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mGNT Concordance for τῆς

τῆς — 1301x G3588 ὁ

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T-GSF (1301x)

T-GSF

Occurrences: 1301 times in 1070 verses

Speech: Definite article

Parsing: Genitive Singular Feminine

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Mat 1:3 - Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah (whose mother was Tamar).
Perez was the father of Hezron.
Hezron was the father of Ram.[fn]

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Mat 1:5 - Salmon was the father of Boaz (whose mother was Rahab).
Boaz was the father of Obed (whose mother was Ruth).
Obed was the father of Jesse.

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Mat 1:6 - Jesse was the father of King David.
David was the father of Solomon (whose mother was Bathsheba, the widow of Uriah).

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Mat 1:11 - Josiah was the father of Jehoiachin[fn] and his brothers (born at the time of the exile to Babylon).

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Mat 1:17 - All those listed above include fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the Babylonian exile, and fourteen from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah.

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Mat 1:18 - This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit.

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Mat 2:1 - Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod. About that time some wise men[fn] from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:5

Mat 2:5 - “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they said, “for this is what the prophet wrote:

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Mat 2:11 - They entered the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

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Mat 2:15 - and they stayed there until Herod's death. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “I called my Son out of Egypt.”[fn]

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Mat 2:22 - But when he learned that the new ruler of Judea was Herod's son Archelaus, he was afraid to go there. Then, after being warned in a dream, he left for the region of Galilee.

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Mat 3:1 - In those days John the Baptist came to the Judean wilderness and began preaching. His message was,

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Mat 3:7 - But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to watch him baptize,[fn] he denounced them. “You brood of snakes!” he exclaimed. “Who warned you to flee God's coming wrath?

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Mat 3:8 - Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God.

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Mat 3:13 - Then Jesus went from Galilee to the Jordan River to be baptized by John.

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Mat 4:18 - One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers—Simon, also called Peter, and Andrew—throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living.

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Mat 4:23 - Jesus traveled throughout the region of Galilee, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness.

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Mat 4:25 - Large crowds followed him wherever he went—people from Galilee, the Ten Towns,[fn] Jerusalem, from all over Judea, and from east of the Jordan River.

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Mat 5:13 - “You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless.

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Mat 6:19 - “Don't store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal.

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Mat 6:25 - “That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn't life more than food, and your body more than clothing?

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Mat 7:13 - “You can enter God's Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell[fn] is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way.

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Mat 8:12 - But many Israelites—those for whom the Kingdom was prepared—will be thrown into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

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Mat 8:15 - But when Jesus touched her hand, the fever left her. Then she got up and prepared a meal for him.

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Mat 8:28 - When Jesus arrived on the other side of the lake, in the region of the Gadarenes,[fn] two men who were possessed by demons met him. They lived in a cemetery and were so violent that no one could go through that area.

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Mat 9:6 - So I will prove to you that the Son of Man[fn] has the authority on earth to forgive sins.” Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!”

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Mat 9:22 - Jesus turned around, and when he saw her he said, “Daughter, be encouraged! Your faith has made you well.” And the woman was healed at that moment.

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Mat 9:25 - After the crowd was put outside, however, Jesus went in and took the girl by the hand, and she stood up!

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Mat 9:35 - Jesus traveled through all the towns and villages of that area, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness.

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Mat 10:10 - Don't carry a traveler's bag with a change of clothes and sandals or even a walking stick. Don't hesitate to accept hospitality, because those who work deserve to be fed.

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Mat 10:14 - If any household or town refuses to welcome you or listen to your message, shake its dust from your feet as you leave.

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Mat 10:30 - And the very hairs on your head are all numbered.

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Mat 10:35 - ‘I have come to set a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

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Mat 11:23 - “And you people of Capernaum, will you be honored in heaven? No, you will go down to the place of the dead.[fn] For if the miracles I did for you had been done in wicked Sodom, it would still be here today.

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Mat 11:25 - At that time Jesus prayed this prayer: “O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding these things from those who think themselves wise and clever, and for revealing them to the childlike.

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Mat 12:4 - He went into the house of God, and he and his companions broke the law by eating the sacred loaves of bread that only the priests are allowed to eat.

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Mat 12:34 - You brood of snakes! How could evil men like you speak what is good and right? For whatever is in your heart determines what you say.

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Mat 12:40 - For as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

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Mat 12:41 - “The people of Nineveh will stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for they repented of their sins at the preaching of Jonah. Now someone greater than Jonah is here—but you refuse to repent.

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Mat 12:42 - The queen of Sheba[fn] will also stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for she came from a distant land to hear the wisdom of Solomon. Now someone greater than Solomon is here—but you refuse to listen.

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Mat 13:1 - Later that same day Jesus left the house and sat beside the lake.

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Mat 13:11 - He replied, “You are permitted to understand the secrets[fn] of the Kingdom of Heaven, but others are not.

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Mat 13:19 - The seed that fell on the footpath represents those who hear the message about the Kingdom and don't understand it. Then the evil one comes and snatches away the seed that was planted in their hearts.

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Mat 13:38 - The field is the world, and the good seed represents the people of the Kingdom. The weeds are the people who belong to the evil one.

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Mat 13:41 - The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will remove from his Kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.

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Mat 13:44 - “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure that a man discovered hidden in a field. In his excitement, he hid it again and sold everything he owned to get enough money to buy the field.

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Mat 14:6 - But at a birthday party for Herod, Herodias's daughter performed a dance that greatly pleased him,

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Mat 14:8 - At her mother's urging, the girl said, “I want the head of John the Baptist on a tray!”

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Mat 14:24 - Meanwhile, the disciples were in trouble far away from land, for a strong wind had risen, and they were fighting heavy waves.

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Mat 14:25 - About three o'clock in the morning[fn] Jesus came toward them, walking on the water.

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Mat 14:26 - When the disciples saw him walking on the water, they were terrified. In their fear, they cried out, “It's a ghost!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:18

Mat 15:18 - But the words you speak come from the heart—that's what defiles you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:19

Mat 15:19 - For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander.

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Mat 15:27 - She replied, “That's true, Lord, but even dogs are allowed to eat the scraps that fall beneath their masters' table.”

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Mat 15:28 - “Dear woman,” Jesus said to her, “your faith is great. Your request is granted.” And her daughter was instantly healed.

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Mat 15:29 - Jesus returned to the Sea of Galilee and climbed a hill and sat down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:6

Mat 16:6 - “Watch out!” Jesus warned them. “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

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Mat 16:11 - Why can't you understand that I'm not talking about bread? So again I say, ‘Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.'”

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Mat 16:12 - Then at last they understood that he wasn't speaking about the yeast in bread, but about the deceptive teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

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Mat 16:13 - When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”[fn]

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Mat 16:19 - And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you forbid[fn] on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit[fn] on earth will be permitted in heaven.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:26

Mat 16:26 - And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?[fn] Is anything worth more than your soul?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:5

Mat 17:5 - But even as he spoke, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy. Listen to him.”

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Mat 17:18 - Then Jesus rebuked the demon in the boy, and it left him. From that moment the boy was well.

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Mat 17:25 - “Yes, he does,” Peter replied. Then he went into the house.
But before he had a chance to speak, Jesus asked him, “What do you think, Peter?[fn] Do kings tax their own people or the people they have conquered?[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:6

Mat 18:6 - But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to have a large millstone tied around your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:17

Mat 18:17 - If the person still refuses to listen, take your case to the church. Then if he or she won't accept the church's decision, treat that person as a pagan or a corrupt tax collector.

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Mat 18:18 - “I tell you the truth, whatever you forbid[fn] on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit[fn] on earth will be permitted in heaven.

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Mat 18:19 - “I also tell you this: If two of you agree here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you.

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Mat 19:1 - When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went down to the region of Judea east of the Jordan River.

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Mat 19:10 - Jesus' disciples then said to him, “If this is the case, it is better not to marry!”

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Mat 20:12 - ‘Those people worked only one hour, and yet you've paid them just as much as you paid us who worked all day in the scorching heat.'

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Mat 21:11 - And the crowds replied, “It's Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”

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Mat 21:17 - Then he returned to Bethany, where he stayed overnight.

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Mat 21:19 - and he noticed a fig tree beside the road. He went over to see if there were any figs, but there were only leaves. Then he said to it, “May you never bear fruit again!” And immediately the fig tree withered up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:21

Mat 21:21 - Then Jesus told them, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and don't doubt, you can do things like this and much more. You can even say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' and it will happen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:31

Mat 22:31 - “But now, as to whether there will be a resurrection of the dead—haven't you ever read about this in the Scriptures? Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:46

Mat 22:46 - No one could answer him. And after that, no one dared to ask him any more questions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:2

Mat 23:2 - “The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees are the official interpreters of the law of Moses.[fn]

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Mat 23:9 - And don't address anyone here on earth as ‘Father,' for only God in heaven is your spiritual Father.

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Mat 23:25 - “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy—full of greed and self-indulgence!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:33

Mat 23:33 - Snakes! Sons of vipers! How will you escape the judgment of hell?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:35

Mat 23:35 - As a result, you will be held responsible for the murder of all godly people of all time—from the murder of righteous Abel to the murder of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed in the Temple between the sanctuary and the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:3

Mat 24:3 - Later, Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives. His disciples came to him privately and said, “Tell us, when will all this happen? What sign will signal your return and the end of the world?[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:14

Mat 24:14 - And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations[fn] will hear it; and then the end will come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:15

Mat 24:15 - “The day is coming when you will see what Daniel the prophet spoke about—the sacrilegious object that causes desecration[fn] standing in the Holy Place.” (Reader, pay attention!)

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Mat 24:17 - A person out on the deck of a roof must not go down into the house to pack.

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Mat 24:30 - And then at last, the sign that the Son of Man is coming will appear in the heavens, and there will be deep mourning among all the peoples of the earth. And they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.[fn]

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Mat 24:32 - “Now learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branches bud and its leaves begin to sprout, you know that summer is near.

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Mat 24:36 - “However, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself.[fn] Only the Father knows.

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Mat 24:45 - “A faithful, sensible servant is one to whom the master can give the responsibility of managing his other household servants and feeding them.

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Mat 26:7 - While he was eating,[fn] a woman came in with a beautiful alabaster jar of expensive perfume and poured it over his head.

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Mat 26:28 - for this is my blood, which confirms the covenant[fn] between God and his people. It is poured out as a sacrifice to forgive the sins of many.

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Mat 26:29 - Mark my words—I will not drink wine again until the day I drink it new with you in my Father's Kingdom.”

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Mat 26:31 - On the way, Jesus told them, “Tonight all of you will desert me. For the Scriptures say,
‘God will strike[fn] the Shepherd,
and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:58

Mat 26:58 - Meanwhile, Peter followed him at a distance and came to the high priest's courtyard. He went in and sat with the guards and waited to see how it would all end.

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Mat 26:64 - Jesus replied, “You have said it. And in the future you will see the Son of Man seated in the place of power at God's right hand[fn] and coming on the clouds of heaven.”[fn]

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Mat 27:8 - That is why the field is still called the Field of Blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:29

Mat 27:29 - They wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head, and they placed a reed stick in his right hand as a scepter. Then they knelt before him in mockery and taunted, “Hail! King of the Jews!”

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Mat 27:37 - A sign was fastened above Jesus' head, announcing the charge against him. It read: “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.”

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Mat 27:55 - And many women who had come from Galilee with Jesus to care for him were watching from a distance.

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Mat 27:64 - So we request that you seal the tomb until the third day. This will prevent his disciples from coming and stealing his body and then telling everyone he was raised from the dead! If that happens, we'll be worse off than we were at first.”

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Mat 27:66 - So they sealed the tomb and posted guards to protect it.

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Mat 28:11 - As the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and told the leading priests what had happened.

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Mat 28:15 - So the guards accepted the bribe and said what they were told to say. Their story spread widely among the Jews, and they still tell it today.

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Mat 28:18 - Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth.

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Mat 28:20 - Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

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Mar 1:9 - One day Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and John baptized him in the Jordan River.

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Mar 1:16 - One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon[fn] and his brother Andrew throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living.

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Mar 1:28 - The news about Jesus spread quickly throughout the entire region of Galilee.

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Mar 1:29 - After Jesus left the synagogue with James and John, they went to Simon and Andrew's home.

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Mar 1:31 - So he went to her bedside, took her by the hand, and helped her sit up. Then the fever left her, and she prepared a meal for them.

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Mar 2:10 - So I will prove to you that the Son of Man[fn] has the authority on earth to forgive sins.” Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said,

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Mar 2:26 - He went into the house of God (during the days when Abiathar was high priest) and broke the law by eating the sacred loaves of bread that only the priests are allowed to eat. He also gave some to his companions.”

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Mar 3:5 - He looked around at them angrily and was deeply saddened by their hard hearts. Then he said to the man, “Hold out your hand.” So the man held out his hand, and it was restored!

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Mar 3:7 - Jesus went out to the lake with his disciples, and a large crowd followed him. They came from all over Galilee, Judea,

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Mar 3:8 - Jerusalem, Idumea, from east of the Jordan River, and even from as far north as Tyre and Sidon. The news about his miracles had spread far and wide, and vast numbers of people came to see him.

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Mar 4:1 - Once again Jesus began teaching by the lakeshore. A very large crowd soon gathered around him, so he got into a boat. Then he sat in the boat while all the people remained on the shore.

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Mar 4:11 - He replied, “You are permitted to understand the secret[fn] of the Kingdom of God. But I use parables for everything I say to outsiders,

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Mar 4:26 - Jesus also said, “The Kingdom of God is like a farmer who scatters seed on the ground.

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Mar 4:31 - It is like a mustard seed planted in the ground. It is the smallest of all seeds,

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Mar 5:1 - So they arrived at the other side of the lake, in the region of the Gerasenes.[fn]

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Mar 5:10 - Then the evil spirits begged him again and again not to send them to some distant place.

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Mar 5:29 - Immediately the bleeding stopped, and she could feel in her body that she had been healed of her terrible condition.

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Mar 5:34 - And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace. Your suffering is over.”

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Mar 5:41 - Holding her hand, he said to her, “Talitha koum,” which means “Little girl, get up!”

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Mar 6:3 - Then they scoffed, “He's just a carpenter, the son of Mary[fn] and the brother of James, Joseph,[fn] Judas, and Simon. And his sisters live right here among us.” They were deeply offended and refused to believe in him.

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Mar 6:21 - Herodias's chance finally came on Herod's birthday. He gave a party for his high government officials, army officers, and the leading citizens of Galilee.

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Mar 6:22 - Then his daughter, also named Herodias,[fn] came in and performed a dance that greatly pleased Herod and his guests. “Ask me for anything you like,” the king said to the girl, “and I will give it to you.”

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Mar 6:23 - He even vowed, “I will give you whatever you ask, up to half my kingdom!”

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Mar 6:47 - Late that night, the disciples were in their boat in the middle of the lake, and Jesus was alone on land.

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Mar 6:48 - He saw that they were in serious trouble, rowing hard and struggling against the wind and waves. About three o'clock in the morning[fn] Jesus came toward them, walking on the water. He intended to go past them,

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Mar 6:49 - but when they saw him walking on the water, they cried out in terror, thinking he was a ghost.

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Mar 7:21 - For from within, out of a person's heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder,

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Mar 7:26 - and she begged him to cast out the demon from her daughter.
Since she was a Gentile, born in Syrian Phoenicia,

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Mar 7:28 - She replied, “That's true, Lord, but even the dogs under the table are allowed to eat the scraps from the children's plates.”

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Mar 7:29 - “Good answer!” he said. “Now go home, for the demon has left your daughter.”

