Luke 10
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After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and a sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go.
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Then He said to them, b "The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore c pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.
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"Go your way; d behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.
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e "Carry neither money bag, knapsack, nor sandals; and f greet no one along the road.
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g "But whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace to this house.'
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"And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on it; if not, it will return to you.
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h "And remain in the same house, i eating and drinking such things as they give, for j the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.
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"Whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you.
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k "And heal the sick there, and say to them, l 'The kingdom of God has come near to you.'
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"But whatever city you enter, and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,
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m 'The very dust of your city which clings to us we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near you.'
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"But I say to you that n it will be more tolerable in that Day for Sodom than for that city.
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o "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! p For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
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"But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.
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q "And you, Capernaum, who are r exalted to heaven, s will be brought down to Hades.
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t "He who hears you hears Me, u he who rejects you rejects Me, and v he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me."
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Then w the seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name."
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And He said to them, x "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
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"Behold, y I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
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"Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because z your names are written in heaven."
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a In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit and said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight.
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b "All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and c no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him."
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Then He turned to His disciples and said privately, d "Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see;
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"for I tell you e that many prophets and kings have desired to see what you see, and have not seen it, and to hear what you hear, and have not heard it."
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And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, f "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
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He said to him, "What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?"
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So he answered and said, g "'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,' and h 'your neighbor as yourself.' "
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And He said to him, "You have answered rightly; do this and i you will live."
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But he, wanting to j justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
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Then Jesus answered and said: "A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
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"Now by chance a certain priest came down that road. And when he saw him, k he passed by on the other side.
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"Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the other side.
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"But a certain l Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had m compassion.
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"So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
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"On the next day, when he departed, he took out two n denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you.'
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"So which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?"
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And he said, "He who showed mercy on him." Then Jesus said to him, o "Go and do likewise."
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Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named p Martha welcomed Him into her house.
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And she had a sister called Mary, q who also r sat at Jesus' feet and heard His word.
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But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, "Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me."
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And Jesus answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things.
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"But s one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her."
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Matthew 10:1
And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.
Mark 6:7
And He called the twelve to Himself, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them power over unclean spirits.
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Matthew 9:37
Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.
Matthew 9:38
"Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest."
John 4:35
Do you not say, 'There are still four months and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!
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1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, you are God's building.
2 Thessalonians 3:1
Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified, just as it is with you.
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Matthew 10:16
Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
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Matthew 10:9 - 14
Provide neither gold nor silver nor copper in your money belts.
Mark 6:8 - 11
He commanded them to take nothing for the journey except a staff - no bag, no bread, no copper in their money belts -
Luke 9:3 - 5
And He said to them, "Take nothing for the journey, neither staffs nor bag nor bread nor money; and do not have two tunics apiece.
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2 Kings 4:29
Then he said to Gehazi, "Get yourself ready, and take my staff in your hand, and be on your way. If you meet anyone, do not greet him; and if anyone greets you, do not answer him; but lay my staff on the face of the child.
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1 Samuel 25:6
And thus you shall say to him who lives in prosperity: 'Peace be to you, peace to your house, and peace to all that you have!
Matthew 10:12
And when you go into a household, greet it.
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Matthew 10:11
Now whatever city or town you enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and stay there till you go out.
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1 Corinthians 10:27
If any of those who do not believe invites you to dinner, and you desire to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no question for conscience' sake.
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Matthew 10:10
Nor bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staffs; for a worker is worthy of his food.
1 Corinthians 9:4 - 8
Do we have no right to eat and drink?
1 Timothy 5:18
For the Scripture says, "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain," and, "The laborer is worthy of his wages.
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Mark 3:15
And to have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:
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Matthew 3:2
And saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!
Matthew 10:7
"And as you go, preach, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'
Luke 10:11
'The very dust of your city which clings to us we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near you.'
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Matthew 10:14
And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet.
Mark 6:11
"And whoever will not receive you nor hear you, when you depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet as a testimony against them. Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!"
Luke 9:5
"And whoever will not receive you, when you go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet as a testimony against them."
Acts 13:51
But they shook off the dust from their feet against them, and came to Iconium.
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Genesis 19:24 - 28
Then the LORD rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the LORD out of the heavens.
