"For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures and that he was buried and that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures." -1 Corinthians 15:3-4

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"And when the LORD smelled the pleasing odor, the LORD said in his heart, 'I will never again curse the ground because of humans, for the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth; nor will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.'" -Genesis 8:21

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"By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” -Genesis 3:19

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"Then God said, “'Let us make humans in our image, according to our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the wild animals of the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.'" -Genesis 1:26

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"In every matter of wisdom and understanding concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom." -Daniel 1:20

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"But the angel said to them, 'Do not be afraid, for see, I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord.'" -Luke 2:10-11

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"In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, magi from the east came to Jerusalem, asking, 'Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star in the east and have come to pay him homage.'" -Matthew 2:1-2

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"When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, 'Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?' He said to him, 'Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.' Jesus said to him, 'Feed my lambs.'" -John 21:15

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"These are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name." -John 20:31

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"Jesus said to her, 'Do not touch me, because 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."'" -John 20:17

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"They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it with the spices in linen cloths, according to the burial custom of the Jews." -John 19:40

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"Then he handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus, and carrying the cross by himself he went out to what is called the Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha. There they crucified him and with him two others, one on either side, with Jesus between them. Pilate also had an inscription written and put on the cross. It read, 'Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.'"

-John 19:16-19 (NRSVue)

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"Jesus answered, 'My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom belonged to this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.'" -John 18:36 (NRSVue)

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"One of the slaves of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, 'Did I not see you in the garden with him?' Again Peter denied it, and at that moment the cock crowed." -John 18:26–27 (NRSVue)

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"Jesus said to Peter, 'Put your sword back into its sheath. Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?'" -John 8:11 (NRSVue)

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“I ask not only on behalf of these but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their word, that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me." -John 17:20-21

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“If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you. If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you." -John 15:18-19 (NRSVue)

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"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God." -Ephesians 2:8 (NRSVue)

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"Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me." -John 15:4 (NRSVue)

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"Very truly, I tell you, whoever receives one whom I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me." -John 13:20 (NRSVue)

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"After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands." -Revelation 7:9 (NRSVue)

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"Caiaphas did not say this on his own, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation, and not for the nation only, but to gather into one the dispersed children of God." -John 11:51-52 (NRSVue)

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“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep." -John 10:11 (NRSVue)

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"Jesus answered, 'Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him.'" -John 9:3 (NRSVue)

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"Jesus said to them, 'Very truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.' So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple." -John 8:58-59 (NRSVue)

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"When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, 'Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.'" -John 8:7 (NRSVue)

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"Jesus then said, 'I will be with you a little while longer, and then I am going to him who sent me. You will search for me, but you will not find me, and where I am, you cannot come.'" -John 7:33-34 (NRSVue)

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"So Jesus said to them, 'Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day, for my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.'" -John 6:53-55 (NRSVue)

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"You search the scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life, and it is they that testify on my behalf. Yet you refuse to come to me to have life." -John 5:39–40 (NRSVue)

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"But the hour is coming and is now here when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him." -John 4:23 (NRSVue)

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"Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever disobeys the Son will not see life but must endure God’s wrath." -John 3:36 (NRSVue)

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"Jesus answered him, 'Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.'" -John 3:3 (NRSVue)

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"In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves and the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, with the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables." -John 2:14-15 (NRSVue)

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"Now standing there were six stone water jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to them, 'Fill the jars with water.' And they filled them up to the brim." -John 2:6-7 (NRSVue)

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"When Jesus turned and saw them following, he said to them, 'What are you looking for?' They said to him, 'Rabbi' (which translated means Teacher), 'where are you staying?' He said to them, 'Come and see.' They came and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day." -John 1:38-39 (NRSVue)

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"'This is the one I told you about: "After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me." I didn’t know him, but I came baptizing with water so that he might be revealed to Israel.'" -John 1:30-31 (CSB)

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"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. All things were created through him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created." -John 1:1-3 (CSB)

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"While they were there, the time came for her to give birth." -Luke 2:6 (CSB)

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"I continued watching in the night visions, and suddenly one like a son of man was coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was escorted before him. He was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, so that those of every people, nation, and language should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will not be destroyed."

