Daniel 9:24

Easy To Read Version

“God has allowed 70 weeks {\cf2\super [105]} for your people and your holy city, Daniel. The 70 weeks {\cf2\super [106]} are ordered for these reasons: to stop doing bad things, to stop sinning, to make people pure, to bring the goodness that continues forever, to put a seal {\cf2\super [107]} on visions {\cf2\super [108]} and prophets, and to dedicate a very holy place.

Cross References

Psalm 45:7

You love goodness and you hate evil.\par So God, your God, chose you to be king\par over your friends. {\cf2\super [275]} \par

Isaiah 42:4

He will not become weak\par or be crushed until he brings\par justice to the world.\par And people in faraway places\par will trust his teachings.”\par

Isaiah 51:6

Look up to the heavens!\par Look around you at the earth below!\par The skies will disappear\par like clouds of smoke.\par The earth will become\par like worthless old clothes.\par The people on earth will die,\par but my Salvation will continue forever.\par My goodness will never end.\par

Isaiah 51:8

Why? Because they will be like\par old clothes.\par Moths will eat them.\par They will be like wool.\par Worms will eat them.\par But my goodness will continue forever.\par My salvation will continue\par forever and ever.”\par

Isaiah 56:1

The Lord said these things, “Be fair to all people. Do things that are right! Why? Because soon my salvation will come to you. My goodness will soon be shown to the whole world.”

Isaiah 61:1

\{The Lord’s servant says,\} “The Lord my Master put his Spirit in me. God chose me to tell good news to poor people and to comfort sad people. God sent me to tell the captives that they are free and to tell the prisoners that they have been set free.

Lamentations 4:22

Your punishment is complete, Zion. {\cf2\super [32]} \par You will not go into captivity again.\par But the Lord will punish your sins,\par people of Edom.\par He will uncover your sins.\par

Ezekiel 28:12

“Son of man, {\cf2\super [236]} sing this sad song about the king of Tyre. Say to him, ‘The Lord my Master says these things:

Ezekiel 4:5

You must bear the guilt of Israel for 390 days. {\cf2\super [36]} In this way, I am telling you how long Israel will be punished, one day equals one year.

Ezekiel 4:6

“After that time, you will lie on your right side for 40 days. This time you will bear the guilt of Judah for 40 days. One day equals one year. I am telling you \{how long Judah must be punished\}.”

Leviticus 25:8

“You will also count seven groups of seven years. This will be 49 years. During that time, there will be seven years of rest for the land.

Leviticus 8:15

Then Moses killed the bull and collected its blood. Moses used his finger and put some of the blood on all the corners of the altar. [93] In this way, Moses made the altar ready for sacrifices. Then Moses poured out the blood at the base of the altar. In this way, Moses made the altar ready for sacrifices to make the people pure. [94]

Zechariah 4:14

So he said, “They represent the two men chosen {\cf2\super [9]} to serve the Lord of the whole world.”

Numbers 14:34

For 40 years you will suffer for your sins. (That is one year for each of the 40 days that the men explored the land.) You will know that it is a terrible thing for me to be against you.

Matthew 1:21

She will give birth to a son. You will name the son Jesus. {\cf2\super [13]} Give him that name because he will save his people from their sins.”

Matthew 11:13

All the prophets {\cf2\super [139]} and the law \{of Moses\} spoke until the time John came. They told about the things that would happen.

Matthew 4:5

Then the devil led Jesus to the holy city (Jerusalem). The devil put Jesus on a very high place on the temple. {\cf2\super [49]}

Mark 1:24

“Jesus of Nazareth! What do you want with us? Did you come to destroy us? I know who you are—God’s Holy One!”

Luke 1:35

The angel said to Mary, “The Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [15]} will come to you and the power of the Most High (God) will cover you. The baby will be holy. He will be called the Son of God.

Luke 21:22

The prophets {\cf2\super [334]} wrote many things about the time when God will punish his people. The time I am telling you about is the time when all these things must happen.

John 1:41

The first thing Andrew did was to go find his brother, Simon. Andrew said to Simon, “We have found the Messiah.” (“Messiah” means “Christ. {\cf2\super [28]} ”)

John 3:34

God sent him (Jesus). And he tells the things that God says. God gives \{him\} the Spirit {\cf2\super [56]} fully.

Acts 3:14

Jesus was pure and good (innocent), but you said you did not want him. You told Pilate to give you a murderer {\cf2\super [54]} instead of Jesus.

Acts 3:22

Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will give you a prophet. {\cf2\super [57]} That prophet will come from among your own people (the Jews). He will be like me. You must obey everything that prophet tells you.

Acts 4:26

The kings of the earth prepare themselves to fight,\par and the rulers all come together\par against the Lord (God)\par and against his Christ. {\cf2\super [75]} ’\par \i (Psalm 2:1-2)\i0 \par

Romans 5:10

I mean that while we were God’s enemies, God made friends with us through the death of his Son. So surely, now that we are God’s friends, God will save us through his Son’s life.

1 Corinthians 1:30

It is God that has made you part of Christ Jesus. Christ has become wisdom for us from God. Christ is the reason we are right with God and have freedom from sin; Christ is the reason we are holy. {\cf2\super [10]}

Philippians 3:9

It allows me to be in Christ. In Christ I am right with God, and this being right does not come from my following the law. It comes from God through faith. God uses my faith in Christ to make me right with him.

Colossians 1:20

And through Christ, God was happy to bring all things back to himself again—things on earth and things in heaven. God made peace by using Christ’s blood (death) on the cross.

Colossians 2:14

We owed a debt because we broke God’s laws. That debt listed all the rules we failed to follow. But God forgave us of that debt. God took away that debt and nailed it to the cross.

Hebrews 10:14

With one sacrifice Christ made his people perfect forever. Those people are the ones who are being made holy. {\cf2\super [129]}

Hebrews 2:17

For this reason Jesus had to be made like us his brothers and sisters in every way. Jesus became like people so that he could be their merciful and faithful high priest {\cf2\super [14]} in service to God. Then Jesus could bring forgiveness for the people’s sins.

Hebrews 7:26

So Jesus is the kind of high priest {\cf2\super [73]} that we need. He is holy. {\cf2\super [74]} He has no sin in him. He is pure and not influenced by sinners. And he is raised above the heavens.

Hebrews 9:26

If Christ had offered himself many times, then he would have needed to suffer many times since the time the world was made. But Christ came \{and offered himself\} only once. And that once is enough for all time. Christ came at a time when the world is nearing an end. Christ came to take away all sin by offering himself as a sacrifice. {\cf2\super [118]}

2 Peter 1:1

Greetings from Simon Peter, a servant and apostle {\cf2\super [1]} of Jesus Christ.

1 John 3:8

The devil has been sinning since the beginning. The person who continues to sin belongs to the devil. The Son of God (Christ) came for this: to destroy the devil’s work.

Revelation 14:6

Then I saw another angel flying high in the air. The angel had the eternal Good News {\cf2\super [100]} to announce to the people that live on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language, and race of people.

Revelation 3:7

“Write this to the angel of the church in Philadelphia: