1  “Sing, O barren one, who did not bear;     break forth into singing and cry aloud,     you who have not been in labor! For the...

9  Jesus also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt:  10  “Two...

6  He says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant     to raise up the tribes of Jacob     and to bring back the...

3  And he said to me, “You are my servant,     Israel, in whom I will be glorified.” 4  But I said, “I have labored in vain;     I have...

1   Listen to me, O coastlands,     and give attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called me from the womb,     from the body of...

9  Go on up to a high mountain,     O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength,     O Jerusalem, herald of good...

1   Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2  Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,     and cry to her that her warfare is ended,     that her...

Jesus knew the Old Testament well. He knew the story of God’s people taken into physical exile in Babylon and their need for a savior to...

8  “Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until...

1 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.  2  And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man...