Matthew Cross References - Twentieth_Century

¹ A genealogy of Jesus Christ, a descendant of David and Abraham. ² Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac of Jacob, Jacob of Judah and his brothers, ³ Judah of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez of Hezron, Hezron of Ram, ⁴ Ram of Amminadab, Amminadab of Nashon, Nashon of Salmon, ⁵ Salmon of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed of Jesse, ⁶ Jesse of David the King. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother was Uriah's widow, ⁷ Solomon of Rehoboam, Rehoboam of Abijah, Abijah of Asa, ⁸ Asa of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat of Jehoram, Jehoram of Uzziah, ⁹ Uzziah of Jotham, Jotham of Ahaz, Ahaz of Hezekiah, ¹⁰ Hezekiah of Manasseh, Manasseh of Ammon, Ammon of Josiah, ¹¹ Josiah of Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the Exile to Babylon. ¹² After the Exile to Babylon--Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel of Zerubbabel, ¹³ Zerubbabel of Abiud, Abiud of Eliakim, Eliakim of Azor, ¹⁴ Azor of Zadok, Zadok of Achim, Achim of Eliud, ¹⁵ Eliud of Eleazar, Eleazar of Matthan, Matthan of Jacob, ¹⁶ Jacob of Joseph, the husband of Mary, who was the mother of Jesus, who is called 'Christ'. ¹⁷ So the whole number of generations from Abraham to David is fourteen; from David to the Exile to Babylon fourteen; and from the Exile to Babylon to the Christ fourteen. ¹⁸ The birth of Jesus Christ took place as follows:--His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but, before the marriage took place, she found herself to be with child by the power of the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹ Her husband, Joseph, was a religious man and, being unwilling to expose her to contempt, resolved to put an end to their betrothal privately. ²⁰ He had been dwelling upon this, when an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. "Joseph, son of David," the angel said, "do not be afraid to take Mary for your wife, for her child has been conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit. ²¹ She shall give birth to a son; and you shall give him the name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins." ²² All this happened in fulfillment of these words of the Lord in the Prophet, where he says-- ²³ 'Behold! the virgin shall be with child and shall give birth to a son, And they will give him the name Immanuel'--a word which means 'God is with us.' ²⁴ When Joseph awoke from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had directed him. ²⁵ He made Mary his wife, but did not live with her as her husband until after the birth of her son; and to this son he gave the name Jesus.

¹ A genealogy of Jesus Christ, a descendant of David and Abraham.

¹¹ Josiah of Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the Exile to Babylon. ¹² After the Exile to Babylon--Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel of Zerubbabel,

¹⁸ The birth of Jesus Christ took place as follows:--His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but, before the marriage took place, she found herself to be with child by the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁸ The birth of Jesus Christ took place as follows:--His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but, before the marriage took place, she found herself to be with child by the power of the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹ Her husband, Joseph, was a religious man and, being unwilling to expose her to contempt, resolved to put an end to their betrothal privately. ²⁰ He had been dwelling upon this, when an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. "Joseph, son of David," the angel said, "do not be afraid to take Mary for your wife, for her child has been conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit. ²¹ She shall give birth to a son; and you shall give him the name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins."

²¹ She shall give birth to a son; and you shall give him the name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins." ²² All this happened in fulfillment of these words of the Lord in the Prophet, where he says-- ²³ 'Behold! the virgin shall be with child and shall give birth to a son, And they will give him the name Immanuel'--a word which means 'God is with us.' ²⁴ When Joseph awoke from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had directed him. ²⁵ He made Mary his wife, but did not live with her as her husband until after the birth of her son; and to this son he gave the name Jesus.

¹ After the birth of Jesus at Bethlehem in Judea, in the reign of King Herod, some Astrologers from the East arrived in Jerusalem, asking: ² "Where is the new-born King of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and have come to do homage to him."

¹³ After they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, and said: "Awake, take the child and his mother, and seek refuge in Egypt; and stay there until I bid you return, for Herod is about to search for the child, to put him to death."

¹⁵ And there he stayed until Herod's death; in fulfillment of these words of the Lord in the Prophet, where he says--'Out of Egypt I called my Son.'

