Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”
They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.”
“I tell you, whoever publicly acknowledges me before others, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before the angels of God.
“But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.
I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord Jesus.
Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?”
trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow.
Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.”
“I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.”
We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”
Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”