Luke 16:16

Good News Translation

“The Law of Moses and the writings of the prophets were in effect up to the time of John the Baptist; since then the Good News about the Kingdom of God is being told, and everyone forces their way in.

Cross References

Matthew 10:7

Go and preach, ‘The Kingdom of heaven is near!’

Matthew 15:11

It is not what goes into your mouth that makes you ritually unclean; rather, what comes out of it makes you unclean.”

Matthew 21:32

For John the Baptist came to you showing you the right path to take, and you would not believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. Even when you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

Matthew 3:2

“Turn away from your sins,” he said, “because the Kingdom of heaven is near!”

Matthew 4:17

From that time Jesus began to preach his message: “Turn away from your sins, because the Kingdom of heaven is near!”

Matthew 4:23

Jesus went all over Galilee, teaching in the synagogues, preaching the Good News about the Kingdom, and healing people who had all kinds of disease and sickness.

Mark 1:14

After John had been put in prison, Jesus went to Galilee and preached the Good News from God.

Mark 1:45

But the man went away and began to spread the news everywhere. Indeed, he talked so much that Jesus could not go into a town publicly. Instead, he stayed out in lonely places, and people came to him from everywhere.

Luke 10:11

‘Even the dust from your town that sticks to our feet we wipe off against you. But remember that the Kingdom of God has come near you!’

Luke 10:9

heal the sick in that town, and say to the people there, ‘The Kingdom of God has come near you.’

Luke 16:29

Abraham said, ‘Your brothers have Moses and the prophets to warn them; your brothers should listen to what they say.’

Luke 16:31

But Abraham said, ‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone were to rise from death.’”

Luke 9:2

Then he sent them out to preach the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick,

John 1:45

Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one whom Moses wrote about in the book of the Law and whom the prophets also wrote about. He is Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.”

John 11:48

If we let him go on in this way, everyone will believe in him, and the Roman authorities will take action and destroy our Temple and our nation!”

John 12:19

The Pharisees then said to one another, “You see, we are not succeeding at all! Look, the whole world is following him!”

Acts 3:18

God announced long ago through all the prophets that his Messiah had to suffer; and he made it come true in this way.