However, for the sake of your father David I will not do this in your lifetime, but during the reign of your son.

Solomon will keep one tribe for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen to be my own from the whole land of Israel.

I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will bless you and make your name famous, so that you will be a blessing.

But when God destroyed the cities of the valley where Lot was living, he kept Abraham in mind and allowed Lot to escape to safety.

I will bless you, because Abraham obeyed me and kept all my laws and commands."

Because he loved your ancestors, he chose you, and by his great power he himself brought you out of Egypt.

When you die and are buried with your ancestors, I will make one of your sons king and will keep his kingdom strong.

I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him as a father punishes his son.

You will always have descendants, and I will make your kingdom last forever. Your dynasty will never end.' "

I will defend this city and protect it, for the sake of my own honor and because of the promise I made to my servant David.' "

"I have made a covenant with the day and with the night, so that they always come at their proper times; and that covenant can never be broken.

I will increase the number of descendants of my servant David and the number of priests from the tribe of Levi, so that it will be as impossible to count them as it is to count the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore."

"Have you noticed how people are saying that I have rejected Israel and Judah, the two families that I chose? And so they look with contempt on my people and no longer consider them a nation.

And just as surely as I have done this, so I will maintain my covenant with Jacob's descendants and with my servant David. I will choose one of David's descendants to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will be merciful to my people and make them prosperous again."

Because they reject the Good News, the Jews are God's enemies for the sake of you Gentiles. But because of God's choice, they are his friends because of their ancestors.

but I will let Solomon's son keep one tribe, so that I will always have a descendant of my servant David ruling in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as the place where I am worshiped.

but the LORD was not willing to destroy the dynasty of David, because he had made a covenant with David and promised that his descendants would always continue to rule.

Here I will make one of David's descendants a great king; here I will preserve the rule of my chosen king.

He has provided for us a mighty Savior, a descendant of his servant David.

that he would save us from our enemies, from the power of all those who hate us.

With a solemn oath to our ancestor Abraham he promised to rescue us from our enemies and allow us to serve him without fear,

so that we might be holy and righteous before him all the days of our life.

to tell his people that they will be saved by having their sins forgiven.

and to shine from heaven on all those who live in the dark shadow of death, to guide our steps into the path of peace."

A light to reveal your will to the Gentiles and bring glory to your people Israel."

Jesus spoke to the Pharisees again. "I am the light of the world," he said. "Whoever follows me will have the light of life and will never walk in darkness."

"I, Jesus, have sent my angel to announce these things to you in the churches. I am descended from the family of David; I am the bright morning star."

O LORD, you give me light; you dispel my darkness.

Of Zion it will be said that all nations belong there and that the Almighty will make her strong.

His royal power will continue to grow; his kingdom will always be at peace. He will rule as King David's successor, basing his power on right and justice, from now until the end of time. The LORD Almighty is determined to do all this.

How shall we answer the messengers that come to us from Philistia? We will tell them that the LORD has established Zion and that his suffering people will find safety there.

They must give him no rest until he restores Jerusalem And makes it a city the whole world praises.

The LORD, who made the earth, who formed it and set it in place, spoke to me. He whose name is the LORD said,

In days to come the mountain where the Temple stands will be the highest one of all, towering above all the hills. Many nations will come streaming to it,

and their people will say, "Let us go up the hill of the LORD, to the Temple of Israel's God. He will teach us what he wants us to do; we will walk in the paths he has chosen. For the LORD's teaching comes from Jerusalem; from Zion he speaks to his people."

And so I tell you, Peter: you are a rock, and on this rock foundation I will build my church, and not even death will ever be able to overcome it.