Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you; walk while you have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; for he that walks in darkness knows not where he goes.

And being also co-laborers we exhort you not to receive the grace of God in vain,??2 for he says, In an acceptable time I heard you, and in a day of salvation I helped you; behold, now is an acceptable time, behold, now is a day of salvation,??3 giving no offense in any thing, that the ministry may not be blamed,

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to give a knowledge of salvation to his people, with a forgiveness of sins,

And the angel said to them, Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good news of a great joy, which shall be for all people.

And into whatever house you enter, first say, Peace to this house!

The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching the good news of peace by Jesus Christ,??e is Lord of all,??37 you know; the word which was [preached] through all Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism which John preached,

And both Paul and Barnabas speaking boldly said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you; but since you cast it away, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the gentiles.

Wherefore, as the Holy Spirit says, To-day if you will hear his voice,

For if we sin willingly after having received the knowledge of the truth, there is no longer a sacrifice left for sins,

and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to a sprinkled blood which speaks better than Abel.

But

And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says; Hearing you shall hear and not understand, and seeing you shall see and not perceive;

that the word of Isaiah the prophet, which he spoke, might be fulfilled; Lord, who has believed our report? and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

and disagreeing among themselves they were dismissed by Paul, saying one word; Well did the Holy Spirit speak by Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,

What then? What Israel seeks, this it did not obtain, but the election obtained; and the rest were hardened,??8 as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear??o this day.

but their minds were blinded. For to this day in reading the old covenant the same vail remains, not taken away because it is taken away in Christ;

But if our gospel is vailed it is vailed among the lost,

whose coming is according to the power of Satan, with all power and miracles and false prodigies

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to proclaim an acceptable year of the Lord.

but those my enemies that wished me not to reign over them, bring hither and kill them before me.

that I have great grief and continual pain in my heart;