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How Jesus began His preaching ministry.

Mt. 5:3 - "Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
Mt. 5:4 - "Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted."
Mt. 5:5 - "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth."
Mt. 5:6 - "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled."
Mt. 5:7 - "Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy."
Mt. 5:8 - "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God."
Mt. 5:9 - "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God."
Mt. 5:10 - "Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
Mt. 5:11 - "Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for My sake."

 

How Jesus ended His preaching ministry.

Mt. 23:14 - "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation."
Mt. 23:15 - "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves."
Mt. 23:16 - "Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!"
Mt. 23:23 - "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the Law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone."
Mt. 23:25 - "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess."
Mt. 23:27 - "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness."
Mt. 23:29 - "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous."

He came unto His own - they rejected Him.  Now salvation is offered to all!

Acts 2:21 - "And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Acts 2:22 - "Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by Him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:"
Acts 2:23 - "Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:"
Acts 2:24 - "Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that He should be (held by) it."