Luke 11
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Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, g as John taught his disciples."
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And he said to them, h "When you pray, say:
i "Father, j hallowed be k your name.
l Your kingdom come.
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m Give us n each day our daily bread,
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and o forgive us our sins,
for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us.
And p lead us not into temptation."
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And he said to them, "Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves,
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for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him';
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and he will answer from within, 'Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything'?
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I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything q because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence he will rise and give him whatever he needs.
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And I tell you, r ask, and s it will be given to you; t seek, and you will find; u knock, and it will be opened to you.
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For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
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What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent;
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or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
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If you then, w who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father x give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
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y Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke, and the people marveled.
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But some of them said, "He casts out demons z by Beelzebul, the prince of demons,"
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while others, a to test him, kept seeking from him a sign from heaven.
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b But he, c knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a divided household falls.
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And if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.
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And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, d by whom do e your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
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But if it is by f the finger of God that I cast out demons, then g the kingdom of God has come upon you.
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When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are safe;
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h but when one stronger than he attacks him and i overcomes him, he takes away his j armor in which he trusted and k divides his spoil.
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l Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
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m "When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through n waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'
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And when it comes, it finds the house swept and put in order.
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Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there. And o the last state of that person is worse than the first."
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As he said these things, p a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, q "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts at which you nursed!"
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But he said, r "Blessed rather are those s who hear the word of God and t keep it!"
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u When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, v "This generation is an evil generation. w It seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.
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For as x Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.
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y The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and z condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, a something greater than Solomon is here.
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b The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and z condemn it, for c they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, a something greater than Jonah is here.
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d "No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light.
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Your eye is e the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is f bad, your body is full of darkness.
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e Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness.
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If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright, g as when a lamp with its rays gives you light."
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While Jesus was speaking, h a Pharisee asked him to dine with him, so he went in and reclined at table.
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The Pharisee was astonished to see i that he did not first wash before dinner.
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And the Lord said to him, j "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of k greed and wickedness.
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l You fools! j Did not he who made the outside make the inside also?
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But m give as alms those things that are within, and behold, n everything is clean for you.
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o "But woe to you Pharisees! For p you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect q justice and r the love of God. s These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.
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Woe to you Pharisees! For t you love the best seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.
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Woe to you! u For you are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without knowing it."
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One of v the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, in saying these things you insult us also."
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And he said, "Woe to you w lawyers also! For x you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
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y Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed.
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z So you are witnesses and you a consent to the deeds of b your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their tombs.
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Therefore also c the Wisdom of God said, d 'I will send them e prophets and apostles, f some of whom they will g kill and persecute,'
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so that h the blood of all the prophets, shed i from the foundation of the world, may be j charged against this generation,
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from the blood of k Abel to the blood of l Zechariah, who perished between m the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be j required of this generation.
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Woe to you n lawyers! o For you have taken away the key of p knowledge. You q did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering."
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As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things,
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r lying in wait for him, s to catch him in something he might say.
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Luke 5:33
And they said to him, "The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.
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Luke 11:2 - 4
And he said to them, "When you pray, say: "Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come.
Matthew 6:9 - 13
Pray then like this: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
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John 20:17
Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'
1 Peter 1:17
And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile.
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Isaiah 29:23
For when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in his midst, they will sanctify my name; they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
Luke 1:49
For he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name.
1 Peter 3:15
But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.
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John 17:6
I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
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Matthew 3:2
"Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
Matthew 4:17
From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
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Proverbs 30:8
Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me.
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Matthew 6:34
Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
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Luke 7:48
And he said to her, "Your sins are forgiven.
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Luke 22:40
And when he came to the place, he said to them, "Pray that you may not enter into temptation.
Luke 22:46
And he said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.
Matthew 26:41
Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Mark 14:38
Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
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Luke 18:1 - 6
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
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Luke 11:9 - 13
And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
Matthew 7:7 - 11
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
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Matthew 18:19
Again I say to you, if two of you agree on eart...
Matthew 21:22
And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receiv...
Mark 11:24
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in praye...
John 14:13
Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, th...
John 15:7
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ...
John 15:16
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appo...
John 16:23 - 24
In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, ...
