Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
Forsomuch
General references
Bible References
This day
Luke 2:30
For my eyes have seen your salvation [i.e., Jesus],
Luke 13:30
And certainly, those [who appear to be] last will be first [i.e., in importance and blessings], and those [who appear to be] first will [end up] being last."
John 4:38
I sent you [disciples] to harvest [a crop] that you did not work on; other people have done the work and you have reaped the results of their work." [Note: This is probably an allusion to the preliminary work of preaching done by John, the Immerser, with results occurring under the preaching of the apostles].
Acts 16:30
After bringing them out [of the jail area] he said, "Sirs, what do I have to do to be saved?"
1 Corinthians 6:9
Or, do you not know that evil people will not possess God's kingdom? Do not be misled: neither will sexually immoral people, nor idolaters, nor those who are sexually unfaithful to their mates, nor homosexual perverts. [Note: The Greek uses two words here, denoting both the passive and active partners in male homosexual acts].
1 Peter 2:10
At one time you [Gentiles] were not a [chosen] people, but now you are God's [special] people. Once you had not received [His] mercy, but now you have received it.
Forsomuch
Luke 13:16
So, should not this woman, being a daughter [i.e., descendant] of Abraham, whom Satan has bound [with this disease] for eighteen years, have been released from this bondage on the Sabbath day?"
Romans 4:11
He received the sign of circumcision as a seal [confirming] that he had been [considered] righteous because of the faith he had before being circumcised. Thus, he became the [spiritual] father of all people who believe [in God], even though they have not been circumcised, so that they could be considered righteous [by their faith].
Galatians 3:7
You should know, then, that people who have faith are [truly] God's children.
General references
Luke 10:5
And whatever house you enter, first say, 'Let peace be upon this household.'