Bethlehem in the land of Judah, you are by no means least among the leaders of Judah. A leader will come from you. He will shepherd my people Israel.”

The angel said to him, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to Israel. Those who tried to kill the child are dead.”

Joseph got up, took the child and his mother, and went to Israel.

Yeshua was amazed when he heard this. He said to those who were following him, “I can guarantee this truth: I haven’t found faith as great as this in anyone in Israel.

But as soon as the demon was forced out, the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said, “We have never seen anything like this in Israel!”

Instead, go to the lost sheep of the nation of Israel.

So when they persecute you in one city, flee to another. I can guarantee this truth: Before you have gone through every city in Israel, the Son of Man will come.

Yeshua responded, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the nation of Israel.”

The crowd was amazed to see mute people talking, the disabled cured, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. So they praised the God of Israel.

Yeshua said to them, “I can guarantee this truth: When the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne in the world to come, you, my followers, will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Then what the prophet Jeremiah had said came true, “They took the 30 silver coins, the price the people of Israel had placed on him,

“He saved others, but he can’t save himself. So he’s Israel’s king! Let him come down from the cross now, and we’ll believe him.