Matthew Cross References - Goodspeed

¹ The ancestry of Jesus Christ, who was descended from David, who was descended from Abraham. ² Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac of Jacob, and Jacob of Judah and his brothers, ³ and Judah of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar. And Perez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron of Aram, ⁴ and Aram of Aminadab, and Aminadab of Nahshon, and Nahshon of Salmon, ⁵ and Salmon of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab. And Boaz was the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth. And Obed was the father of Jesse, ⁶ and Jesse of King David. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother was Uriah's wife. ⁷ And Solomon was the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam of Abijah, and Abijah of Asa, ⁸ and Asa of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat of Joram, and Joram of Uzziah, ⁹ and Uzziah of Jotham, and Jotham of Ahaz, and Ahaz of Hezekiah, ¹⁰ and Hezekiah of Manasseh, and Manasseh of Amon, and Amon of Josiah, ¹¹ and Josiah of Jeconiah and his brothers, at the period of the Babylonian Exile. ¹² After the Babylonian Exile, Jeconiah had a son named Shealtiel, and Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel, ¹³ and Zerubbabel of Abiud, and Abiud of Eliakim, and Eliakim of Azor, ¹⁴ and Azor of Zadok, and Zadok of Achim, and Achim of Eliud, ¹⁵ and Eliud of Eleazar, and Eleazar of Matthan, and Matthan of Jacob, ¹⁶ and Jacob of Joseph, the husband of Mary, who was the mother of Jesus called Christ. ¹⁷ So the whole number of generations from Abraham to David is fourteen, and from David to the Babylonian Exile, fourteen, and from the Babylonian Exile to the Christ, fourteen. ¹⁸ Now these were the circumstances of the birth of Jesus Christ. Mary, his mother, was engaged to Joseph, but before they were married it was found that she was about to become a mother through the influence of the holy Spirit. ¹⁹ But her husband, Joseph, was an upright man and did not wish to disgrace her, and he decided to break off the engagement privately. ²⁰ But while he was thinking of doing this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, and said, "Joseph, descendant of David, do not fear to take Mary, your wife, to your home, for it is through the influence of the holy Spirit that she is to become a mother. ²¹ She will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for it is he who is to save his people from their sins." ²² All this happened in fulfilment of what the Lord said through the prophet, ²³ "The maiden will be pregnant and will have a son, And they will name him Immanuel."—a word which means "God with us." ²⁴ So when Joseph awoke from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had directed him, and took his wife to his home. ²⁵ But he did not live with her as a husband until she had had a son, and he named the child Jesus.

¹ The ancestry of Jesus Christ, who was descended from David, who was descended from Abraham.

¹¹ and Josiah of Jeconiah and his brothers, at the period of the Babylonian Exile. ¹² After the Babylonian Exile, Jeconiah had a son named Shealtiel, and Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel,

¹⁸ Now these were the circumstances of the birth of Jesus Christ. Mary, his mother, was engaged to Joseph, but before they were married it was found that she was about to become a mother through the influence of the holy Spirit.

¹⁸ Now these were the circumstances of the birth of Jesus Christ. Mary, his mother, was engaged to Joseph, but before they were married it was found that she was about to become a mother through the influence of the holy Spirit. ¹⁹ But her husband, Joseph, was an upright man and did not wish to disgrace her, and he decided to break off the engagement privately. ²⁰ But while he was thinking of doing this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, and said, "Joseph, descendant of David, do not fear to take Mary, your wife, to your home, for it is through the influence of the holy Spirit that she is to become a mother. ²¹ She will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for it is he who is to save his people from their sins."

²¹ She will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for it is he who is to save his people from their sins." ²² All this happened in fulfilment of what the Lord said through the prophet, ²³ "The maiden will be pregnant and will have a son, And they will name him Immanuel."—a word which means "God with us." ²⁴ So when Joseph awoke from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had directed him, and took his wife to his home. ²⁵ But he did not live with her as a husband until she had had a son, and he named the child Jesus.

¹ Now after the birth of Jesus at Bethlehem in Judea, in the days of King Herod, astrologers from the east arrived at Jerusalem, ² and asked, "Where is the newly born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star rise and we have come to do homage to him."

¹³ When they were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, and said, "Wake up! Take the child and his mother and make your escape to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you to leave. For Herod is going to look for the child in order to make away with him."

¹⁵ to fulfil what the Lord said by the prophet, "I called my son from Egypt."

