Acts 13:15
13:15 After the reading from the law and the prophets,
the leaders of the synagogue
sent them a message,
saying, “Brothers,
if you have any message
of exhortation
for the people, speak it.”
Acts 13:17
13:17 The God of this people Israel
chose our ancestors
and made the people great
during their stay as foreigners
in the country
of Egypt, and with uplifted arm
he led them out of it.
Acts 13:46
13:46 Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously,
“It was necessary to speak the word of God
to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy
of eternal life, we
are turning to the Gentiles.
Acts 3:26
3:26 God raised up
his servant and sent him first to you, to bless you by turning
each one of you from your iniquities.”
Acts 3:2
3:2 And a man lame
from birth
was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called “the Beautiful Gate” every day
so he could beg for money
from those going into the temple courts.
Acts 20:7
20:7 On the first day
of the week, when we met
to break bread, Paul began to speak
to the people, and because he intended
to leave the next day, he extended
his message until midnight.
Psalms 105:6
105:6 O children of Abraham, God’s servant,
you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones!
Psalms 147:19-20
147:19 He proclaims his word to Jacob,
his statutes and regulations to Israel.
147:20 He has not done so with any other nation;
they are not aware of his regulations.
Praise the Lord!
Isaiah 41:8
The Lord Encourages His People
41:8 “You, my servant Israel,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
offspring of Abraham my friend,
Isaiah 48:1
The Lord Appeals to the Exiles
48:1 Listen to this, O family of Jacob,
you who are called by the name ‘Israel,’
and are descended from Judah,
who take oaths in the name of the Lord,
and invoke the God of Israel –
but not in an honest and just manner.
Isaiah 51:1-2
There is Hope for the Future
51:1 “Listen to me, you who pursue godliness,
who seek the Lord!
Look at the rock from which you were chiseled,
at the quarry from which you were dug!
51:2 Look at Abraham, your father,
and Sarah, who gave you birth.
When I summoned him, he was a lone individual,
but I blessed him and gave him numerous descendants.
Matthew 3:9
3:9 and don’t think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
Matthew 10:6
10:6 Go
instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Luke 24:47
24:47 and repentance
for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed
in his name to all nations,
beginning from Jerusalem.