just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us,

and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”

(When all the people heard this, and the tax collectors too, they declared God just, having been baptized with the baptism of John,

and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”

Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man.

Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building,

So those who were sent went away and found it just as he had told them.

And they went and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.”