Isaiah 56:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Foreigners who worship me must not say, “The LORD won't let us be part of his people.” Men who are unable to become fathers must no longer say, “We are dried up trees.”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:32

Foreigners will hear about you and your mighty power, and some of them will come to live among your people Israel. If any of them pray towards this temple,

Esther 9:27

Now every year the Jews set aside these two days for having parties and celebrating, just as they were told to do.

Isaiah 14:1

The LORD will have mercy on Israel and will let them be his chosen people once again. He will bring them back to their own land, and foreigners will join them as part of Israel.

Isaiah 39:7

Some of your own sons will be taken to Babylonia, where they will be disgraced and made to serve in the king's palace.

Isaiah 56:5

Then I will set up monuments in my temple with your names written on them. This will be much better than having children, because these monuments will stand there for ever.

Isaiah 56:6

Foreigners will follow me. They will love me and worship in my name; they will respect the Sabbath and keep our agreement.

Jeremiah 50:5

You will ask the way to Zion and then come and join with me in making an agreement you won't break or forget.

Leviticus 21:20

if he is a hunchback or a dwarf, if an eye or his skin is diseased, or if his testicles have been damaged.

Leviticus 25:45

or from the foreigners who live in your own country, and make them your property.

Zephaniah 2:11

I will fiercely attack. Then every god on this earth will shrink to nothing, and everyone of every nation will bow down to me, right where they are.

Numbers 18:4

No one else is allowed to take care of the sacred tent or to do anything connected with it.

Numbers 18:7

But only you and your sons can serve as priests at the altar and in the most holy place. Your work as priests is a gift from me, and anyone else who tries to do that work must be put to death.

Acts 10:34

Peter then said: Now I am certain that God treats all people alike.

Acts 17:4

Some of them believed what Paul had said, and they became followers with Paul and Silas. Some Gentiles and many important women also believed the message.

Acts 18:7

Paul then moved into the house of a man named Titius Justus, who worshipped God and lived next door to the Jewish meeting place.

Romans 15:16

He chose me to be a servant of Christ Jesus for the Gentiles and to do the work of a priest in the service of his good news. God did this so that the Holy Spirit could make the Gentiles into a holy offering, pleasing to him.

1 Corinthians 6:17

But anyone who is joined to the Lord is one in spirit with him.

Ephesians 2:12

At that time you did not know about Christ. You were foreigners to the people of Israel, and you had no part in the promises that God had made to them. You were living in this world without hope and without God,

Ephesians 2:22

And you are part of that building Christ has built as a place for God's own Spirit to live.

Deuteronomy 23:9

When you men go off to fight your enemies, make sure your camp is acceptable to the LORD.

1 Peter 1:1

From Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ. To God's people who are scattered like foreigners in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.