and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven has drawn near!

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

And as you go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

The Lord gave the Word; great was the host of those who proclaimed it.

Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out her seven pillars;

She has sent out her maidens; she calls out from the highest places of the city:

Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat. Yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Why do you weigh out money for what is not bread, and your labor for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

And Jehovah has sent to you all His servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but you have not listened nor extended your ear to hear.

I have also sent to you all My servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Turn back now each man from his evil way, and do good, and do not go after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers. But you have not extended your ear, nor heeded Me.

And He called the twelve to Himself, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over unclean spirits,

but to wear sandals, and not to put on two tunics.

And whoever will not receive you nor hear you, when you depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet as a testimony against them. Truly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

Then He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.

And He said to them, Take nothing for the journey, neither staffs nor bag nor bread nor money; and do not have two tunics apiece.

And whoever will not receive you, when you go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet as a testimony against them.

Now when one of those who sat at the table with Him heard these things, he said to Him, Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!

and sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, Come, for all things are now ready.

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him who hears say, Come. And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take of the Water of Life freely.

As soon as you come into the city, you will surely find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. For the people will not eat until he comes, because he must bless the sacrifice; afterward those who are invited will eat. Now therefore, go up, for today you will find him.

Be silent in the presence of the Lord Jehovah, for the day of Jehovah is near. For Jehovah has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated the ones He called.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her, how often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt; open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

So I gave them over to their own stubborn heart, to walk in their own counsels.

Because I have called, and you refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one pays attention,

I also will laugh at your calamity, I will mock when your terror comes;

Then they shall call upon me, and I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me.

They did not desire my counsel; they despised all my reproof.

For the turning away of the simple kills them, and the ease of fools destroys them.

For thus says the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, In returning and rest you shall be saved; and in quietness and confidence shall be your strength. But you were not willing.

Thus says Jehovah, Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths where the good way is, and walk in it, and you shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk in it.

Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Listen to the sound of the shofar. But they said, We will not listen.

As they called to them, so they went from them. They sacrificed to the Baals, and burned incense to graven images.

And My people are bent on backsliding from Me. Though they call to the Most High, no one at all exalts Him.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her, how often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!

But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and begged him.

But bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me.

But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.

But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy; and contradicting and blaspheming, they opposed the things spoken by Paul.

But to Israel he says: All day long I have stretched out My hands to a disobedient and contradicting people.

See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from the One speaking from Heaven,