Luke 16:16 - English Standard Version 2016 “The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Until John came, there were the Law and the Prophets; since then the good news (the Gospel) of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone strives violently to go in [would force his own way rather than God's way into it]. American Standard Version (1901) The law and the prophets were until John: from that time the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached, and every man entereth violently into it. Common English Bible Until John, there was only the Law and the Prophets. Since then, the good news of God’s kingdom is preached, and everyone is urged to enter it. Catholic Public Domain Version The law and the prophets were until John. Since then, the kingdom of God is being evangelized, and everyone acts with violence toward it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The law and the prophets were until John; from that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every one useth violence towards it. |
it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”
For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward change your minds and believe him.
From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people.
Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God,
But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in desolate places, and people were coming to him from every quarter.
‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.’
Heal the sick in it and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’
But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’
He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’”
Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.”
But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled.