Matthew 21:26
But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”
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Matthew 21:26
But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”
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Exodus 11:3
Yahweh gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants, and in the sight of the people.
1 Kings 21:20
Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do that which is evil in Yahweh’s sight.
2 Kings 3:12
Jehoshaphat said, “Yahweh’s word is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
2 Kings 3:13
Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother.” The king of Israel said to him, “No, for Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
2 Kings 6:21
The king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, “My father, shall I strike them? Shall I strike them?”
2 Kings 13:14
Now Elisha became sick with the illness of which he died; and Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over him, and said, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”
2 Chronicles 24:2
Joash did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
2 Chronicles 24:15
But Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died. He was one hundred thirty years old when he died.
2 Chronicles 24:16
They buried him in David’s city among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.
2 Chronicles 24:17
Now after the death of Jehoiada, the princes of Judah came and bowed down to the king. Then the king listened to them.
2 Chronicles 24:18
They abandoned the house of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and the idols, so wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.
2 Chronicles 24:19
Yet he sent prophets to them to bring them again to Yahweh, and they testified against them; but they would not listen.
2 Chronicles 24:20
The Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said to them, “God says, ‘Why do you disobey Yahweh’s commandments, so that you can’t prosper? Because you have forsaken Yahweh, he has also forsaken you.’ ”
2 Chronicles 24:21
They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of Yahweh’s house.
2 Chronicles 24:22
Thus Joash the king didn’t remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. When he died, he said, “May Yahweh look at it, and repay it.”
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Numbers 16:3
They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, “You take too much on yourself, since all the congregation are holy, everyone of them, and Yahweh is among them! Why do you lift yourselves up above Yahweh’s assembly?”
Numbers 16:7
put fire in them, and put incense on them before Yahweh tomorrow. It shall be that the man whom Yahweh chooses, he shall be holy. You have gone too far, you sons of Levi!”
Acts 7:27
But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
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Deuteronomy 17:9
You shall come to the priests who are Levites and to the judge who shall be in those days. You shall inquire, and they shall give you the verdict.
Deuteronomy 17:10
You shall do according to the decisions of the verdict which they shall give you from that place which Yahweh chooses. You shall observe to do according to all that they shall teach you.
Deuteronomy 17:11
According to the decisions of the law which they shall teach you, and according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall do. You shall not turn away from the sentence which they announce to you, to the right hand, nor to the left.
Deuteronomy 24:8
Be careful in the plague of leprosy, that you observe diligently and do according to all that the Levitical priests teach you. As I commanded them, so you shall observe to do.
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1 Kings 18:17
When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”
1 Kings 18:18
He answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house, in that you have forsaken Yahweh’s commandments and you have followed the Baals.
2 Chronicles 26:5
He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God; and as long as he sought Yahweh, God made him prosper.
Ezekiel 2:5
They, whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse—for they are a rebellious house—yet they will know that there has been a prophet among them.
Ezekiel 2:6
You, son of man, don’t be afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you, and you dwell among scorpions. Don’t be afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
Ezekiel 2:7
You shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear or whether they will refuse; for they are most rebellious.
Daniel 4:18
“This dream I, king Nebuchadnezzar, have seen; and you, Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”
Daniel 4:27
Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.”
Daniel 5:17
Then Daniel answered before the king, “Let your gifts be to yourself, and give your rewards to another. Nevertheless, I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
Amos 7:12
Amaziah also said to Amos, “You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there,
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Malachi 3:1
“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me! The Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple. Behold, the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, is coming!” says Yahweh of Armies.
Matthew 3:1
In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
Matthew 3:5
Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him.
Matthew 3:6
They were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
Matthew 11:10
For this is he, of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’
Matthew 11:11
Most certainly I tell you, among those who are born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.
Matthew 17:12
but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn’t recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them.”
Matthew 17:13
Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.
Mark 9:11
They asked him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
Mark 9:12
He said to them, “Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things and be despised?
Mark 9:13
But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him.”
Luke 1:15
For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.
Luke 1:16
He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.
Luke 1:17
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 prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”
Luke 7:26
But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.
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Proverbs 26:5
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
Matthew 5:32
but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
Matthew 5:44
But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
Luke 21:15
for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.
Acts 6:10
They weren’t able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.
Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Hebrews 4:13
There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.
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Matthew 9:33
When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. The multitudes marveled, saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”
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Matthew 16:1
The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
Matthew 16:2
But he answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’
Matthew 16:3
In the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can’t discern the signs of the times!
