Thematic Bible: God will severely punish those who reject him


Thematic Bible



Let there not be seen among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter go through the fire, or anyone using secret arts, or a maker of strange sounds, or a reader of signs, or any wonder-worker,

Now when the Pharisee in whose house he was saw it, he said to himself, This man, if he was a prophet, would be conscious what sort of woman this is who has put her hands on him, that she is a sinner.

And the people said, This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.

And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a prophet.

And fear came on all, and they gave praise to God, saying, A great prophet is among us: and, God has given thought to his people.

But I have to go on my way today and tomorrow and the third day, for it is not right for a prophet to come to his death outside Jerusalem.

And he said to them, What things? And they said, The things to do with Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, great in his acts and his words, before God and all the people:


And when the people saw the sign which he had done, they said, Truly, this is the prophet who is to come into the world.

When these words came to their ears, some of the people said, This is certainly the prophet.

Again they said to the blind man, What have you to say about him for opening your eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.

He came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we are certain that you have come from God as a teacher, because no man would be able to do these signs which you do if God was not with him.

The Lord your God will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to him;

This is the same Moses, who said to the children of Israel, God will give you a prophet from among your brothers, like me.

And every soul who does not give attention to that prophet, will be cut off from among the people.

What will come on us, if we do not give our minds to such a great salvation? a salvation of which our fathers first had knowledge through the words of the Lord, and which was made certain to us by those to whom his words came;

For Moses said, The Lord will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to everything which he will say to you. And every soul who does not give attention to that prophet, will be cut off from among the people.


Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain