honor,but he holds fools up to public contempt.
(NET)
Proverbs 3:5-6: Proverbs 3:5-6
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Naomi had a relative of her husbandâs, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz. Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, âLet me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I find favor.â
She said to her, âGo, my daughter.â She went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
Behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, âMay Yahweh be with you.â
They answered him, âMay Yahweh bless you.â
Then Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, âWhose young lady is this?â
The servant who was set over the reapers answered, âIt is the Moabite lady who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab. She said, âPlease let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.â So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she rested a little in the house.â
Then Boaz said to Ruth, âListen, my daughter. Donât go to glean in another field, and donât go from here, but stay here close to my maidens. Let your eyes be on the field that they reap, and go after them. Havenât I commanded the young men not to touch you? When you are thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink from that which the young men have drawn.â
Then she fell on her face and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, âWhy have I found favor in your sight, that you should take knowledge of me, since I am a foreigner?â
Boaz answered her, âI have been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father, your mother, and the land of your birth, and have come to a people that you didnât know before. May Yahweh repay your work, and a full reward be given to you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.â
Then she said, âLet me find favor in your sight, my lord, because you have comforted me, and because you have spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not as one of your servants.â
At meal time Boaz said to her, âCome here, and eat some bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar.â
She sat beside the reapers, and they passed her parched grain. She ate, was satisfied, and left some of it. When she had risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, âLet her glean even among the sheaves, and donât reproach her. Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it. Let her glean, and donât rebuke her.â
So she gleaned in the field until evening; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah [1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel ]of barley. She took it up, and went into the city. Then her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned; and she brought out and gave to her that which she had left after she had enough.
Her mother-in-law said to her, âWhere have you gleaned today? Where have you worked? Blessed be he who noticed you.â
She told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, âThe manâs name with whom I worked today is Boaz.â Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, âMay he be blessed by Yahweh, who has not abandoned his kindness to the living and to the dead.â Naomi said to her, âThe man is a close relative to us, one of our near kinsmen.â
Ruth the Moabitess said, âYes, he said to me, âYou shall stay close to my young men until they have finished all my harvest.ââ
Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, âIt is good, my daughter, that you go out with his maidens, and that they not meet you in any other field.â So she stayed close to the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she lived with her mother-in-law. (WEB)
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I said,
âPlease listen, you heads of Jacob,
and rulers of the house of Israel:
Isnât it for you to know justice?
You who hate the good,
and love the evil;
who tear off their skin,
and their flesh from off their bones;
who also eat the flesh of my people,
and peel their skin from off them,
and break their bones,
and chop them in pieces, as for the pot,
and as meat within the cauldron.
Then they will cry to Yahweh,
but he will not answer them.
Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time,
because they made their deeds evil.â
Yahweh says concerning the prophets who lead my people astray â for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, âPeace!â and whoever doesnât provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him:
âTherefore night is over you, with no vision,
and it is dark to you, that you may not divine;
and the sun will go down on the prophets,
and the day will be black over them.
The seers shall be disappointed,
and the diviners confounded.
Yes, they shall all cover their lips,
for there is no answer from God.â [The Hebrew word rendered âGodâ is â×Öą×Öš×Ö´Ö××â (Elohim). ]
But as for me, I am full of power by Yahwehâs Spirit,
and of judgment, and of might,
to declare to Jacob his disobedience,
and to Israel his sin.
Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob,
and rulers of the house of Israel,
who abhor justice,
and pervert all equity,
who build up Zion with blood,
and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Her leaders judge for bribes,
and her priests teach for a price,
and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money;
yet they lean on Yahweh, and say,
âIsnât Yahweh among us?
No disaster will come on us.â
Therefore Zion for your sake will be plowed like a field,
and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble,
and the mountain of the temple like the high places of a forest.
(WEB)
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One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. [That is, three in the afternoon ] And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts. [Literally the temple; also in verse 8 ] When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.
Peter looked directly at him, as did John. âLook at us!â said Peter. So the man gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. But Peter said, âSilver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk! [SBL, NE, and WH In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk! ]â
Taking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the manâs feet and ankles were made strong. He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.
When all the people saw him walking and praising God, they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
(Deuteronomy 18:15â22)
While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomonâs Colonnade. [Literally in the colonnade called Solomonâs ] And when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: âMen of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant [Or His child; also in verse 26 ]Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him. You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.
By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesusâ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this complete healing in your presence.
And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders. But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer. Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus, the Christ, who has been appointed for you.
Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets. For Moses said, âThe Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you. [Deuteronomy 18:15 ] Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people. [See Deuteronomy 18:19. ]â
Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days. And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, âThrough your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.â [Genesis 22:18 ] When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.â (BSB)