42 saying, “What do you think about (A)the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, (B)“The son of David.”

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68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have (A)the words of eternal life, 69 and (B)we have believed, and have come to know, that (C)you are (D)the Holy One of God.”

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Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ

13 (A)Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 And they said, “Some say (B)John the Baptist, others say (C)Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter replied, (D)“You are (E)the Christ, (F)the Son of (G)the living God.” 17 And Jesus answered him, (H)“Blessed are you, (I)Simon Bar-Jonah! For (J)flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, (K)but my Father who is in heaven.

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23 And (A)I will set up over them one shepherd, (B)my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd. 24 And (C)I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. (D)I am the Lord; I have spoken.

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11 (A)Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave,[a] free; but Christ is (B)all, and in all.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 3:11 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; likewise for Bondservants in verse 22

The Restoration of Israel

11 “In that day (A)I will raise up
    the booth of David that is fallen
and repair its breaches,
    and raise up its ruins
    and rebuild it as in the days of old,

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(A)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous (B)Branch, and (C)he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be saved, and (D)Israel will (E)dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: (F)‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

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The Righteous Reign of the Branch

11 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of (A)Jesse,
    and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
And (B)the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,
    the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
    the Spirit of counsel and might,
    the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
(C)He shall not judge by (D)what his eyes see,
    or decide disputes by (E)what his ears hear,
but (F)with righteousness he shall judge the poor,
    and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
and he shall (G)strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
    and (H)with the breath of his lips (I)he shall kill the wicked.

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13 And he[a] said, “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you (A)weary my God also? 14 Therefore the (B)Lord himself will give you a sign. (C)Behold, the (D)virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name (E)Immanuel.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 7:13 That is, Isaiah
  2. Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel means God is with us

12 saying with a loud voice,

(A)“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain,
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might
and honor and glory and blessing!”

13 And I heard (B)every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying,

“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”

14 And the four living creatures (C)said, “Amen!” and the elders (D)fell down and worshiped.

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As you come to him, a living stone (A)rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, (B)you yourselves like living stones are being built up as (C)a spiritual house, to be (D)a holy priesthood, (E)to offer spiritual sacrifices (F)acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in Scripture:

(G)“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,
    a cornerstone chosen and precious,
(H)and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”

So the honor is for you who (I)believe, but for those who (J)do not believe,

(K)“The stone that the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone,”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:7 Greek the head of the corner

But (A)whatever gain I had, (B)I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of (C)the surpassing worth of (D)knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I (E)have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having (F)a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but (G)that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— 10 (H)that I may know him and (I)the power of his resurrection, and (J)may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,

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(A)Therefore (B)God has (C)highly exalted him and bestowed on him (D)the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus (E)every knee should bow, (F)in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and (G)every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is (H)Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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22 And (A)when he had removed him, (B)he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, (C)‘I have found in David the son of Jesse (D)a man after my heart, (E)who will do all my will.’ 23 (F)Of this man's offspring God has brought to Israel (G)a Savior, Jesus, (H)as he promised.

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28 Thomas answered him, (A)“My Lord and my God!”

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41 Others said, “This is (A)the Christ.” But some said, (B)“Is the Christ to come from Galilee? 42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes (C)from the offspring of David, and comes (D)from Bethlehem, the village (E)where David was?”

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49 Nathanael answered him, (A)“Rabbi, (B)you are the Son of God! You are the (C)King of Israel!”

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69 and (A)has raised up (B)a horn of salvation for us
    (C)in the house of his servant David,
70 (D)as (E)he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,

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And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, (A)“Hosanna to (B)the Son of David! (C)Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna (D)in the highest!”

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Jesus Heals Two Blind Men

27 (A)And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, “Have mercy on us, (B)Son of David.”

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and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where (A)the Christ was to be born. They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:

(B)“‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
    are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for from you shall come a ruler
    who will (C)shepherd my people Israel.’”

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(A)For to us a child is born,
    to us (B)a son is given;
(C)and the government shall be (D)upon[a] his shoulder,
    and his name shall be called[b]
Wonderful (E)Counselor, (F)Mighty God,
    (G)Everlasting (H)Father, Prince of (I)Peace.
Of the increase of his government and of peace
    (J)there will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
    to establish it and to uphold it
(K)with justice and with righteousness
    from this time forth and forevermore.
(L)The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 9:6 Or is upon
  2. Isaiah 9:6 Or is called

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