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Mar 7:31 - Jesus left Tyre and went up to Sidon before going back to the Sea of Galilee and the region of the Ten Towns.[fn]

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Mar 7:33 - Jesus led him away from the crowd so they could be alone. He put his fingers into the man's ears. Then, spitting on his own fingers, he touched the man's tongue.

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Mar 7:35 - Instantly the man could hear perfectly, and his tongue was freed so he could speak plainly!

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Mar 8:6 - So Jesus told all the people to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves, thanked God for them, and broke them into pieces. He gave them to his disciples, who distributed the bread to the crowd.

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Mar 8:15 - As they were crossing the lake, Jesus warned them, “Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod.”

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Mar 8:23 - Jesus took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then, spitting on the man's eyes, he laid his hands on him and asked, “Can you see anything now?”

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Mar 8:27 - Jesus and his disciples left Galilee and went up to the villages near Caesarea Philippi. As they were walking along, he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”

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Mar 8:37 - Is anything worth more than your soul?

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Mar 9:3 - and his clothes became dazzling white, far whiter than any earthly bleach could ever make them.

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Mar 9:7 - Then a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my dearly loved Son. Listen to him.”

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Mar 9:20 - So they brought the boy. But when the evil spirit saw Jesus, it threw the child into a violent convulsion, and he fell to the ground, writhing and foaming at the mouth.

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Mar 9:27 - But Jesus took him by the hand and helped him to his feet, and he stood up.

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Mar 9:30 - Leaving that region, they traveled through Galilee. Jesus didn't want anyone to know he was there,

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Mar 10:1 - Then Jesus left Capernaum and went down to the region of Judea and into the area east of the Jordan River. Once again crowds gathered around him, and as usual he was teaching them.

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Mar 10:25 - In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!”

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Mar 11:11 - So Jesus came to Jerusalem and went into the Temple. After looking around carefully at everything, he left because it was late in the afternoon. Then he returned to Bethany with the twelve disciples.

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Mar 11:19 - That evening Jesus and the disciples left[fn] the city.

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Mar 12:30 - And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.'[fn]

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Mar 12:33 - And I know it is important to love him with all my heart and all my understanding and all my strength, and to love my neighbor as myself. This is more important than to offer all of the burnt offerings and sacrifices required in the law.”

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Mar 12:34 - Realizing how much the man understood, Jesus said to him, “You are not far from the Kingdom of God.” And after that, no one dared to ask him any more questions.

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Mar 12:44 - For they gave a tiny part of their surplus, but she, poor as she is, has given everything she had to live on.”

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Mar 13:14 - “The day is coming when you will see the sacrilegious object that causes desecration[fn] standing where he[fn] should not be.” (Reader, pay attention!) “Then those in Judea must flee to the hills.

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Mar 13:15 - A person out on the deck of a roof must not go down into the house to pack.

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Mar 13:28 - “Now learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branches bud and its leaves begin to sprout, you know that summer is near.

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Mar 13:32 - “However, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself. Only the Father knows.

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Mar 13:35 - You, too, must keep watch! For you don't know when the master of the household will return—in the evening, at midnight, before dawn, or at daybreak.

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Mar 14:3 - Meanwhile, Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon, a man who had previously had leprosy. While he was eating,[fn] a woman came in with a beautiful alabaster jar of expensive perfume made from essence of nard. She broke open the jar and poured the perfume over his head.

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Mar 14:24 - And he said to them, “This is my blood, which confirms the covenant[fn] between God and his people. It is poured out as a sacrifice for many.

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Mar 14:25 - I tell you the truth, I will not drink wine again until the day I drink it new in the Kingdom of God.”

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Mar 14:35 - He went on a little farther and fell to the ground. He prayed that, if it were possible, the awful hour awaiting him might pass him by.

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Mar 14:62 - Jesus said, “I AM.[fn] And you will see the Son of Man seated in the place of power at God's right hand[fn] and coming on the clouds of heaven.[fn]”

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Mar 14:64 - You have all heard his blasphemy. What is your verdict?”
“Guilty!” they all cried. “He deserves to die!”

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Mar 15:16 - The soldiers took Jesus into the courtyard of the governor's headquarters (called the Praetorium) and called out the entire regiment.

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Mar 15:26 - A sign announced the charge against him. It read, “The King of the Jews.”

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Mar 16:3 - On the way they were asking each other, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?”

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Mar 16:20 - And the disciples went everywhere and preached, and the Lord worked through them, confirming what they said by many miraculous signs.

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Luk 1:5 - When Herod was king of Judea, there was a Jewish priest named Zechariah. He was a member of the priestly order of Abijah, and his wife, Elizabeth, was also from the priestly line of Aaron.

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Luk 1:8 - One day Zechariah was serving God in the Temple, for his order was on duty that week.

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Luk 1:9 - As was the custom of the priests, he was chosen by lot to enter the sanctuary of the Lord and burn incense.

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Luk 1:23 - When Zechariah's week of service in the Temple was over, he returned home.

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Luk 1:26 - In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a village in Galilee,

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Luk 1:27 - to a virgin named Mary. She was engaged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of King David.

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Luk 1:33 - And he will reign over Israel[fn] forever; his Kingdom will never end!”

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Luk 1:41 - At the sound of Mary's greeting, Elizabeth's child leaped within her, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

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Luk 1:42 - Elizabeth gave a glad cry and exclaimed to Mary, “God has blessed you above all women, and your child is blessed.

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Luk 1:48 - For he took notice of his lowly servant girl,
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Luk 1:61 - “What?” they exclaimed. “There is no one in all your family by that name.”

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Luk 1:65 - Awe fell upon the whole neighborhood, and the news of what had happened spread throughout the Judean hills.

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Luk 2:2 - (This was the first census taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria.)

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Luk 2:4 - And because Joseph was a descendant of King David, he had to go to Bethlehem in Judea, David's ancient home. He traveled there from the village of Nazareth in Galilee.

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Luk 2:8 - That night there were shepherds staying in the fields nearby, guarding their flocks of sheep.

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Luk 2:36 - Anna, a prophet, was also there in the Temple. She was the daughter of Phanuel from the tribe of Asher, and she was very old. Her husband died when they had been married only seven years.

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Luk 2:42 - When Jesus was twelve years old, they attended the festival as usual.

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Luk 3:1 - It was now the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius, the Roman emperor. Pontius Pilate was governor over Judea; Herod Antipas was ruler[fn] over Galilee; his brother Philip was ruler[fn] over Iturea and Traconitis; Lysanias was ruler over Abilene.

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Luk 3:7 - When the crowds came to John for baptism, he said, “You brood of snakes! Who warned you to flee God's coming wrath?

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Luk 3:8 - Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God. Don't just say to each other, ‘We're safe, for we are descendants of Abraham.' That means nothing, for I tell you, God can create children of Abraham from these very stones.

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Luk 3:19 - John also publicly criticized Herod Antipas, the ruler of Galilee,[fn] for marrying Herodias, his brother's wife, and for many other wrongs he had done.

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Luk 4:5 - Then the devil took him up and revealed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

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Luk 4:14 - Then Jesus returned to Galilee, filled with the Holy Spirit's power. Reports about him spread quickly through the whole region.

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Luk 4:22 - Everyone spoke well of him and was amazed by the gracious words that came from his lips. “How can this be?” they asked. “Isn't this Joseph's son?”

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Luk 4:26 - Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them. He was sent instead to a foreigner—a widow of Zarephath in the land of Sidon.

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Luk 4:29 - Jumping up, they mobbed him and forced him to the edge of the hill on which the town was built. They intended to push him over the cliff,

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Luk 4:31 - Then Jesus went to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and taught there in the synagogue every Sabbath day.

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Luk 4:37 - The news about Jesus spread through every village in the entire region.

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Luk 4:38 - After leaving the synagogue that day, Jesus went to Simon's home, where he found Simon's mother-in-law very sick with a high fever. “Please heal her,” everyone begged.

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Luk 4:44 - So he continued to travel around, preaching in synagogues throughout Judea.[fn]

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Luk 5:3 - Stepping into one of the boats, Jesus asked Simon,[fn] its owner, to push it out into the water. So he sat in the boat and taught the crowds from there.

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Luk 5:17 - One day while Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and teachers of religious law were sitting nearby. (It seemed that these men showed up from every village in all Galilee and Judea, as well as from Jerusalem.) And the Lord's healing power was strongly with Jesus.

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Luk 5:24 - So I will prove to you that the Son of Man[fn] has the authority on earth to forgive sins.” Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!”

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Luk 6:4 - He went into the house of God and broke the law by eating the sacred loaves of bread that only the priests can eat. He also gave some to his companions.”

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Luk 6:17 - When they came down from the mountain, the disciples stood with Jesus on a large, level area, surrounded by many of his followers and by the crowds. There were people from all over Judea and from Jerusalem and from as far north as the seacoasts of Tyre and Sidon.

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Luk 6:45 - A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.

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Luk 6:49 - But anyone who hears and doesn't obey is like a person who builds a house without a foundation. When the floods sweep down against that house, it will collapse into a heap of ruins.”

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Luk 7:6 - So Jesus went with them. But just before they arrived at the house, the officer sent some friends to say, “Lord, don't trouble yourself by coming to my home, for I am not worthy of such an honor.

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Luk 7:12 - A funeral procession was coming out as he approached the village gate. The young man who had died was a widow's only son, and a large crowd from the village was with her.

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Luk 7:14 - Then he walked over to the coffin and touched it, and the bearers stopped. “Young man,” he said, “I tell you, get up.”

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Luk 7:31 - “To what can I compare the people of this generation?” Jesus asked. “How can I describe them?

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Luk 7:38 - Then she knelt behind him at his feet, weeping. Her tears fell on his feet, and she wiped them off with her hair. Then she kept kissing his feet and putting perfume on them.

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Luk 8:10 - He replied, “You are permitted to understand the secrets[fn] of the Kingdom of God. But I use parables to teach the others so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled:
‘When they look, they won't really see.
When they hear, they won't understand.'[fn]

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Luk 8:12 - The seeds that fell on the footpath represent those who hear the message, only to have the devil come and take it away from their hearts and prevent them from believing and being saved.

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Luk 8:13 - The seeds on the rocky soil represent those who hear the message and receive it with joy. But since they don't have deep roots, they believe for a while, then they fall away when they face temptation.

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Luk 8:22 - One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let's cross to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and started out.

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Luk 8:26 - So they arrived in the region of the Gerasenes,[fn] across the lake from Galilee.

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Luk 8:27 - As Jesus was climbing out of the boat, a man who was possessed by demons came out to meet him. For a long time he had been homeless and naked, living in a cemetery outside the town.

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Luk 8:37 - And all the people in the region of the Gerasenes begged Jesus to go away and leave them alone, for a great wave of fear swept over them.
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Luk 8:41 - Then a man named Jairus, a leader of the local synagogue, came and fell at Jesus' feet, pleading with him to come home with him.

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Luk 8:51 - When they arrived at the house, Jesus wouldn't let anyone go in with him except Peter, John, James, and the little girl's father and mother.

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Luk 8:54 - Then Jesus took her by the hand and said in a loud voice, “My child, get up!”

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Luk 9:5 - And if a town refuses to welcome you, shake its dust from your feet as you leave to show that you have abandoned those people to their fate.”

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Luk 9:11 - But the crowds found out where he was going, and they followed him. He welcomed them and taught them about the Kingdom of God, and he healed those who were sick.

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Luk 9:35 - Then a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, my Chosen One.[fn] Listen to him.”

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Luk 9:47 - But Jesus knew their thoughts, so he brought a little child to his side.

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Luk 9:51 - As the time drew near for him to ascend to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.

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Luk 10:11 - ‘We wipe even the dust of your town from our feet to show that we have abandoned you to your fate. And know this—the Kingdom of God is near!'

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Luk 10:21 - At that same time Jesus was filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit, and he said, “O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding these things from those who think themselves wise and clever, and for revealing them to the childlike. Yes, Father, it pleased you to do it this way.

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Luk 10:27 - The man answered, “‘You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.' And, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.'”[fn]

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Luk 11:31 - “The queen of Sheba[fn] will stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for she came from a distant land to hear the wisdom of Solomon. Now someone greater than Solomon is here—but you refuse to listen.

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Luk 11:32 - The people of Nineveh will also stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for they repented of their sins at the preaching of Jonah. Now someone greater than Jonah is here—but you refuse to repent.

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Luk 11:50 - “As a result, this generation will be held responsible for the murder of all God's prophets from the creation of the world—

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Luk 11:51 - from the murder of Abel to the murder of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, it will certainly be charged against this generation.

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Luk 11:52 - “What sorrow awaits you experts in religious law! For you remove the key to knowledge from the people. You don't enter the Kingdom yourselves, and you prevent others from entering.”

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Luk 12:1 - Meanwhile, the crowds grew until thousands were milling about and stepping on each other. Jesus turned first to his disciples and warned them, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees—their hypocrisy.

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Luk 12:7 - And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.

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Luk 12:23 - For life is more than food, and your body more than clothing.

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Luk 12:42 - And the Lord replied, “A faithful, sensible servant is one to whom the master can give the responsibility of managing his other household servants and feeding them.

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Luk 12:56 - You fools! You know how to interpret the weather signs of the earth and sky, but you don't know how to interpret the present times.

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Luk 13:12 - When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Dear woman, you are healed of your sickness!”

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Luk 13:15 - But the Lord replied, “You hypocrites! Each of you works on the Sabbath day! Don't you untie your ox or your donkey from its stall on the Sabbath and lead it out for water?

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Luk 13:24 - “Work hard to enter the narrow door to God's Kingdom, for many will try to enter but will fail.

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Luk 14:21 - “The servant returned and told his master what they had said. His master was furious and said, ‘Go quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and invite the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.'

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Luk 15:12 - The younger son told his father, ‘I want my share of your estate now before you die.' So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons.

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Luk 15:15 - He persuaded a local farmer to hire him, and the man sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.

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Luk 16:2 - So the employer called him in and said, ‘What's this I hear about you? Get your report in order, because you are going to be fired.'

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Luk 16:4 - Ah, I know how to ensure that I'll have plenty of friends who will give me a home when I am fired.'

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Luk 16:8 - “The rich man had to admire the dishonest rascal for being so shrewd. And it is true that the children of this world are more shrewd in dealing with the world around them than are the children of the light.

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Luk 16:9 - Here's the lesson: Use your worldly resources to benefit others and make friends. Then, when your earthly possessions are gone, they will welcome you to an eternal home.[fn]

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Luk 16:21 - As Lazarus lay there longing for scraps from the rich man's table, the dogs would come and lick his open sores.

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Luk 16:28 - For I have five brothers, and I want him to warn them so they don't end up in this place of torment.'

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Luk 17:4 - Even if that person wrongs you seven times a day and each time turns again and asks forgiveness, you must forgive.”

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Luk 17:24 - For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so it will be on the day when the Son of Man comes.

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Luk 17:25 - But first the Son of Man must suffer terribly[fn] and be rejected by this generation.

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Luk 17:32 - Remember what happened to Lot's wife!

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Luk 18:6 - Then the Lord said, “Learn a lesson from this unjust judge.

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Luk 18:8 - I tell you, he will grant justice to them quickly! But when the Son of Man[fn] returns, how many will he find on the earth who have faith?”

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Luk 18:29 - “Yes,” Jesus replied, “and I assure you that everyone who has given up house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the Kingdom of God,

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Luk 19:44 - They will crush you into the ground, and your children with you. Your enemies will not leave a single stone in place, because you did not accept your opportunity for salvation.”

