Acts 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
God raised up his servant and sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each one of you from your iniquities."
Acts 28:28
"Therefore be advised that this salvation from God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen!"
Acts 26:20
but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with repentance.
Matthew 21:43
For this reason I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
Acts 13:26
Brothers, descendants of Abraham's family, and those Gentiles among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.
Acts 22:21
Then he said to me, 'Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"
Exodus 32:9-10
Then the Lord said to Moses: "I have seen this people. Look what a stiff-necked people they are!
Deuteronomy 32:21
They have made me jealous with false gods, enraging me with their worthless gods; so I will make them jealous with a people they do not recognize, with a nation slow to learn I will enrage them.
Proverbs 28:1
The wicked person flees when there is no one pursuing, but the righteous person is as confident as a lion.
Isaiah 49:5-8
So now the Lord says, the one who formed me from birth to be his servant -- he did this to restore Jacob to himself, so that Israel might be gathered to him; and I will be honored in the Lord's sight, for my God is my source of strength --
Isaiah 55:5
Look, you will summon nations you did not previously know; nations that did not previously know you will run to you, because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he bestows honor on you.
Matthew 10:6
Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Matthew 10:13-15
And if the house is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.
Matthew 22:6-10
The rest seized his slaves, insolently mistreated them, and killed them.
Luke 14:16-24
But Jesus said to him, "A man once gave a great banquet and invited many guests.
Luke 24:47
and repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
John 1:11
He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him.
John 4:22
You people worship what you do not know. We worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews.
Acts 4:13
When they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and discovered that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and recognized these men had been with Jesus.
Acts 4:29-31
And now, Lord, pay attention to their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your message with great courage,
Acts 7:51
"You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did!
Acts 13:5
When they arrived in Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. (Now they also had John as their assistant.)
Acts 13:14
Moving on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian Antioch, and on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.
Acts 18:5-6
Now when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul became wholly absorbed with proclaiming the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God's power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
Romans 2:10
but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, for the Jew first and also the Greek.
Romans 9:4-5
who are Israelites. To them belong the adoption as sons, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
Romans 10:19-21
But again I ask, didn't Israel understand? First Moses says, "I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; with a senseless nation I will provoke you to anger."
Romans 11:11-13
I ask then, they did not stumble into an irrevocable fall, did they? Absolutely not! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make Israel jealous.
Ephesians 6:19-20
Pray for me also, that I may be given the message when I begin to speak -- that I may confidently make known the mystery of the gospel,
Philippians 1:14
and most of the brothers and sisters, having confidence in the Lord because of my imprisonment, now more than ever dare to speak the word fearlessly.
Hebrews 11:34
quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness, became mighty in battle, put foreign armies to flight,