“Now
when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that
Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him,
and
a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.”
Luke 3:21-22 KJV
“And
there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the book,
he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor;
he hath
sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty them that are bruised,
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
And he said unto them,
I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.”
Luke 4:17-19, 21, 43 KJV
“And
this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.”
Matthew 24:14
“And he said unto them, Go ye
into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;
but he that believeth not shall be damned.”
Mark 16:15-16 KJV
“And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying,
His name is John. And they marvelled all.
And thou, child, shalt be called the
prophet of the Highest: for
thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, Through the tender mercy of our God;
whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.”
Luke 1:63, 76-80 KJV
“The beginning of
the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
As it is written in the prophets,
Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach
the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
And preached, saying,
There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.”
Mark 1:1-2, 4, 7-8 KJV
“For
all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
And if ye will receive it,
this is Elijah , which was for to come. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.”
Matthew 11:13-15 KJV
“Behold, I will send you
Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:”
Malachi 4:5 KJV
“
The law and the prophets were until John:
since that time
the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.”
Luke 16:16
“And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,
Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.”
Acts 28:30-31 KJV
“Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.”
Colossians 1:12-18 KJV