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Luk 20:35 - But in the age to come, those worthy of being raised from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.

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Luk 20:36 - And they will never die again. In this respect they will be like angels. They are children of God and children of the resurrection.

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Luk 20:37 - “But now, as to whether the dead will be raised—even Moses proved this when he wrote about the burning bush. Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, he referred to the Lord[fn] as ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'[fn]

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Luk 21:18 - But not a hair of your head will perish!

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Luk 21:23 - How terrible it will be for pregnant women and for nursing mothers in those days. For there will be disaster in the land and great anger against this people.

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Luk 21:25 - “And there will be strange signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides.

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Luk 21:35 - like a trap. For that day will come upon everyone living on the earth.

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Luk 22:11 - say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?'

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Luk 22:18 - For I will not drink wine again until the Kingdom of God has come.”

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Luk 22:21 - “But here at this table, sitting among us as a friend, is the man who will betray me.

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Luk 22:30 - to eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. And you will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Luk 22:45 - At last he stood up again and returned to the disciples, only to find them asleep, exhausted from grief.

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Luk 22:55 - The guards lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat around it, and Peter joined them there.

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Luk 22:69 - But from now on the Son of Man will be seated in the place of power at God's right hand.[fn]”

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Luk 23:5 - Then they became insistent. “But he is causing riots by his teaching wherever he goes—all over Judea, from Galilee to Jerusalem!”

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Luk 23:7 - When they said that he was, Pilate sent him to Herod Antipas, because Galilee was under Herod's jurisdiction, and Herod happened to be in Jerusalem at the time.

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Luk 23:49 - But Jesus' friends, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching.

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Luk 23:55 - As his body was taken away, the women from Galilee followed and saw the tomb where his body was placed.

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Luk 24:41 - Still they stood there in disbelief, filled with joy and wonder. Then he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”

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Jhn 1:44 - Philip was from Bethsaida, Andrew and Peter's hometown.

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Jhn 1:50 - Jesus asked him, “Do you believe this just because I told you I had seen you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this.”

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Jhn 2:1 - The next day[fn] there was a wedding celebration in the village of Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there,

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Jhn 2:11 - This miraculous sign at Cana in Galilee was the first time Jesus revealed his glory. And his disciples believed in him.

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Jhn 3:4 - “What do you mean?” exclaimed Nicodemus. “How can an old man go back into his mother's womb and be born again?”

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Jhn 3:6 - Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.[fn]

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Jhn 3:31 - “He has come from above and is greater than anyone else. We are of the earth, and we speak of earthly things, but he has come from heaven and is greater than anyone else.[fn]

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Jhn 4:4 - He had to go through Samaria on the way.

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Jhn 4:5 - Eventually he came to the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

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Jhn 4:6 - Jacob's well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime.

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Jhn 4:7 - Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Please give me a drink.”

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Jhn 4:30 - So the people came streaming from the village to see him.

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Jhn 4:39 - Many Samaritans from the village believed in Jesus because the woman had said, “He told me everything I ever did!”

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Jhn 4:46 - As he traveled through Galilee, he came to Cana, where he had turned the water into wine. There was a government official in nearby Capernaum whose son was very sick.

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Jhn 4:47 - When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Jesus to come to Capernaum to heal his son, who was about to die.

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Jhn 4:54 - This was the second miraculous sign Jesus did in Galilee after coming from Judea.

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Jhn 5:25 - “And I assure you that the time is coming, indeed it's here now, when the dead will hear my voice—the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen will live.

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Jhn 5:28 - Don't be so surprised! Indeed, the time is coming when all the dead in their graves will hear the voice of God's Son,

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Jhn 6:1 - After this, Jesus crossed over to the far side of the Sea of Galilee, also known as the Sea of Tiberias.

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Jhn 6:17 - But as darkness fell and Jesus still hadn't come back, they got into the boat and headed across the lake toward Capernaum.

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Jhn 6:19 - They had rowed three or four miles[fn] when suddenly they saw Jesus walking on the water toward the boat. They were terrified,

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Jhn 6:21 - Then they were eager to let him in the boat, and immediately they arrived at their destination!

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Jhn 6:22 - The next day the crowd that had stayed on the far shore saw that the disciples had taken the only boat, and they realized Jesus had not gone with them.

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Jhn 6:25 - They found him on the other side of the lake and asked, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”

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Jhn 6:35 - Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

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Jhn 6:48 - Yes, I am the bread of life!

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Jhn 6:51 - I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever; and this bread, which I will offer so the world may live, is my flesh.”

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Jhn 7:14 - Then, midway through the festival, Jesus went up to the Temple and began to teach.

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Jhn 7:17 - Anyone who wants to do the will of God will know whether my teaching is from God or is merely my own.

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Jhn 7:37 - On the last day, the climax of the festival, Jesus stood and shouted to the crowds, “Anyone who is thirsty may come to me!

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Jhn 7:38 - Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.'”[fn]

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Jhn 7:41 - Others said, “He is the Messiah.” Still others said, “But he can't be! Will the Messiah come from Galilee?

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Jhn 7:42 - For the Scriptures clearly state that the Messiah will be born of the royal line of David, in Bethlehem, the village where King David was born.”[fn]

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Jhn 7:52 - They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Search the Scriptures and see for yourself—no prophet ever comes[fn] from Galilee!”

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Jhn 8:12 - Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won't have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.”

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Jhn 8:34 - Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin.

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Jhn 10:1 - “I tell you the truth, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a robber!

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Jhn 10:2 - But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.

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Jhn 10:3 - The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep recognize his voice and come to him. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

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Jhn 10:16 - I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them also. They will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock with one shepherd.

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Jhn 10:27 - My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

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Jhn 10:28 - I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me,

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Jhn 10:29 - for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else.[fn] No one can snatch them from the Father's hand.

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Jhn 10:39 - Once again they tried to arrest him, but he got away and left them.

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Jhn 11:1 - A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters, Mary and Martha.

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Jhn 11:4 - But when Jesus heard about it he said, “Lazarus's sickness will not end in death. No, it happened for the glory of God so that the Son of God will receive glory from this.”

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Jhn 11:9 - Jesus replied, “There are twelve hours of daylight every day. During the day people can walk safely. They can see because they have the light of this world.

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Jhn 11:13 - They thought Jesus meant Lazarus was simply sleeping, but Jesus meant Lazarus had died.

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Jhn 11:53 - So from that time on, the Jewish leaders began to plot Jesus' death.

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Jhn 11:54 - As a result, Jesus stopped his public ministry among the people and left Jerusalem. He went to a place near the wilderness, to the village of Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples.

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Jhn 11:55 - It was now almost time for the Jewish Passover celebration, and many people from all over the country arrived in Jerusalem several days early so they could go through the purification ceremony before Passover began.

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Jhn 12:3 - Then Mary took a twelve-ounce jar[fn] of expensive perfume made from essence of nard, and she anointed Jesus' feet with it, wiping his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance.

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Jhn 12:21 - paid a visit to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee. They said, “Sir, we want to meet Jesus.”

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Jhn 12:27 - “Now my soul is deeply troubled. Should I pray, ‘Father, save me from this hour'? But this is the very reason I came!

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Jhn 12:32 - And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself.”

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Jhn 13:1 - Before the Passover celebration, Jesus knew that his hour had come to leave this world and return to his Father. He had loved his disciples during his ministry on earth, and now he loved them to the very end.[fn]

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Jhn 14:17 - He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn't looking for him and doesn't recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you.[fn]

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Jhn 15:22 - They would not be guilty if I had not come and spoken to them. But now they have no excuse for their sin.

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Jhn 15:26 - “But I will send you the Advocate[fn]—the Spirit of truth. He will come to you from the Father and will testify all about me.

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Jhn 16:13 - When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future.

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Jhn 16:21 - It will be like a woman suffering the pains of labor. When her child is born, her anguish gives way to joy because she has brought a new baby into the world.

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Jhn 17:4 - I brought glory to you here on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.

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Jhn 17:12 - During my time here, I protected them by the power of the name you gave me.[fn] I guarded them so that not one was lost, except the one headed for destruction, as the Scriptures foretold.

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Jhn 18:19 - Inside, the high priest began asking Jesus about his followers and what he had been teaching them.

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Jhn 18:37 - Pilate said, “So you are a king?”
Jesus responded, “You say I am a king. Actually, I was born and came into the world to testify to the truth. All who love the truth recognize that what I say is true.”

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Jhn 19:20 - The place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek, so that many people could read it.

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Jhn 19:25 - Standing near the cross were Jesus' mother, and his mother's sister, Mary (the wife of Clopas), and Mary Magdalene.

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Jhn 19:27 - And he said to this disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from then on this disciple took her into his home.

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Jhn 20:7 - while the cloth that had covered Jesus' head was folded up and lying apart from the other wrappings.

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Jhn 21:1 - Later, Jesus appeared again to the disciples beside the Sea of Galilee.[fn] This is how it happened.

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Jhn 21:2 - Several of the disciples were there—Simon Peter, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin),[fn] Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples.

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Jhn 21:8 - The others stayed with the boat and pulled the loaded net to the shore, for they were only about a hundred yards[fn] from shore.

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Act 1:3 - During the forty days after his crucifixion, he appeared to the apostles from time to time, and he proved to them in many ways that he was actually alive. And he talked to them about the Kingdom of God.

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Act 1:8 - But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

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Act 1:17 - Judas was one of us and shared in the ministry with us.”

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Act 1:18 - (Judas had bought a field with the money he received for his treachery. Falling headfirst there, his body split open, spilling out all his intestines.

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Act 1:22 - from the time he was baptized by John until the day he was taken from us. Whoever is chosen will join us as a witness of Jesus' resurrection.”

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Act 1:25 - as an apostle to replace Judas in this ministry, for he has deserted us and gone where he belongs.”

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Act 2:1 - On the day of Pentecost[fn] all the believers were meeting together in one place.

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Act 2:6 - When they heard the loud noise, everyone came running, and they were bewildered to hear their own languages being spoken by the believers.

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Act 2:10 - Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and the areas of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome

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Act 2:15 - These people are not drunk, as some of you are assuming. Nine o'clock in the morning is much too early for that.

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Act 2:19 - And I will cause wonders in the heavens above
and signs on the earth below—
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Act 2:29 - “Dear brothers, think about this! You can be sure that the patriarch David wasn't referring to himself, for he died and was buried, and his tomb is still here among us.

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Act 2:30 - But he was a prophet, and he knew God had promised with an oath that one of David's own descendants would sit on his throne.

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Act 2:31 - David was looking into the future and speaking of the Messiah's resurrection. He was saying that God would not leave him among the dead or allow his body to rot in the grave.

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Act 2:40 - Then Peter continued preaching for a long time, strongly urging all his listeners, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation!”

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Act 3:1 - Peter and John went to the Temple one afternoon to take part in the three o'clock prayer service.

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Act 3:7 - Then Peter took the lame man by the right hand and helped him up. And as he did, the man's feet and ankles were instantly healed and strengthened.

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Act 3:15 - You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. And we are witnesses of this fact!

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Act 3:25 - You are the children of those prophets, and you are included in the covenant God promised to your ancestors. For God said to Abraham, ‘Through your descendants[fn] all the families on earth will be blessed.'

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Act 4:22 - for this miraculous sign—the healing of a man who had been lame for more than forty years.

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Act 4:26 - The kings of the earth prepared for battle;
the rulers gathered together
against the LORD
and against his Messiah.'[fn]

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Act 4:33 - The apostles testified powerfully to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and God's great blessing was upon them all.

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Act 5:2 - He brought part of the money to the apostles, claiming it was the full amount. With his wife's consent, he kept the rest.

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Act 5:3 - Then Peter said, “Ananias, why have you let Satan fill your heart? You lied to the Holy Spirit, and you kept some of the money for yourself.

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Act 5:19 - But an angel of the Lord came at night, opened the gates of the jail, and brought them out. Then he told them,

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Act 5:20 - “Go to the Temple and give the people this message of life!”

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Act 5:28 - “Didn't we tell you never again to teach in this man's name?” he demanded. “Instead, you have filled all Jerusalem with your teaching about him, and you want to make us responsible for his death!”

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Act 5:37 - After him, at the time of the census, there was Judas of Galilee. He got people to follow him, but he was killed, too, and all his followers were scattered.

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Act 6:3 - And so, brothers, select seven men who are well respected and are full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will give them this responsibility.

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Act 6:9 - But one day some men from the Synagogue of Freed Slaves, as it was called, started to debate with him. They were Jews from Cyrene, Alexandria, Cilicia, and the province of Asia.

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Act 7:2 - This was Stephen's reply: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me. Our glorious God appeared to our ancestor Abraham in Mesopotamia before he settled in Haran.[fn]

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Act 7:3 - God told him, ‘Leave your native land and your relatives, and come into the land that I will show you.'[fn]

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Act 7:17 - “As the time drew near when God would fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt greatly increased.

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Act 7:49 - ‘Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool.
Could you build me a temple as good as that?'
asks the LORD.
‘Could you build me such a resting place?

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Act 7:52 - Name one prophet your ancestors didn't persecute! They even killed the ones who predicted the coming of the Righteous One—the Messiah whom you betrayed and murdered.

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Act 7:58 - and dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. His accusers took off their coats and laid them at the feet of a young man named Saul.[fn]

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Act 8:1 - Saul was one of the witnesses, and he agreed completely with the killing of Stephen. A great wave of persecution began that day, sweeping over the church in Jerusalem; and all the believers except the apostles were scattered through the regions of Judea and Samaria.

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Act 8:5 - Philip, for example, went to the city of Samaria and told the people there about the Messiah.

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Act 8:9 - A man named Simon had been a sorcerer there for many years, amazing the people of Samaria and claiming to be someone great.

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Act 8:12 - But now the people believed Philip's message of Good News concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ. As a result, many men and women were baptized.

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Act 8:18 - When Simon saw that the Spirit was given when the apostles laid their hands on people, he offered them money to buy this power.

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Act 8:22 - Repent of your wickedness and pray to the Lord. Perhaps he will forgive your evil thoughts,

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Act 8:27 - So he started out, and he met the treasurer of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under the Kandake, the queen of Ethiopia. The eunuch had gone to Jerusalem to worship,

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Act 8:32 - The passage of Scripture he had been reading was this:
“He was led like a sheep to the slaughter.
And as a lamb is silent before the shearers,
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Act 8:33 - He was humiliated and received no justice.
Who can speak of his descendants?
For his life was taken from the earth.”[fn]

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Act 8:35 - So beginning with this same Scripture, Philip told him the Good News about Jesus.

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Act 9:2 - He requested letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, asking for their cooperation in the arrest of any followers of the Way he found there. He wanted to bring them—both men and women—back to Jerusalem in chains.

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Act 9:7 - The men with Saul stood speechless, for they heard the sound of someone's voice but saw no one!

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Act 9:8 - Saul picked himself up off the ground, but when he opened his eyes he was blind. So his companions led him by the hand to Damascus.

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Act 9:31 - The church then had peace throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, and it became stronger as the believers lived in the fear of the Lord. And with the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, it also grew in numbers.

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Act 9:42 - The news spread through the whole town, and many believed in the Lord.

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Act 10:1 - In Caesarea there lived a Roman army officer[fn] named Cornelius, who was a captain of the Italian Regiment.

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Act 10:3 - One afternoon about three o'clock, he had a vision in which he saw an angel of God coming toward him. “Cornelius!” the angel said.

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Act 10:11 - He saw the sky open, and something like a large sheet was let down by its four corners.

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Act 10:12 - In the sheet were all sorts of animals, reptiles, and birds.

