What Does The Bible Say About?

Mothers And Sons

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Exodus 20:12

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Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Proverbs 1:8-9

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Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother. For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.

Proverbs 10:1

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The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

Proverbs 22:6

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Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Ephesians 6:1-3

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Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”

Proverbs 15:20

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A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

2 Timothy 1:5

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I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well.

Leviticus 19:3

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Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 5:16

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Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

John 19:26-27

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When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.” Then He said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” So from that hour, this disciple took her into his home.

Psalm 127:3

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Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.

Proverbs 20:20

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Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.

Ephesians 6:4

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Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

John 19:25-27

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Near the cross of Jesus stood His mother and her sister, as well as Mary the wife of Clopas and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.” Then He said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” So from that hour, this disciple took her into his home.

Proverbs 29:15

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A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

Proverbs 31:28

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Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well:

Psalm 139:13

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For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

Isaiah 49:15

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“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!

Proverbs 30:17

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As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.

Isaiah 66:13

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As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”

Proverbs 23:22-25

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Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding. The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him. May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!

Luke 2:51

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Then He went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But His mother treasured up all these things in her heart.

Proverbs 31:10-12

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A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value. She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life.

Matthew 15:4-6

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For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’ he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

Deuteronomy 4:9-10

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Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren. The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”

Deuteronomy 6:6-7

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These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Genesis 2:24

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For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

Proverbs 1:8

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Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

Psalm 127:3-5

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Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.

Proverbs 13:24

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He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.

Proverbs 23:13-14

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Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die. Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.

Proverbs 23:25

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May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!

Psalm 113:9

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He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!

Proverbs 23:22

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Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Hebrews 12:5-11

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And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live? . . .

Luke 1:46-48

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Then Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior! For He has looked with favor on the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.

Proverbs 19:18

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Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.

Proverbs 22:15

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Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Proverbs 31:1-31

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These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him: What shall I say, O my son? What, O son of my womb? What, O son of my vows? Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink, lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice. . . .

Proverbs 31:25-31

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Strength and honor are her clothing, and she can laugh at the days to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well: “Many daughters have done noble things, but you surpass them all!” . . .

1 Peter 4:8

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Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

John 16:21

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A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.

Luke 1:43

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And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

Ephesians 6:2

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“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),

Titus 2:4-5

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In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.

Proverbs 6:20

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My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

Genesis 21:1-3

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Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised. So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised. And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.

Luke 1:5-6

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In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a daughter of Aaron. Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.

Exodus 21:15

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Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.

James 1:17

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Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

John 3:16

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For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Proverbs 18:22

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He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.

Proverbs 19:26-27

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He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace. If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

Titus 2:3-5

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Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good. In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.

Proverbs 11:16

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A gracious woman attains honor, but ruthless men gain only wealth.

Proverbs 30:11

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There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

Proverbs 6:20-21

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My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.

Proverbs 6:20-22

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My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck. When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

Romans 8:28

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And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

Luke 1:38

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“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel left her.

Matthew 15:4

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For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

Matthew 19:19

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honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Proverbs 29:17

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Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.

1 Chronicles 16:11

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Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

Genesis 3:20

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And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.

John 2:3-4

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When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to Him, “They have no more wine.” “Woman, why does this concern us?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”

Luke 2:22-24

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And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord (as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”), and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”

Mark 10:19

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You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat others, honor your father and mother.’”

Ephesians 6:1-4

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Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Ezekiel 16:44

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Behold, all who speak in proverbs will quote this proverb about you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’

Genesis 3:15

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And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

Mark 10:29-30

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“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for My sake and for the gospel will fail to receive a hundredfold in the present age—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.

Proverbs 29:3

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A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

John 14:6

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Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

2 Corinthians 11:2

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I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Matthew 12:46-50

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While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to Him. Someone told Him, “Look, Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to You.” But Jesus replied, “Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?” Pointing to His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers. For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”

Proverbs 23:24

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The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.

Titus 2:4

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In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children,

1 John 1:9

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If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 4:8

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Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Luke 18:20

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You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.’”

Deuteronomy 21:18-21

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If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined, his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown, and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.” Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.

Mark 3:31-35

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Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him, and a crowd was sitting around Him. “Look,” He was told, “Your mother and brothers are outside, asking for You.” But Jesus replied, “Who are My mother and My brothers?” Looking at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers! For whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”

Matthew 10:35

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For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

Proverbs 23:15-16

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My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice. My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

2 Timothy 1:7

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For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

John 3:16-17

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For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

Luke 14:26

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“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

Philippians 4:13

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I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

Proverbs 23:1-35

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When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you, and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite. Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive. Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself. When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky. . . .

Proverbs 28:24

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He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.

Colossians 3:18

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Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

John 19:25

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Near the cross of Jesus stood His mother and her sister, as well as Mary the wife of Clopas and Mary Magdalene.

Matthew 10:37

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Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;

Proverbs 13:1

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A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.

Titus 2:13

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as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.

Leviticus 20:9

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If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.

Revelation 19:16

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And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

2 Timothy 3:15

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From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

Luke 1:1-80

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Many have undertaken to compose an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word. Therefore, having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught. In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a daughter of Aaron. . . .

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