Acts 24:25 Cross References - MNT

²⁵ And as he reasoned about morality, self-control, and the future judgment, Felix was terrified, and said, "For the present go on your way, and when I find a convenient season, I will send for you."

⁵ And although he wished to kill John, he feared the people, for they considered John a prophet. ⁶ But when Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company, ⁷ and so pleased Herod that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked for. ⁸ So, prompted by her mother, the girl said, "Give me at once, upon a dish, the head of John the Baptist." ⁹ The king was displeased because of this, but because of his oaths and his guests he ordered it to be given her. ¹⁰ He sent and beheaded John in prison;

⁵ "They, however, paid no attention, but went off, one to his own farm, another to his business;

¹ "Then will the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten maidens who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride. ² And five of them were foolish, and five were wise. ³ The foolish took their lamps, but took no oil with them; ⁴ but the wise took oil in their flasks with their lamps. ⁵ Now because the bridegroom tarried, they all fell to nodding and went on sleeping. ⁶ But at midnight there arose a cry, "'Behold, the bridegroom! Go out to meet him!' ⁷ "Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps; ⁸ "and the foolish said to the wise, "'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' ⁹ "'Not so, answered the wise, 'for there may not be enough for you and for us. Go to the shops, rather, and buy some for yourselves.' ¹⁰ "And while they were going away to buy, the bridegroom came; and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding-feast. And the door was shut.

³¹ "But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he take his seat on the throne of his glory; ³² "and all the nations will be gathered in his presence. And he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats; ³³ "and he will place the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on his left. ³⁴ "Then he, the King will say to those on his right hand. "'Come, my Father's blessed ones, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. ³⁵ "'For I was hungry, and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in; ³⁶ "'I was naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to see me.' ³⁷ "Then shall the righteous answer him, saying. 'Master, when did we see you hungry and feed you; or thirsty and give you drink? ³⁸ "'When did we see you a stranger and take you in; or naked and clothe you? ³⁹ "'When did we see you sick or in prison, and come to see you?' ⁴⁰ "'In solemn truth I tell you,' the King will answer them, 'that inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of these, my brothers, you have done it unto me.' ⁴¹ "Then he will say to those also at his left hand. 'Depart from me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; ⁴² "for I was hungry, and you gave me no food; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink; ⁴³ "I was a stranger, and you took me not in; naked, and you clothed me not; sick, or in prison, and you visited me not.' ⁴⁴ "Then will they also answer, 'Master, when did we ever see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to you?' ⁴⁵ "But he will reply, 'In solemn truth I tell you that inasmuch as you did not do it unto one of these least, you did not do it unto me.' ⁴⁶ "And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the righteous into eternal life."

¹⁸ For John had often told Herod, "It is not right for you to live with your brother's wife." ¹⁹ So Herodias hated him, and wished to put him to death; ²⁰ but she could not, for Herod was afraid of John because he knew that he was a just and holy man. So he kept him safe. When he listened to John he was much exercised, yet he found pleasure in listening to him. ²¹ Then came a convenient day, when Herod on his birthday held a feast for his lords and generals and the leading men of Galilee, ²² at which the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced. She charmed Herod and his guests. "Ask me whatever you want," said the king to the young girl, "and I will give it to you." ²³ He even swore to her that whatever she asked, he would give it to her, up to half his kingdom. ²⁴ So she came out and said to her mother, "What shall I ask for?" "The head of John the Baptist," she replied.

²⁴ "Struggle to enter in by the narrow door," he answered, "for I tell you that many will try to enter and not be able, ²⁵ "when once the master of the house is risen up and has shut the door. You will begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, crying, "'Lord, open to us.' "'I do not know were you came from,' he will reply.

²⁶ "And this was in the time of Noah, so will it be in the time of the Son of man. ²⁷ "Men were eating and drinking; they were marrying and being married, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. ²⁸ "The same was true in the time of Lot; they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building; ²⁹ "but on the day that Lot left Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

⁸ And he, when he comes, will convict the world of sins and of righteousness and of judgment;

³⁷ When they heard these words they were stung to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles. "Men and brothers, what shall we do?"

⁶ "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting," he said: "Stand up and go into the city, and there you shall be told what you must do."

⁴² "when he charged us to preach to the people, and to testify that this was he whom God ordained to be the judge of the living and of the dead.

²⁹ So he called for lights, and sprang in, and, trembling for fear, fell down before Paul and Silas, ³⁰ and brought them out, saying, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" ³¹ "Believe on the Lord Jesus," they answered, "and you will be saved, you and all your household." ³² Then they spoke the message of the Lord to him, as well as to all who were in his house. ³³ And he took them, the same hour of the night, and washed their wounds, and he was baptized at once, he and all his. ³⁴ And after bringing them up into his house, he set food before them, overjoyed with all his household in having believed in God.

