1 Kings 8:41

Good News Translation

“When a foreigner who lives in a distant land hears of your fame and of the great things you have done for your people and comes to worship you and to pray at this Temple,

Cross References

1 Kings 8:40

so that your people may obey you all the time they live in the land which you gave to our ancestors.

2 Chronicles 6:32

“When foreigners who live in a distant land hear how great and powerful you are and how you are always ready to act, and then they come to pray at this Temple,

Jeremiah 3:17

When that time comes, Jerusalem will be called ‘The Throne of the Lord,’ and all nations will gather there to worship me. They will no longer do what their stubborn and evil hearts tell them.

Numbers 15:16

the same laws and regulations apply to you and to them.

Numbers 15:29

The same regulation applies to all who unintentionally commit a sin, whether they are native Israelites or resident foreigners.

Matthew 12:42

On the Judgment Day the Queen of Sheba will stand up and accuse you, because she traveled all the way from her country to listen to King Solomon's wise teaching; and I assure you that there is something here greater than Solomon!

Matthew 2:1

Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem in Judea, during the time when Herod was king. Soon afterward, some men who studied the stars came from the East to Jerusalem

Matthew 8:5

When Jesus entered Capernaum, a Roman officer met him and begged for help:

Luke 17:18

Why is this foreigner the only one who came back to give thanks to God?”

John 12:20

Some Greeks were among those who had gone to Jerusalem to worship during the festival.

Ruth 1:16

But Ruth answered, “Don't ask me to leave you! Let me go with you. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.

Ruth 2:11

Boaz answered, “I have heard about everything that you have done for your mother-in-law since your husband died. I know how you left your father and mother and your own country and how you came to live among a people you had never known before.