Bible Cross References
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Luke 3:4-6
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As it is written in the book of the prophet Isaiah: "Someone is shouting in the desert: 'Get the road ready for the Lord; make a straight path for him to travel!
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Every valley must be filled up, every hill and mountain leveled off. The winding roads must be made straight, and the rough paths made smooth.
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The whole human race will see God's salvation!' "
Luke 9:1-5
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Jesus called the twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases.
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Then he sent them out to preach the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick,
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after saying to them, "Take nothing with you for the trip: no walking stick, no beggar's bag, no food, no money, not even an extra shirt.
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Wherever you are welcomed, stay in the same house until you leave that town;
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wherever people don't welcome you, leave that town and shake the dust off your feet as a warning to them."
Luke 10:1-12
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After this the Lord chose another seventy-two men and sent them out two by two, to go ahead of him to every town and place where he himself was about to go.
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He said to them, "There is a large harvest, but few workers to gather it in. Pray to the owner of the harvest that he will send out workers to gather in his harvest.
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Go! I am sending you like lambs among wolves.
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Don't take a purse or a beggar's bag or shoes; don't stop to greet anyone on the road.
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Whenever you go into a house, first say, 'Peace be with this house.'
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If someone who is peace-loving lives there, let your greeting of peace remain on that person; if not, take back your greeting of peace.
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Stay in that same house, eating and drinking whatever they offer you, for workers should be given their pay. Don't move around from one house to another.
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Whenever you go into a town and are made welcome, eat what is set before you,
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heal the sick in that town, and say to the people there, 'The Kingdom of God has come near you.'
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But whenever you go into a town and are not welcomed, go out in the streets and say,
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'Even the dust from your town that sticks to our feet we wipe off against you. But remember that the Kingdom of God has come near you!'
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I assure you that on the Judgment Day God will show more mercy to Sodom than to that town!
Proverbs 9:1-5
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Wisdom has built her house and made seven columns for it.
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She has had an animal killed for a feast, mixed spices in the wine, and set the table.
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She has sent her servant women to call out from the highest place in town:
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"Come in, ignorant people!" And to the foolish she says,
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"Come, eat my food and drink the wine that I have mixed.
Matthew 3:1-12
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At that time John the Baptist came to the desert of Judea and started preaching.
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"Turn away from your sins," he said, "because the Kingdom of heaven is near!"
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John was the man the prophet Isaiah was talking about when he said, "Someone is shouting in the desert, 'Prepare a road for the Lord; make a straight path for him to travel!' "
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John's clothes were made of camel's hair; he wore a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
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People came to him from Jerusalem, from the whole province of Judea, and from all over the country near the Jordan River.
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They confessed their sins, and he baptized them in the Jordan.
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When John saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to him to be baptized, he said to them, "You snakes---who told you that you could escape from the punishment God is about to send?
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Do those things that will show that you have turned from your sins.
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And don't think you can escape punishment by saying that Abraham is your ancestor. I tell you that God can take these rocks and make descendants for Abraham!
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The ax is ready to cut down the trees at the roots; every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown in the fire.
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I baptize you with water to show that you have repented, but the one who will come after me will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. He is much greater than I am; and I am not good enough even to carry his sandals.
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He has his winnowing shovel with him to thresh out all the grain. He will gather his wheat into his barn, but he will burn the chaff in a fire that never goes out."
Matthew 10:1-4
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Jesus called his twelve disciples together and gave them authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease and every sickness.
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These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee;
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Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew, the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
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Simon the Patriot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.
Acts 2:38
Peter said to them, "Each one of you must turn away from your sins and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, so that your sins will be forgiven; and you will receive God's gift, the Holy Spirit.
Acts 2:39
For God's promise was made to you and your children, and to all who are far away---all whom the Lord our God calls to himself."
Acts 3:24-26
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And all the prophets who had a message, including Samuel and those who came after him, also announced what has been happening these days.
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The promises of God through his prophets are for you, and you share in the covenant which God made with your ancestors. As he said to Abraham, 'Through your descendants I will bless all the people on earth.'
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And so God chose his Servant and sent him to you first, to bless you by making every one of you turn away from your wicked ways."
Acts 13:26
"My fellow Israelites, descendants of Abraham, and all Gentiles here who worship God: it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent!
Acts 13:38
All of you, my fellow Israelites, are to know for sure that it is through Jesus that the message about forgiveness of sins is preached to you; you are to know that everyone who believes in him is set free from all the sins from which the Law of Moses could not set you free.
Acts 13:39
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Matthew 11:27-29
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"My Father has given me all things. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
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"Come to me, all of you who are tired from carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest.
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Take my yoke and put it on you, and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in spirit; and you will find rest.
Matthew 22:3
He sent his servants to tell the invited guests to come to the feast, but they did not want to come.
Matthew 22:4
So he sent other servants with this message for the guests: 'My feast is ready now; my steers and prize calves have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast!'
John 7:37
On the last and most important day of the festival Jesus stood up and said in a loud voice, "Whoever is thirsty should come to me, and
2 Corinthians 5:18-21
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All this is done by God, who through Christ changed us from enemies into his friends and gave us the task of making others his friends also.
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Our message is that God was making all human beings his friends through Christ. God did not keep an account of their sins, and he has given us the message which tells how he makes them his friends.
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Here we are, then, speaking for Christ, as though God himself were making his appeal through us. We plead on Christ's behalf: let God change you from enemies into his friends!
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Christ was without sin, but for our sake God made him share our sin in order that in union with him we might share the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 6:1
In our work together with God, then, we beg you who have received God's grace not to let it be wasted.