Matthew 16:4
An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” He left them and departed.
Acts 17:22
Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus and said, “You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.
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Mark 11:17
He taught, saying to them, “Isn’t it written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?’ But you have made it a den of robbers!”
Mark 12:35
Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
Mark 14:49
I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled.”
Luke 19:46
saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!”
John 7:28
Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, “You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don’t know.
John 7:29
I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.”
John 8:12
Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
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Matthew 21:1
When they came near to Jerusalem and came to Bethsphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
Mark 11:28
and they began saying to him, “By what authority do you do these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?”
Mark 11:29
Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
Mark 11:33
They answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
Luke 19:35
Then they brought it to Jesus. They threw their cloaks on the colt and sat Jesus on them.
Luke 19:36
As he went, they spread their cloaks on the road.
Luke 19:37
As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen,
Luke 19:38
saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!”
Luke 19:39
Some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”
Luke 19:40
He answered them, “I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.”
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Matthew 28:18
Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
Luke 3:15
As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Christ,
Luke 3:16
John answered them all, “I indeed baptize you with water, but he comes who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire.
Luke 3:17
His winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and will gather the wheat into his barn; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
Luke 3:18
Then with many other exhortations he preached good news to the people,
Luke 16:16
“The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of God’s Kingdom is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
John 1:19
This is John’s testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
John 3:32
What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness.
John 3:34
For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.
John 5:33
You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
John 5:34
But the testimony which I receive is not from man. However, I say these things that you may be saved.
John 5:36
But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.
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Luke 7:27
This is he of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’
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Luke 14:4
But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.
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Luke 15:11
He said, “A certain man had two sons.
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Matthew 21:45
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
Mark 11:15
They came to Jerusalem, and Jesus entered into the temple and began to throw out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves.
Mark 11:16
He would not allow anyone to carry a container through the temple.
Luke 19:45
He entered into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it,
Luke 19:47
He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests, the scribes, and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him.
Luke 19:48
They couldn’t find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.
Luke 21:37
Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.
Luke 21:38
All the people came early in the morning to him in the temple to hear him.
John 7:25
Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this he whom they seek to kill?
John 7:37
Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
John 7:44
Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.
John 8:2
Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down and taught them.
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Luke 20:3
He answered them, “I also will ask you one question. Tell me:
Luke 20:4
the baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?”
Luke 20:5
They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’
Luke 20:7
They answered that they didn’t know where it was from.
Luke 20:8
Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
Luke 22:68
and if I ask, you will in no way answer me or let me go.
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John 3:30
He must increase, but I must decrease.
John 3:33
He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.
John 3:35
The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.
John 6:27
Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”
Acts 5:13
None of the rest dared to join them; however, the people honored them.
Hebrews 1:4
having become as much better than the angels as the more excellent name he has inherited is better than theirs.
1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.
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Isaiah 57:11
“Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven’t I held my peace for a long time, and you don’t fear me?
Luke 7:30
But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.
Luke 13:24
“Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.
John 1:15
John testified about him. He cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.’ ”
John 1:29
The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
John 1:34
I have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God.”
John 1:36
and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”
John 3:29
He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore my joy is made full.
John 3:31
“He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
John 3:36
One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”
John 9:22
His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.
Philippians 2:12
So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
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Deuteronomy 18:15
Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from among you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.
Deuteronomy 18:18
I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.
Deuteronomy 18:19
It shall happen, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
Ecclesiastes 8:4
for the king’s word is supreme. Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
Isaiah 50:4
The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
Jeremiah 23:28
The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat?” says Yahweh.
Jeremiah 23:29
“Isn’t my word like fire?” says Yahweh; “and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
Micah 3:8
But as for me, I am full of power by Yahweh’s Spirit, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his disobedience, and to Israel his sin.
Matthew 5:20
For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 5:28
but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Acts 3:22
For Moses indeed said to the fathers, ‘The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you.
Acts 3:23
It will be that every soul that will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.’
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Romans 9:18
So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
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Ezekiel 33:31
They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.
Matthew 13:20
What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word and immediately with joy receives it;
Matthew 13:21
yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
Matthew 13:44
“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
John 6:66
At this, many of his disciples went back and walked no more with him.
John 8:46
Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
Galatians 4:15
What was the blessing you enjoyed? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.
Galatians 4:16
So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?
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Ephesians 6:11
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Ephesians 6:12
For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Ephesians 6:13
Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
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