Luke 16:16 Cross References - Moffatt

¹⁶ The Law and the prophets lasted till John; since then the good news of the Realm of God is preached, and anyone presses in.

² "Repent, the Reign of heaven is near."

¹⁷ From that day Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent, the Reign of heaven is near."

²³ Then he made a tour through the whole of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the Reign, and healing all the sickness and disease of the people.

⁷ And preach as you go, tell men, 'The Reign of heaven is near.'

⁹ Come, why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet. ¹⁰ This is he of whom it is written, Here I send my messenger before your face to prepare the way for you. ¹¹ I tell you truly, no one has arisen among the sons of women who is greater than John the Baptist, and yet the least in the Realm of heaven is greater than he is. ¹² From the days of John the Baptist till now the Realm of heaven suffers violence, and the violent press into it. ¹³ For all the prophets and the law prophesied of it until John: — ¹⁴ if you care to believe it, he is the Elijah who is to come.

³² For John showed you the way to be good and you would not believe him; the taxgatherers and harlots believed him, and even though you saw that, you would not change your mind afterwards and believe him.

¹⁴ After John had been arrested, Jesus went to Galilee preaching the gospel of God;

⁴⁵ But he went off and proceeded to proclaim it aloud and spread news of the affair both far and wide. The result was that Jesus could no longer enter any town openly; he stayed outside in lonely places, and people came to him from every quarter.

²⁶ Come, what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet. ²⁷ This is he of whom it is written, Here I send my messenger before your face, to prepare the way for you. ²⁸ I tell you, among the sons of women there is none greater than John, and yet the least in the Realm of God is greater than he is." ²⁹ (On hearing this all the people and the taxgatherers acknowledged the justice of God, as they had been baptized with the baptism of John;

² He sent them out to preach the Reign of God and to cure the sick.

⁹ heal those in the town who are ill, and tell them, 'The Reign of God is nearly on you.'

¹¹ 'The very dust of your town that clings to us, we wipe off from our feet as a protest. But mark this, the Reign of God is near!'

²⁹ 'They have got Moses and the prophets,' said Abraham, 'they can listen to them.'

³¹ He said to him, 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced, not even if one rose from the dead."

⁴⁵ he met Nathanael and told him, "We have found him whom Moses wrote about in the Law, and also the prophets — it is Jesus, the son of Joseph, who comes from Nazaret."

⁴⁸ If we let him alone, like this, everybody will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and suppress our holy Place and our nation."

¹⁹ Then said the Pharisees to one another, "You see, you can do nothing! Look, the world has gone after him."

¹⁸ though this was how God fulfilled what he had announced beforehand by the lips of all the prophets, namely the sufferings of his Christ.

²⁴ and all the prophets who have spoken since Samuel and his successors have also announced these days. ²⁵ Now you are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers when he said to Abraham, all families on earth shall be blessed in your offspring.