¹⁹ But when Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt

²² But hearing that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to return there; and being warned in a dream, he took refuge in the region of Galilee, ²³ and he went and settled in a town called Nazareth, in fulfilment of the saying of the prophets, "He shall be called a Nazarene."

¹⁶ And when Jesus was baptized, he went right up out of the water, and the heavens opened, and he saw the Spirit of God come down like a dove and light upon him,

¹⁷ "Do not suppose that I have come to do away with the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to do away with them but to enforce them.

¹⁷ in fulfilment of the words of the prophet Isaiah, "He took our sickness and carried away our diseases."

²⁷ As Jesus was passing along from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, "Take pity on us, you Son of David!"

² Now when John heard in prison of what the Christ was doing, he sent by his disciples

¹⁷ —in fulfilment of what was said by the prophet Isaiah,

²¹ but it takes no real root in him, and lasts only a little while, and when trouble or persecution comes because of the message, he gives it up at once.

³⁵ to fulfil what was said by the prophet, "I will open my mouth in figures, I will utter things that have been hidden since the creation."

²² And a Canaanite woman of that district came out and screamed, "Son of David, take pity on me, sir! My daughter is dreadfully possessed by a demon!"

⁴² "What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "David's." ⁴³ He said to them, "How is it then that David under the Spirit's influence calls him lord, and says, ⁴⁴ " 'The Lord has said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand, Until I put your enemies under your feet" '? ⁴⁵ So if David calls him lord, how can he be his son?"

¹⁷ So when they gathered to ask this, Pilate said to them, "Which one do you want me to release for you, Barabbas, or Jesus, the so-called Christ?"

²² Pilate said to them, "Then what am I to do with Jesus, the so-called Christ?" They all said, "Have him crucified!"

⁵ And the angel said to the women, "You need not be afraid. I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified.

²⁰ and teach them to observe all the commands that I have given you. I will always be with you, to the very close of the age."

³ Is he not the carpenter, Mary's son, and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And do not his sisters live here among us?"

²⁰ for Herod stood in awe of John, knowing that he was an upright and holy man, and he protected him. And when he heard him talk he was very much disturbed, and yet he liked to hear him.

⁴ They said, "Moses permits a man to divorce his wife by drawing up a written divorce-notice."

¹⁰ while all the throng of people was outside, praying at the hour of the incense offering. ¹¹ And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right of the altar of incense. ¹² When Zechariah saw him he was startled and overcome with fear. ¹³ And the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to name him John.

¹³ And the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to name him John.

¹⁹ The angel answered, "I am Gabriel. I stand in the very presence of God. I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news.

²⁵ "This is what the Lord has done for me," she said, "now that he has deigned to remove the disgrace I have endured." ²⁶ In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, ²⁷ to a maiden there who was engaged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The maiden's name was Mary.

²⁷ to a maiden there who was engaged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The maiden's name was Mary. ²⁸ And the angel went into the town and said to her, "Good morning, favored woman! The Lord be with you!" ²⁹ But she was startled at what he said, and wondered what this greeting meant. ³⁰ And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have gained God's approval. ³¹ You are to become a mother and you will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus.

³¹ You are to become a mother and you will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus.

³¹ You are to become a mother and you will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus.

³¹ You are to become a mother and you will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus. ³² He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his forefather David,

³² He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his forefather David,

³² He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his forefather David, ³³ and he will reign over Jacob's house forever; his reign will have no end."

³³ and he will reign over Jacob's house forever; his reign will have no end." ³⁴ Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, when I have no husband?"

³⁴ Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, when I have no husband?" ³⁵ The angel answered, "The holy Spirit will come over you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. For that reason your child will be called holy, and the Son of God.

³⁵ The angel answered, "The holy Spirit will come over you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. For that reason your child will be called holy, and the Son of God.

³⁵ The angel answered, "The holy Spirit will come over you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. For that reason your child will be called holy, and the Son of God. ³⁶ And your relative, Elizabeth, although she is old, is going to give birth to a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was said to be barren.

³⁶ And your relative, Elizabeth, although she is old, is going to give birth to a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was said to be barren. ³⁷ For nothing is ever impossible for God." ³⁸ And Mary said, "I am the Lord's slave. Let it be as you say." Then the angel left her.

