'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you shall come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.'"

saying, "Rise, take the young child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child's life are dead."

And he rose and took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel.

When Jesus heard him, he marveled, and said to those who followed him, "Truly, I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.

And when the demon had been cast out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds marveled, saying, "Never was anything like this seen in Israel."

But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

When they persecute you in one city, flee to another. For truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

So the multitude marveled when they saw the mute speaking, the maimed made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel,

"He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.

Jesus answered, "The first is: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord.

Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe." Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.

And he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God.

He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy,

"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people,

And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness till the day of his manifestation to Israel.

Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel."

Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, "Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that will be spoken against

But I tell you truly, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a great famine throughout all the land;

And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha; and not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian."

When Jesus heard this, he marveled at him, and turned and said to the crowd that followed him, "I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel."

so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

But we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is the third day since all this happened.

I myself did not know him; but for this I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel."

Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"

Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?

They took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! The King of Israel!"

So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?"

"Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know

Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified."

And when Peter saw this he addressed the people, "Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as if by our own power or piety we had made him walk?

be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him this man stands before you healed.

For truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

And when they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and began to teach. Now when the high priest and his associates came, they called the Council together, even all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison house for them to be brought.

God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior, to give repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.

And he said to them, "Men of Israel, take care what you propose to do with these men.

"When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.

But God turned away and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: 'Did you offer to me slain beasts and sacrifices, forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;

You know the word which he sent to Israel, preaching good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all).

Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said, "Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen:

the God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it.

From this man's descendants God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, as he promised.

Before his coming John had preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against our people and our law and this place; and besides he also brought Greeks into the temple, and he has defiled this holy place."

For this reason therefore I have asked to see you and speak with you, since it is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain."

But it is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel,

And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: "Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.

but Israel, who pursued the law of righteousness, has not attained that law.

Again I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says, "I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; by a foolish nation I will make you angry."

But of Israel he says, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people."

God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?

What then? Israel did not obtain what it sought. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened,

So I ask, have they stumbled so as to fall? Certainly not! But through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make Israel jealous.

I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.

And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;

Consider Israel after the flesh; are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar?

Peace and mercy be upon all who walk by this rule, upon the Israel of God.

remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;

For he finds fault with them when he says: "The days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;

This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and I will write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat food sacrificed to idols and to practice sexual immorality.

And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred and forty-four thousand sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:

It had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.