Acts 9:11 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

¹¹ "Go at once," said the Lord, "to the 'Straight Street', and ask at Judas's house for a man named Saul, from Tarsus. He is at this moment praying,

⁷ Ask, and your prayer shall be granted; search, and you shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you. ⁸ For he that asks receives, he that searches finds, and to him that knocks the door shall be opened.

⁹ And so I say to you--Ask, and your prayer shall be granted: search, and you shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you. ¹⁰ For he that asks receives, he that searches finds, and to him that knocks the door shall be opened.

⁷ And God--will not he see that his own People, who cry to him night and day, have justice done them--though he holds his hand? ⁸ He will, I tell you, have justice done them, and that soon! Yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?" ⁹ Another time, speaking to people who were satisfied that they were religious, and who regarded every one else with scorn, Jesus told this parable-- ¹⁰ "Two men went up into the Temple Courts to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax-gatherer. ¹¹ The Pharisee stood forward and began praying to himself in this way--'O God, I thank thee that I am not like other men-- thieves, rogues, adulterers--or even like this tax-gatherer. ¹² I fast twice a week, and give a tenth of everything I get to God.' ¹³ Meanwhile the tax-gatherer stood at a distance, not venturing even 'to raise his eyes to Heaven'; but he kept striking his breast and saying 'O God, have mercy on me, a sinner.' ¹⁴ This man, I tell you, went home pardoned, rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself will be humbled, while every one who humbles himself shall be exalted."

⁴² Jesus," he went on, "do not forget me when you have come to your Kingdom." ⁴³ And Jesus answered: "I tell you, this very day you shall be with me in Paradise."

¹⁰ "If you knew of the gift of God," replied Jesus, "and who it is that is saying to you 'Give me some water,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you 'living water'."

²¹ Then shall every one who invokes the Name of the Lord be saved.'

²² Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord, that, if possible, you may be forgiven for such a thought;

²⁶ Meanwhile an angel of the Lord had said to Philip: "Set out on a journey southwards, along the road that runs down from Jerusalem to Gaza." (It is now deserted).

³⁰ But, when the Brethren found this out, they took him down to Caesarea, and sent him on his way to Tarsus.

⁵ And now, send messengers to Jaffa and fetch a man called Simon, who is also known as Peter. ⁶ He is lodging with a tanner named Simon, who has a house near the sea."

¹³ He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and how the angel had said to him--'Send to Jaffa and fetch the Simon, who is also known as Peter;

²⁵ Afterwards Barnabas left for Tarsus to look for Saul;

³⁹ "No," said Paul, "I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of a city of some note; and I beg you to give me permission to speak to the people."

³ "I am a Jew, a native of Tarsus in Cilicia, but I was brought up in this city under the teaching of Gamaliel, and educated in accordance with the strict system of our ancestral Law. I was as zealous in God's service as any of you who are here to-day.