James 1:5 - 6
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, wh...
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from ...
1 John 3:22
And whatever we ask we receive from him, becaus...
1 John 5:14 - 15
And this is the confidence that we have toward ...
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1 Chronicles 28:9
And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
2 Chronicles 15:2
And he went out to meet Asa and said to him, "Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The Lord is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
Proverbs 8:17
I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.
Jeremiah 29:13
You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
Isaiah 55:6
Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near.
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Revelation 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
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Luke 11:9 - 13
And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
Matthew 7:7 - 11
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
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Genesis 6:5
The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Genesis 8:21
And when the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, "I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.
Matthew 12:34
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
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John 4:10
Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.
Acts 2:38
And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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Luke 11:14 - 15
Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke, and the people marveled.
Matthew 12:22 - 24
Then a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the man spoke and saw.
Matthew 9:32 - 34
As they were going away, behold, a demon-oppressed man who was mute was brought to him.
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Luke 11:14 - 15
Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke, and the people marveled.
Matthew 12:22 - 24
Then a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the man spoke and saw.
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Matthew 10:25
It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.
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John 8:6
This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.
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Luke 11:17 - 22
But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a divided household falls.
Matthew 12:25 - 29
Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.
Mark 3:23 - 27
And he called them to him and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?
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Matthew 9:4
But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?
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Luke 11:17 - 22
But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a divided household falls.
Matthew 12:25 - 29
Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.
Mark 3:23 - 27
And he called them to him and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?
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Acts 19:13
Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims.
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2 Kings 2:7
Fifty men of the sons of the prophets also went and stood at some distance from them, as they both were standing by the Jordan.
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Exodus 8:19
Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.
Exodus 31:18
And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.
Deuteronomy 9:10
And the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone written with the finger of God, and on them were all the words that the Lord had spoken with you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly.
Psalms 8:3
When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place.
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Luke 17:21
Nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There!' for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.
Matthew 19:24
Again I tell you, 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.
Matthew 21:31
Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you.
Matthew 21:43
Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits.
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Isaiah 49:24 - 26
Can the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be rescued?
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John 16:33
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.
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Ephesians 6:11
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
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Isaiah 53:12
Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.
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Matthew 12:30
Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
Luke 9:50
But Jesus said to him, "Do not stop him, for the one who is not against you is for you.
Mark 9:40
For the one who is not against us is for us.
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Luke 11:24 - 26
"When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'
Matthew 12:43 - 45
When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none.
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Psalms 63:1
O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Jeremiah 2:6
They did not say, 'Where is the Lord who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us in the wilderness, in a land of deserts and pits, in a land of drought and deep darkness, in a land that none passes through, where no man dwells?
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Luke 11:24 - 26
"When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'
Matthew 12:43 - 45
When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none.
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2 Peter 2:20 - 22
For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
John 5:14
Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, "See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you.
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Luke 12:13
Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.
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2 Chronicles 9:7
Happy are your wives! Happy are these your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
Luke 1:48
For he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed.
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Revelation 1:3
Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.
Revelation 22:7
"And behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book."
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Luke 8:21
But he answered them, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.
James 1:22
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
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Leviticus 22:31
So you shall keep my commandments and do them: I am the Lord.
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Luke 12:1
In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
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Luke 11:29 - 32
When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, "This generation is an evil generation. It seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.
Matthew 12:39 - 42
But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
Mark 8:11 - 12
The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.
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Luke 11:16
While others, to test him, kept seeking from him a sign from heaven.
Matthew 12:38
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, "Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.
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Luke 11:29 - 32
When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, "This generation is an evil generation. It seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.
Matthew 12:39 - 42
But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
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Jonah 1:17
And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
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1 Kings 10:1
Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions.
2 Chronicles 9:1
Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions, having a very great retinue and camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind.
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Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
Jeremiah 3:11
And the Lord said to me, "Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
Ezekiel 16:51 - 52
Samaria has not committed half your sins. You have committed more abominations than they, and have made your sisters appear righteous by all the abominations that you have committed.
Romans 2:27
Then he who is physically uncircumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the law.
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Matthew 12:6
I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.
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Jonah 1:2
"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me."
