Now when they observed the boldness of Peter and John, and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus.

Now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word,

And when they had prayed, the place where they were gathered was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

The ungodly [man] flees when no one pursues, but the righteous is confident as a lion.

But Isaiah is very bold and says: "I was found by those who did not seek Me; I was made manifest to those who did not ask for Me."

and for me, that utterance may be given unto me, in the opening of my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel,

for the sake of which I serve as an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I must speak.

and most of the brothers in the Lord, having been persuaded by my chains, are much more bold to speak the word fearlessly.

quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became mighty in battle, turned to flight the armies of foreigners.

"Men, brothers, sons of the race of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to you the message of this salvation has been sent.

To you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities."

Now when both Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, solemnly bearing witness to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

but to those first in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, proclaiming that they must repent and turn to God, and do works worthy of repentance.

But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

You worship what you do not know; we [Jews] worship what we know, because salvation is of the Jews.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes, both to the Jew first and to the Greek.

but glory, honor, and peace to everyone that works good, both to the Jew first and to the Greek.

who are Israelites, of whom are the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the law-giving, and the worship, and the promises;

of whom are the fathers and from whom Christ [came], according to the flesh, He who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.

"You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, you also do.

These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

Now therefore let Me alone, and I will be very angry with them and consume them, and I will make you a great nation.

They have provoked Me to jealousy by [that which is] not God, they have exasperated Me with their idols; and I will provoke them to jealousy with them that are not a nation, I will anger them with a nation void of understanding.

And now thus says the Lord, who formed me from the womb to be His own servant, to gather Jacob to Him and Israel. I shall be gathered and glorified before the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.

Thus says the Lord that delivered you, the God of Israel, Sanctify him that despises his life, him that is abhorred by the nations that are the servants of princes; kings shall behold him, and princes shall arise, and shall worship him, for the Lord's sake; for the Holy One of Israel is faithful, and I have chosen you.

And if indeed the house should be worthy, let your peace come upon it. But if it should not be worthy, let your peace return to you.

Assuredly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!

"Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God shall be taken away from you, and it shall be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.

And the rest seized his servants, mistreated [them], and killed [them].

Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding indeed is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

"So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding [hall] was filled with guests.

Then He said to him, "A certain man gave a great dinner, and he invited many,

But they all with one [accord] began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, 'I bought a field, and I must go and see it. I ask you, have me excused.'

Still another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'

And the servant said, 'Master, it is done as you commanded, and still there is room.'

For I say to you that none of those men who were invited shall taste of my supper.'"

He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.

But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says: "I will provoke you to jealousy by [those who are] not a nation, by an unintelligent nation I will anger you."

But to Israel he says: "the whole day long I have stretched out My hands to a disobedient and contrary people."

I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But by their transgression, salvation [has come] to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle to the Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,

But because they were opposing and blaspheming, he shook off his clothes and said to them, "Your blood [be] on your [own] heads; I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."

"Therefore let it be known to you that the salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear it!"

Nations which know you not shall call upon you, and peoples which are not acquainted with you shall flee to you for refuge, for the sake of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel; for He has glorified you.