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Act 10:30 - Cornelius replied, “Four days ago I was praying in my house about this same time, three o'clock in the afternoon. Suddenly, a man in dazzling clothes was standing in front of me.

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Act 10:37 - You know what happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee, after John began preaching his message of baptism.

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Act 11:6 - When I looked inside the sheet, I saw all sorts of tame and wild animals, reptiles, and birds.

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Act 11:19 - Meanwhile, the believers who had been scattered during the persecution after Stephen's death traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch of Syria. They preached the word of God, but only to Jews.

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Act 11:22 - When the church at Jerusalem heard what had happened, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

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Act 11:23 - When he arrived and saw this evidence of God's blessing, he was filled with joy, and he encouraged the believers to stay true to the Lord.

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Act 12:1 - About that time King Herod Agrippa[fn] began to persecute some believers in the church.

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Act 12:5 - But while Peter was in prison, the church prayed very earnestly for him.

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Act 12:6 - The night before Peter was to be placed on trial, he was asleep, fastened with two chains between two soldiers. Others stood guard at the prison gate.

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Act 12:11 - Peter finally came to his senses. “It's really true!” he said. “The Lord has sent his angel and saved me from Herod and from what the Jewish leaders[fn] had planned to do to me!”

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Act 12:12 - When he realized this, he went to the home of Mary, the mother of John Mark, where many were gathered for prayer.

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Act 12:14 - When she recognized Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed that, instead of opening the door, she ran back inside and told everyone, “Peter is standing at the door!”

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Act 12:17 - He motioned for them to quiet down and told them how the Lord had led him out of prison. “Tell James and the other brothers what happened,” he said. And then he went to another place.

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Act 12:19 - Herod Agrippa ordered a thorough search for him. When he couldn't be found, Herod interrogated the guards and sentenced them to death. Afterward Herod left Judea to stay in Caesarea for a while.

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Act 12:20 - Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they sent a delegation to make peace with him because their cities were dependent upon Herod's country for food. The delegates won the support of Blastus, Herod's personal assistant,

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Act 13:8 - But Elymas, the sorcerer (as his name means in Greek), interfered and urged the governor to pay no attention to what Barnabas and Saul said. He was trying to keep the governor from believing.

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Act 13:13 - Paul and his companions then left Paphos by ship for Pamphylia, landing at the port town of Perga. There John Mark left them and returned to Jerusalem.

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Act 13:14 - But Paul and Barnabas traveled inland to Antioch of Pisidia.[fn]
On the Sabbath they went to the synagogue for the services.

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Act 13:24 - Before he came, John the Baptist preached that all the people of Israel needed to repent of their sins and turn to God and be baptized.

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Act 13:26 - “Brothers—you sons of Abraham, and also you God-fearing Gentiles—this message of salvation has been sent to us!

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Act 13:31 - And over a period of many days he appeared to those who had gone with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now his witnesses to the people of Israel.

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Act 13:43 - Many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, and the two men urged them to continue to rely on the grace of God.

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Act 13:46 - Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and declared, “It was necessary that we first preach the word of God to you Jews. But since you have rejected it and judged yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we will offer it to the Gentiles.

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Act 13:47 - For the Lord gave us this command when he said,
‘I have made you a light to the Gentiles,
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Act 13:49 - So the Lord's message spread throughout that region.

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Act 13:50 - Then the Jews stirred up the influential religious women and the leaders of the city, and they incited a mob against Paul and Barnabas and ran them out of town.

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Act 14:3 - But the apostles stayed there a long time, preaching boldly about the grace of the Lord. And the Lord proved their message was true by giving them power to do miraculous signs and wonders.

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Act 14:4 - But the people of the town were divided in their opinion about them. Some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

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Act 14:6 - When the apostles learned of it, they fled to the region of Lycaonia—to the towns of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding area.

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Act 14:13 - Now the temple of Zeus was located just outside the town. So the priest of the temple and the crowd brought bulls and wreaths of flowers to the town gates, and they prepared to offer sacrifices to the apostles.

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Act 14:19 - Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowds to their side. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of town, thinking he was dead.

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Act 15:1 - While Paul and Barnabas were at Antioch of Syria, some men from Judea arrived and began to teach the believers[fn]: “Unless you are circumcised as required by the law of Moses, you cannot be saved.”

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Act 15:3 - The church sent the delegates to Jerusalem, and they stopped along the way in Phoenicia and Samaria to visit the believers. They told them—much to everyone's joy—that the Gentiles, too, were being converted.

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Act 15:4 - When they arrived in Jerusalem, Barnabas and Paul were welcomed by the whole church, including the apostles and elders. They reported everything God had done through them.

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Act 15:5 - But then some of the believers who belonged to the sect of the Pharisees stood up and insisted, “The Gentile converts must be circumcised and required to follow the law of Moses.”

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Act 15:11 - We believe that we are all saved the same way, by the undeserved grace of the Lord Jesus.”

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Act 15:20 - Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from eating food offered to idols, from sexual immorality, from eating the meat of strangled animals, and from consuming blood.

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Act 16:9 - That night Paul had a vision: A man from Macedonia in northern Greece was standing there, pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us!”

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Act 16:12 - From there we reached Philippi, a major city of that district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. And we stayed there several days.

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Act 16:13 - On the Sabbath we went a little way outside the city to a riverbank, where we thought people would be meeting for prayer, and we sat down to speak with some women who had gathered there.

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Act 16:19 - Her masters' hopes of wealth were now shattered, so they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities at the marketplace.

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Act 16:27 - The jailer woke up to see the prison doors wide open. He assumed the prisoners had escaped, so he drew his sword to kill himself.

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Act 16:33 - Even at that hour of the night, the jailer cared for them and washed their wounds. Then he and everyone in his household were immediately baptized.

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Act 16:39 - So they came to the jail and apologized to them. Then they brought them out and begged them to leave the city.

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Act 16:40 - When Paul and Silas left the prison, they returned to the home of Lydia. There they met with the believers and encouraged them once more. Then they left town.

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Act 17:13 - But when some Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God in Berea, they went there and stirred up trouble.

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Act 17:26 - From one man[fn] he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries.

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Act 17:30 - “God overlooked people's ignorance about these things in earlier times, but now he commands everyone everywhere to repent of their sins and turn to him.

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Act 18:2 - There he became acquainted with a Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, who had recently arrived from Italy with his wife, Priscilla. They had left Italy when Claudius Caesar deported all Jews from Rome.

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Act 18:5 - And after Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul spent all his time preaching the word. He testified to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.

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Act 18:12 - But when Gallio became governor of Achaia, some Jews rose up together against Paul and brought him before the governor for judgment.

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Act 18:21 - As he left, however, he said, “I will come back later,[fn] God willing.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.

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Act 18:27 - Apollos had been thinking about going to Achaia, and the brothers and sisters in Ephesus encouraged him to go. They wrote to the believers in Achaia, asking them to welcome him. When he arrived there, he proved to be of great benefit to those who, by God's grace, had believed.

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Act 19:8 - Then Paul went to the synagogue and preached boldly for the next three months, arguing persuasively about the Kingdom of God.

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Act 19:23 - About that time, serious trouble developed in Ephesus concerning the Way.

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Act 19:25 - He called them together, along with others employed in similar trades, and addressed them as follows:
“Gentlemen, you know that our wealth comes from this business.

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Act 19:26 - But as you have seen and heard, this man Paul has persuaded many people that handmade gods aren't really gods at all. And he's done this not only here in Ephesus but throughout the entire province!

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Act 19:27 - Of course, I'm not just talking about the loss of public respect for our business. I'm also concerned that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will lose its influence and that Artemis—this magnificent goddess worshiped throughout the province of Asia and all around the world—will be robbed of her great prestige!”

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Act 19:29 - Soon the whole city was filled with confusion. Everyone rushed to the amphitheater, dragging along Gaius and Aristarchus, who were Paul's traveling companions from Macedonia.

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Act 19:35 - At last the mayor was able to quiet them down enough to speak. “Citizens of Ephesus,” he said. “Everyone knows that Ephesus is the official guardian of the temple of the great Artemis, whose image fell down to us from heaven.

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Act 19:40 - I am afraid we are in danger of being charged with rioting by the Roman government, since there is no cause for all this commotion. And if Rome demands an explanation, we won't know what to say.”

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Act 20:9 - As Paul spoke on and on, a young man named Eutychus, sitting on the windowsill, became very drowsy. Finally, he fell sound asleep and dropped three stories to his death below.

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Act 20:16 - Paul had decided to sail on past Ephesus, for he didn't want to spend any more time in the province of Asia. He was hurrying to get to Jerusalem, if possible, in time for the Festival of Pentecost.

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Act 20:17 - But when we landed at Miletus, he sent a message to the elders of the church at Ephesus, asking them to come and meet him.

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Act 20:24 - But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.

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Act 20:32 - “And now I entrust you to God and the message of his grace that is able to build you up and give you an inheritance with all those he has set apart for himself.

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Act 21:5 - When we returned to the ship at the end of the week, the entire congregation, including women[fn] and children, left the city and came down to the shore with us. There we knelt, prayed,

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Act 21:10 - Several days later a man named Agabus, who also had the gift of prophecy, arrived from Judea.

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Act 21:19 - After greeting them, Paul gave a detailed account of the things God had accomplished among the Gentiles through his ministry.

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Act 21:27 - The seven days were almost ended when some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul in the Temple and roused a mob against him. They grabbed him,

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Act 21:31 - As they were trying to kill him, word reached the commander of the Roman regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

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Act 21:39 - “No,” Paul replied, “I am a Jew and a citizen of Tarsus in Cilicia, which is an important city. Please, let me talk to these people.”

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Act 22:1 - “Brothers and esteemed fathers,” Paul said, “listen to me as I offer my defense.”

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Act 22:3 - Then Paul said, “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, and I was brought up and educated here in Jerusalem under Gamaliel. As his student, I was carefully trained in our Jewish laws and customs. I became very zealous to honor God in everything I did, just like all of you today.

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Act 22:11 - “I was blinded by the intense light and had to be led by the hand to Damascus by my companions.

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Act 22:22 - The crowd listened until Paul said that word. Then they all began to shout, “Away with such a fellow! He isn't fit to live!”

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Act 23:1 - Gazing intently at the high council,[fn] Paul began: “Brothers, I have always lived before God with a clear conscience!”

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Act 23:16 - But Paul's nephew—his sister's son—heard of their plan and went to the fortress and told Paul.

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Act 23:19 - The commander took his hand, led him aside, and asked, “What is it you want to tell me?”

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Act 23:23 - Then the commander called two of his officers and ordered, “Get 200 soldiers ready to leave for Caesarea at nine o'clock tonight. Also take 200 spearmen and 70 mounted troops.

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Act 24:2 - When Paul was called in, Tertullus presented the charges against Paul in the following address to the governor:
“You have provided a long period of peace for us Jews and with foresight have enacted reforms for us.

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Act 24:5 - We have found this man to be a troublemaker who is constantly stirring up riots among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the cult known as the Nazarenes.

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Act 24:18 - My accusers saw me in the Temple as I was completing a purification ceremony. There was no crowd around me and no rioting.

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Act 24:22 - At that point Felix, who was quite familiar with the Way, adjourned the hearing and said, “Wait until Lysias, the garrison commander, arrives. Then I will decide the case.”

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Act 24:24 - A few days later Felix came back with his wife, Drusilla, who was Jewish. Sending for Paul, they listened as he told them about faith in Christ Jesus.

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Act 25:19 - Instead, it was something about their religion and a dead man named Jesus, who Paul insists is alive.

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Act 25:23 - So the next day Agrippa and Bernice arrived at the auditorium with great pomp, accompanied by military officers and prominent men of the city. Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.

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Act 25:26 - “But what shall I write the emperor? For there is no clear charge against him. So I have brought him before all of you, and especially you, King Agrippa, so that after we examine him, I might have something to write.

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Act 26:5 - If they would admit it, they know that I have been a member of the Pharisees, the strictest sect of our religion.

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Act 26:6 - Now I am on trial because of my hope in the fulfillment of God's promise made to our ancestors.

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Act 26:12 - “One day I was on such a mission to Damascus, armed with the authority and commission of the leading priests.

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Act 26:18 - to open their eyes, so they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God. Then they will receive forgiveness for their sins and be given a place among God's people, who are set apart by faith in me.'

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Act 26:20 - I preached first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that all must repent of their sins and turn to God—and prove they have changed by the good things they do.

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Act 26:22 - But God has protected me right up to this present time so I can testify to everyone, from the least to the greatest. I teach nothing except what the prophets and Moses said would happen—

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Act 27:5 - Keeping to the open sea, we passed along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, landing at Myra, in the province of Lycia.

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Act 27:12 - And since Fair Havens was an exposed harbor—a poor place to spend the winter—most of the crew wanted to go on to Phoenix, farther up the coast of Crete, and spend the winter there. Phoenix was a good harbor with only a southwest and northwest exposure.

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Act 27:13 - When a light wind began blowing from the south, the sailors thought they could make it. So they pulled up anchor and sailed close to the shore of Crete.

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Act 27:16 - We sailed along the sheltered side of a small island named Cauda,[fn] where with great difficulty we hoisted aboard the lifeboat being towed behind us.

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Act 27:21 - No one had eaten for a long time. Finally, Paul called the crew together and said, “Men, you should have listened to me in the first place and not left Crete. You would have avoided all this damage and loss.

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Act 27:27 - About midnight on the fourteenth night of the storm, as we were being driven across the Sea of Adria,[fn] the sailors sensed land was near.

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Act 27:32 - So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and let it drift away.

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Act 27:34 - “Please eat something now for your own good. For not a hair of your heads will perish.”

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Act 27:41 - But they hit a shoal and ran the ship aground too soon. The bow of the ship stuck fast, while the stern was repeatedly smashed by the force of the waves and began to break apart.

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Act 28:3 - As Paul gathered an armful of sticks and was laying them on the fire, a poisonous snake, driven out by the heat, bit him on the hand.

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Act 28:4 - The people of the island saw it hanging from his hand and said to each other, “A murderer, no doubt! Though he escaped the sea, justice will not permit him to live.”

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Act 28:7 - Near the shore where we landed was an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and treated us kindly for three days.

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Act 28:20 - I asked you to come here today so we could get acquainted and so I could explain to you that I am bound with this chain because I believe that the hope of Israel—the Messiah—has already come.”

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Act 28:21 - They replied, “We have had no letters from Judea or reports against you from anyone who has come here.

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Act 28:22 - But we want to hear what you believe, for the only thing we know about this movement is that it is denounced everywhere.”

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Rom 1:12 - When we get together, I want to encourage you in your faith, but I also want to be encouraged by yours.

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Rom 1:27 - And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved.

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Rom 2:4 - Don't you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can't you see that his kindness is intended to turn you from your sin?

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Rom 2:15 - They demonstrate that God's law is written in their hearts, for their own conscience and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are doing right.

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Rom 2:20 - You think you can instruct the ignorant and teach children the ways of God. For you are certain that God's law gives you complete knowledge and truth.

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Rom 2:23 - You are so proud of knowing the law, but you dishonor God by breaking it.

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Rom 3:1 - Then what's the advantage of being a Jew? Is there any value in the ceremony of circumcision?

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Rom 3:23 - For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God's glorious standard.

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Rom 3:24 - Yet God, with undeserved kindness, declares that we are righteous. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins.

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Rom 3:25 - For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past,

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Rom 3:26 - for he was looking ahead and including them in what he would do in this present time. God did this to demonstrate his righteousness, for he himself is fair and just, and he declares sinners to be right in his sight when they believe in Jesus.