-Daniel 7:13-14 (CSB)

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"I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel. They will rebuild and occupy ruined cities, plant vineyards and drink their wine, make gardens and eat their produce. I will plant them on their land, and they will never again be uprooted from the land I have given them. The LORD your God has spoken."

-Amos 9:14-15 (CSB)

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"'And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.'" -Genesis 17:8 (CSB)

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"'I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.'" -Genesis 12:3 (CSB)

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"'"Now if you will carefully listen to me and keep my covenant, you will be my own possession out of all the peoples, although the whole earth is mine, and you will be my kingdom of priests and my holy nation." These are the words that you are to say to the Israelites.'" -Exodus 19:5-6 (CSB)

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"You are to live in shelters for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must live in shelters, so that your generations may know that I made the Israelites live in shelters when I brought them out of the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your God." -Leviticus 23:42-43 (CSB)

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"Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!" -Philippians 4:4 (CSB)

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"A little while, and the wicked person will be no more; though you look for him, he will not be there. But the humble will inherit the land and will enjoy abundant prosperity." -Psalm 37:10-11 (CSB)

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"Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this household.’ If a person of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you." -Luke 10:5-6 (CSB)

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"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." -Psalm 23:1 (ESV)

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"For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a brief time, so that you might get him back permanently, no longer as a slave, but more than a slave—as a dearly loved brother. He is especially so to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord." -Philemon 15–16 (CSB)

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"But Moses asked him, 'Are you jealous on my account? If only all the LORD’s people were prophets and the LORD would place his Spirit on them!'" -Numbers 11:29 (CSB)

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"A young man ran and reported to Moses, 'Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.'

"Joshua son of Nun, assistant to Moses since his youth, responded, 'Moses, my lord, stop them!'

"But Moses asked him, 'Are you jealous on my account? If only all the LORD’s people were prophets and the LORD would place his Spirit on them!'"

-Numbers 11:27–29 (CSB)

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"The LORD spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai, on the first day of the second month of the second year after Israel’s departure from the land of Egypt: 'Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of every male one by one.'" -Numbers 1:1-2 (CSB)

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"The LORD passed in front of him and proclaimed: The LORD—the LORD is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth, maintaining faithful love to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, rebellion, and sin. But he will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation." -Exodus 34:6-7 (CSB)

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"Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders, and they saw the God of Israel. Beneath his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, as clear as the sky itself. God did not harm the Israelite nobles; they saw him, and they ate and drank." -Exodus 24:9-11 (CSB)

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"Do not covet your neighbor’s house. Do not covet your neighbor’s wife, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor." -Exodus 20:17 (CSB)

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"Honor your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the LORD your God is giving you." -Exodus 20:12 (CSB)

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"Remain in me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me." -John 15:4 (CSB)

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"The seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. You must not do any work—you, your son or daughter, your male or female servant, your livestock, or the resident alien who is within your city gates." -Exodus 20:10 (CSB)

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"Do not misuse the name of the LORD your God, because the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who misuses his name." -Exodus 20:7 (CSB)

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"Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth. Do not bow in worship to them, and do not serve them." -Exodus 2:4-5a

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"Then God spoke all these words: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery. Do not have other gods besides me." -Exodus 20:1-3 (CSB)

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"There was a violent earthquake, because an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and approached the tomb. He rolled back the stone and was sitting on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing was as white as snow." -Matthew 28:2-3 (CSB)

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"Two others—criminals—were also led away to be executed with him. When they arrived at the place called The Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals, one on the right and one on the left. Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided his clothes and cast lots." -Luke 23:32-34 (CSB)

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"Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD. They said: 'I will sing to the LORD, for he is highly exalted; he has thrown the horse and its rider into the sea. The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.'" -Exodus 15:1-2 (CSB)

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"God replied to Moses, 'I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.' God also said to Moses, 'Say this to the Israelites: The LORD, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my name forever; this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.'" -Exodus 3:14-15 (CSB)

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"Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will leave this life. The LORD gives, and the LORD takes away. Blessed be the name of the LORD." -Job 1:21 (CSB)

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"Mankind, he has told each of you what is good and what it is the LORD requires of you: to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God." -Micah 6:8 (CSB)

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"But the LORD was with Joseph and extended kindness to him." -Genesis 39:21 (CSB)

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"The LORD was standing there beside Isaac, saying, 'I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your offspring the land on which you are lying.'" -Genesis 28:13 (CSB)

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"This is the Lord’s declaration: 'Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son, I will indeed bless you and make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore.'" -Genesis 22:16–17 (CSB)

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"The Lord said to Abram:

Go from your land,

your relatives,

and your father’s house

to the land that I will show you.

