Bible Verses About The Christ Jesus

If someone asks him, 'Then what are these gashes between your shoulders?' he will answer, 'I got hurt at my friends' house.'

"Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is close to me," says ADONAI-Tzva'ot. "Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the young ones.

But who can endure the day when he comes? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire, like the soapmaker's lye.

He will sit, testing and purifying the silver; he will purify the sons of Levi, refining them like gold and silver, so that they can bring offerings to ADONAI uprightly.

It's true that I am immersing you in water so that you might turn from sin to God; but the one coming after me is more powerful than I -- I'm not worthy even to carry his sandals -- and he will immerse you in the Ruach HaKodesh and in fire.

He has with him his winnowing fork; and he will clear out his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn but burning up the straw with unquenchable fire!"

Then the Spirit led Yeshua up into the wilderness to be tempted by the Adversary.

After Yeshua had fasted forty days and nights, he was hungry.

The Tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, order these stones to become bread."

But he answered, "The Tanakh says, `Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of ADONAI'"

Then the Adversary took him to the holy city and set him on the highest point of the Temple.

"If you are the Son of God," he said, "jump! For the Tanakh says, `He will order his angels to be responsible for you. . . . They will support you with their hands, so that you will not hurt your feet on the stones.'"

Yeshua replied to him, "But it also says, `Do not put ADONAI your God to the test.'"h

Once more, the Adversary took him up to the summit of a very high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in all their glory,

and said to him, "All this I will give you if you will bow down and worship me."

"Away with you, Satan!" Yeshua told him, "For the Tanakh says, `Worship ADONAI your God, and serve only him.'"

Then the Adversary let him alone, and angels came and took care of him.

But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a stupid man who built his house on sand.

The rain fell, the rivers flooded, the wind blew and beat against that house, and it collapsed -- and its collapse was horrendous!"

But if the people of a house or town will not welcome you or listen to you, leave it and shake its dust from your feet!

Yes, I tell you, it will be more tolerable on the Day of Judgment for the people of S'dom and `Amora than for that town!

Be on guard, for there will be people who will hand you over to the local Sanhedrins and flog you in their synagogues.

On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as a testimony to them and to the Goyim.

But when they bring you to trial, do not worry about what to say or how to say it; when the time comes, you will be given what you should say.

For it will not be just you speaking, but the Spirit of your heavenly Father speaking through you.