Jeremiah 13:23
13:23 But there is little hope for you ever doing good,
you who are so accustomed to doing evil.
Can an Ethiopian change the color of his skin?
Can a leopard remove its spots?
Psalms 68:31
68:31 They come with red cloth from Egypt,
Ethiopia voluntarily offers tribute to God.
Matthew 8:11-12
8:11 I tell you, many will come from the east and west to share the banquet
with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
in the kingdom of heaven,
8:12 but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Matthew 20:16
20:16 So the last will be first, and the first last.”
Luke 10:30-36
10:30 Jesus replied,
“A man was going down
from Jerusalem
to Jericho,
and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat
him up, and went off, leaving him half dead.
10:31 Now by chance
a priest was going down that road, but
when he saw the injured man
he passed by
on the other side.
10:32 So too a Levite, when he came up to
the place and saw him,
passed by on the other side.
10:33 But
a Samaritan
who was traveling
came to where the injured man
was, and when he saw him, he felt compassion for him.
10:34 He
went up to him
and bandaged his wounds, pouring oil
and wine on them. Then
he put him on
his own animal,
brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
10:35 The
next day he took out two silver coins
and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever else you spend, I will repay you when I come back this way.’
10:36 Which of these three do you think became a neighbor
to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?”
Luke 13:29-30
13:29 Then
people
will come from east and west, and from north and south, and take their places at the banquet table
in the kingdom of God.
13:30 But
indeed,
some are last
who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”
Acts 8:27-39
8:27 So
he got up
and went. There
he met
an Ethiopian eunuch,
a court official of Candace,
queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasury. He
had come to Jerusalem to worship,
8:28 and was returning home, sitting
in his chariot, reading
the prophet Isaiah.
8:29 Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.”
8:30 So Philip ran up
to it
and heard the man
reading Isaiah the prophet. He
asked him,
“Do you understand what you’re reading?”
8:31 The man
replied, “How in the world can I,
unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
8:32 Now the passage of scripture the man
was reading was this:
“He was led like a sheep to slaughter,
and like a lamb before its shearer is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
8:33 In humiliation justice was taken from him.
Who can describe his posterity?
For his life was taken away from the earth.”
8:34 Then the eunuch said to Philip, “Please tell me, who is the prophet saying this about – himself or someone else?”
8:35 So Philip started speaking, and beginning with this scripture proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him.
8:36 Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Look, there is water! What is to stop me from being baptized?”
8:37 [[EMPTY]]
8:38 So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.
8:39 Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any more, but went on his way rejoicing.