I will make you into a great nation,

I will bless you,

I will make your name great,

and you will be a blessing.

I will bless those who bless you,

I will curse anyone who treats you with contempt,

and all the peoples on earth

will be blessed through you."

-Genesis 12:1–3 (CSB)

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"When the Lord saw that human wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every inclination of the human mind was nothing but evil all the time, the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and he was deeply grieved." -Genesis 6:5–6 (CSB)

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"The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it." -Genesis 2:15 (CSB)

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"After this I looked, and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, which no one could number, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes with palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice:

Salvation belongs to our God,

who is seated on the throne,

and to the Lamb!"

-Revelation 7:9–10 (CSB)

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"Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and signs were being performed through the apostles. Now all the believers were together and held all things in common. They sold their possessions and property and distributed the proceeds to all, as any had need." -Acts 2:43–45 (CSB)

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"I, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace." -Ephesians 4:1–3 (CSB)

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"Then God said, 'Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will serve as signs for seasons and for days and years.'" -Genesis 1:14.

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"Instead, just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please people, but rather God, who examines our hearts." -1 Thessalonians 2:4 (CSB)

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"Be on your guard against false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravaging wolves. You’ll recognize them by their fruit." -Matthew 7:15–16 (CSB)

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"This is the way the coming of the Son of Man will be. Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. Two women will be grinding grain with a hand mill; one will be taken and one left. Therefore be alert, since you don’t know what day your Lord is coming." -Matthew 24:39–42 (CSB)

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"For the Jews ask for signs and the Greeks seek wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles." -1 Corinthians 1:22–23 (CSB)

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"This is the message of faith that we proclaim: If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved" -Romans 10:8–9 (CSB)

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"I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and because of his appearing and his kingdom: Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and encourage with great patience and teaching." -2 Timothy 4:1-2 (CSB)

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Now all the believers were together and held all things in common. "They sold their possessions and property and distributed the proceeds to all, as any had need. Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple, and broke bread from house to house. They ate their food with joyful and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. Every day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved." -Acts 2:44–47 (CSB)

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"Then God spoke all these words: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery. Do not have other gods besides me." -Exodus 20:1–3 (CSB)

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"The Israelites ate manna for forty years, until they came to an inhabited land. They ate manna until they reached the border of the land of Canaan." -Exodus 16:35 (CSB)

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"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light." -1 Peter 2:9

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"For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift—not from works, so that no one can boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do." -Ephesians 2:8-10 (CSB)

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"But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed. You know those who taught you, and you know that from infancy you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus."

-2 Timothy 3:14-15 (CSB)

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"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus." -Romans 3:23-24 (CSB)

P.S. Apologies that the audio is choppy at times. The internet connection was off today!

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"And he took bread, gave thanks, broke it, gave it to them, and said, 'This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.' In the same way he also took the cup after supper and said, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.'" -Luke 22:19-20 (CSB)

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"You call me Teacher and Lord—and you are speaking rightly, since that is what I am. So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet." -John 13:13-14 (CSB)

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"Why should I fear in times of trouble? The iniquity of my foes surrounds me. They trust in their wealth and boast of their abundant riches. Yet these cannot redeem a person or pay his ransom to God."

