The angel replied, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for see, I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people:

So with many other exhortations he proclaimed the good news to the people.

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,

But he said to them, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other cities also, for I was sent for this purpose.”

And he answered them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight; the lame walk; those with a skin disease are cleansed; the deaf hear; the dead are raised; the poor have good news brought to them.

Some Women Accompany Jesus

Soon afterward he went on through one town and village after another, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him,

So they departed and went through the villages, bringing the good news and curing diseases everywhere.

“The Law and the Prophets were until John came; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is being proclaimed, and everyone tries to enter it by force.

The Authority of Jesus Questioned

One day as he was teaching the people in the temple and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the scribes came with the elders

But when they believed Philip, who was proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

Now after Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, proclaiming the good news to many villages of the Samaritans.

Then Philip began to speak, and starting with this scripture he proclaimed to him the good news about Jesus.

But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he was passing through the region he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

Gentiles Hear the Good News

Then Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality,

And we bring you the good news that what God promised to our ancestors

and there they continued proclaiming the good news.

“People, why are you doing this? We are mortals just like you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.

The Return to Antioch in Syria

After they had proclaimed the good news to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, then on to Iconium and Antioch.

After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “My brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that I should be the one through whom the gentiles would hear the message of the good news and become believers.

When he had seen the vision, we immediately tried to cross over to Macedonia, being convinced that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.

Also some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers debated with him. Some said, “What does this pretentious babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign divinities.” (This was because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)

But I do not count my life of any value to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God’s grace.

And how are they to proclaim him unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”

But not all have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”