Lexicon :: Strong's G2992 - laos

“She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

So he assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Messiah would be born.

“And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,

are by no means least among the rulers of Judah:

Because out of you will come a ruler

who will shepherd my people Israel.”

The people who live in darkness

have seen a great light,

and for those living in the land of the shadow of death,

a light has dawned.[fn]

Now Jesus began to go all over Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every[fn] disease and sickness[fn] among the people.

Jesus continued going around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every[fn] disease and every sickness.[fn][fn]

“For this people’s heart has grown callous;

their ears are hard of hearing,

and they have shut their eyes;

otherwise they might see with their eyes,

and hear with their ears, and

understand with their hearts,

and turn back —

and I would heal them.

This people[fn] honors me with their lips,

but their heart is far from me.

When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority are you doing these things? Who gave you this authority? ”

Then the chief priests[fn] and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas,

“Not during the festival,” they said, “so there won’t be rioting among the people.”

While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, suddenly arrived. A large mob with swords and clubs was with him from the chief priests and elders of the people.

When daybreak came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put him to death.

All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children! ”

“So give orders that the tomb be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come, steal him, and tell the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”

He answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:

This people honors me with their lips,

but their heart is far from me.

“But if we say, ‘Of human origin’ ” ​— ​they were afraid of the crowd, because everyone thought that John was truly a prophet.

“Not during the festival,” they said, “so that there won’t be a riot among the people.”

At the hour of incense the whole assembly of the people was praying outside.

“And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the disobedient to the understanding of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.”

Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah, amazed that he stayed so long in the sanctuary.

Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel,

because he has visited

and provided redemption for his people.

to give his people knowledge of salvation

through the forgiveness of their sins.

But the angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for look, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:[fn]

You have prepared it

in the presence of all peoples —

Now the people were waiting expectantly, and all of them were questioning in their hearts whether John might be the Messiah.

Then, along with many other exhortations, he proclaimed good news to the people.

When all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized. As he was praying, heaven opened,

After coming down with them, he stood on a level place with a large crowd of his disciples and a great number of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.

When he had concluded saying all this to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum.

Then fear[fn] came over everyone, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has risen among us,” and “God has visited[fn] his people.”

(And when all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged God’s way of righteousness, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism.

When the woman saw that she was discovered, she came trembling and fell down before him. In the presence of all the people, she declared the reason she had touched him and how she was instantly healed.

“You give them something to eat,” he told them.

“We have no more than five loaves and two fish,” they said, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

Instantly he could see, and he began to follow him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

Every day he was teaching in the temple. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were looking for a way to kill him,

One day as he was teaching the people in the temple and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the scribes, with the elders, came

“But if we say, ‘Of human origin,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

Now he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went away for a long time.

Then the scribes and the chief priests looked for a way to get their hands on him that very hour, because they knew he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.

They were not able to catch him in what he said in public, and being amazed at his answer, they became silent.

While all the people were listening, he said to his disciples,

“Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days, for there will be great distress in the land[fn] and wrath against this people.

Then all the people would come early in the morning to hear him in the temple.

The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put him to death, because they were afraid of the people.

When daylight came, the elders[fn] of the people, both the chief priests and the scribes, convened and brought him before their Sanhedrin.

But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where he started even to here.”

Pilate called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people,