⁶⁹ And he has produced a mighty Savior for us In the house of his servant David. ⁷⁰ "By the lips of his holy prophets he promised of old to do this—

⁴ And Joseph went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he belonged to the house and family of David,

⁴ And Joseph went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he belonged to the house and family of David, ⁵ to register with Mary, who was engaged to him and who was soon to become a mother.

⁷ and she gave birth to her first-born son; and she wrapped him up, and laid him in a manger, for there was no room for them at the inn. ⁸ There were some shepherds in that neighborhood keeping watch through the night over their flock in the open fields. ⁹ And an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terribly frightened. ¹⁰ The angel said to them, "Do not be frightened, for I bring you good news of a great joy that is to be felt by all the people,

¹⁰ The angel said to them, "Do not be frightened, for I bring you good news of a great joy that is to be felt by all the people, ¹¹ for today, in the town of David, a Savior for you has been born who is your Messiah and Lord.

¹¹ for today, in the town of David, a Savior for you has been born who is your Messiah and Lord.

¹¹ for today, in the town of David, a Savior for you has been born who is your Messiah and Lord. ¹² And this will prove it to you: You will find a baby wrapped up and lying in a manger." ¹³ Suddenly there appeared with the angel a throng of the heavenly army, praising God, saying, ¹⁴ "Glory to God in heaven and on earth! Peace to the men he favors!"

²¹ When he was eight days old and it was time to circumcise him, he was named Jesus, as the angel had named him, before his birth was first expected.

²⁵ Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Symeon, an upright, devout man, who was living in expectation of the comforting of Israel, and under the influence of the holy Spirit.

⁴⁸ When his parents saw him they were amazed, and his mother said to him. "My child, why did you treat us like this? Here your father and I have been looking for you, and have been very anxious."

²³ Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his work. He was the son, it was supposed, of Joseph, the son of Eli,

²³ Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his work. He was the son, it was supposed, of Joseph, the son of Eli, ²⁴ the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, ²⁵ the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, ²⁶ the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, ²⁷ the son of Johanan, the son of Resa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Salathiel, the son of Neri,

²⁷ the son of Johanan, the son of Resa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Salathiel, the son of Neri, ²⁸ the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, ²⁹ the son of Jesus, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, ³⁰ the son of Symeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, ³¹ the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, ³² the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,

³² the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon, ³³ the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

³³ the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

³³ the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, ³⁴ the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

³⁴ the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, ³⁵ the son of Serug, the son of Ragau, the son of Peleg, the son of Heber, the son of Shelah, ³⁶ the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, ³⁷ the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Maleleel, the son of Cainan, ³⁸ the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

²² And they all spoke well of him and were astonished at the winning words that fell from his lips, and they said, "Is he not Joseph's son?"

²² for those are the days of vengeance, when all that is written in the Scriptures will be fulfilled.

⁴⁴ Then he said to them, "This is what I told you when I was still with you—that everything that is written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must come true."

¹⁴ So the Word became flesh and blood and lived for a while among us, abounding in blessing and truth, and we saw the honor God had given him, such honor as an only son receives from his father.

²⁹ The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and he said, "There is God's lamb, who is to remove the world's sin!

⁴¹ Andrew immediately sought out his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!"—that is to say, the Christ.

⁵ His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you." ⁶ Now there were six stone water jars there, for the ceremonial purification practiced by the Jews, each large enough to hold twenty or thirty gallons. ⁷ Jesus said to them, "Fill these jars with water." ⁸ So they filled them full. And he said to them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast."

²⁵ The woman said to him, "I know that the Messiah is coming—he who is called the Christ. When he comes, he will tell us everything!"

⁴² Do not the Scriptures say that the Christ is to spring from the descendants of David and to come from the village of Bethlehem where David lived?"

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³⁵ If those to whom God's message was addressed were called gods—and the Scripture cannot be set aside—

³⁸ in fulfilment of the saying of the prophet Isaiah, "Lord, who has believed our account? And to whom has the Lord's mighty arm been unveiled?" ³⁹ So they could not believe; for Isaiah says again, ⁴⁰ "He has made their eyes blind and their minds dull, To keep them from seeing with their eyes, and understanding with their minds, And turning to me to be cured."

¹⁴ You are my friends if you do what I command you to do.

²⁵ But the saying of their Law, 'They hated me without cause,' must be fulfilled.

¹² As long as I was with them I kept them by your power which you gave me, and I protected them, and not one of them was lost (except the one who was destined to be lost), so that what the Scripture says might come true.

