Luke 3:18

Luke 3:18
And so comforting them with these and other words, he gave the good news to the people;

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Deuteronomy 17:9
And come before the priests, the Levites, or before him who is judge at the time: and they will go into the question and give you a decision:

Deuteronomy 17:10
And you are to be guided by the decision they give in the place named by the Lord, and do whatever they say:

Deuteronomy 17:11
Acting in agreement with their teaching and the decision they give: not turning to one side or the other from the word they have given you.

Deuteronomy 24:8
In connection with the leper's disease, take care to keep and do every detail of the teaching of the priests, the Levites: as I gave them orders, so you are to do.

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Matthew 3:1
And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,

Mark 1:15
And saying, The time has come, and the kingdom of God is near: let your hearts be turned from sin and have faith in the good news.

Luke 3:1
Now in the fifteenth year of the rule of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being ruler of Judaea, and Herod being king of Galilee, his brother Philip king of the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias king of Abilene,

Luke 3:4
As it says in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

Luke 3:5
Every valley will be lifted up, and all the mountains and hills made low, and the twisted will be made straight, and the rough ways smooth;

Luke 3:6
And all flesh will see the salvation of God.

Luke 3:7
So he said to the people who went out to him for baptism: You offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?

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Matthew 21:23
And when he had come into the Temple, the chief priests and those in authority over the people came to him while he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these things? and who gave you this authority?

Matthew 21:24
And Jesus said to them in answer, I will put one question to you, and if you give me the answer, I will say by what authority I do these things.

Matthew 21:25
The baptism of John, where did it come from? from heaven or from men? And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say to us, Why then did you not have faith in him?

Matthew 21:26
But if we say, From men; we are in fear of the people, because all take John to be a prophet.

Matthew 21:27
And they made answer and said, We have no idea. Then he said to them, And I will not say to you by what authority I do these things.

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Matthew 21:28
But how does it seem to you? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go and do work today in the vine-garden.

Matthew 21:29
And he said in answer, I will not: but later, changing his decision, he went.

Matthew 21:30
And he came to the second and said the same. And he made answer and said, I go, sir: and went not.

Matthew 21:31
Which of the two did his father's pleasure? They say, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax-farmers and loose women are going into the kingdom of God before you.

Matthew 21:32
For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you had no faith in him, but the tax-farmers and the loose women had faith in him: and you, when you saw it, did not even have regret for your sins, so as to have faith in him.

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Luke 2:10
And the angel said, Have no fear; for truly, I give you good news of great joy which will be for all the people:

Acts 5:42
And every day, in the Temple and privately, they went on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.

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Luke 3:10
And the people put questions to him, saying, What have we to do?

Luke 3:11
And he made answer and said to them, He who has two coats, let him give to him who has not even one; and he who has food, let him do the same.

Luke 3:12
Then tax-farmers came to him for baptism and said to him, Master, what have we to do?

Luke 3:13
And he said to them, Do not make an attempt to get more money than the right amount.

Luke 3:14
And men of the army put questions to him, saying, And what have we to do? And he said to them, Do no violent acts to any man, and do not take anything without right, and let your payment be enough for you.

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John 3:35
The Father has love for the Son and has put all things into his hands.

John 3:36
He who has faith in the Son has eternal life; but he who has not faith in the Son will not see life; God's wrath is resting on him.

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Matthew 11:13
For all the prophets and the law were in force till John.

Matthew 11:14
And if you are able to see it, this is Elijah who was to come.

Luke 1:17
And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.

John 1:15
John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.

John 1:34
This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.

John 3:29
He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.

John 3:30
He has to become greater while I become less.

John 3:31
He who comes from heaven is greater than all others: he who comes from earth is of the earth, and of the earth are his words: he who comes from heaven is over all.

John 3:32
He gives witness of what he has seen and of what has come to his ears; and no man takes his witness as true.

John 3:33
He who so takes his witness has made clear his faith that God is true.

John 3:34
For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.

John 5:33
You sent to John and he gave true witness.

John 5:34
But I have no need of a man's witness: I only say these things so that you may have salvation.

John 5:35
He was a burning and shining light, and for a time you were ready to be happy in his light.

John 5:36
But the witness which I have is greater than that of John: the work which the Father has given me to do, the very work which I am now doing, is a witness that the Father has sent me.

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Acts 11:23
Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:

Acts 13:15
And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent to them, saying, Brothers, if you have a word of comfort for the people, say on.

Romans 12:8
He who has the power of comforting, let him do so; he who gives, let him give freely; he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind; he who has mercy on others, let it be with joy.

1 Corinthians 14:3
But the word of the prophet gives men knowledge and comfort and strength.

2 Corinthians 9:5
So it seemed to me wise for the brothers to go before, and see that the amount which you had undertaken to give was ready, so that it might be a cause for praise, and not as if we were making profit out of you.

1 Thessalonians 4:1
And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.

1 Thessalonians 5:11
So then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.

1 Timothy 2:1
My desire is, first of all, that you will make requests and prayers and give praise for all men;

2 Timothy 4:2
Be preaching the word at all times, in every place; make protests, say sharp words, give comfort, with long waiting and teaching;

Titus 2:6
To the young men give orders to be wise and serious-minded:

Titus 2:9
Servants are to be under the authority of their masters, pleasing them in all things, without argument;

Titus 2:15
On all these points give teaching and help, and make clear what is right with all authority. Let all men give you honour.

Hebrews 3:13
But give comfort to one another every day as long as it is still Today; so that no one among you may be made hard by the deceit of sin:

Hebrews 10:25
Not giving up our meetings, as is the way of some, but keeping one another strong in faith; and all the more because you see the day coming near.

1 Peter 5:12
I have sent you this short letter by Silvanus, a true brother, in my opinion; comforting you and witnessing that this is the true grace of God; keep to it.

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Romans 10:15
And how will there be preachers if they are not sent? As it is said, How beautiful are the feet of those who give the glad news of good things.

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1 Thessalonians 2:3
For our witness does not come from error or from an unclean heart or from deceit:

1 Timothy 4:13
Till I come, give attention to the reading of the holy Writings, to comforting the saints, and to teaching.

1 Timothy 6:2
And let those whose masters are of the faith have respect for them because they are brothers, working for them the more readily, because those who take part in the good work are of the faith and are dear. Give orders and teaching about these things.

Titus 1:9
Keeping to the true word of the teaching, so that he may be able to give comfort by right teaching and overcome the arguments of the doubters.

1 Peter 5:1
I who am myself one of the rulers of the church, and a witness of the death of Christ, having my part in the coming glory, send this serious request to the chief men among you:

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