Luke 4:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then he said to them, Today this word has come true in your hearing.

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  • Matt 13:14 : 14 And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:
  • Luke 10:23-24 : 23 And, turning to the disciples, he said privately, Happy are the eyes which see the things you see: 24 For I say to you that numbers of prophets and kings have had a desire to see the things which you see, and have not seen them, and to have knowledge of the things which have come to your ears, and they had it not.
  • John 4:25-26 : 25 The woman said to him, I am certain that the Messiah, who is named Christ, is coming; when he comes he will make all things clear to us. 26 Jesus said to her, I, who am talking to you, am he.
  • John 5:39 : 39 You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.
  • Acts 2:16-18 : 16 But this is the thing which was said by the prophet Joel; 17 And it will come about, in the last days, says God, that I will send out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will be prophets, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will have dreams: 18 And on my men-servants and my women-servants I will send my Spirit, and they will be prophets.
  • Acts 2:29-33 : 29 My brothers, I may say to you openly that David came to his death, and was put in the earth, and his resting-place is with us today. 30 But being a prophet, and having in mind the oath which God had given to him, that of the fruit of his body one would take his place as a king, 31 He, having knowledge of the future, was talking of the coming again of Christ from the dead, that he was not kept in hell and his body did not see destruction. 32 This Jesus God has given back to life, of which we all are witnesses. 33 And so, being lifted up to the right hand of God, and having the Father's word that the Holy Spirit would come, he has sent this thing, which now you see and have knowledge of.
  • Acts 3:18 : 18 But the things which God had made clear before, by the mouth of all the prophets, that the Christ would have to undergo, he has put into effect in this way.

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  • Luke 4:14-20
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    86%

    14 And Jesus came back to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news of him went through all the country round about.

    15 And he was teaching in their Synagogues and all men gave him praise.

    16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been as a child, and he went, as his way was, into the Synagogue on the Sabbath, and got up to give a reading.

    17 And the book of the prophet Isaiah was given to him and, opening the book, he came on the place where it is said,

    18 The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,

    19 To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure is come.

    20 And shutting the book he gave it back to the servant and took his seat: and the eyes of all in the Synagogue were fixed on him.

  • Luke 4:22-23
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    22 And they were all giving witness, with wonder, to the words of grace which came from his mouth: and they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

    23 And he said to them, Without doubt you will say to me, Let the medical man make himself well: the things which to our knowledge were done at Capernaum, do them here in your country.

  • Mark 6:1-2
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    74%

    1 And he went away from there, and came into his country; and his disciples went with him.

    2 And when the Sabbath day had come, he was teaching in the Synagogue; and a number of people hearing him were surprised, saying, From where did this man get these things? and, What is the wisdom given to this man, and what are these works of power done by his hands?

  • Matt 4:14
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    14 So that the word of the prophet Isaiah might come true,

  • Matt 21:4
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    4 Now this took place so that these words of the prophet might come true,

  • Matt 12:17
    72%

    17 So that what was said by Isaiah the prophet might come true,

  • Mark 1:21
    72%

    21 And they came to Capernaum; and on the Sabbath he went into the Synagogue and gave teaching.

  • Luke 4:44
    72%

    44 And he was teaching in the Synagogues of Galilee.

  • Luke 7:1
    71%

    1 After he had come to the end of all his words in the hearing of the people, he went into Capernaum.

  • Luke 24:27
    71%

    27 And he made clear to them all the things in the Writings, from Moses and from all the prophets, which had to do with himself.

  • Acts 10:37
    71%

    37 That word you yourselves have knowledge of, which was made public through all Judaea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism of which John was the preacher,

  • Matt 13:54
    71%

    54 And coming into his country, he gave them teaching in their Synagogue, so that they were greatly surprised and said, Where did this man get this wisdom and these works of power?

  • Luke 4:28
    71%

    28 And all who were in the Synagogue were very angry when these things were said to them.

  • Luke 4:30-32
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    71%

    30 But he came through them and went on his way.

    31 And he came down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee; and he was giving them teaching on the Sabbath.

    32 And they were surprised at his teaching, for his word was with authority.

  • John 12:41
    70%

    41 (Isaiah said these words because he saw his glory. His words were about him.)

  • Matt 13:14
    70%

    14 And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

  • Mark 1:28
    70%

    28 And news of him went out quickly everywhere into all parts of Galilee round about.

  • Luke 7:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21 At that time, he made a number of people free from their diseases and their pains, and from evil spirits; and to others who were blind he gave back the use of their eyes.

    22 And answering them he said, Go back and give news to John of what you have seen, and the things which have come to your ears; the blind now see, those who had no power in their legs are walking, lepers are made clean, those who had no hearing now have their ears open, dead men come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

  • Luke 5:26
    69%

    26 And wonder overcame them all, and they gave glory to God; and they were full of fear, saying, We have seen strange things today.

  • Luke 24:44
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    44 And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.

  • Matt 1:22
    69%

    22 Now all this took place so that the word of the Lord by the prophet might come true,

  • Luke 20:45
    69%

    45 And in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples,

  • Mark 4:2
    69%

    2 And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:

  • Luke 21:22
    69%

    22 For these are the days of punishment, in which all the things in the Writings will be put into effect.

  • Matt 5:2
    69%

    2 And with these words he gave them teaching, saying,

  • Matt 21:11
    69%

    11 And the people said, This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.

  • Luke 21:38
    69%

    38 And all the people came early in the morning to give ear to his words in the Temple.

  • Luke 1:64-65
    2 verses
    69%

    64 And straight away his mouth was open and his tongue was free and he gave praise to God.

    65 And fear came on all those who were living round about them: and there was much talk about all these things in all the hill-country of Judaea.

  • Matt 13:16
    68%

    16 But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.

  • John 12:38
    68%

    38 So that the words of the prophet Isaiah might come true, when he said, Lord, who has any belief in our preaching? and the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been unveiled?

  • Acts 1:1
    68%

    1 I have given an earlier account, O Theophilus, of all the things which Jesus did, and of his teaching from the first,

  • Mark 1:2
    68%

    2 Even as it is said in the book of Isaiah the prophet, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way;

  • Luke 24:19
    68%

    19 And he said to them, What things? And they said, The things to do with Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, great in his acts and his words, before God and all the people:

  • Mark 1:39
    68%

    39 And he went into their Synagogues in every part of Galilee, preaching and driving out evil spirits.

  • Mark 7:34-35
    2 verses
    68%

    34 And looking up to heaven, he took a deep breath, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be open.

    35 And his ears became open, and the band of his tongue was made loose, and his words became clear.

  • Isa 61:1
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    1 The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;

  • Luke 20:1
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    1 And it came about on one of those days, when he was teaching the people in the Temple and preaching the good news,