‘And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; For out of you shall come a ruler who will shepherd My people Israel.’”

saying, “Get up! Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Child’s life are dead.”

So he got up, took the Child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel.

John’s Witness to Israel’s Leaders

In those days, John the Immerser came proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea,

Now when Yeshua heard this, He marveled and said to those who were following, “Amen, I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith!

After the demon was driven out, the mute man started speaking. The crowds were astounded, saying, “Never has anything like this been seen in Israel!”

But go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Whenever they persecute you in one city, flee to the next. Amen, I tell you, you will never finish going through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

But He responded, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

So the crowd marveled when they saw the mute speaking, the disabled made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel.

And Yeshua said to them, “Amen, I tell you, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne in the new world, you who have followed Me shall also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

“He saved others,” they were saying, “but He can’t save Himself? He’s the King of Israel! Let Him come down now from the stake, and we’ll believe in Him!

Yeshua answered, “The first is, ‘Shema Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai echad. Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.

Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, come down now from the stake, so we may see and believe!” Even those executed with Him were ridiculing Him.

He has helped His servant Israel, remembering His mercy,

“Blessed be Adonai, God of Israel, for He has looked after His people and brought them redemption.

And the child kept growing and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and pious, waiting for the consolation of Israel. The Ruach ha-Kodesh was on him.

‘A light for revelation to the nations’ and the glory of Your people Israel.”

And Simeon offered a bracha over them and said to Miriam His mother, “Behold, this One is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that is opposed,

But with all truthfulness I say to you, that there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when heaven was closed for three and a half years and there came a great famine over all the land.

There were many with tzara’at in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them were purified apart from Naaman the Syrian.”

Now when Yeshua heard this, He was amazed at him. Turning to the crowd following Him, He said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.”

that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and you shall sit upon thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

But we were hoping that He was the One about to redeem Israel. Besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened.