Moses is the one who said to the people of Israel, 'God will send you a prophet, just as he sent me, and he will be one of your own people.'

Instead, he will send you a prophet like me from among your own people, and you are to obey him.

So the LORD said to me, 'They have made a wise request.

He will speak in my name, and I will punish anyone who refuses to obey him.

Yet I must be on my way today, tomorrow, and the next day; it is not right for a prophet to be killed anywhere except in Jerusalem.

"What things?" he asked. "The things that happened to Jesus of Nazareth," they answered. "This man was a prophet and was considered by God and by all the people to be powerful in everything he said and did.

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 have come into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness.

This book is the record of the events that Jesus Christ revealed. God gave him this revelation in order to show to his servants what must happen very soon. Christ made these things known to his servant John by sending his angel to him,

What the Law could not do, because human nature was weak, God did. He condemned sin in human nature by sending his own Son, who came with a nature like our sinful nature, to do away with sin.

they are descended from the famous Hebrew ancestors; and Christ, as a human being, belongs to their race. May God, who rules over all, be praised forever! Amen.

But when the right time finally came, God sent his own Son. He came as the son of a human mother and lived under the Jewish Law,

But we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, so that through God's grace he should die for everyone. We see him now crowned with glory and honor because of the death he suffered.

He purifies people from their sins, and both he and those who are made pure all have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them his family.

He also says, "I will put my trust in God." And he also says, "Here I am with the children that God has given me."

and in this way set free those who were slaves all their lives because of their fear of death.

This means that he had to become like his people in every way, in order to be their faithful and merciful High Priest in his service to God, so that the people's sins would be forgiven.

I will send them a prophet like you from among their own people; I will tell him what to say, and he will tell the people everything I command.

"Listen now, my people, and come to me; come to me, and you will have life! I will make a lasting covenant with you and give you the blessings I promised to David.

I made him a leader and commander of nations, and through him I showed them my power.

So Peter spoke up and said to Jesus, "Lord, how good it is that we are here! If you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

While he was talking, a shining cloud came over them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my own dear Son, with whom I am pleased---listen to him!"

Then the three disciples saw Elijah and Moses talking with Jesus.

He and the others were so frightened that he did not know what to say.

Suddenly two men were there talking with him. They were Moses and Elijah,

Peter and his companions were sound asleep, but they woke up and saw Jesus' glory and the two men who were standing with him.

While he was still speaking, a cloud appeared and covered them with its shadow; and the disciples were afraid as the cloud came over them.

God gave the Law through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

"I am telling you the truth: those who hear my words and believe in him who sent me have eternal life. They will not be judged, but have already passed from death to life.

You study the Scriptures, because you think that in them you will find eternal life. And these very Scriptures speak about me!

"I am not looking for human praise.

I have come with my Father's authority, but you have not received me; when, however, someone comes with his own authority, you will receive him.

Do not think, however, that I am the one who will accuse you to my Father. Moses, in whom you have put your hope, is the very one who will accuse you.

But since you do not believe what he wrote, how can you believe what I say?"

In the past God spoke to our ancestors many times and in many ways through the prophets,

but in these last days he has spoken to us through his Son. He is the one through whom God created the universe, the one whom God has chosen to possess all things at the end.

That is why we must hold on all the more firmly to the truths we have heard, so that we will not be carried away.

When he was made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey him,