⁹ This was to fulfil the saying he had uttered, "I have not lost one of those whom you have given me."

³⁶ For this happened to fulfil what the Scripture says: "Not one of its bones will be broken." ³⁷ Moreover, it says in another place, "They shall look at the man whom they pierced."

³⁰ But as he was a prophet, and knew that God had promised him with an oath that he would put one of his descendants upon his throne,

¹⁸ it was in this way that God fulfilled what he by all the prophets foretold that his Christ must suffer.

²⁶ It was to you that God first sent his servant after he had raised him from the dead, to bless you by making every one of you turn from his wickedness."

¹² There is no salvation through anyone else, for there is no one else in the world who has been named to men as their only means of being saved."

³¹ God took him up to his right hand as our leader and savior, in order to give repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.

⁸ And he made the agreement of circumcision with him, and so Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

²² They answered, "Cornelius, who is a captain, and an upright and God-fearing man, and who has a good reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house, and to listen to what you have to say."

²² Then he removed him and raised David up to be their king, bearing this testimony to him: 'I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my own heart, who will do all that I desire.' ²³ It is from his descendants that God has brought to Israel as he promised to do, a savior in Jesus,

²³ It is from his descendants that God has brought to Israel as he promised to do, a savior in Jesus,

²⁷ For the people of Jerusalem and their leaders refused to recognize him, and condemned him, thus fulfilling the very utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, ²⁸ and though they could find no ground for putting him to death, they demanded of Pilate that he be executed. ²⁹ When they had carried out everything that had been said about him in the Scriptures, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb.

³⁸ You must understand therefore, my brothers, that through him the forgiveness of your sins is announced to you, ³⁹ and that through union with him everyone who believes is cleared of every charge of which the Law of Moses could not clear you.

⁹ One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, "Do not be afraid! Go on speaking and do not give up,

³ about his Son, who was physically descended from David,

³ about his Son, who was physically descended from David, ⁴ and decisively declared Son of God in his holiness of spirit, by being raised from the dead—Jesus Christ our Lord,

¹³ For the promise made to Abraham and his descendants that the world should belong to him did not come to him or his descendants through the Law, but through the uprightness that resulted from his faith.

³ For though it was impossible for the Law to do it, hampered as it was by our physical limitations, God, by sending his own Son in our sinful physical form, as a sin-offering, put his condemnation upon sin through his physical nature,

²⁹ For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;

⁵ and the patriarchs, and from them physically Christ came—God who is over all be blessed forever! Amen.

⁷ nor are they all children of Abraham because they are descended from him, but he was told, "The line of Isaac will be called your descendants." ⁸ That is to say, it is not his physical descendants who are children of God, but his descendants born in fulfilment of the promise who are considered his true posterity. ⁹ For this is what the promise said: "When I come back at this time next year, Sarah will have a son." ¹⁰ And that is not all, for there was Rebecca too, when she was about to bear twin sons to our forefather Isaac. ¹¹ For before the children were born or had done anything either good or bad, in order to carry out God's purpose of selection, which depends not on what men do but on his calling them, ¹² she was told, "The elder will be the younger's slave." ¹³ As the Scripture says, "I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau."

¹⁹ how God through Christ reconciled the world to himself, refusing to count men's offenses against them, and intrusted me with the message of reconciliation.

¹⁶ Now the promises were made to Abraham and his line. It does not say, "and to your lines," in the plural, but in the singular, "and to your line," that is, Christ.

⁴ but when the proper time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, and made subject to law, ⁵ to ransom those who were subject to law, so that we might receive adoption.

²⁵ You who are husbands must love your wives, just as Christ loves the church and gave himself for her, ²⁶ to consecrate her, after cleansing her with the bath in water through her confession of him, ²⁷ in order to bring the church to himself in all her beauty, without a flaw or a wrinkle or anything of the kind, but to be consecrated and faultless.

²⁰ and through him to reconcile to God all things on earth or in heaven, making this peace through his blood shed on the cross. ²¹ And it has brought you, who were once estranged from him, hostile in attitude and engaged in doing wrong (though now he has reconciled you ²² through dying in his human body) in holiness, and free from reproach or blame, into God's presence— ²³ if at least you continue firm and steadfast in the exercise of faith, and never shift from the hope held out in the good news to which you listened, which has been preached all over the world, and for which I, Paul, became a worker.