² and Paul, according to his usual custom, went in to them and, for three Sabbath Days, he reasoned with them out of the Scriptures,

¹³ As soon as the Jews in Thessalonica learned that the word of God was preached by Paul in Berea also, they came there, and stirred up and troubled the crowds.

³² But on hearing of the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock; but others said, "We will hear you again on that subject."

¹⁵ "and having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there is to be a resurrection both of the just and the unjust.

²⁶ He was hoping that Paul would give him money, and for this reason he used to send for him often to converse with him.

²⁸ Agrippa answered, "In short, you are doing your best to persuade me to become a Christian."

¹⁶ in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.

¹⁹ Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law; so that every mouth may be shut, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God. ²⁰ For no man will be justified in God's sight by works of the Law; for through the Law comes the consciousness of sin.

¹ I entreat you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies to Him as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. This is your reasonable service of worship.

¹² So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God.

⁵ So make no hasty judgment until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make plain the purpose of men's hearts. Then each man's due praise will come to him from God.

²⁴ But if all are prophesying when an unlearned or unbelieving man enters, he is convicted in conscience by your speaker, he feels himself judged by all, ²⁵ and the secret depths of his heart are laid open. So he will fall upon his face and worship God, saying, "Of a truth, God is with you."

¹⁰ For we must all be made manifest, in our true characters, before the Judgment-seat of Christ; so that each one may receive according to that which he has done in his body, whether good or evil.

² For he said: In an acceptable time have I heard thee, And in the day of salvation have I succored thee. Behold, now is the acceptable time! behold, now is the day of salvation!

²² but the Scripture has shut up the whole world in prison together under sin, in order that the promise due to faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who have faith.

²³ against such there is no law.

⁷ and give to you, who are now troubled, rest, along with me at the unveiling "apocalypse" of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with his mighty angels, ⁸ in flaming fire. Then shall he take vengeance on those who know not God, even on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. ⁹ They shall suffer punishment, even an eternal destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the brightness of his glorious majesty, ¹⁰ when he comes to be glorified in his saints, and to be wondered at in all believers, on that Day; (for you also believed our testimony).

¹ I adjure you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus who is about to judge the living and the dead—by his appearing and his kingdom, I adjure you—

¹¹ "For God's grace has shined forth bringing salvation to all men ¹² And schooling us to renounce impiety and evil passions, And to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age;

⁷ Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says. If you hear God's voice today, ⁸ Continue not to harden your hearts as in the Provocation, On the day of temptation in the wilderness,

¹³ On the contrary, encourage each other daily, so long as there is a "Today," so that no one of you is hindered by the deceitfulness of sin.

¹ Let us be on our guard, then, though there is a promise still standing of being admitted to his rest, lest any one of you should be found to have come short of it.

¹¹ Let us, then, be earnest to enter into that rest, so that no one may fall into the same example of disobedience. ¹² For living is the Word of God, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the severance of soul form spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the very thoughts and conceptions of the heart.

² of faith in God, of the teaching regarding ablutions and the laying on of hands, of the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

²⁷ And since it is appointed to men once to die, and after that the judgment;

²¹ and so terrible was the scene that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and tremble.

¹⁹ You believe that God is one? You do well; even the demons believe, and they shudder.

¹³ Go to now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we shall journey to such a city and spend a year there, and trade and make money," ¹⁴ when all the time you do not know what will happen on the morrow. For what is your life? You are but a mist, appearing for a brief time, and then vanishing.

¹⁵ But consecrate Christ in your hearts, as Lord. Be always in readiness to make and answer to any one who asks you a reason for the hope that is within you, yet with gentleness and reverence.

⁴ They are astonished at this, that you do not run into the same excesses of profligacy as they do; and they speak evil of you. ⁵ But they must render account to Him who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.

⁶ and to knowledge self-control, and to self-control stedfastness, and to stedfastness piety,

⁷ My children, let no one deceive you; he who is working righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.

¹⁰ In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil; for every one who does not work righteousness is not a child of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.

¹¹ And I saw a great white throne, and One who sat thereon; from his presence fled earth and sky, and no place was found for them. ¹² And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne; and books were opened, and another book—the Book of Life—was opened; and the dead were judged according to their deeds, by what was written in the books. ¹³ The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. ¹⁴ And all were judged according to their deeds. And Death and Hades were hurled into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. ¹⁵ And if any one was found who was not written in the Book of Life, he was hurled into the lake of fire.