Verse 6

So that as it is clear that some have to go in, and that the first hearers of the good news were not able to go in because they went against God's orders,

Referenced Verses

  • Heb 3:18-19 : 18 And to whom did he make an oath that they might not come into his rest? was it not to those who went against his orders? 19 So we see that they were not able to go in because they had no belief.
  • Heb 4:2 : 2 And, truly, the good news came to us, even as it did to them; but the hearing of the word did them no good, because they were not united in faith with the true hearers.
  • Heb 4:9 : 9 So that there is still a Sabbath-keeping for the people of God.
  • Num 14:12 : 12 I will send disease on them for their destruction, and take away their heritage, and I will make of you a nation greater and stronger than they.
  • Num 14:31 : 31 And your little ones, whom you said would come into strange hands, I will take in, and they will see the land which you would not have.
  • Isa 65:15 : 15 And your name will become a curse to my people, and the Lord God will put you to death, and give his servants another name:
  • Matt 21:43 : 43 For this reason I say to you, The kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.
  • Matt 22:9-9 : 9 Go then to the cross-roads, and get all those whom you see to come to the bride-feast. 10 And those servants went out into the streets, and got together all those whom they came across, bad and good: and the feast was full of guests.
  • Luke 14:21-24 : 21 And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body. 22 And the servant said, Lord, your orders have been done, and still there is room. 23 And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the roads and the fields, and make them come in, so that my house may be full. 24 For I say to you that not one of those who were requested to come will have a taste of my feast.
  • Acts 13:46-47 : 46 Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles. 47 For so the Lord has given us orders, saying, I have given you for a light to the Gentiles so that you may be for salvation to the ends of the earth.
  • Acts 28:28 : 28 Be certain, then, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will give hearing.
  • 1 Cor 7:29 : 29 But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not;
  • Gal 3:8 : 8 And the holy Writings, seeing before the event that God would give the Gentiles righteousness by faith, gave the good news before to Abraham, saying, In you will all the nations have a blessing.