Now the prophets Haggai and Zechariah, the son of Iddo, were preaching to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel.
And that you have prophets preaching about you in Jerusalem, and saying, There is a king in Judah: now an account of these things will be sent to the king. So come now, and let us have a discussion.
And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,
From that time Jesus went about preaching and saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin, for the kingdom of heaven is near.
And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and making well those who were ill with any disease among the people.
And Jesus went about all the towns and small places, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom and making well all sorts of disease and pain.
And it came about that when Jesus had come to the end of giving these orders to his twelve disciples, he went away from there, teaching and preaching in their towns.
The men of nineveh will come up in the day of judging and give their decision against this generation: because they were turned from their sins at the preaching of Jonah; and now a greater than Jonah is here.
John came, and gave baptism in the waste land, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.
Now after John had been put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the good news of God,
And he went into their synagogues in every part of Galilee, preaching and driving out evil spirits.
And they went out, preaching the need for a change of heart in men.
And they went out, preaching everywhere, the Lord working with them, and giving witness to the word by the signs which came after. So be it.
And he came into all the country round about Jordan, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.
And they went away, journeying through all the towns, preaching the good news and making people free from diseases in all places.
The men of nineveh will come up in the day of judging and give their decision against this generation: for they were turned away from their sins at the preaching of Jonah; but now something greater than Jonah is here.
The law and the prophets were till John: but then came the preaching of the kingdom of God, and everyone makes his way into it by force.
And it came about on one of those days, when he was teaching the people in the Temple and preaching the good news,
So that the words of the prophet Isaiah might come true, when he said, Lord, who has any belief in our preaching? and the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been unveiled?
Being greatly troubled because they were teaching the people and preaching Jesus as an example of the coming back from the dead.
And when their prayer was ended, the place where they were was violently moved, and they all became full of the Holy Spirit, preaching the word of God without fear.
And every day, in the Temple and privately, they went on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.
And the Apostles sent for all the disciples and said, It is not right for us to give up preaching the word of God in order to make distribution of food.
But those who had gone in flight went everywhere preaching the word.
But Philip came to Azotus, and went through all the towns, preaching the good news, till he came to Caesarea.
And straight away, in the Synagogues, he was preaching Jesus as the Son of God.
But barnabas took him to the Apostles and gave them an account of how he had seen the Lord on the road, and had given hearing to his words, and how at Damascus he had been preaching in the name of Jesus without fear.
Preaching in the name of the Lord without fear; and he had discussions with the Greek Jews; but they were working for his death.
Then those who had gone away at the time of the trouble about Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus, preaching to the Jews only.
And at Salamis they were preaching the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and John was with them, helping them.
For whose coming John made ready the way by preaching to all the people of Israel the baptism which goes with a change of heart.
But when the Jews saw such a great number of people, they were full of envy and said evil words against Paul's preaching.
And went on preaching the good news there.
This man was giving ear to the preaching of Paul, who, looking at him, and seeing that he had faith to be made well,
And having made a number of disciples through the preaching of the good news in that town, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch,
And, after preaching the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia;
But Paul and Barnabas kept on in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of God, with a number of others.
Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; and that this Jesus, whom, he said, I am preaching to you, is the Christ.
But when the Jews of Thessalonica had news that Paul was preaching the word at Beroea, they came there, troubling the people and working them up.
And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.
And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.
And the Lord said to Paul in the night, in a vision, Have no fear and go on preaching:
And he was preaching in the Synagogue without fear. But Priscilla and Aquila, hearing his words, took him in, and gave him fuller teaching about the way of God.
And he went into the Synagogue, and for three months he was preaching there without fear, reasoning and teaching about the kingdom of God.
But some of the Jews who went from place to place driving out evil spirits, took it on themselves to make use of the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, I give you orders, by Jesus, whom Paul is preaching.
Preaching to Jews and to greeks the need for a turning of the heart to God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
And now I am conscious that you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom, will not see my face again.
But I went about, first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, preaching a change of heart, so that they, being turned to God, might give, in their works, the fruits of a changed heart.
Preaching the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ without fear, and no orders were given that he was not to do so.
Now to him who is able to make you strong in agreement with the good news which I gave you and the preaching of Jesus Christ, in the light of the revelation of that secret which has been kept through times eternal,
For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.
And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you:
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we were preaching among you, even I and Silvanus and Timothy, was not Yes and No, but in him is Yes.
For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus.
That is, that God was in Christ making peace between the world and himself, not putting their sins to their account, and having given to us the preaching of this news of peace.
For if anyone comes preaching another Jesus from the one whose preachers we are, or if you have got a different spirit, or a different sort of good news from those which came to you, how well you put up with these things.
Only it came to their ears that he who at one time was cruel to us is now preaching the faith which before had been attacked by him;
And I went up by revelation; and I put before them the good news which I was preaching among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were of good name, so that the work which I was or had been doing might not be without effect.
But, quite the opposite, when they saw that I had been made responsible for preaching the good news to those without circumcision, even as Peter had been for those of the circumcision
But you have knowledge that with a feeble body I was preaching the good news to you the first time;
But I, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still attacked? then has the shame of the cross been taken away.
And he came preaching peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near;
Though some are preaching Christ out of envy and competition, others do it out of a good heart:
But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.
What then? only that in every way, falsely or truly, the preaching of Christ goes on; and in this I am glad, and will be glad.
The things which came to you by my teaching and preaching, and which you saw in me, these things do, and the God of peace will be with you.
Whom we are preaching; guiding and teaching every man in all wisdom, so that every man may be complete in Christ;
And making prayer for us, that God may give us an open door for the preaching of the word, the secret of Christ, for which I am now in chains;
Let rulers whose rule is good be honoured twice over, specially those whose work is preaching and teaching.
Be preaching the word at all times, in every place; make protests, say sharp words, give comfort, with long waiting and teaching;
But be self-controlled in all things, do without comfort, go on preaching the good news, completing the work which has been given you to do.
By whom he went to the spirits in prison, preaching to those
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