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Rom 3:30 - There is only one God, and he makes people right with himself only by faith, whether they are Jews or Gentiles.[fn]

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Rom 3:31 - Well then, if we emphasize faith, does this mean that we can forget about the law? Of course not! In fact, only when we have faith do we truly fulfill the law.

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Rom 4:11 - Circumcision was a sign that Abraham already had faith and that God had already accepted him and declared him to be righteous—even before he was circumcised. So Abraham is the spiritual father of those who have faith but have not been circumcised. They are counted as righteous because of their faith.

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Rom 4:12 - And Abraham is also the spiritual father of those who have been circumcised, but only if they have the same kind of faith Abraham had before he was circumcised.

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Rom 4:19 - And Abraham's faith did not weaken, even though, at about 100 years of age, he figured his body was as good as dead—and so was Sarah's womb.

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Rom 5:2 - Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God's glory.

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Rom 5:9 - And since we have been made right in God's sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God's condemnation.

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Rom 5:12 - When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam's sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.

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Rom 5:14 - Still, everyone died—from the time of Adam to the time of Moses—even those who did not disobey an explicit commandment of God, as Adam did. Now Adam is a symbol, a representation of Christ, who was yet to come.

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Rom 5:17 - For the sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over many. But even greater is God's wonderful grace and his gift of righteousness, for all who receive it will live in triumph over sin and death through this one man, Jesus Christ.

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Rom 5:19 - Because one person disobeyed God, many became sinners. But because one other person obeyed God, many will be made righteous.

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Rom 6:4 - For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.

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Rom 6:5 - Since we have been united with him in his death, we will also be raised to life as he was.

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Rom 6:6 - We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin.

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Rom 6:7 - For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin.

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Rom 6:17 - Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you wholeheartedly obey this teaching we have given you.

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Rom 6:18 - Now you are free from your slavery to sin, and you have become slaves to righteous living.

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Rom 6:19 - Because of the weakness of your human nature, I am using the illustration of slavery to help you understand all this. Previously, you let yourselves be slaves to impurity and lawlessness, which led ever deeper into sin. Now you must give yourselves to be slaves to righteous living so that you will become holy.

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Rom 6:20 - When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the obligation to do right.

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Rom 6:22 - But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of God. Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life.

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Rom 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Rom 7:8 - But sin used this command to arouse all kinds of covetous desires within me! If there were no law, sin would not have that power.

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Rom 7:9 - At one time I lived without understanding the law. But when I learned the command not to covet, for instance, the power of sin came to life,

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Rom 7:11 - Sin took advantage of those commands and deceived me; it used the commands to kill me.

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Rom 7:13 - But how can that be? Did the law, which is good, cause my death? Of course not! Sin used what was good to bring about my condemnation to death. So we can see how terrible sin really is. It uses God's good commands for its own evil purposes.

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Rom 7:23 - But there is another power[fn] within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me.

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Rom 8:2 - And because you belong to him, the power[fn] of the life-giving Spirit has freed you[fn] from the power of sin that leads to death.

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Rom 8:3 - The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature.[fn] So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin's control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins.

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Rom 8:5 - Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit.

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Rom 8:6 - So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace.

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Rom 8:7 - For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God's laws, and it never will.

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Rom 8:19 - For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are.

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Rom 8:21 - the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God's children in glorious freedom from death and decay.

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Rom 8:29 - For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn[fn] among many brothers and sisters.

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Rom 8:35 - Can anything ever separate us from Christ's love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death?

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Rom 8:39 - No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Rom 9:1 - With Christ as my witness, I speak with utter truthfulness. My conscience and the Holy Spirit confirm it.

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Rom 9:8 - This means that Abraham's physical descendants are not necessarily children of God. Only the children of the promise are considered to be Abraham's children.

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Rom 9:23 - He does this to make the riches of his glory shine even brighter on those to whom he shows mercy, who were prepared in advance for glory.

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Rom 9:27 - And concerning Israel, Isaiah the prophet cried out,
“Though the people of Israel are as numerous as the sand of the seashore,
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Rom 9:28 - For the LORD will carry out his sentence upon the earth
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Rom 10:1 - Dear brothers and sisters,[fn] the longing of my heart and my prayer to God is for the people of Israel to be saved.

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Rom 10:8 - In fact, it says,
“The message is very close at hand;
it is on your lips and in your heart.”[fn] And that message is the very message about faith that we preach:

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Rom 10:18 - But I ask, have the people of Israel actually heard the message? Yes, they have:
“The message has gone throughout the earth,
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Rom 11:8 - As the Scriptures say,
“God has put them into a deep sleep.
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Rom 11:17 - But some of these branches from Abraham's tree—some of the people of Israel—have been broken off. And you Gentiles, who were branches from a wild olive tree, have been grafted in. So now you also receive the blessing God has promised Abraham and his children, sharing in the rich nourishment from the root of God's special olive tree.

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Rom 11:24 - You, by nature, were a branch cut from a wild olive tree. So if God was willing to do something contrary to nature by grafting you into his cultivated tree, he will be far more eager to graft the original branches back into the tree where they belong.

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Rom 12:3 - Because of the privilege and authority[fn] God has given me, I give each of you this warning: Don't think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us.[fn]

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Rom 12:6 - In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you.

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Rom 13:14 - Instead, clothe yourself with the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. And don't let yourself think about ways to indulge your evil desires.

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Rom 14:19 - So then, let us aim for harmony in the church and try to build each other up.

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Rom 15:4 - Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us. And the Scriptures give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God's promises to be fulfilled.

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Rom 15:5 - May God, who gives this patience and encouragement, help you live in complete harmony with each other, as is fitting for followers of Christ Jesus.

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Rom 15:13 - I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.

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Rom 15:14 - I am fully convinced, my dear brothers and sisters,[fn] that you are full of goodness. You know these things so well you can teach each other all about them.

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Rom 15:30 - Dear brothers and sisters, I urge you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to join in my struggle by praying to God for me. Do this because of your love for me, given to you by the Holy Spirit.

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Rom 15:33 - And now may God, who gives us his peace, be with you all. Amen.[fn]

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Rom 16:1 - I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a deacon in the church in Cenchrea.

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Rom 16:4 - In fact, they once risked their lives for me. I am thankful to them, and so are all the Gentile churches.

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Rom 16:5 - Also give my greetings to the church that meets in their home.
Greet my dear friend Epenetus. He was the first person from the province of Asia to become a follower of Christ.

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Rom 16:18 - Such people are not serving Christ our Lord; they are serving their own personal interests. By smooth talk and glowing words they deceive innocent people.

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Rom 16:20 - The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. May the grace of our Lord Jesus[fn] be with you.

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Rom 16:23 - Gaius says hello to you. He is my host and also serves as host to the whole church. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends you his greetings, and so does our brother Quartus.[fn]

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1Co 1:21 - Since God in his wisdom saw to it that the world would never know him through human wisdom, he has used our foolish preaching to save those who believe.

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1Co 2:8 - But the rulers of this world have not understood it; if they had, they would not have crucified our glorious Lord.

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1Co 4:11 - Even now we go hungry and thirsty, and we don't have enough clothes to keep warm. We are often beaten and have no home.

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1Co 5:5 - Then you must throw this man out and hand him over to Satan so that his sinful nature will be destroyed[fn] and he himself[fn] will be saved on the day the Lord[fn] returns.

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1Co 6:14 - And God will raise us from the dead by his power, just as he raised our Lord from the dead.

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1Co 8:4 - So, what about eating meat that has been offered to idols? Well, we all know that an idol is not really a god and that there is only one God.

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1Co 9:2 - Even if others think I am not an apostle, I certainly am to you. You yourselves are proof that I am the Lord's apostle.

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1Co 9:7 - What soldier has to pay his own expenses? What farmer plants a vineyard and doesn't have the right to eat some of its fruit? What shepherd cares for a flock of sheep and isn't allowed to drink some of the milk?

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1Co 9:12 - If you support others who preach to you, shouldn't we have an even greater right to be supported? But we have never used this right. We would rather put up with anything than be an obstacle to the Good News about Christ.

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1Co 10:1 - I don't want you to forget, dear brothers and sisters,[fn] about our ancestors in the wilderness long ago. All of them were guided by a cloud that moved ahead of them, and all of them walked through the sea on dry ground.

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1Co 10:14 - So, my dear friends, flee from the worship of idols.

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1Co 10:16 - When we bless the cup at the Lord's Table, aren't we sharing in the blood of Christ? And when we break the bread, aren't we sharing in the body of Christ?

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1Co 11:10 - For this reason, and because the angels are watching, a woman should wear a covering on her head to show she is under authority.[fn]

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1Co 11:12 - For although the first woman came from man, every other man was born from a woman, and everything comes from God.

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1Co 11:22 - What? Don't you have your own homes for eating and drinking? Or do you really want to disgrace God's church and shame the poor? What am I supposed to say? Do you want me to praise you? Well, I certainly will not praise you for this!

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1Co 14:9 - It's the same for you. If you speak to people in words they don't understand, how will they know what you are saying? You might as well be talking into empty space.

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1Co 14:11 - But if I don't understand a language, I will be a foreigner to someone who speaks it, and the one who speaks it will be a foreigner to me.

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1Co 14:12 - And the same is true for you. Since you are so eager to have the special abilities the Spirit gives, seek those that will strengthen the whole church.

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1Co 14:25 - As they listen, their secret thoughts will be exposed, and they will fall to their knees and worship God, declaring, “God is truly here among you.”

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1Co 15:56 - For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power.

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1Co 16:1 - Now regarding your question about the money being collected for God's people in Jerusalem. You should follow the same procedure I gave to the churches in Galatia.

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1Co 16:8 - In the meantime, I will be staying here at Ephesus until the Festival of Pentecost.

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1Co 16:15 - You know that Stephanas and his household were the first of the harvest of believers in Greece,[fn] and they are spending their lives in service to God's people. I urge you, dear brothers and sisters,[fn]

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1Co 16:19 - The churches here in the province of Asia[fn] send greetings in the Lord, as do Aquila and Priscilla[fn] and all the others who gather in their home for church meetings.

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2Co 1:4 - He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us.

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2Co 1:6 - Even when we are weighed down with troubles, it is for your comfort and salvation! For when we ourselves are comforted, we will certainly comfort you. Then you can patiently endure the same things we suffer.

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2Co 1:7 - We are confident that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in the comfort God gives us.

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2Co 1:8 - We think you ought to know, dear brothers and sisters,[fn] about the trouble we went through in the province of Asia. We were crushed and overwhelmed beyond our ability to endure, and we thought we would never live through it.

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2Co 1:12 - We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we have lived with a God-given holiness[fn] and sincerity in all our dealings. We have depended on God's grace, not on our own human wisdom. That is how we have conducted ourselves before the world, and especially toward you.

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2Co 1:24 - But that does not mean we want to dominate you by telling you how to put your faith into practice. We want to work together with you so you will be full of joy, for it is by your own faith that you stand firm.

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2Co 2:14 - But thank God! He has made us his captives and continues to lead us along in Christ's triumphal procession. Now he uses us to spread the knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet perfume.

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2Co 3:9 - If the old way, which brings condemnation, was glorious, how much more glorious is the new way, which makes us right with God!

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2Co 3:10 - In fact, that first glory was not glorious at all compared with the overwhelming glory of the new way.

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2Co 3:14 - But the people's minds were hardened, and to this day whenever the old covenant is being read, the same veil covers their minds so they cannot understand the truth. And this veil can be removed only by believing in Christ.

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2Co 4:2 - We reject all shameful deeds and underhanded methods. We don't try to trick anyone or distort the word of God. We tell the truth before God, and all who are honest know this.

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2Co 4:4 - Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don't understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.

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2Co 4:6 - For God, who said, “Let there be light in the darkness,” has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.

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2Co 4:7 - We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure.[fn] This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.

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2Co 4:13 - But we continue to preach because we have the same kind of faith the psalmist had when he said, “I believed in God, so I spoke.”[fn]

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2Co 4:17 - For our present troubles are small and won't last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!

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2Co 5:4 - While we live in these earthly bodies, we groan and sigh, but it's not that we want to die and get rid of these bodies that clothe us. Rather, we want to put on our new bodies so that these dying bodies will be swallowed up by life.

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2Co 5:18 - And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him.

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2Co 5:19 - For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people's sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.

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2Co 6:7 - We faithfully preach the truth. God's power is working in us. We use the weapons of righteousness in the right hand for attack and the left hand for defense.

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2Co 8:1 - Now I want you to know, dear brothers and sisters,[fn] what God in his kindness has done through the churches in Macedonia.

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2Co 8:2 - They are being tested by many troubles, and they are very poor. But they are also filled with abundant joy, which has overflowed in rich generosity.

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2Co 8:4 - They begged us again and again for the privilege of sharing in the gift for the believers in Jerusalem.[fn]

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2Co 8:8 - I am not commanding you to do this. But I am testing how genuine your love is by comparing it with the eagerness of the other churches.

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2Co 8:24 - So show them your love, and prove to all the churches that our boasting about you is justified.

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2Co 9:1 - I really don't need to write to you about this ministry of giving for the believers in Jerusalem.[fn]

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2Co 9:10 - For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity[fn] in you.

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2Co 9:12 - So two good things will result from this ministry of giving—the needs of the believers in Jerusalem[fn] will be met, and they will joyfully express their thanks to God.

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2Co 9:13 - As a result of your ministry, they will give glory to God. For your generosity to them and to all believers will prove that you are obedient to the Good News of Christ.

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2Co 10:1 - Now I, Paul, appeal to you with the gentleness and kindness of Christ—though I realize you think I am timid in person and bold only when I write from far away.

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2Co 10:4 - [fn]We use God's mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments.

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2Co 10:5 - We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ.

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2Co 10:8 - I may seem to be boasting too much about the authority given to us by the Lord. But our authority builds you up; it doesn't tear you down. So I will not be ashamed of using my authority.

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2Co 10:15 - Nor do we boast and claim credit for the work someone else has done. Instead, we hope that your faith will grow so that the boundaries of our work among you will be extended.

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2Co 11:3 - But I fear that somehow your pure and undivided devotion to Christ will be corrupted, just as Eve was deceived by the cunning ways of the serpent.

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2Co 11:10 - As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, no one in all of Greece[fn] will ever stop me from boasting about this.

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2Co 11:17 - Such boasting is not from the Lord, but I am acting like a fool.

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2Co 11:30 - If I must boast, I would rather boast about the things that show how weak I am.

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2Co 12:19 - Perhaps you think we're saying these things just to defend ourselves. No, we tell you this as Christ's servants, and with God as our witness. Everything we do, dear friends, is to strengthen you.

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2Co 13:8 - For we cannot oppose the truth, but must always stand for the truth.

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2Co 13:11 - Dear brothers and sisters,[fn] I close my letter with these last words: Be joyful. Grow to maturity. Encourage each other. Live in harmony and peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you.

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Gal 1:2 - All the brothers and sisters[fn] here join me in sending this letter to the churches of Galatia.

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Gal 1:15 - But even before I was born, God chose me and called me by his marvelous grace. Then it pleased him

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Gal 1:21 - After that visit I went north into the provinces of Syria and Cilicia.

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Gal 1:22 - And still the Christians in the churches in Judea didn't know me personally.

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Gal 2:7 - Instead, they saw that God had given me the responsibility of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, just as he had given Peter the responsibility of preaching to the Jews.

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Gal 2:8 - For the same God who worked through Peter as the apostle to the Jews also worked through me as the apostle to the Gentiles.