¹⁹ But, on the death of Herod, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said:

²² But, hearing that Archelaus had succeeded his father Herod as King of Judea, he was afraid to go back there; and having been warned in a dream, he went into the part of the country called Galilee. ²³ And there he settled in the town of Nazareth, in fulfillment of these words in the Prophets--'He will be called a Nazarene.'

¹⁶ After the baptism of Jesus, and just as he came up from the water, the heavens opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending, like a dove, and alighting upon him,

¹⁷ Do not think that I have come to do away with the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to do away with them, but to complete them.

¹⁷ In fulfillment of these words in the Prophet Isaiah--'He took our infirmities on himself, and bore the burden of our diseases.'

²⁷ As Jesus was passing on from there, he was followed by two blind men, who kept calling out: "Take pity on us, Son of David!"

² Now John had heard in prison what the Christ was doing, and he sent a message by his disciples,

¹⁷ in fulfillment of these words in the Prophet Isaiah--

²¹ But, as he has no root, he stands for only a short time; and, when trouble or persecution arises on account of the Message, he falls away at once.

³⁵ in fulfillment of these words in the Prophet--'I will speak to them in parables; I will utter things kept secret since the foundation of the world.'

²² There, a Canaanite woman of that district came out and began calling to Jesus: "Take pity on me, Master, Son of David; my daughter is grievously possessed by a demon."

⁴² "What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" "David's," they said. ⁴³ "How is it, then," Jesus replied, "that David, speaking under inspiration, calls him 'lord,' in the passage- ⁴⁴ 'The Lord said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand, Until I put thy enemies beneath thy feet"'? ⁴⁵ Since, then, David calls him 'lord,' how is he David's son?"

¹⁷ So, when the people had collected, Pilate said to them: "Which do you wish me to release for you? Barabbas? Or Jesus who is called 'Christ'?"

²² "What then," Pilate asked, "shall I do with Jesus who is called 'Christ'?" "Let him be crucified," they all replied.

⁵ But the angel, addressing the women, said; "You need not be afraid. I now that it is Jesus, who was crucified, for whom you are looking.

²⁰ And teaching them to lay to heart all the commands that I have given you; and, remember, I myself am with you every day until the close of the age."

³ Is not he the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? And are not his sisters, too, living here among us?" This proved a hindrance to their believing in him;

²⁰ Because Herod stood in fear of John, knowing him to be an upright and holy man, and protected him. He had listened to John, but still remained much perplexed, and yet he found pleasure in listening to him.

⁴ "Moses," they said, "permitted a man to 'draw up in writing a notice of separation and divorce his wife.'"

¹⁰ And, as it was the Hour of Incense, the people were all praying outside. ¹¹ And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right of the Altar of Incense. ¹² Zechariah was startled at the sight and was awe-struck. ¹³ But the angel said to him: " Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son, whom you shall call by the name John.

¹³ But the angel said to him: " Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son, whom you shall call by the name John.

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

²⁵ "This is what the Lord has done for me," she said, "now that he has deigned to take away the reproach under which I have been living." ²⁶ Six months later the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, ²⁷ To a maiden there who was betrothed to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. Her name was Mary.

²⁷ To a maiden there who was betrothed to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. Her name was Mary. ²⁸ Gabriel came into her presence and said: "Hail, you who have been highly favored! The Lord is with you." ²⁹ Mary was much disturbed at his words, and was wondering to herself what such a greeting could mean, ³⁰ When the angel spoke again: "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. ³¹ And now, you shall be with child and give birth to a son, and you shall give him the name Jesus.

³¹ And now, you shall be with child and give birth to a son, and you shall give him the name Jesus.

³¹ And now, you shall be with child and give birth to a son, and you shall give him the name Jesus.

³¹ And now, you shall be with child and give birth to a son, and you shall give him the name Jesus. ³² The child shall be great and shall be called 'Son of the Most High,' and the Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David,

³² The child shall be great and shall be called 'Son of the Most High,' and the Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David,

³² The child shall be great and shall be called 'Son of the Most High,' and the Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David, ³³ And he shall reign over the descendants of Jacob for ever; And to his kingdom there shall be no end."

³³ And he shall reign over the descendants of Jacob for ever; And to his kingdom there shall be no end." ³⁴ "How can this be?" Mary asked the angel. "For I have no husband."

