Tell the Good News

The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.

“I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:

“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,

But Jesus told them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well, because that is why I was sent.”

So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.

Soon afterward, Jesus traveled from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with Him,

So they set out and went from village to village, preaching the gospel and healing people everywhere.

The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and scribes, together with the elders, came up to Him.

Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.

Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.

But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

And after Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many of the Samaritan villages.

Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.

But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.

But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.

And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers

where they continued to preach the gospel.

“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.

They preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,

But Paul and Barnabas remained at Antioch, along with many others, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord.

As soon as Paul had seen the vision, we got ready to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.

That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.

And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”

In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with words of wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

What then is my reward? That in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not use up my rights in preaching it.

Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, and in which you stand firm.

By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. Then we will not be boasting in the work already done in another man’s territory.

Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?

But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse!

As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be under a curse!

For I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached was not devised by man.

to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,

They only heard the account: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”

You know that it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.

He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

But just now, Timothy has returned from his visit with the good news about your faith, your love, and the fond memories you have preserved, longing to see us just as we long to see you.

For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.

Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience,

It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.

but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.

That is why the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he begins to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be fulfilled, just as He proclaimed to His servants the prophets.”

Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.