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Gal 3:13 - But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures, “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”[fn]

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Gal 3:14 - Through Christ Jesus, God has blessed the Gentiles with the same blessing he promised to Abraham, so that we who are believers might receive the promised[fn] Holy Spirit through faith.

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Gal 3:25 - And now that the way of faith has come, we no longer need the law as our guardian.

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Gal 3:26 - For you are all children[fn] of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

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Gal 4:2 - They have to obey their guardians until they reach whatever age their father set.

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Gal 4:13 - Surely you remember that I was sick when I first brought you the Good News.

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Gal 4:22 - The Scriptures say that Abraham had two sons, one from his slave wife and one from his freeborn wife.[fn]

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Gal 4:23 - The son of the slave wife was born in a human attempt to bring about the fulfillment of God's promise. But the son of the freeborn wife was born as God's own fulfillment of his promise.

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Gal 4:27 - As Isaiah said,
“Rejoice, O childless woman,
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Break into a joyful shout,
you who have never been in labor!
For the desolate woman now has more children
than the woman who lives with her husband!”[fn]

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Gal 4:30 - But what do the Scriptures say about that? “Get rid of the slave and her son, for the son of the slave woman will not share the inheritance with the free woman's son.”[fn]

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Gal 4:31 - So, dear brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman; we are children of the free woman.

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Gal 5:4 - For if you are trying to make yourselves right with God by keeping the law, you have been cut off from Christ! You have fallen away from God's grace.

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Gal 5:13 - For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don't use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love.

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Gal 5:17 - The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions.

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Gal 5:19 - When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures,

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Gal 6:8 - Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.

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Gal 6:10 - Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone—especially to those in the family of faith.

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Eph 1:6 - So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son.[fn]

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Eph 1:7 - He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins.

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Eph 1:10 - And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth.

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Eph 1:13 - And now you Gentiles have also heard the truth, the Good News that God saves you. And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own[fn] by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago.

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Eph 1:14 - The Spirit is God's guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him.

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Eph 1:17 - asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom[fn] and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God.

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Eph 1:18 - I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance.[fn]

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Eph 1:19 - I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God's power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power

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Eph 2:2 - You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—the commander of the powers in the unseen world.[fn] He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God.

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Eph 2:3 - All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were subject to God's anger, just like everyone else.

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Eph 2:7 - So God can point to us in all future ages as examples of the incredible wealth of his grace and kindness toward us, as shown in all he has done for us who are united with Christ Jesus.

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Eph 2:11 - Don't forget that you Gentiles used to be outsiders. You were called “uncircumcised heathens” by the Jews, who were proud of their circumcision, even though it affected only their bodies and not their hearts.

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Eph 2:12 - In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from citizenship among the people of Israel, and you did not know the covenant promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.

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Eph 3:2 - assuming, by the way, that you know God gave me the special responsibility of extending his grace to you Gentiles.

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Eph 3:6 - And this is God's plan: Both Gentiles and Jews who believe the Good News share equally in the riches inherited by God's children. Both are part of the same body, and both enjoy the promise of blessings because they belong to Christ Jesus.[fn]

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Eph 3:7 - By God's grace and mighty power, I have been given the privilege of serving him by spreading this Good News.

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Eph 3:10 - God's purpose in all this was to use the church to display his wisdom in its rich variety to all the unseen rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.

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Eph 3:12 - Because of Christ and our faith in him,[fn] we can now come boldly and confidently into God's presence.

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Eph 3:16 - I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit.

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Eph 3:17 - Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God's love and keep you strong.

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Eph 3:19 - May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.

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Eph 4:1 - Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God.

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Eph 4:3 - Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace.

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Eph 4:4 - For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future.

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Eph 4:7 - However, he has given each one of us a special gift[fn] through the generosity of Christ.

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Eph 4:9 - Notice that it says “he ascended.” This clearly means that Christ also descended to our lowly world.[fn]

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Eph 4:13 - This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God's Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ.

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Eph 4:14 - Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won't be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth.

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Eph 4:16 - He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.

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Eph 4:18 - Their minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God gives because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts against him.

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Eph 4:22 - throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception.

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Eph 4:24 - Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.

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Eph 4:29 - Don't use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.

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Eph 5:6 - Don't be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the anger of God will fall on all who disobey him.

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Eph 5:23 - For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church.

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Eph 6:3 - If you honor your father and mother, “things will go well for you, and you will have a long life on the earth.”[fn]

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Eph 6:5 - Slaves, obey your earthly masters with deep respect and fear. Serve them sincerely as you would serve Christ.

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Eph 6:10 - A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.

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Eph 6:12 - For we[fn] are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.

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Eph 6:14 - Stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of God's righteousness.

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Eph 6:15 - For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News so that you will be fully prepared.[fn]

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Eph 6:16 - In addition to all of these, hold up the shield of faith to stop the fiery arrows of the devil.[fn]

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Phl 1:5 - for you have been my partners in spreading the Good News about Christ from the time you first heard it until now.

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Phl 1:7 - So it is right that I should feel as I do about all of you, for you have a special place in my heart. You share with me the special favor of God, both in my imprisonment and in defending and confirming the truth of the Good News.

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Phl 1:19 - For I know that as you pray for me and the Spirit of Jesus Christ helps me, this will lead to my deliverance.

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Phl 1:25 - Knowing this, I am convinced that I will remain alive so I can continue to help all of you grow and experience the joy of your faith.

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Phl 1:26 - And when I come to you again, you will have even more reason to take pride in Christ Jesus because of what he is doing through me.

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Phl 2:13 - For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.

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Phl 2:17 - But I will rejoice even if I lose my life, pouring it out like a liquid offering to God,[fn] just like your faithful service is an offering to God. And I want all of you to share that joy.

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Phl 2:25 - Meanwhile, I thought I should send Epaphroditus back to you. He is a true brother, co-worker, and fellow soldier. And he was your messenger to help me in my need.

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Phl 2:30 - For he risked his life for the work of Christ, and he was at the point of death while doing for me what you couldn't do from far away.

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Phl 3:8 - Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ

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Phl 3:10 - I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death,

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Phl 3:14 - I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.

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Phl 3:21 - He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control.

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Phl 4:9 - Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.

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Phl 4:22 - And all the rest of God's people send you greetings, too, especially those in Caesar's household.

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Col 1:5 - which come from your confident hope of what God has reserved for you in heaven. You have had this expectation ever since you first heard the truth of the Good News.

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Col 1:11 - We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy,[fn]

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Col 1:13 - For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son,

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Col 1:16 - for through him God created everything
in the heavenly realms and on earth.
He made the things we can see
and the things we can't see—
such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world.
Everything was created through him and for him.

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Col 1:18 - Christ is also the head of the church,
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He is the beginning,
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Col 1:20 - and through him God reconciled
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He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth
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Col 1:22 - Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault.

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Col 1:23 - But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. Don't drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News. The Good News has been preached all over the world, and I, Paul, have been appointed as God's servant to proclaim it.

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Col 1:27 - For God wanted them to know that the riches and glory of Christ are for you Gentiles, too. And this is the secret: Christ lives in you. This gives you assurance of sharing his glory.

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Col 2:2 - I want them to be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love. I want them to have complete confidence that they understand God's mysterious plan, which is Christ himself.

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Col 2:3 - In him lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

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Col 2:5 - For though I am far away from you, my heart is with you. And I rejoice that you are living as you should and that your faith in Christ is strong.

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Col 2:8 - Don't let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers[fn] of this world, rather than from Christ.

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Col 2:9 - For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body.[fn]

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Col 2:11 - When you came to Christ, you were “circumcised,” but not by a physical procedure. Christ performed a spiritual circumcision—the cutting away of your sinful nature.[fn]

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Col 2:12 - For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead.

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Col 2:13 - You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins.

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Col 2:18 - Don't let anyone condemn you by insisting on pious self-denial or the worship of angels,[fn] saying they have had visions about these things. Their sinful minds have made them proud,

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Col 2:23 - These rules may seem wise because they require strong devotion, pious self-denial, and severe bodily discipline. But they provide no help in conquering a person's evil desires.

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Col 3:2 - Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth.

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Col 3:5 - So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don't be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.

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Col 3:6 - Because of these sins, the anger of God is coming.[fn]

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Col 3:14 - Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.

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Col 3:24 - Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ.[fn]

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1Th 1:3 - As we pray to our God and Father about you, we think of your faithful work, your loving deeds, and the enduring hope you have because of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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1Th 1:10 - And they speak of how you are looking forward to the coming of God's Son from heaven—Jesus, whom God raised from the dead. He is the one who has rescued us from the terrors of the coming judgment.

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1Th 3:2 - and we sent Timothy to visit you. He is our brother and God's co-worker[fn] in proclaiming the Good News of Christ. We sent him to strengthen you, to encourage you in your faith,

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1Th 3:7 - So we have been greatly encouraged in the midst of our troubles and suffering, dear brothers and sisters,[fn] because you have remained strong in your faith.

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1Th 3:10 - Night and day we pray earnestly for you, asking God to let us see you again to fill the gaps in your faith.

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1Th 4:3 - God's will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin.

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1Th 4:9 - But we don't need to write to you about the importance of loving each other,[fn] for God himself has taught you to love one another.

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1Th 5:23 - Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.

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2Th 1:4 - We proudly tell God's other churches about your endurance and faithfulness in all the persecutions and hardships you are suffering.

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2Th 1:5 - And God will use this persecution to show his justice and to make you worthy of his Kingdom, for which you are suffering.

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2Th 1:9 - They will be punished with eternal destruction, forever separated from the Lord and from his glorious power.

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2Th 1:11 - So we keep on praying for you, asking our God to enable you to live a life worthy of his call. May he give you the power to accomplish all the good things your faith prompts you to do.

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2Th 2:1 - Now, dear brothers and sisters,[fn] let us clarify some things about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and how we will be gathered to meet him.

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2Th 2:3 - Don't be fooled by what they say. For that day will not come until there is a great rebellion against God and the man of lawlessness[fn] is revealed—the one who brings destruction.[fn]

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2Th 2:7 - For this lawlessness is already at work secretly, and it will remain secret until the one who is holding it back steps out of the way.

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2Th 2:8 - Then the man of lawlessness will be revealed, but the Lord Jesus will kill him with the breath of his mouth and destroy him by the splendor of his coming.

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2Th 2:10 - He will use every kind of evil deception to fool those on their way to destruction, because they refuse to love and accept the truth that would save them.

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2Th 3:14 - Take note of those who refuse to obey what we say in this letter. Stay away from them so they will be ashamed.

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2Th 3:16 - Now may the Lord of peace himself give you his peace at all times and in every situation. The Lord be with you all.

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1Ti 1:1 - This letter is from Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, appointed by the command of God our Savior and Christ Jesus, who gives us hope.

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1Ti 1:5 - The purpose of my instruction is that all believers would be filled with love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and genuine faith.

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1Ti 1:11 - that comes from the glorious Good News entrusted to me by our blessed God.

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1Ti 1:14 - Oh, how generous and gracious our Lord was! He filled me with the faith and love that come from Christ Jesus.

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1Ti 2:15 - But women will be saved through childbearing,[fn] assuming they continue to live in faith, love, holiness, and modesty.

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1Ti 3:9 - They must be committed to the mystery of the faith now revealed and must live with a clear conscience.

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1Ti 3:15 - so that if I am delayed, you will know how people must conduct themselves in the household of God. This is the church of the living God, which is the pillar and foundation of the truth.

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1Ti 3:16 - Without question, this is the great mystery of our faith[fn]:
Christ[fn] was revealed in a human body
and vindicated by the Spirit.[fn]
He was seen by angels
and announced to the nations.
He was believed in throughout the world
and taken to heaven in glory.

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1Ti 4:1 - Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will turn away from the true faith; they will follow deceptive spirits and teachings that come from demons.

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1Ti 4:6 - If you explain these things to the brothers and sisters,[fn] Timothy, you will be a worthy servant of Christ Jesus, one who is nourished by the message of faith and the good teaching you have followed.

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1Ti 4:8 - “Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come.”

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1Ti 4:12 - Don't let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity.

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1Ti 6:2 - If the masters are believers, that is no excuse for being disrespectful. Those slaves should work all the harder because their efforts are helping other believers[fn] who are well loved. Teach these things, Timothy, and encourage everyone to obey them.

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1Ti 6:5 - These people always cause trouble. Their minds are corrupt, and they have turned their backs on the truth. To them, a show of godliness is just a way to become wealthy.

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1Ti 6:10 - For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

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1Ti 6:12 - Fight the good fight for the true faith. Hold tightly to the eternal life to which God has called you, which you have confessed so well before many witnesses.

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1Ti 6:14 - that you obey this command without wavering. Then no one can find fault with you from now until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.

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1Ti 6:19 - By doing this they will be storing up their treasure as a good foundation for the future so that they may experience true life.

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1Ti 6:20 - Timothy, guard what God has entrusted to you. Avoid godless, foolish discussions with those who oppose you with their so-called knowledge.

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2Ti 1:1 - This letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus. I have been sent out to tell others about the life he has promised through faith in Christ Jesus.

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2Ti 1:5 - I remember your genuine faith, for you share the faith that first filled your grandmother Lois and your mother, Eunice. And I know that same faith continues strong in you.

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2Ti 1:6 - This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you.

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2Ti 1:10 - And now he has made all of this plain to us by the appearing of Christ Jesus, our Savior. He broke the power of death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the Good News.

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2Ti 2:10 - So I am willing to endure anything if it will bring salvation and eternal glory in Christ Jesus to those God has chosen.

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2Ti 2:15 - Work hard so you can present yourself to God and receive his approval. Be a good worker, one who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly explains the word of truth.

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2Ti 2:26 - Then they will come to their senses and escape from the devil's trap. For they have been held captive by him to do whatever he wants.

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2Ti 3:15 - You have been taught the holy Scriptures from childhood, and they have given you the wisdom to receive the salvation that comes by trusting in Christ Jesus.

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2Ti 4:3 - For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to sound and wholesome teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever their itching ears want to hear.

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2Ti 4:4 - They will reject the truth and chase after myths.

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2Ti 4:6 - As for me, my life has already been poured out as an offering to God. The time of my death is near.

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2Ti 4:8 - And now the prize awaits me—the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on the day of his return. And the prize is not just for me but for all who eagerly look forward to his appearing.

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Tit 1:1 - This letter is from Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I have been sent to proclaim faith to[fn] those God has chosen and to teach them to know the truth that shows them how to live godly lives.

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Tit 1:10 - For there are many rebellious people who engage in useless talk and deceive others. This is especially true of those who insist on circumcision for salvation.

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Tit 2:13 - while we look forward with hope to that wonderful day when the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be revealed.

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Phm 1:6 - And I am praying that you will put into action the generosity that comes from your faith as you understand and experience all the good things we have in Christ.

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Phm 1:14 - But I didn't want to do anything without your consent. I wanted you to help because you were willing, not because you were forced.

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Heb 1:3 - The Son radiates God's own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. When he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven.

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Heb 1:8 - But to the Son he says,
“Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever.
You rule with a scepter of justice.

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Heb 2:10 - God, for whom and through whom everything was made, chose to bring many children into glory. And it was only right that he should make Jesus, through his suffering, a perfect leader, fit to bring them into their salvation.

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Heb 3:1 - And so, dear brothers and sisters who belong to God and[fn] are partners with those called to heaven, think carefully about this Jesus whom we declare to be God's messenger[fn] and High Priest.

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Heb 3:6 - But Christ, as the Son, is in charge of God's entire house. And we are God's house, if we keep our courage and remain confident in our hope in Christ.[fn]

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Heb 3:7 - That is why the Holy Spirit says,
“Today when you hear his voice,

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Heb 3:13 - You must warn each other every day, while it is still “today,” so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.

