Luke 16:16
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16 (A)“The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then (B)the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and (C)everyone forces his way into it.[a]
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- Luke 16:16 Or everyone is forcefully urged into it
Matthew 11:9-14
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9 What then did you go out to see? (A)A prophet?[a] Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 10 This is he of whom it is written,
(B)“‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way before you.’
11 Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 (C)From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence,[b] and the violent take it by force. 13 (D)For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John, 14 and if you are willing to accept it, he is (E)Elijah who is to come.
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- Matthew 11:9 Some manuscripts Why then did you go out? To see a prophet?
- Matthew 11:12 Or has been coming violently
Matthew 21:32
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32 For John came to you (A)in the way of righteousness, and (B)you did not believe him, but (C)the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward (D)change your minds and believe him.
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Acts 3:24-25
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24 And (A)all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days. 25 (B)You are the sons of the prophets and of (C)the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, (D)‘And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.’
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Matthew 3:2
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2 (A)“Repent, for (B)the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”[a]
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- Matthew 3:2 Or the kingdom of heaven has come near
Luke 16:31
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31 He said to him, ‘If they do not hear (A)Moses and the Prophets, (B)neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’”
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Luke 7:26-29
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26 What then did you go out to see? (A)A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 27 This is he of whom it is written,
(B)“‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way before you.’
28 I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.” 29 ((C)When all the people heard this, and (D)the tax collectors too, they declared God just,[a] (E)having been baptized with (F)the baptism of John,
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- Luke 7:29 Greek they justified God
Acts 3:18
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18 But what God (A)foretold (B)by the mouth of all the prophets, that (C)his Christ would (D)suffer, he thus fulfilled.
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John 1:45
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45 Philip found (A)Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom (B)Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus (C)of Nazareth, (D)the son of Joseph.”
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