Luke 16:31 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

³¹ 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets,' answered Abraham, 'they will not be persuaded, even if some one were to rise from the dead.'"

⁴³ Then, after saying this, Jesus called in a loud voice: "Lazarus! come out!" ⁴⁴ The dead man came out, wrapped hand and foot in a winding- sheet; his face, too, had been wrapped in a cloth. "Set him free," said Jesus, "and let him go." ⁴⁵ In consequence of this, many of the Jews, who had come to visit Mary and had seen what Jesus did, learned to believe in him. ⁴⁶ Some of them, however, went to the Pharisees, and told them what he had done. ⁴⁷ Upon this the Chief Priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the High Council, and said: "What are we to do, now that this man is giving so many signs? ⁴⁸ If we let him alone as we are doing, every one will believe in him; and the Romans will come and will take from us both our City and our Nationality." ⁴⁹ One of them, however, Caiaphas, who was High Priest that year, said to them: ⁵⁰ "You are utterly mistaken. You do not consider that it is better for you that one man should die for the people, rather than the whole nation should be destroyed." ⁵¹ Now he did not say this of his own accord; but, as High Priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was to die for the nation-- ⁵² And not for the nation only, but also that he might unite in one body the Children of God now scattered far and wide. ⁵³ So from that day they plotted to put Jesus to death.

¹⁰ The Chief Priests, however, plotted to put Lazarus, as well as Jesus, to death, ¹¹ Because it was owing to him that many of the Jews had left them, and were becoming believers in Jesus.

⁸ Paul went to the Synagogue there, and for three months spoke out fearlessly, giving addresses and trying to convince his hearers, about the kingdom of God.

²⁸ But Agrippa said to Paul: "You are soon trying to make a Christian of me!"

²³ They then fixed a day with him, and came to the place where he was staying, in even larger numbers, when Paul proceeded to lay the subject before them. He bore his testimony to the Kingdom of God, and tried to convince them about Jesus, by arguments drawn from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets--speaking from morning till evening.

³ And, even if the Good News that we bring is veiled, it is veiled only in the case of those who are on the path to Ruin--

¹¹ Therefore, because we know the fear inspired by the Lord, it is true that we are trying to win men, but our motives are plain to God; and I hope that in your inmost hearts they are plain to you also.