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Heb 3:14 - For if we are faithful to the end, trusting God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that belongs to Christ.

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Heb 3:15 - Remember what it says:
“Today when you hear his voice,
don't harden your hearts
as Israel did when they rebelled.”[fn]

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Heb 4:2 - For this good news—that God has prepared this rest—has been announced to us just as it was to them. But it did them no good because they didn't share the faith of those who listened to God.[fn]

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Heb 4:4 - We know it is ready because of the place in the Scriptures where it mentions the seventh day: “On the seventh day God rested from all his work.”[fn]

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Heb 4:7 - So God set another time for entering his rest, and that time is today. God announced this through David much later in the words already quoted:
“Today when you hear his voice,
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Heb 4:11 - So let us do our best to enter that rest. But if we disobey God, as the people of Israel did, we will fall.

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Heb 4:14 - So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe.

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Heb 4:16 - So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.

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Heb 5:7 - While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God.

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Heb 5:12 - You have been believers so long now that you ought to be teaching others. Instead, you need someone to teach you again the basic things about God's word.[fn] You are like babies who need milk and cannot eat solid food.

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Heb 6:1 - So let us stop going over the basic teachings about Christ again and again. Let us go on instead and become mature in our understanding. Surely we don't need to start again with the fundamental importance of repenting from evil deeds[fn] and placing our faith in God.

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Heb 6:4 - For it is impossible to bring back to repentance those who were once enlightened—those who have experienced the good things of heaven and shared in the Holy Spirit,

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Heb 6:10 - For God is not unjust. He will not forget how hard you have worked for him and how you have shown your love to him by caring for other believers,[fn] as you still do.

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Heb 6:11 - Our great desire is that you will keep on loving others as long as life lasts, in order to make certain that what you hope for will come true.

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Heb 6:15 - Then Abraham waited patiently, and he received what God had promised.

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Heb 6:17 - God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind.

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Heb 6:18 - So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us.

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Heb 6:19 - This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God's inner sanctuary.

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Heb 7:1 - This Melchizedek was king of the city of Salem and also a priest of God Most High. When Abraham was returning home after winning a great battle against the kings, Melchizedek met him and blessed him.

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Heb 7:5 - Now the law of Moses required that the priests, who are descendants of Levi, must collect a tithe from the rest of the people of Israel,[fn] who are also descendants of Abraham.

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Heb 7:11 - So if the priesthood of Levi, on which the law was based, could have achieved the perfection God intended, why did God need to establish a different priesthood, with a priest in the order of Melchizedek instead of the order of Levi and Aaron?[fn]

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Heb 7:12 - And if the priesthood is changed, the law must also be changed to permit it.

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Heb 7:28 - The law appointed high priests who were limited by human weakness. But after the law was given, God appointed his Son with an oath, and his Son has been made the perfect High Priest forever.

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Heb 8:1 - Here is the main point: We have a High Priest who sat down in the place of honor beside the throne of the majestic God in heaven.

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Heb 8:2 - There he ministers in the heavenly Tabernacle,[fn] the true place of worship that was built by the Lord and not by human hands.

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Heb 8:9 - This covenant will not be like the one
I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
and led them out of the land of Egypt.
They did not remain faithful to my covenant,
so I turned my back on them, says the LORD.

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Heb 9:4 - In that room were a gold incense altar and a wooden chest called the Ark of the Covenant, which was covered with gold on all sides. Inside the Ark were a gold jar containing manna, Aaron's staff that sprouted leaves, and the stone tablets of the covenant.

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Heb 9:8 - By these regulations the Holy Spirit revealed that the entrance to the Most Holy Place was not freely open as long as the Tabernacle[fn] and the system it represented were still in use.

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Heb 9:11 - So Christ has now become the High Priest over all the good things that have come.[fn] He has entered that greater, more perfect Tabernacle in heaven, which was not made by human hands and is not part of this created world.

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Heb 9:13 - Under the old system, the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow could cleanse people's bodies from ceremonial impurity.

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Heb 9:15 - That is why he is the one who mediates a new covenant between God and people, so that all who are called can receive the eternal inheritance God has promised them. For Christ died to set them free from the penalty of the sins they had committed under that first covenant.

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Heb 9:20 - Then he said, “This blood confirms the covenant God has made with you.”[fn]

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Heb 9:21 - And in the same way, he sprinkled blood on the Tabernacle and on everything used for worship.

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Heb 9:26 - If that had been necessary, Christ would have had to die again and again, ever since the world began. But now, once for all time, he has appeared at the end of the age[fn] to remove sin by his own death as a sacrifice.

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Heb 10:10 - For God's will was for us to be made holy by the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all time.

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Heb 10:20 - By his death,[fn] Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the curtain into the Most Holy Place.

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Heb 10:23 - Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.

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Heb 10:26 - Dear friends, if we deliberately continue sinning after we have received knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice that will cover these sins.

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Heb 10:29 - Just think how much worse the punishment will be for those who have trampled on the Son of God, and have treated the blood of the covenant, which made us holy, as if it were common and unholy, and have insulted and disdained the Holy Spirit who brings God's mercy to us.

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Heb 11:5 - It was by faith that Enoch was taken up to heaven without dying—“he disappeared, because God took him.”[fn] For before he was taken up, he was known as a person who pleased God.

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Heb 11:7 - It was by faith that Noah built a large boat to save his family from the flood. He obeyed God, who warned him about things that had never happened before. By his faith Noah condemned the rest of the world, and he received the righteousness that comes by faith.

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Heb 11:9 - And even when he reached the land God promised him, he lived there by faith—for he was like a foreigner, living in tents. And so did Isaac and Jacob, who inherited the same promise.

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Heb 11:12 - And so a whole nation came from this one man who was as good as dead—a nation with so many people that, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore, there is no way to count them.

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Heb 11:13 - All these people died still believing what God had promised them. They did not receive what was promised, but they saw it all from a distance and welcomed it. They agreed that they were foreigners and nomads here on earth.

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Heb 11:21 - It was by faith that Jacob, when he was old and dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons and bowed in worship as he leaned on his staff.

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Heb 11:22 - It was by faith that Joseph, when he was about to die, said confidently that the people of Israel would leave Egypt. He even commanded them to take his bones with them when they left.

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Heb 11:38 - They were too good for this world, wandering over deserts and mountains, hiding in caves and holes in the ground.

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Heb 11:39 - All these people earned a good reputation because of their faith, yet none of them received all that God had promised.

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Heb 12:2 - We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith.[fn] Because of the joy[fn] awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God's throne.

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Heb 12:5 - And have you forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to you as his children?[fn] He said,
“My child,[fn] don't make light of the LORD's discipline,
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Heb 12:9 - Since we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn't we submit even more to the discipline of the Father of our spirits, and live forever?[fn]

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Heb 12:10 - For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how. But God's discipline is always good for us, so that we might share in his holiness.

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Heb 12:15 - Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many.

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Heb 13:2 - Don't forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it!

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Heb 13:7 - Remember your leaders who taught you the word of God. Think of all the good that has come from their lives, and follow the example of their faith.

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Heb 13:11 - Under the old system, the high priest brought the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, and the bodies of the animals were burned outside the camp.

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Heb 13:12 - So also Jesus suffered and died outside the city gates to make his people holy by means of his own blood.

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Heb 13:13 - So let us go out to him, outside the camp, and bear the disgrace he bore.

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Heb 13:16 - And don't forget to do good and to share with those in need. These are the sacrifices that please God.

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Heb 13:20 - Now may the God of peace—
who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus,
the great Shepherd of the sheep,
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Heb 13:22 - I urge you, dear brothers and sisters,[fn] to pay attention to what I have written in this brief exhortation.

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Heb 13:24 - Greet all your leaders and all the believers there.[fn] The believers from Italy send you their greetings.

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Jas 1:3 - For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.

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Jas 1:12 - God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

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Jas 1:14 - Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away.

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Jas 1:23 - For if you listen to the word and don't obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror.

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Jas 1:25 - But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don't forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.

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Jas 2:1 - My dear brothers and sisters,[fn] how can you claim to have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ if you favor some people over others?

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Jas 2:5 - Listen to me, dear brothers and sisters. Hasn't God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith? Aren't they the ones who will inherit the Kingdom he promised to those who love him?

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Jas 2:15 - Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food or clothing,

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Jas 3:6 - And the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself.[fn]

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Jas 3:11 - Does a spring of water bubble out with both fresh water and bitter water?

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Jas 3:13 - If you are wise and understand God's ways, prove it by living an honorable life, doing good works with the humility that comes from wisdom.

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Jas 3:14 - But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your heart, don't cover up the truth with boasting and lying.

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Jas 4:14 - How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it's here a little while, then it's gone.

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Jas 5:5 - You have spent your years on earth in luxury, satisfying your every desire. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.

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Jas 5:7 - Dear brothers and sisters,[fn] be patient as you wait for the Lord's return. Consider the farmers who patiently wait for the rains in the fall and in the spring. They eagerly look for the valuable harvest to ripen.

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Jas 5:10 - For examples of patience in suffering, dear brothers and sisters, look at the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

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Jas 5:14 - Are any of you sick? You should call for the elders of the church to come and pray over you, anointing you with oil in the name of the Lord.

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Jas 5:15 - Such a prayer offered in faith will heal the sick, and the Lord will make you well. And if you have committed any sins, you will be forgiven.

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Jas 5:17 - Elijah was as human as we are, and yet when he prayed earnestly that no rain would fall, none fell for three and a half years!

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Jas 5:19 - My dear brothers and sisters, if someone among you wanders away from the truth and is brought back,

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1Pe 1:7 - These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.

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1Pe 1:9 - The reward for trusting him will be the salvation of your souls.

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1Pe 1:10 - This salvation was something even the prophets wanted to know more about when they prophesied about this gracious salvation prepared for you.

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1Pe 1:13 - So think clearly and exercise self-control. Look forward to the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world.

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1Pe 1:17 - And remember that the heavenly Father to whom you pray has no favorites. He will judge or reward you according to what you do. So you must live in reverent fear of him during your time as “foreigners in the land.”

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1Pe 1:18 - For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And the ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver.

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1Pe 1:22 - You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters.[fn] Love each other deeply with all your heart.[fn]

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1Pe 2:11 - Dear friends, I warn you as “temporary residents and foreigners” to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls.

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1Pe 2:16 - For you are free, yet you are God's slaves, so don't use your freedom as an excuse to do evil.

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1Pe 3:1 - In the same way, you wives must accept the authority of your husbands. Then, even if some refuse to obey the Good News, your godly lives will speak to them without any words. They will be won over

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1Pe 3:4 - You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.

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1Pe 3:15 - Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your Christian hope, always be ready to explain it.

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1Pe 4:4 - Of course, your former friends are surprised when you no longer plunge into the flood of wild and destructive things they do. So they slander you.

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1Pe 4:13 - Instead, be very glad—for these trials make you partners with Christ in his suffering, so that you will have the wonderful joy of seeing his glory when it is revealed to all the world.

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1Pe 4:14 - So be happy when you are insulted for being a Christian,[fn] for then the glorious Spirit of God[fn] rests upon you.[fn]

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1Pe 5:1 - And now, a word to you who are elders in the churches. I, too, am an elder and a witness to the sufferings of Christ. And I, too, will share in his glory when he is revealed to the whole world. As a fellow elder, I appeal to you:

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1Pe 5:4 - And when the Great Shepherd appears, you will receive a crown of never-ending glory and honor.

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2Pe 1:3 - By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence.

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2Pe 1:4 - And because of his glory and excellence, he has given us great and precious promises. These are the promises that enable you to share his divine nature and escape the world's corruption caused by human desires.

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2Pe 1:16 - For we were not making up clever stories when we told you about the powerful coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. We saw his majestic splendor with our own eyes

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2Pe 1:17 - when he received honor and glory from God the Father. The voice from the majestic glory of God said to him, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy.”[fn]

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2Pe 2:2 - Many will follow their evil teaching and shameful immorality. And because of these teachers, the way of truth will be slandered.

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2Pe 2:7 - But God also rescued Lot out of Sodom because he was a righteous man who was sick of the shameful immorality of the wicked people around him.

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2Pe 2:19 - They promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves of sin and corruption. For you are a slave to whatever controls you.

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2Pe 2:21 - It would be better if they had never known the way to righteousness than to know it and then reject the command they were given to live a holy life.

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2Pe 2:22 - They prove the truth of this proverb: “A dog returns to its vomit.”[fn] And another says, “A washed pig returns to the mud.”

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2Pe 3:2 - I want you to remember what the holy prophets said long ago and what our Lord and Savior commanded through your apostles.

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2Pe 3:4 - They will say, “What happened to the promise that Jesus is coming again? From before the times of our ancestors, everything has remained the same since the world was first created.”

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2Pe 3:9 - The Lord isn't really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.

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2Pe 3:12 - looking forward to the day of God and hurrying it along. On that day, he will set the heavens on fire, and the elements will melt away in the flames.

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1Jo 1:1 - We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning,[fn] whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life.

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1Jo 2:16 - For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world.

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1Jo 2:21 - So I am writing to you not because you don't know the truth but because you know the difference between truth and lies.

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1Jo 3:19 - Our actions will show that we belong to the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before God.

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1Jo 3:20 - Even if we feel guilty, God is greater than our feelings, and he knows everything.

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1Jo 4:6 - But we belong to God, and those who know God listen to us. If they do not belong to God, they do not listen to us. That is how we know if someone has the Spirit of truth or the spirit of deception.

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1Jo 4:17 - And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world.

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2Jo 1:13 - Greetings from the children of your sister,[fn] chosen by God.

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3Jo 1:10 - When I come, I will report some of the things he is doing and the evil accusations he is making against us. Not only does he refuse to welcome the traveling teachers, he also tells others not to help them. And when they do help, he puts them out of the church.

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3Jo 1:12 - Everyone speaks highly of Demetrius, as does the truth itself. We ourselves can say the same for him, and you know we speak the truth.

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Jde 1:3 - Dear friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we all share. But now I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the faith that God has entrusted once for all time to his holy people.

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Jde 1:23 - Rescue others by snatching them from the flames of judgment. Show mercy to still others,[fn] but do so with great caution, hating the sins that contaminate their lives.[fn]

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Jde 1:24 - Now all glory to God, who is able to keep you from falling away and will bring you with great joy into his glorious presence without a single fault.

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Rev 1:3 - God blesses the one who reads the words of this prophecy to the church, and he blesses all who listen to its message and obey what it says, for the time is near.

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Rev 1:5 - and from Jesus Christ. He is the faithful witness to these things, the first to rise from the dead, and the ruler of all the kings of the world.
All glory to him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by shedding his blood for us.

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Rev 1:7 - Look! He comes with the clouds of heaven.
And everyone will see him—
even those who pierced him.
And all the nations of the world
will mourn for him.
Yes! Amen!

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Rev 1:20 - This is the meaning of the mystery of the seven stars you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lampstands: The seven stars are the angels[fn] of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

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Rev 2:1 - “Write this letter to the angel[fn] of the church in Ephesus. This is the message from the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand, the one who walks among the seven gold lampstands:

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Rev 2:7 - “Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches. To everyone who is victorious I will give fruit from the tree of life in the paradise of God.

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Rev 2:8 - “Write this letter to the angel of the church in Smyrna. This is the message from the one who is the First and the Last, who was dead but is now alive:

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Rev 2:10 - Don't be afraid of what you are about to suffer. The devil will throw some of you into prison to test you. You will suffer for ten days. But if you remain faithful even when facing death, I will give you the crown of life.