¹⁶ No one can deny the profundity of the divine truth of our religion! "He was revealed in flesh, He was vindicated by the Spirit, He was seen by the angels, He was proclaimed among the heathen, He was believed in throughout the world, He was taken up into glory."

¹⁷ But the Lord stood by me, and gave me strength, so that I might make a full presentation of the message and let all the heathen hear it. So I was saved from the jaws of the lion.

²² The Lord be with your spirit. God bless you all.

¹⁴ He gave himself for us, to free us from all wickedness and purify for himself a people of his own, eager to do right.

¹⁴ For it is perfectly clear that our Lord sprang from the tribe of Judah, with reference to which Moses said nothing at all about priests.

²⁵ Therefore, he is able to save forever all who come to God through him, because he lives and intercedes for them forever. ²⁶ Such a high priest we needed—godly, blameless, unstained, removed from sinful men and raised above the very heavens;

⁵ That is why the Christ, when he was coming into the world, said, "You have not wished sacrifice or offering, but you have provided a body for me.

⁷ Faith led Noah, when he was warned by God of things no one then saw, in obedience to the warning to build an ark in which to save his family, and by such faith he condemned the world, and came to possess that uprightness which faith produces. ⁸ Faith enabled Abraham to obey when God summoned him to leave his home for a region which he was to have for his own, and to leave home without knowing where he was going.

¹¹ Faith made even Sarah herself able to have a child, although she was past the time of life for it, because she thought, that he who had made the promise would keep it.

¹⁷ Faith enabled Abraham, when he was put to the test, to offer Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had accepted God's promises was ready to sacrifice his only son, ¹⁸ of whom he had been told, "Your posterity is to arise through Isaac!"

²⁴ Faith made Moses, when he was grown up, refuse to be known as a son of Pharaoh's daughter, ²⁵ for he preferred sharing the hardships of God's people to a short-lived enjoyment of sin, ²⁶ and thought such contempt as the Christ endured was truer wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking forward to the coming reward. ²⁷ Faith made him leave Egypt, unafraid of the king's anger, for he persevered as though he saw him who is unseen. ²⁸ Faith made him institute the Passover and splash the blood upon the door-posts, to keep the angel that destroyed the firstborn from touching them. ²⁹ Faith enabled them to cross the Red Sea as though it were dry land, although the Egyptians when they tried to follow them across it were drowned. ³⁰ Faith made the walls of Jericho fall, after they had marched around them each day for seven days. ³¹ Faith saved Rahab the prostitute from being destroyed with those who disobeyed God, because she had given a friendly welcome to the scouts.

³¹ Faith saved Rahab the prostitute from being destroyed with those who disobeyed God, because she had given a friendly welcome to the scouts.

²¹ Was not our forefather Abraham made upright for his good deeds, for offering his son Isaac on the altar? ²² You see that in his case faith and good deeds worked together; faith found its highest expression in good deeds, ²³ and so the Scripture came true that says, "Abraham had faith in God, and it was credited to him as uprightness, and he was called God's friend." ²⁴ You see a man is made upright by his good deeds and not simply by having faith. ²⁵ Was not even Rahab the prostitute made upright for her good deeds, in entertaining the scouts and sending them off by a different road?

²⁵ Was not even Rahab the prostitute made upright for her good deeds, in entertaining the scouts and sending them off by a different road? ²⁶ Just as the body without the spirit is dead, faith is dead without good deeds.

⁷ But if we live in the light, just as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from every sin.

¹ My dear children, I am writing you this so that you may not sin; yet if anyone does sin, we have in Jesus Christ one who is upright and will intercede for us with the Father. ² He is himself an atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the whole world.

⁵ You know that he appeared to take our sins away, and that there is no sin in him.

⁵ and from Jesus Christ the trustworthy witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the sovereign of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has released us from our sins by his blood ⁶ he has made us a kingdom of priests for his God and Father—to him be glory and power forever. Amen.

⁵ 12,000 from the tribe of Judah that were marked; 12,000 from the tribe of Reuben; 12,000 from the tribe of Gad;

¹⁴ I said to him, "You know, my lord." He said to me, "They are the people who come through the great persecution, who have washed their robes white in the blood of the Lamb.

¹⁷ For God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by having a common purpose and giving up their authority to the animal until God's decrees are carried out.

¹⁶ "I, Jesus, sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am of the line and family of David, I am the bright morning star."