Luke 2:34 Cross References - MNT

³⁴ "Behold this child is set for the falling and rising up of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.

¹⁹ and the Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Lo, a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners!' Nevertheless, Wisdom is justified by her deeds."

⁴⁶ While he was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers were standing outside, desiring to speak to him.

⁴⁴ "He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but he upon whom it falls will be scattered as dust."

⁶⁵ Then the high priest tore his garments, saying. "He has spoken blasphemy! What further need have we of witnesses? For behold, now you have heard his blasphemy! ⁶⁶ "What is your verdict?" "He ought to die," they answered. ⁶⁷ Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and some struck him with the palms of their hands, and cried.

⁴⁰ "You who were going to destroy the Temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!" ⁴¹ In like manner the chief priests, too, with the Scribes and elders, kept taunting him. ⁴² "He saved other," they said, "himself he cannot save. He, the King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him! ⁴³ He put his trust in God. let Him deliver him now, if He cares for him. For he said, 'I am the Son of God!'" ⁴⁴ In the same way the robbers also who were being crucified with him, dept reviling him. ⁴⁵ Now from noon darkness fell upon the whole land, until three o'clock in the afternoon.

⁶³ "We recollect, Sir, that when he was living this imposter said, 'I will rise again after three days.'

²⁰ For every one who practices wrong hates light, and does not come to the light, lest his actions be exposed;

¹⁸ For this reason the Jews continued to seek the more eagerly to put him to death, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was actually speaking of God as his own Father, thus making himself of God's equal.

⁴⁸ In reply the Jews said to him, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan, and you also have a demon?" ⁴⁹ "I do not have a demon," said Jesus, "but I am honoring my Father, and you are dishonoring me. ⁵⁰ "Yet I am not seeking my own honor. There is One who is seeking it, and He is judge. ⁵¹ "In solemn truth I tell you that if any one obeys my teaching he shall never behold death." ⁵² "Now we know that you have a demon," exclaimed the Jews. Abraham died, and so did the prophets; and yet you say, 'If any man obeys my teaching he shall never taste death.'

²⁴ So the Jews a second time summoned the man who had been blind, and said to him. ²⁵ "Give glory to God! we know that this man is a sinner." Upon this the blind man answered. "I do not know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know, that once I was blind, and know I can see." ²⁶ "What was it he did to you?" they asked him; "How did he open your eyes?" ²⁷ He answered. "I have told you already, and you did not listen. Why do you wish to hear it again? Can it be that you, too, wish to become his disciples?" ²⁸ Then they stormed at him. "You are his disciple. We are Moses' disciples. ²⁹ "We know that God spoke to Moses. But this fellow! We do not know where he comes from."

³⁶ "Therefore let the whole House of Israel know assuredly that Gods has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you have crucified." ³⁷ When they heard these words they were stung to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles. "Men and brothers, what shall we do?" ³⁸ "Repent," answered Peter, "and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹ "For the promise belongs to you and to your children and to all who are afar off, whomever the Lord may call." ⁴⁰ With many other words he continued to bear testimony, and kept entreating them, saying, "Save yourselves from this perverse generation." ⁴¹ Then those who welcomed his message were baptized, and in that day about three thousand souls were added to them;

¹⁵ "The Pioneer of Life you put to death. But God has raised him from the dead, and we are witnesses of that fact. ¹⁶ "And his name, on the ground of faith in his name, has made strong this man, whom you now see and know; yes, the faith that is through him has made this man sound and strong again, in the presence of you all. ¹⁷ "And now, brothers, I know that you did it in ignorance, as did also your rulers. ¹⁸ "But God has thus fulfilled what he foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer. ¹⁹ "Repent then! and reform, from the blotting out of your sins, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;

²⁶ "The kings of the earth set themselves in array, And the rulers were gathered together Against the Lord and against his Christ.

⁷ And the word of the Lord continued to spread; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was increasing exceedingly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.

¹ Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats of murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest ² and begged of him letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any that were of the Way, either men or women, he could bind them and bring them to Jerusalem. ³ And as he journeyed, when he was approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed round him. ⁴ He fell to the ground, and heard a voice which said to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?" ⁵ And he said, "Who are you Lord?" ⁶ "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting," he said: "Stand up and go into the city, and there you shall be told what you must do." ⁷ Meanwhile the men who were his fellow travelers stood speechless, hearing indeed the voice, but beholding no one. ⁸ And Saul got up from the ground, but although his eyes were open, he continued to perceive nothing; so they took him by the hand and led him into Damascus. ⁹ And he remained there three days, seeing nothing, and without eating or drinking. ¹⁰ Now there was in Damascus a disciple named Ananias, and the Lord spoke to him in a vision, saying, "Ananias!" And he answered, "Lo, I am here, Lord." ¹¹ And the Lord said to him. "Arise, go into the street named 'Straight,' and make inquiries in the house of Judas for a man of Tarsus, one Saul. ¹² He is now praying, and has seen a man named Ananias enter and lay his hands on him to restore his sight." ¹³ "But, Lord," said Ananias, "I have heard from many about that man, and how much evil he did to the saints at Jerusalem! ¹⁴ "In this city, too, he has authority from the chief priests to arrest all those who call upon thy name." ¹⁵ "Go," answered the Lord, "this man is chosen instrument of mine to bear my name before the nations and their kings, and before the Children of Israel also; ¹⁶ "for I am going to show him all he has to suffer for the sake of my name." ¹⁷ And so Ananias went and entered into the house, and laying his hands on him, said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared to you on your journey, has sent me that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit." ¹⁸ Instantly something like scales fell from his eyes, and he received his sight. He arose and was baptized. ¹⁹ Afterward he took food and was strengthened. And he remained for some time with the disciples at Damascus. ²⁰ And he began at once to proclaim in the synagogues Jesus as the Son of God.

⁴⁵ When they saw the crowds, the Jews were filled with jealousy, and began to contradict Paul's statements, and to abuse him.

⁶ And when they had failed to find Paul and Silas, they began to drag Jason and some of the brethren before the politarchs, shouting. "These fellows who have upset the habitable earth are come hither also.

⁵ "For we have found this fellow a pest, an inciter of insurrection among all the Jews of the empire, and a ringleader in the heresy of the Nazarenes.

²² "But we are eager to hear from you what it is that you believe; for we all know that as for this sect it is everywhere spoken against."

³² And why? Because they sought it not by faith, but thought to gain it by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;

²³ but we come preaching a crucified Messiah—to Jews a stumbling-block, to Greeks foolishness,

¹⁵ I am Christ's fragrance upwafted unto God, among those who are being saved and those who are perishing; ¹⁶ to these latter an odor of death to death, to the former, of life to life. For such service as this, who is sufficient?

¹ It was this Melchizedek, King of Salem and Priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him;

⁷ Now it is beyond all controversy that the inferior is always blessed by the superior.

¹ Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us, ² looking unto Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured a cross, despising shame, and has now taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. ³ Compare yourselves with him who endured such hostility against himself at the hands of sinners, lest you grow weary, fainting in your souls.

⁷ For you, then, that believe, is the preciousness; but for those who do not believe, A stone which the builders rejected, The same has become the head stone of the corner, ⁸ and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense. They stumble over it because they are disobeying God's word, and to this they were also appointed.

¹⁴ If you are being reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the spirit of glory and of God is resting upon you.