³⁴ "How can this be?" Mary asked the angel. "For I have no husband." ³⁵ "The Holy Spirit shall descend upon you," answered the angel, "and the Power of the Most High shall overshadow you; and therefore the child will be called 'holy,' and 'Son of God.'

³⁵ "The Holy Spirit shall descend upon you," answered the angel, "and the Power of the Most High shall overshadow you; and therefore the child will be called 'holy,' and 'Son of God.'

³⁵ "The Holy Spirit shall descend upon you," answered the angel, "and the Power of the Most High shall overshadow you; and therefore the child will be called 'holy,' and 'Son of God.' ³⁶ And Elizabeth, your cousin, is herself also expecting a son in her old age; and it is now the sixth month with her, though she is called barren;

³⁶ And Elizabeth, your cousin, is herself also expecting a son in her old age; and it is now the sixth month with her, though she is called barren; ³⁷ For no promise from God shall fail to be fulfilled." ³⁸ "I am the servant of the Lord," exclaimed Mary; "let it be with me as you have said." Then the angel left her.

⁶⁹ And has raised up for us the Strength of our Salvation In the House of his servant David-- ⁷⁰ As he promised by the lips of his Holy Prophets of old--

⁴ Among others Joseph went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Bethlehem, the town of David, in Judea--because he belonged to the family and house of David--

⁴ Among others Joseph went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Bethlehem, the town of David, in Judea--because he belonged to the family and house of David-- ⁵ To be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was about to become a mother.

⁷ And she gave birth to her first child, a son. And because there was no room for them in the inn, she swathed him round and laid him in a manger. ⁸ In that same country-side were shepherds out in the open fields, watching their flocks that night, ⁹ When an angel of the Lord suddenly stood by them, and the Glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were seized with fear. ¹⁰ "Have no fear," the angel said. "For I bring you good news of a great joy in store for all the nation.

¹⁰ "Have no fear," the angel said. "For I bring you good news of a great joy in store for all the nation. ¹¹ This day there has been born to you, in the town of David, a Savior, who is Christ and Lord.

¹¹ This day there has been born to you, in the town of David, a Savior, who is Christ and Lord.

¹¹ This day there has been born to you, in the town of David, a Savior, who is Christ and Lord. ¹² And this shall be the sign for you. You will find the infant swathed, and lying in a manger." ¹³ Then suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly Host, praising God, and singing-- ¹⁴ "Glory to God on high, And on earth peace among men in whom he finds pleasure."

²¹ Eight days after the birth of the child, when it was time to circumcise him, he received the name Jesus--the name given him by the angel before his conception.

²⁵ There was at that time in Jerusalem a man named Simeon, a righteous and devout man, who lived in constant expectation of the Consolation of Israel, and under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

⁴⁸ His parents were amazed when they saw him, and his mother said to him: "My child, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been searching for you in great distress."

²³ When beginning his work, Jesus was about thirty years old. He was regarded as the son of Joseph, whose ancestors were--Eli,

²³ When beginning his work, Jesus was about thirty years old. He was regarded as the son of Joseph, whose ancestors were--Eli, ²⁴ Mattith, Levi, Melchiah, Janna, Joseph, ²⁵ Mattithiah, Amos, Nahum, Azaliah, Nogah, ²⁶ Mattith, Mattithiah, Shimei, Joseph, Josheh, ²⁷ Johanan, Rhesa, Zerubbabel, Shealtiel, Neriah,

²⁷ Johanan, Rhesa, Zerubbabel, Shealtiel, Neriah, ²⁸ Melchiah, Addi, Cosam, Elmodam, Er, ²⁹ Joshua, Eliezer, Joram, Mattith, Levi, ³⁰ Simeon, Judah, Joseph, Jonam, Eliakim, ³¹ Meleah, Menan, Mattithiah, Nathan, David, ³² Jesse, Obed, Boaz, Salah, Nahshon,

³² Jesse, Obed, Boaz, Salah, Nahshon, ³³ Amminadab, Arni, Hezron, Perez, Judah,

³³ Amminadab, Arni, Hezron, Perez, Judah,

³³ Amminadab, Arni, Hezron, Perez, Judah, ³⁴ Jacob, Isaac, Abraham, Terah, Nahor,

³⁴ Jacob, Isaac, Abraham, Terah, Nahor, ³⁵ Serug, Reu, Peleg, Eber, Shelah, ³⁶ Kenan, Arpachshad, Shem, Noah, Lamech, ³⁷ Methuselah, Enoch, Jared, Mahalalel, Kenan, ³⁸ Enosh, Seth and Adam the son of GOD.

