Thematic Bible: God will severely punish those who reject him


Thematic Bible



No one among you is to make his son or daughter pass through the fire, practice divination, tell fortunes, interpret omens, practice sorcery,

When the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, “This man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching Him—she’s a sinner!”

And the crowds kept saying, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee!”

Although they were looking for a way to arrest Him, they feared the crowds, because they regarded Him as a prophet.

Then fear came over everyone, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has risen among us,” and “God has visited His people.”

Yet I must travel today, tomorrow, and the next day, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem!

“What things?” He asked them.

So they said to Him, “The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a Prophet powerful in action and speech before God and all the people,


When the people saw the sign He had done, they said, “This really is the Prophet who was to come into the world!”

When some from the crowd heard these words, they said, “This really is the Prophet!”

Again they asked the blind man, “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?”

“He’s a prophet,” he said.

This man came to Him at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher, for no one could perform these signs You do unless God were with him.”

“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him.

“This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your brothers.

And everyone who will not listen to that Prophet will be completely cut off from the people.

how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first spoken by the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him.

Moses said: The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He will say to you. And it will be that everyone who will not listen to that Prophet will be completely cut off from the people.


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