1Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, 2just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. 3Therefore, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me …
1The beginning of the gospel aboutJesus Christ, the Son of God. 2It is written in Isaiah the prophet: “I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way” — 3“a voice of one calling in the desert, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’ “ 4And so John …
1A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham: 2Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of …
1An oracle: The word of the Lord toIsrael through Malachi. 2“I have loved you,” says the Lord . “But you ask, ‘How have you loved us?’ “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” the Lord says. “Yet I have loved Jacob, 3but Esau I have hated, and I have turned his mountains into a wasteland and left …
1The word of the Lord that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, during the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah: 2“I will sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord . 3“I will sweep away both …
1The oracle that Habakkuk theprophet received. 2How long, O Lord , must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save? 3Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and …
1An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. 2The Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord takes vengeance and is filled with wrath. The Lord takes vengeance on his foes and maintains his wrath against his enemies. 3The Lord is slow to anger and great in power; the …
1The word of the Lord that came to Micah of Moresheth during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah-the vision he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. 2Hear, O peoples, all of you, listen, O earth and all who are in it, that the Sovereign Lord may witness against you, the Lord from …
1The word of the Lord came to Jonahson of Amittai: 2“Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” 3But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After …
1The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Sovereign Lord says about Edom-We have heard a message from the Lord : An envoy was sent to the nations to say, “Rise, and let us go against her for battle”- 2“See, I will make you small among the nations; you will be utterly despised. 3The pride …