²² All who were present spoke well of him, and were astonished at the beautiful words that fell from his lips. "Is not he Joseph's son?" they asked.

²² For these are to be the Days of Vengeance, when all that Scripture says will be fulfilled.

⁴⁴ "This is what I told you," he said, "when I was still with you--that everything that had been written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms, must be fulfilled."

¹⁴ And the Word became Man, and dwelt among us, (We saw his glory--the glory of the Only Son sent from the Father), full of love and truth.

²⁹ The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him, and exclaimed: "Here is the Lamb of God, who is to take away the sin of the world!

⁴¹ He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him: "We have found the Messiah!" (a word which means 'Christ,' or 'Consecrated'.)

⁵ His mother said to the servants: "Do whatever he tells you." ⁶ There were standing there six stone water-jars, in accordance with the Jewish rule of 'purification,' each holding twenty or thirty gallons. ⁷ Jesus said to the servants: "Fill the water-jars with water;" ⁸ And, when they had filled them to the brim, he added: "Now take some out, and carry it to the Master of the Feast." The servants did so.

²⁵ "I know," answered the woman, "that the Messiah, who is called the Christ, is coming; when once he has come, he will tell us everything."

⁴² Is not it said in Scripture that it is of the race of David, and from Bethlehem, the village to which David belonged, that the Christ is to come?"

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³⁵ If those to whom God's word were addressed were said to be 'gods'--and Scripture cannot be set aside--

³⁸ In fulfillment of the words of the Prophet Isaiah, where he says--'Lord, who has believed our teaching? And to whom has the might of the Lord been revealed?' ³⁹ The reason why they were unable to believe is given by Isaiah elsewhere, in these words-- ⁴⁰ 'He has blinded their eyes, and blunted their mind, so that they should not see with their eyes, and perceive with their mind, and turn--And I should heal them.'

¹⁴ And you are my friends, if you do what I command you.

²⁵ And so is fulfilled what is said in their Law--'They hated me without cause.'

¹² Whilst I was with them, I kept them by that revelation, and I have guarded them; and not one of them has been lost, except that lost soul--in fulfillment of Scripture.

⁹ This was in fulfillment of his words-- 'Of those whom thou hast given me I have not lost one.'

³⁶ For all this took place in fulfillment of the words of Scripture--'Not one of its bones shall be broken.' ³⁷ And there is another passage which says--'They will look upon him whom they pierced.'

³⁰ David, then, Prophet as he was, knowing that God 'had solemnly sworn to him to set one of his descendants upon his throne,' looked into the future,

¹⁸ But it was in this way that God fulfilled all that he had long ago foretold, as to the sufferings of his Christ, by the lips of all the Prophets.

²⁶ For you, first, God raised up his Servant, and sent him to bless you, by turning each one of you from his wicked ways."

¹² And Salvation is in him alone; for there is no other Name in the whole world, given to men, to which we must look for our Salvation."

³¹ It is this Jesus whom God has exalted to his right hand, to be a Guide and a Savior, to give Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins.

⁸ Then God made with Abraham the Covenant of Circumcision; and under it Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him when he was eight days old; and Isaac became the father of Jacob; and Jacob of the Twelve Patriarchs.

²² The men replied: "Our captain, Cornelius, a pious man who reverences God and is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, has been instructed by a holy angel to send for you to his house, and to listen to what you have to say."

²² After removing him, he raised David to the throne, and bore this testimony to him--'In David, the son of Jesse, I have found a man after my own heart, who will carry out all my purposes.' ²³ It was from this man's descendants that God, in accordance with his promise, gave Israel a Savior--Jesus;

²³ It was from this man's descendants that God, in accordance with his promise, gave Israel a Savior--Jesus;

²⁷ The people of Jerusalem and their leading men, failing to recognize Jesus, and not understanding the utterances of the Prophets that are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him. ²⁸ They found no ground at all for putting him to death, and yet demanded his execution from Pilate; ²⁹ And, after carrying out everything written about him, they took Jesus down from the cross, and laid him in a tomb.