Lamentations 4:6
The punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people Is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, Which was overthrown in a moment, With no hand to help her!
Matthew 10:15
Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!
Matthew 11:24
"But I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you."
Mark 6:11
"And whoever will not receive you nor hear you, when you depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet as a testimony against them. Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!"
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Matthew 11:21 - 23
Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
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Ezekiel 3:6
Not to many people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, had I sent you to them, they would have listened to you.
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Matthew 11:23
And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades; for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
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Genesis 11:4
And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.
Deuteronomy 1:28
'Where can we go up? Our brethren have discouraged our hearts, saying, "The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there."'
Isaiah 14:13 - 15
For you have said in your heart: 'I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north.
Jeremiah 51:53
Though Babylon were to mount up to heaven, And though she were to fortify the height of her strength, Yet from Me plunderers would come to her," says the LORD.
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Ezekiel 26:20
Then I will bring you down with those who descend into the Pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lowest part of the earth, in places desolate from antiquity, with those who go down to the Pit, so that you may never be inhabited; and I shall establish glory in the land of the living.
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Matthew 10:40
He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.
Mark 9:37
"Whoever receives one of these little children in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me, receives not Me but Him who sent Me."
John 13:20
"Most assuredly, I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me."
Galatians 4:14
And my trial which was in my flesh you did not despise or reject, but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
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John 12:48
He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him - the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.
1 Thessalonians 4:8
Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given us His Holy Spirit.
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John 5:23
That all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
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Luke 10:1
After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go.
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John 12:31
Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
Revelation 9:1
Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit.
Revelation 12:8
But they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer.
Revelation 12:9
So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
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Psalms 91:13
You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
Mark 16:18
"they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."
Acts 28:5
But he shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.
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Exodus 32:32
"Yet now, if You will forgive their sin - but i...
Exodus 32:33
And the LORD said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned...
Psalms 69:28
Let them be blotted out of the book of the livi...
Isaiah 4:3
And it shall come to pass that he who is left i...
Daniel 12:1
At that time Michael shall stand up, The great ...
Philippians 4:3
And I urge you also, true companion, help these...
Hebrews 12:23
To the general assembly and church of the first...
Revelation 13:8
All who dwell on the earth will worship him, wh...
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Matthew 11:25 - 27
At that time Jesus answered and said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes.
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Matthew 28:18
And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
John 3:35
The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand.
John 5:27
And has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man.
John 17:2
As You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him.
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John 1:18
No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.
John 6:44
No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:46
Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He who is from God; He has seen the Father.
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Matthew 13:16
But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear.
Matthew 13:17
For assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
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1 Peter 1:10
Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you.
1 Peter 1:11
Searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.
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Matthew 19:16 - 19
Now behold, one came and said to Him, "Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?
Matthew 22:35
Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying.
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Deuteronomy 6:5
You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
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Leviticus 19:18
You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.
Matthew 19:19
'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"
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Leviticus 18:5
You shall therefore keep My statutes and My jud...
Nehemiah 9:29
And testified against them, That You might brin...
Ezekiel 20:11
"And I gave them My statutes and showed them My...
Ezekiel 20:13
Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in ...
Ezekiel 20:21
Notwithstanding, the children rebelled against ...
Matthew 19:17
So He said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No...
Romans 10:5
For Moses writes about the righteousness which ...
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Luke 16:15
And He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
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Psalms 38:11
My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague, And my relatives stand afar off.
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John 4:9
Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, "How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.
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Luke 15:20
And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.
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Matthew 20:2
Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
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Proverbs 14:21
He who despises his neighbor sins; But he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he.
Matthew 9:13
"But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."
Matthew 12:7
But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.
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John 11:1
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
John 12:2
There they made Him a supper; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with Him.
John 12:3
Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.
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1 Corinthians 7:32 - 40
But I want you to be without care. He who is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord - how he may please the Lord.
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Luke 8:35
Then they went out to see what had happened, and came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.
Acts 22:3
I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the strictness of our fathers' law, and was zealous toward God as you all are today.
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Psalms 27:4
One thing I have desired of the LORD, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD, And to inquire in His temple.
John 6:27
"Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him."
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