So the elders of the Jews continued to build and prosper under the preaching of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah, a descendant of Iddo. They finished building the temple according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.

Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. This very year you are going to die, because you have preached rebellion against the Lord.’”

this is what the Lord says: I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good things I will do for my people, declares the Lord, because he has preached rebellion against me.’”

“Son of man, set your face toward the south; preach against the south and prophesy against the forest of the southland.

“Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuary. Prophesy against the land of Israel

Now then, hear the word of the Lord. You say, “‘Do not prophesy against Israel, and stop preaching against the descendants of Isaac.’

“Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”

John the Baptist Prepares the Way

In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea

Jesus Begins to Preach

When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee.

From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

Jesus and John the Baptist

After Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in the towns of Galilee.

The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now something greater than Jonah is here.

So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”

And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.”

So he traveled throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.

They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them.

He appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach

They went out and preached that people should repent.

And the gospel must first be preached to all nations.

Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”

He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.

Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.