³⁸ I would, therefore, have you know, brothers, that through Jesus forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you, ³⁹ And that, in union with him, every one who believes in him is absolved from every sin from which under the Law of Moses you could not be absolved.

⁹ One night the Lord said to Paul, in a vision: "Have no fear, but continue to speak, and refuse to be silenced;

³ Concerning his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord; who, as to his human nature, was descended from David,

³ Concerning his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord; who, as to his human nature, was descended from David, ⁴ But, as to the spirit of holiness within him, was miraculously designated Son of God by his resurrection from the dead.

¹³ For the promise that he should inherit the world did not come to Abraham or his descendants through Law, but through the righteousness due to faith.

³ What Law could not do, in so far as our earthly nature weakened its action, God did, by sending his own Son, with a nature resembling our sinful nature, to atone for sin. He condemned sin in that earthly nature,

²⁹ For those whom God chose from the first he also destined from the first to be transformed into likeness to his Son, so that his Son might be the eldest among many Brothers.

⁵ They are descended from the Patriarchs; and, as far as his human nature was concerned, from them came the Christ-he who is supreme over all things, God for ever blessed. Amen.

⁷ Nor, because they are Abraham's descendants, are they all his Children; but-'It is Isaac's children who will be called thy descendants.' ⁸ This means that it is not the children born in the course of nature who are God's Children, but it is the children born in fulfillment of the Promise who are to be regarded as Abraham's descendants. ⁹ For these words are the words of a promise-'About this time I will come, and Sarah shall have a son.' ¹⁰ Nor is that all. There is also the case of Rebecca, when she was about to bear children to our ancestor Isaac. ¹¹ For in order that the purpose of God, working through selection, might not fail-a selection depending, not on obedience, but on his Call-Rebecca was told, before her children were born and before they had done anything either right or wrong, ¹² that 'the elder would be a servant to the younger.' ¹³ The words of Scripture are-'I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau.'

¹⁹ To proclaim that God, in Christ, was reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning men's offenses against them, and that he had entrusted us with the Message of this reconciliation.

¹⁶ Now it was to Abraham that the promises were made, 'and to his offspring.' It was not said 'to his offsprings,' as if many persons were meant, but the words were 'to thy offspring,' showing that one person was meant--and that was Christ.

⁴ But, when the full time came, God sent his Son--born a woman's child, born subject to Law-- ⁵ To ransom those who were subject to Law, so that we might take our position as sons.

²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, just as the Christ loved the Church, and gave himself for her, ²⁶ To make her holy, after purifying her by the Washing with the Water, according to his promise; ²⁷ So that he might himself bring the Church, in all her beauty, into his own presence, with no spot or wrinkle or blemish of any kind, but that she might be holy and faultless.

²⁰ And through him to reconcile all things to himself (making peace by the shedding of Christ's blood offered upon the cross)-- whether on earth or in Heaven. ²¹ And it pleased God that you, once estranged from him and hostile towards him in your thoughts, intent only on wickedness-- ²² But now he has reconciled you to himself by the sacrifice of Christ's earthly body in death--it has pleased God that you should stand in his presence holy, pure, and blameless, ²³ If only you remain true to your Faith, firm and immovable, never abandoning the hope held out in the Good News to which you listened, which has been proclaimed among all created things under Heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

¹⁶ Yes, and confessedly wonderful are the deep truths of our religion; for-- 'He was revealed in our nature, pronounced righteous in spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, taken up into glory.'

¹⁷ But the Lord came to my help and strengthened me, in order that, through me, the proclamation should be made so widely that all the Gentiles should hear it; and I was rescued 'out of the Lion's mouth.'

²² May the Lord be with your soul. God bless you all.

¹⁴ For he gave himself on our behalf, to deliver us from all wickedness, and to purify for himself a People who should be peculiarly his own and eager to do good.

¹⁴ For it is plain that our Lord ad sprung from the tribe of Judah, though of that tribe Moses said nothing about their being priests.