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Rev 2:12 - “Write this letter to the angel of the church in Pergamum. This is the message from the one with the sharp two-edged sword:

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Rev 2:18 - “Write this letter to the angel of the church in Thyatira. This is the message from the Son of God, whose eyes are like flames of fire, whose feet are like polished bronze:

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Rev 2:21 - I gave her time to repent, but she does not want to turn away from her immorality.

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Rev 3:1 - “Write this letter to the angel[fn] of the church in Sardis. This is the message from the one who has the sevenfold Spirit[fn] of God and the seven stars: “I know all the things you do, and that you have a reputation for being alive—but you are dead.

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Rev 3:5 - All who are victorious will be clothed in white. I will never erase their names from the Book of Life, but I will announce before my Father and his angels that they are mine.

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Rev 3:7 - “Write this letter to the angel of the church in Philadelphia.
This is the message from the one who is holy and true,
the one who has the key of David.
What he opens, no one can close;
and what he closes, no one can open:[fn]

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Rev 3:9 - Look, I will force those who belong to Satan's synagogue—those liars who say they are Jews but are not—to come and bow down at your feet. They will acknowledge that you are the ones I love.

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Rev 3:10 - “Because you have obeyed my command to persevere, I will protect you from the great time of testing that will come upon the whole world to test those who belong to this world.

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Rev 3:12 - All who are victorious will become pillars in the Temple of my God, and they will never have to leave it. And I will write on them the name of my God, and they will be citizens in the city of my God—the new Jerusalem that comes down from heaven from my God. And I will also write on them my new name.

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Rev 3:14 - “Write this letter to the angel of the church in Laodicea. This is the message from the one who is the Amen—the faithful and true witness, the beginning[fn] of God's new creation:

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Rev 3:18 - So I advise you to buy gold from me—gold that has been purified by fire. Then you will be rich. Also buy white garments from me so you will not be shamed by your nakedness, and ointment for your eyes so you will be able to see.

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Rev 3:20 - “Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.

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Rev 5:3 - But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll and read it.

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Rev 5:5 - But one of the twenty-four elders said to me, “Stop weeping! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the heir to David's throne,[fn] has won the victory. He is worthy to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

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Rev 5:7 - He stepped forward and took the scroll from the right hand of the one sitting on the throne.

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Rev 5:10 - And you have caused them to become
a Kingdom of priests for our God.
And they will reign[fn] on the earth.”

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Rev 5:13 - And then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea. They sang:
“Blessing and honor and glory and power
belong to the one sitting on the throne
and to the Lamb forever and ever.”

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Rev 6:4 - Then another horse appeared, a red one. Its rider was given a mighty sword and the authority to take peace from the earth. And there was war and slaughter everywhere.

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Rev 6:8 - I looked up and saw a horse whose color was pale green. Its rider was named Death, and his companion was the Grave.[fn] These two were given authority over one-fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword and famine and disease[fn] and wild animals.

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Rev 6:10 - They shouted to the Lord and said, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you judge the people who belong to this world and avenge our blood for what they have done to us?”

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Rev 6:15 - Then everyone—the kings of the earth, the rulers, the generals, the wealthy, the powerful, and every slave and free person—all hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

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Rev 6:16 - And they cried to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb.

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Rev 6:17 - For the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to survive?”

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Rev 7:1 - Then I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds so they did not blow on the earth or the sea, or even on any tree.

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Rev 7:14 - And I said to him, “Sir, you are the one who knows.”
Then he said to me, “These are the ones who died in[fn] the great tribulation.[fn] They have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb and made them white.

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Rev 8:7 - The first angel blew his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were thrown down on the earth. One-third of the earth was set on fire, one-third of the trees were burned, and all the green grass was burned.

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Rev 8:8 - Then the second angel blew his trumpet, and a great mountain of fire was thrown into the sea. One-third of the water in the sea became blood,

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Rev 8:12 - Then the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and one-third of the sun was struck, and one-third of the moon, and one-third of the stars, and they became dark. And one-third of the day was dark, and also one-third of the night.

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Rev 8:13 - Then I looked, and I heard a single eagle crying loudly as it flew through the air, “Terror, terror, terror to all who belong to this world because of what will happen when the last three angels blow their trumpets.”

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Rev 9:1 - Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen to earth from the sky, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.[fn]

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Rev 9:2 - When he opened it, smoke poured out as though from a huge furnace, and the sunlight and air turned dark from the smoke.

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Rev 9:3 - Then locusts came from the smoke and descended on the earth, and they were given power to sting like scorpions.

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Rev 9:4 - They were told not to harm the grass or plants or trees, but only the people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

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Rev 9:11 - Their king is the angel from the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon—the Destroyer.

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Rev 9:21 - And they did not repent of their murders or their witchcraft or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

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Rev 10:1 - Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, surrounded by a cloud, with a rainbow over his head. His face shone like the sun, and his feet were like pillars of fire.

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Rev 10:2 - And in his hand was a small scroll[fn] that had been opened. He stood with his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.

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Rev 10:5 - Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand toward heaven.

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Rev 10:7 - When the seventh angel blows his trumpet, God's mysterious plan will be fulfilled. It will happen just as he announced it to his servants the prophets.”

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Rev 10:8 - Then the voice from heaven spoke to me again: “Go and take the open scroll from the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”

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Rev 10:10 - So I took the small scroll from the hand of the angel, and I ate it! It was sweet in my mouth, but when I swallowed it, it turned sour in my stomach.

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Rev 11:4 - These two prophets are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of all the earth.

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Rev 11:6 - They have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall for as long as they prophesy. And they have the power to turn the rivers and oceans into blood, and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.

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Rev 11:7 - When they complete their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the bottomless pit[fn] will declare war against them, and he will conquer them and kill them.

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Rev 11:8 - And their bodies will lie in the main street of Jerusalem,[fn] the city that is figuratively called “Sodom” and “Egypt,” the city where their Lord was crucified.

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Rev 11:10 - All the people who belong to this world will gloat over them and give presents to each other to celebrate the death of the two prophets who had tormented them.

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Rev 11:13 - At the same time there was a terrible earthquake that destroyed a tenth of the city. Seven thousand people died in that earthquake, and everyone else was terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

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Rev 11:19 - Then, in heaven, the Temple of God was opened and the Ark of his covenant could be seen inside the Temple. Lightning flashed, thunder crashed and roared, and there was an earthquake and a terrible hailstorm.

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Rev 12:1 - Then I witnessed in heaven an event of great significance. I saw a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon beneath her feet, and a crown of twelve stars on her head.

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Rev 12:4 - His tail swept away one-third of the stars in the sky, and he threw them to the earth. He stood in front of the woman as she was about to give birth, ready to devour her baby as soon as it was born.

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Rev 12:11 - And they have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb
and by their testimony.
And they did not love their lives so much
that they were afraid to die.

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Rev 12:15 - Then the dragon tried to drown the woman with a flood of water that flowed from his mouth.

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Rev 13:1 - Then I saw a beast rising up out of the sea. It had seven heads and ten horns, with ten crowns on its horns. And written on each head were names that blasphemed God.

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Rev 13:8 - And all the people who belong to this world worshiped the beast. They are the ones whose names were not written in the Book of Life before the world was made—the Book that belongs to the Lamb who was slaughtered.[fn]

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Rev 13:11 - Then I saw another beast come up out of the earth. He had two horns like those of a lamb, but he spoke with the voice of a dragon.

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Rev 13:14 - And with all the miracles he was allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the people who belong to this world. He ordered the people to make a great statue of the first beast, who was fatally wounded and then came back to life.

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Rev 13:16 - He required everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and slave—to be given a mark on the right hand or on the forehead.

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Rev 14:3 - This great choir sang a wonderful new song in front of the throne of God and before the four living beings and the twenty-four elders. No one could learn this song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

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Rev 14:6 - And I saw another angel flying through the sky, carrying the eternal Good News to proclaim to the people who belong to this world—to every nation, tribe, language, and people.

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Rev 14:7 - “Fear God,” he shouted. “Give glory to him. For the time has come when he will sit as judge. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and all the springs of water.”

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Rev 14:8 - Then another angel followed him through the sky, shouting, “Babylon is fallen—that great city is fallen—because she made all the nations of the world drink the wine of her passionate immorality.”

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Rev 14:10 - must drink the wine of God's anger. It has been poured full strength into God's cup of wrath. And they will be tormented with fire and burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and the Lamb.

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Rev 14:14 - Then I saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was someone like the Son of Man.[fn] He had a gold crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.

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Rev 14:15 - Then another angel came from the Temple and shouted to the one sitting on the cloud, “Swing the sickle, for the time of harvest has come; the crop on earth is ripe.”

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Rev 14:16 - So the one sitting on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the whole earth was harvested.

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Rev 14:18 - Then another angel, who had power to destroy with fire, came from the altar. He shouted to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sickle now to gather the clusters of grapes from the vines of the earth, for they are ripe for judgment.”

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Rev 14:19 - So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and loaded the grapes into the great winepress of God's wrath.

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Rev 14:20 - The grapes were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress in a stream about 180 miles[fn] long and as high as a horse's bridle.

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Rev 15:2 - I saw before me what seemed to be a glass sea mixed with fire. And on it stood all the people who had been victorious over the beast and his statue and the number representing his name. They were all holding harps that God had given them.

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Rev 15:5 - Then I looked and saw that the Temple in heaven, God's Tabernacle, was thrown wide open.

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Rev 15:8 - The Temple was filled with smoke from God's glory and power. No one could enter the Temple until the seven angels had completed pouring out the seven plagues.

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Rev 16:14 - They are demonic spirits who work miracles and go out to all the rulers of the world to gather them for battle against the Lord on that great judgment day of God the Almighty.

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Rev 16:18 - Then the thunder crashed and rolled, and lightning flashed. And a great earthquake struck—the worst since people were placed on the earth.

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Rev 16:19 - The great city of Babylon split into three sections, and the cities of many nations fell into heaps of rubble. So God remembered all of Babylon's sins, and he made her drink the cup that was filled with the wine of his fierce wrath.

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Rev 16:21 - There was a terrible hailstorm, and hailstones weighing as much as seventy-five pounds[fn] fell from the sky onto the people below. They cursed God because of the terrible plague of the hailstorm.

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Rev 17:1 - One of the seven angels who had poured out the seven bowls came over and spoke to me. “Come with me,” he said, “and I will show you the judgment that is going to come on the great prostitute, who rules over many waters.

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Rev 17:2 - The kings of the world have committed adultery with her, and the people who belong to this world have been made drunk by the wine of her immorality.”

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Rev 17:4 - The woman wore purple and scarlet clothing and beautiful jewelry made of gold and precious gems and pearls. In her hand she held a gold goblet full of obscenities and the impurities of her immorality.

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Rev 17:5 - A mysterious name was written on her forehead: “Babylon the Great, Mother of All Prostitutes and Obscenities in the World.”

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Rev 17:7 - “Why are you so amazed?” the angel asked. “I will tell you the mystery of this woman and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns on which she sits.

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Rev 17:8 - The beast you saw was once alive but isn't now. And yet he will soon come up out of the bottomless pit[fn] and go to eternal destruction. And the people who belong to this world, whose names were not written in the Book of Life before the world was made, will be amazed at the reappearance of this beast who had died.

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Rev 17:18 - And this woman you saw in your vision represents the great city that rules over the kings of the world.”

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Rev 18:1 - After all this I saw another angel come down from heaven with great authority, and the earth grew bright with his splendor.

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Rev 18:3 - For all the nations have fallen[fn]
because of the wine of her passionate immorality.
The kings of the world
have committed adultery with her.
Because of her desires for extravagant luxury,
the merchants of the world have grown rich.”

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Rev 18:9 - And the kings of the world who committed adultery with her and enjoyed her great luxury will mourn for her as they see the smoke rising from her charred remains.

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Rev 18:11 - The merchants of the world will weep and mourn for her, for there is no one left to buy their goods.

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Rev 18:14 - “The fancy things you loved so much
are gone,” they cry.
“All your luxuries and splendor
are gone forever,
never to be yours again.”

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Rev 18:18 - They will cry out as they watch the smoke ascend, and they will say, “Where is there another city as great as this?”

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Rev 18:19 - And they will weep and throw dust on their heads to show their grief. And they will cry out,
“How terrible, how terrible for that great city!
The shipowners became wealthy
by transporting her great wealth on the seas.
In a single moment it is all gone.”

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Rev 18:23 - The light of a lamp
will never shine in you again.
The happy voices of brides and grooms
will never be heard in you again.
For your merchants were the greatest in the world,
and you deceived the nations with your sorceries.

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Rev 18:24 - In your[fn] streets flowed the blood of the prophets and of God's holy people
and the blood of people slaughtered all over the world.”

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Rev 19:10 - Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said, “No, don't worship me. I am a servant of God, just like you and your brothers and sisters[fn] who testify about their faith in Jesus. Worship only God. For the essence of prophecy is to give a clear witness for Jesus.[fn]”

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Rev 19:15 - From his mouth came a sharp sword to strike down the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He will release the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty, like juice flowing from a winepress.

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Rev 19:19 - Then I saw the beast and the kings of the world and their armies gathered together to fight against the one sitting on the horse and his army.

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Rev 19:20 - And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who did mighty miracles on behalf of the beast—miracles that deceived all who had accepted the mark of the beast and who worshiped his statue. Both the beast and his false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.

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Rev 20:1 - Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the bottomless pit[fn] and a heavy chain in his hand.

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Rev 20:7 - When the thousand years come to an end, Satan will be let out of his prison.

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Rev 20:8 - He will go out to deceive the nations—called Gog and Magog—in every corner of the earth. He will gather them together for battle—a mighty army, as numberless as sand along the seashore.

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Rev 20:9 - And I saw them as they went up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded God's people and the beloved city. But fire from heaven came down on the attacking armies and consumed them.

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Rev 20:12 - I saw the dead, both great and small, standing before God's throne. And the books were opened, including the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books.

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Rev 20:15 - And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire.

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Rev 21:6 - And he also said, “It is finished! I am the Alpha and the Omega—the Beginning and the End. To all who are thirsty I will give freely from the springs of the water of life.

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Rev 21:14 - The wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were written the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

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Rev 21:19 - The wall of the city was built on foundation stones inlaid with twelve precious stones:[fn] the first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,

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Rev 21:21 - The twelve gates were made of pearls—each gate from a single pearl! And the main street was pure gold, as clear as glass.

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Rev 21:23 - And the city has no need of sun or moon, for the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its light.

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Rev 21:24 - The nations will walk in its light, and the kings of the world will enter the city in all their glory.

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Rev 21:27 - Nothing evil[fn] will be allowed to enter, nor anyone who practices shameful idolatry and dishonesty—but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life.

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Rev 22:2 - It flowed down the center of the main street. On each side of the river grew a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit,[fn] with a fresh crop each month. The leaves were used for medicine to heal the nations.

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Rev 22:7 - “Look, I am coming soon! Blessed are those who obey the words of prophecy written in this book.[fn]”

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Rev 22:10 - Then he instructed me, “Do not seal up the prophetic words in this book, for the time is near.

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Rev 22:14 - Blessed are those who wash their robes. They will be permitted to enter through the gates of the city and eat the fruit from the tree of life.

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Rev 22:18 - And I solemnly declare to everyone who hears the words of prophecy written in this book: If anyone adds anything to what is written here, God will add to that person the plagues described in this book.

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Rev 22:19 - And if anyone removes any of the words from this book of prophecy, God will remove that person's share in the tree of life and in the holy city that are described in this book.

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