and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.

“‘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 shepherd my people Israel.’”

the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.”

Jesus Ministers to Great Crowds

And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people.

Salt and Light

“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.

Giving to the Needy

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

And all the people were amazed, and said, “Can this be the Son of David?”

I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,

Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ

Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”

The Authority of Jesus Challenged

And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”

Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits.

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and all uncleanness.

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus

While he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people.

Jesus Delivered to Pilate

When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.

A Question About Fasting

Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, “Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”

They came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and Jesus saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly.

And when they got out of the boat, the people immediately recognized him

And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, “‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;

What Defiles a Person

And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand:

Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ

And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”

But shall we say, ‘From man’?”—they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John really was a prophet.

The Widow's Offering

And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums.

And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.

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.”

“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people

to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins,

And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.

that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,

Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat.

Jesus Ministers to a Great Multitude

And he came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon,

“Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man!

“Woe to you, when all people speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.

Jesus Heals a Centurion's Servant

After he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum.

In that hour he healed many people of diseases and plagues and evil spirits, and on many who were blind he bestowed sight.

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

“To what then shall I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?

The Parable of the Sower

And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable,

Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.

Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned.

for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. As Jesus went, the people pressed around him.

And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed.

For as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.

And he said, “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees

In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, “There are six days in which work ought to be done. Come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.”

And people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and recline at table in the kingdom of God.

And he was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy him,

The Authority of Jesus Challenged

One day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up

The Parable of the Wicked Tenants

And he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants and went into another country for a long while.

And they were not able in the presence of the people to catch him in what he said, but marveling at his answer they became silent.

Beware of the Scribes

And in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples,

people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Jesus Before the Council

When day came, the assembly of the elders of the people gathered together, both chief priests and scribes. And they led him away to their council, and they said,

and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. And after examining him before you, behold, I did not find this man guilty of any of your charges against him.

And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were mourning and lamenting for him.

And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!”

And he said to them, “What things?” And they said to him, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,

Can This Be the Christ?

Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this the man whom they seek to kill?

Yet many of the people believed in him. They said, “When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?”

Division Among the People

When they heard these words, some of the people said, “This really is the Prophet.”

In your Law it is written that the testimony of two people is true.

I knew that you always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around, that they may believe that you sent me.”

While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.”

The Unbelief of the People

When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them.

“I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.

For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.

And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk?

Peter and John Before the Council

And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders,

let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well.

And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people, for all were praising God for what had happened.

who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said by the Holy Spirit, “‘Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples plot in vain?

for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

Many Signs and Wonders Done

Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's Portico.

None of the rest dared join them, but the people held them in high esteem.

“Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life.”

And when they heard this, they entered the temple at daybreak and began to teach. Now when the high priest came, and those who were with him, they called together the council, all the senate of the people of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

Then the captain with the officers went and brought them, but not by force, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.

But a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law held in honor by all the people, stood up and gave orders to put the men outside for a little while.

After him Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the census and drew away some of the people after him. He too perished, and all who followed him were scattered.

Stephen Is Seized

And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people.

“But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt

I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you to Egypt.’

Simon the Magician Believes

But there was a man named Simon, who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great.

And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead.

for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord.

And when he had seized him, he put him in prison, delivering him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people.

When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”

The Death of Herod

Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they came to him with one accord, and having persuaded Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king's country for food.

And the people were shouting, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!”

And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and unable to see the sun for a time.” Immediately mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking people to lead him by the hand.

After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, say it.”

The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it.

Before his coming, John had proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

But the people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews and some with the apostles.

Even with these words they scarcely restrained the people from offering sacrifice to them.

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,

And Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.”

And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great many people, saying that gods made with hands are not gods.

crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place. Moreover, he even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”

Then all the city was stirred up, and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.

for the mob of the people followed, crying out, “Away with him!”

Paul replied, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city. I beg you, permit me to speak to the people.”

And Paul said, “I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”

And when this had taken place, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured.

Paul in Rome

After three days he called together the local leaders of the Jews, and when they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

“And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”

But of Israel he says, “All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”

The Remnant of Israel

I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.

God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel?

Divisions in the Church

But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk of these arrogant people but their power.

Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.”

Consider the people of Israel: are not those who eat the sacrifices participants in the altar?

In the Law it is written, “By people of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people, and even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord.”

If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.

Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf?

For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, “I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year. And your zeal has stirred up most of them.

And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers.

not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;

Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, though we could have made demands as apostles of Christ.

Pray for All People

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,

who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

The sins of some people are conspicuous, going before them to judgment, but the sins of others appear later.

and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.

For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.

not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth.

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,

to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.

And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not be unfruitful.

Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

A Rest for the People of God

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if you hear his voice,

So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God,

Because of this he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins just as he does for those of the people.

And those descendants of Levi who receive the priestly office have a commandment in the law to take tithes from the people, that is, from their brothers, though these also are descended from Abraham.

Jesus Compared to Melchizedek

Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron?

He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself.

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

but into the second only the high priest goes, and he but once a year, and not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people.

For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

For by it the people of old received their commendation.

choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.

With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.

You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.

Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.

Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,

You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability.

For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.

It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.

The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it had been made bitter.

They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

And at that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

It performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people,

The Messages of the Three Angels

Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people.

So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and harmful and painful sores came upon the people who bore the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.

The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in anguish

And great hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, fell from heaven on people; and they cursed God for the plague of the hail, because the plague was so severe.

Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues;

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.