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Luke 11:31
The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
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Jonah 3:5
And the people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
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Luke 11:31
The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
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Luke 8:16
No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light.
Matthew 5:15
Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.
Mark 4:21
And he said to them, "Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand?
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Matthew 6:22 - 23
The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
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Deuteronomy 15:9
Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, 'The seventh year, the year of release is near,' and your eye look grudgingly on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he cry to the Lord against you, and you be guilty of sin.
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Luke 11:34
Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness.
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Matthew 5:16
In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
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Luke 7:36
One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house and took his place at the table.
Luke 14:1
One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully.
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Matthew 15:2
"Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat."
Mark 7:3 - 4
(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders.
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Matthew 23:25 - 26
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
Luke 20:47
Who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.
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Luke 16:14
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.
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Luke 12:20
But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?
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Luke 11:39
And the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
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Luke 12:33
Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
Luke 16:9
And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.
Daniel 4:27
Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.
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Titus 1:15
To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
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Matthew 23:23
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.
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Luke 18:12
I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.
Deuteronomy 14:22
You shall tithe all the yield of your seed that comes from the field year by year.
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Psalms 33:5
He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.
Jeremiah 5:1
Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look and take note! Search her squares to see if you can find a man, one who does justice and seeks truth, that I may pardon her.
Micah 6:8
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
Zechariah 7:9
Thus says the Lord of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another.
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1 John 3:17
But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?
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1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel said, "Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
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Luke 20:46
Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts.
Matthew 23:6 - 7
And they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues
Mark 12:38 - 39
And in his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces
Luke 14:7
Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them.
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Matthew 23:27
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and all uncleanness.
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Luke 11:46
And he said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
Luke 11:52
Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering.
Luke 7:30
But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)
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Luke 11:45
One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, in saying these things you insult us also.
Luke 11:52
Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering.
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Matthew 23:4
They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger.
Matthew 11:28 - 30
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Acts 15:10
Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
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Matthew 23:29 - 30
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
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Matthew 23:31
Thus you witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
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Romans 1:32
Though they know God's decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
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Acts 7:51 - 52
You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.
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Luke 7:35
Yet wisdom is justified by all her children.
Proverbs 8:12
I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and I find know...
Proverbs 8:22 - 23
The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his w...
Proverbs 8:30
Then I was beside him, like a master workman, a...
Matthew 11:19
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and th...
1 Corinthians 1:24
But to those who are called, both Jews and Gree...
1 Corinthians 1:30
And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who...
Colossians 2:3
In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom ...
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Luke 11:49 - 51
Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute.
Matthew 23:34 - 36
Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.
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Acts 13:1
Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
1 Corinthians 12:28
And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
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Matthew 21:35
And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
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1 Thessalonians 2:15
Who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and oppose all mankind
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Revelation 18:24
And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on earth.
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Matthew 13:35
This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.
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Genesis 42:22
And Reuben answered them, "Did I not tell you not to sin against the boy? But you did not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood.
2 Chronicles 24:22
Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, "May the Lord see and avenge!
Ezekiel 3:18
If I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
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Genesis 4:4
And Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering.
Genesis 4:8
Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.
1 John 3:12
We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.
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2 Chronicles 24:20 - 21
Then the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, "Thus says God, 'Why do you break the commandments of the Lord, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the Lord, he has forsaken you.'
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Exodus 40:6
You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
2 Kings 16:14
And the bronze altar that was before the Lord he removed from the front of the house, from the place between his altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of his altar.
Ezekiel 40:47
And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits broad, a square. And the altar was in front of the temple.
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Luke 11:50
So that the blood of all the prophets, shed from the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation.
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Luke 11:45 - 46
One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, in saying these things you insult us also.
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Matthew 23:13
But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.
Malachi 2:7 - 8
For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
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Romans 2:20
An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth -
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Luke 7:30
But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)
Matthew 5:20
For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 21:31
Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you.
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Luke 20:20
So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.
Mark 3:2
And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him.
John 8:6
This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.
Isaiah 29:21
Who by a word make a man out to be an offender, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and with an empty plea turn aside him who is in the right.
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Matthew 22:15
Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words.
Mark 12:13
And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, to trap him in his talk.
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