-Psalm 49:5-7 (CSB)

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"You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." -Acts 1:8 (CSB)

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“'Truly I tell you,' Jesus said, 'there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel, who will not receive a hundred times more, now at this time—houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions—and eternal life in the age to come. But many who are first will be last, and the last first.'” -Mark 10:29-31 (CSB)

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"Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and who depend on horses! They trust in the abundance of chariots and in the large number of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel, and they do not seek the LORD." -Isaiah 31:1 (CSB)

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"'In the future, when your children ask you, "What do these stones mean to you?" you should tell them, "The water of the Jordan was cut off in front of the ark of the LORD’s covenant. When it crossed the Jordan, the Jordan’s water was cut off." Therefore these stones will always be a memorial for the Israelites.'" -Joshua 4:6-7 (CSB)

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"John proclaimed, 'One who is more powerful than I am is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the strap of his sandals. I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'" -Mark 1:7-8 (CSB)

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"Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship. Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God." -Romans 12:1-2 (CSB)

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"God saw all that he had made, and it was very good indeed."

-Genesis 1:1

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"The LORD said, 'If they have begun to do this as one people all having the same language, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let’s go down there and confuse their language so that they will not understand one another’s speech.'" -Genesis 11:6-7 (CSB)

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"Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s consent. But even the hairs of your head have all been counted. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows."

-Matthew 10:23-31.

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"When Barnabus arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts, for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And large numbers of people were added to the Lord."

-Acts 11:23-24 (CSB)

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"Jesus said to them again, 'Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you.' After saying this, he breathed on them and said, 'Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.'" -John 20:21-23 (CSB)

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"Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us, keeping our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy that lay before him, he endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." -Hebrews 12:1-2 (CSB)

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"He is the image of the invisible God,

the firstborn over all creation.

For everything was created by him, in heaven and on earth,

the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—

all things have been created through him and for him.

He is before all things, and by him all things hold together.

He is also the head of the body, the church;

he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead,

so that he might come to have first place in everything.

For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him

and through him to reconcile everything to himself,

whether things on earth or things in heaven,

by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross."

-Colossians 1:15-20 (CSB)

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"Jesus called them over and said to them, 'You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions act as tyrants over them. But it is not so among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you will be a slave to all.'"

-Mark 10:42-44 (CSB)

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"You may have countless instructors in Christ, but you don’t have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. Therefore I urge you to imitate me." -1 Corinthians 4:15-16 (CSB)

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"But the gift is not like the trespass. For if by the one man’s trespass the many died, how much more have the grace of God and the gift which comes through the grace of the one man Jesus Christ overflowed to the many. And the gift is not like the one man’s sin, because from one sin came the judgment, resulting in condemnation, but from many trespasses came the gift, resulting in justification. If by the one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the overflow of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ."

-Romans 5:15-17 (CSB)

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"Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship." -Romans 12:1 (CSB)

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"When daybreak came, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not know it was Jesus.

"'Friends,' Jesus called to them, 'you don’t have any fish, do you?'

"'No,' they answered.

"'Cast the net on the right side of the boat,' he told them, 'and you’ll find some.'

"So they did, and they were unable to haul it in because of the large number of fish. The disciple, the one Jesus loved, said to Peter, 'It is the Lord!'

"When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tied his outer clothing around him (for he had taken it off) and plunged into the sea."

-John 21:4-7a (CSB)

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"Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you (not as the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a good conscience toward God) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him." -1 Peter 3:21-22 (CSB)

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"Jesus came near and said to them, 'All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.'" -Matthew 28:18-20 (CSB).

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"Consider it a great joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you experience various trials, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing." -James 1:2-4 (CSB)

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"For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, broke it, and said, 'This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.'"

"In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, and said, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.' For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes."

-1 Corinthians 11:23-26 (CSB)

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"For the Jews ask for signs and the Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles. Yet to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God, because God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength." -1 Corinthians 1:22-25 (CSB)

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"All of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble."- 1 Peter 5:5b (CSB).

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"Now I am coming to you, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have my joy completed in them. I have given them your word. The world hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I am not praying that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. I sanctify myself for them, so that they also may be sanctified by the truth."

-John 17:13-19 (CSB)

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"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. I also saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.

"Then I heard a loud voice from the throne: Look, God’s dwelling is with humanity, and he will live with them. They will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them and will be their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; grief, crying, and pain will be no more, because the previous things have passed away."

-Revelation 21:1-4 (CSB)

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"A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant and cried out in labor and agony as she was about to give birth." -Revelation 12:1-2 (CSB)

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"He who testifies about these things says, 'Yes, I am coming soon.'

Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!"

-Revelation 22:20 (CSB)

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"Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love. God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we might live through him."

-1 John 4:7-9 (CSB)

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"But in your hearts regard Christ the Lord as holy, ready at any time to give a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you. Yet do this with gentleness and reverence, keeping a clear conscience, so that when you are accused, those who disparage your good conduct in Christ will be put to shame."

-1 Peter 3:15-16 (CSB)

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"No one undergoing a trial should say, 'I am being tempted by God,' since God is not tempted by evil, and he himself doesn’t tempt anyone. But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desire. Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death."

-James 1:13-15 (CSB)

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"Therefore, he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance, because a death has taken place for redemption from the transgressions committed under the first covenant."

-Hebrews 9:15 (CSB)

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"Perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a brief time, so that you might get him back permanently, no longer as a slave, but more than a slave—as a dearly loved brother."

-Philemon 15–16 (CSB)

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"'You will never wash my feet,' Peter said. 

"Jesus replied, 'If I don’t wash you, you have no part with me.'"

-John 13:8 (CSB)

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"May the Lord of peace himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with all of you." -2 Thessalonians 3:16 (CSB)

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"For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the archangel’s voice, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are still alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord." -1 Th 4:16–17 (CSB)

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"This is why, since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, I never stop giving thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers." -Ephesians 1:15–16 (CSB)

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"Everything is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation. That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and he has committed the message of reconciliation to us."

-2 Corinthians 5:18–19 (CSB)

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"We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at, the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit."

-2 Corinthians 3:18 (CSB)

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"Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship."

-Romans 12:1 (CSB)

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"I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. Still, to someone who considers a thing to be unclean, to that one it is unclean. For if your brother or sister is hurt by what you eat, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy, by what you eat, someone for whom Christ died."

-Romans 14:14–15 (CSB)

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"Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, though a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them and have come to share in the rich root of the cultivated olive tree, do not boast that you are better than those branches. But if you do boast—you do not sustain the root, but the root sustains you. Then you will say, 'Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.' True enough; they were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but beware, because if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either." -Romans 11:17–21

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"' will rescue you from your people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’"

Acts 26:17–18 (CSB)

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“'Neither this man nor his parents sinned,' Jesus answered. 'This came about so that God’s works might be displayed in him.'"

John 9:3 (CSB)

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"It was the Holy Spirit’s decision—and ours—not to place further burdens on you beyond these requirements: that you abstain from food offered to idols, from blood, from eating anything that has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. You will do well if you keep yourselves from these things." -Acts 15:28–29 (CSB)

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"[Jesus] asked him the third time, 'Simon, son of John, do you love me?'

Peter was grieved that he asked him the third time, 'Do you love me?' He said, 'Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.'

'Feed my sheep,' Jesus said."

John 21:17 (CSB)

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"Don’t neglect to show hospitality, for by doing this some have welcomed angels as guests without knowing it." -Hebrews 13:2 (CSB)

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“This is my command: Love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this: to lay down his life for his friends." -John 15:12–13 (CSB)

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"Jesus replied, 'Truly I tell you, unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.'"

-John 3:3 (CSB)

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"He told them, 'These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms must be fulfilled.'"

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"'Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?'

"'The one who showed mercy to him,' he said. 

"Then Jesus told him, 'Go and do the same.'" 

Luke 10:36–37 (CSB)

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"He has done a mighty deed with his arm;

he has scattered the proud

because of the thoughts of their hearts;

he has toppled the mighty from their thrones

and exalted the lowly.

He has satisfied the hungry with good things

and sent the rich away empty."

-Luke 1:51–53 (CSB)

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"Calling the crowd along with his disciples, he said to them, 'If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.'" -Mark 8:34 (CSB)

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"Jesus said to him, '"If you can"? Everything is possible for the one who believes.'

Immediately the father of the boy cried out, 'I do believe; help my unbelief!'"

Mark 9:23–24(CSB)

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"Then he said to them, 'Give, then, to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.' When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away."

-Matthew 22:21–22 (CSB)

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"For if you forgive others their offenses, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well. But if you don’t forgive others, your Father will not forgive your offenses." -Matthew 6:14-15 (CSB)

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