¹¹ “For this is what the Lord God says: See, I Myself will search for My flock and look for them. ¹² As a shepherd looks for his sheep on the day he is among his scattered flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered^(A) on a cloudy and dark day. ¹³ I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will shepherd them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the land.

¹¹ I tell you that many will come from east and west, and recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.^(A)

¹² But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”^(A)

³² As for Me, if I am lifted up^[a] from the earth I will draw all people to Myself.”^(A)

Good News for Gentiles

³⁴ Then Peter began to speak: “Now I really understand that God doesn’t show favoritism,^{(A) 35} but in every nation the person who fears Him and does righteousness is acceptable to Him.