²⁵ And that is why he is able to save perfectly those who come to God through him, living for ever, as he does, to intercede of their behalf. ²⁶ This was the High Priest that we needed--holy, innocent, spotless, withdrawn from sinners, exalted above the highest Heaven,

⁵ That is why, when he was coming into the world, the Christ declared-- 'Sacrifice and offering thou dost not desire, but thou dost provide for me a body;

⁷ It was faith that enabled Noah, after he had received the divine warning about what could not then be foreseen, to build, in reverent obedience, an ark in which to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world, and became possessed of that righteousness which follows upon faith. ⁸ It was faith that enabled Abraham to obey the Call that he received, and to set out for the place which he was afterwards to obtain as his own; and he set out not knowing where he was going.

¹¹ Again, it was faith that enabled Sarah to conceive (though she was past the age for child-bearing), because she felt sure that he who had given her the promise would not fail her.

¹⁷ It was faith that enabled Abraham, when put to the test, to offer Isaac as a sacrifice--he who had received the promises offering up his only son, ¹⁸ of whom it had been said-- 'It is through Isaac that there shall be descendants to bear thy name.'

²⁴ It was faith that caused Moses, when he was grown up, to refuse the title of 'Son of a Daughter of Pharaoh.' ²⁵ He preferred sharing the hardships of God's People to enjoying the short-lived pleasures of sin. ²⁶ For he counted 'the reproaches that are heaped upon the Christ' of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, looking forward, as he did, to the reward awaiting him. ²⁷ Faith caused him to leave Egypt, though undaunted by the King's anger, for he was strengthened in his endurance by the vision of the invisible God. ²⁸ Faith led him to institute the Passover and the Sprinkling of the Blood, so that the Destroyer might not touch the eldest children of the Israelites. ²⁹ Faith enabled the people to cross the Red Sea, as if it had been dry land, while the Egyptians, when they attempted to do so, were drowned. ³⁰ Faith caused the walls of Jericho to fall after being encircled for seven days. ³¹ Faith saved Rahab, the prostitute, from perishing with the unbelievers, after she had entertained the spies with friendliness.

³¹ Faith saved Rahab, the prostitute, from perishing with the unbelievers, after she had entertained the spies with friendliness.

²¹ Look at our ancestor, Abraham. Was not it the result of his actions that he was pronounced righteous after he had offered his son, Isaac, on the altar? ²² You see how, in his case, faith and actions went together; that his faith was perfected as the result of his actions; ²³ And that in this way the words of Scripture came true-- "Abraham believed God, and that was regarded by God as righteousness," and "He was called the friend of God." ²⁴ You see, then, that it is as the result of his actions that a man is pronounced righteous, and not of his faith only. ²⁵ Was not it the same with the prostitute, Rahab? Was not it as the result of her actions that she was pronounced righteous, after she had welcomed the messengers and hastened them away by a different road?

²⁵ Was not it the same with the prostitute, Rahab? Was not it as the result of her actions that she was pronounced righteous, after she had welcomed the messengers and hastened them away by a different road? ²⁶ Exactly as a body is dead without a spirit, so faith is dead without actions.

⁷ But, if our lives are lived in the Light, as God himself is in the Light, we have communion with one another, and the Blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

¹ My children, I am writing to you to keep you from sinning; but if any one should sin, we have one who can plead for us with the Father--Jesus Christ, the Righteous-- ² and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but for those of the whole world besides.

⁵ And you know that Christ appeared to take away our sins; and in him Sin has no place.

⁵ and from Jesus Christ, ' the faithful Witness, the First-born from the dead, and the Ruler of all the Kings of the earth.' To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his own blood-- ⁶ and he made us ' a Kingdom of Priests in the service of God,' his Father! --to Him be ascribed glory and dominion for ever. Amen.

⁵ From the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, from the tribe of Gad twelve thousand,

¹⁴ 'My Lord,' I answered, 'it is you who know.' 'These,' he said, 'are they who come through the Great Persecution; they washed their robes white in the blood of the Lamb.

¹⁷ For God has put it into their minds to carry out his purpose, in carrying out their common purpose and surrendering their kingdoms to the Beast, until God's decrees shall be executed.

¹⁶ 'I, Jesus, sent my angel to bear testimony to you about these things before the Churches. I am the Scion and the Offspring of David, the bright Star of the Morning.'