2 Kings 2:9
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9 When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?”
“Let me inherit a double(A) portion of your spirit,”(B) Elisha replied.
Numbers 11:17
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17 I will come down and speak with you(A) there, and I will take some of the power of the Spirit that is on you and put it on them.(B) They will share the burden of the people with you so that you will not have to carry it alone.(C)
Deuteronomy 21:17
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17 He must acknowledge the son of his unloved wife as the firstborn by giving him a double(A) share of all he has. That son is the first sign of his father’s strength.(B) The right of the firstborn belongs to him.(C)
John 16:7
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7 But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate(A) will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.(B)
Zechariah 12:8
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8 On that day the Lord will shield(A) those who live in Jerusalem, so that the feeblest(B) among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God,(C) like the angel of the Lord going before(D) them.
2 Chronicles 1:9-10
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9 Now, Lord God, let your promise(A) to my father David be confirmed, for you have made me king over a people who are as numerous as the dust of the earth.(B) 10 Give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may lead(C) this people, for who is able to govern this great people of yours?”
Acts 20:25-36
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25 “Now I know that none of you among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom(A) will ever see me again.(B) 26 Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of any of you.(C) 27 For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God.(D) 28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock(E) of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers.(F) Be shepherds of the church of God,[a](G) which he bought(H) with his own blood.[b](I) 29 I know that after I leave, savage wolves(J) will come in among you and will not spare the flock.(K) 30 Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples(L) after them. 31 So be on your guard! Remember that for three years(M) I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.(N)
32 “Now I commit you to God(O) and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance(P) among all those who are sanctified.(Q) 33 I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.(R) 34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions.(S) 35 In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
36 When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.(T)
Footnotes
- Acts 20:28 Many manuscripts of the Lord
- Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his own Son
Zechariah 9:12
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Psalm 72:20
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20 This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.(A)
2 Kings 13:14-19
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14 Now Elisha had been suffering from the illness from which he died. Jehoash king of Israel went down to see him and wept over him. “My father! My father!” he cried. “The chariots(A) and horsemen of Israel!”
15 Elisha said, “Get a bow and some arrows,”(B) and he did so. 16 “Take the bow in your hands,” he said to the king of Israel. When he had taken it, Elisha put his hands on the king’s hands.
17 “Open the east window,” he said, and he opened it. “Shoot!”(C) Elisha said, and he shot. “The Lord’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram!” Elisha declared. “You will completely destroy the Arameans at Aphek.”(D)
18 Then he said, “Take the arrows,” and the king took them. Elisha told him, “Strike the ground.” He struck it three times and stopped. 19 The man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck the ground five or six times; then you would have defeated Aram and completely destroyed it. But now you will defeat it only three times.”(E)
1 Kings 3:9
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9 So give your servant a discerning(A) heart to govern your people and to distinguish(B) between right and wrong. For who is able(C) to govern this great people of yours?”
Deuteronomy 34:9
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9 Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit[a] of wisdom(A) because Moses had laid his hands on him.(B) So the Israelites listened to him and did what the Lord had commanded Moses.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 34:9 Or Spirit
1 Timothy 5:17
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17 The elders(A) who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor,(B) especially those whose work is preaching and teaching.
1 Corinthians 12:31
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31 Now eagerly desire(A) the greater gifts.
Love Is Indispensable
And yet I will show you the most excellent way.
Acts 8:17
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Acts 1:8
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8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;(A) and you will be my witnesses(B) in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,(C) and to the ends of the earth.”(D)
John 17:9-13
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9 I pray for them.(A) I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me,(B) for they are yours. 10 All I have is yours, and all you have is mine.(C) And glory has come to me through them. 11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world,(D) and I am coming to you.(E) Holy Father, protect them by the power of[a] your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one(F) as we are one.(G) 12 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by[b] that name you gave me. None has been lost(H) except the one doomed to destruction(I) so that Scripture would be fulfilled.(J)
13 “I am coming to you now,(K) but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy(L) within them.
Footnotes
- John 17:11 Or Father, keep them faithful to
- John 17:12 Or kept them faithful to
Luke 24:45-51
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45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. 46 He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer(A) and rise from the dead on the third day,(B) 47 and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name(C) to all nations,(D) beginning at Jerusalem.(E) 48 You are witnesses(F) of these things. 49 I am going to send you what my Father has promised;(G) but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
The Ascension of Jesus
50 When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany,(H) he lifted up his hands and blessed them. 51 While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven.(I)
Psalm 72:1
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Psalm 72
Of Solomon.
1 Endow the king with your justice,(A) O God,
the royal son with your righteousness.
1 Chronicles 29:18-19
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18 Lord, the God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Israel, keep these desires and thoughts in the hearts of your people forever, and keep their hearts loyal to you. 19 And give my son Solomon the wholehearted devotion(A) to keep your commands, statutes and decrees(B) and to do everything to build the palatial structure for which I have provided.”(C)
Numbers 27:16-23
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16 “May the Lord, the God who gives breath to all living things,(A) appoint someone over this community 17 to go out and come in before them, one who will lead them out and bring them in, so the Lord’s people will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”(B)
18 So the Lord said to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit of leadership,[a](C) and lay your hand on him.(D) 19 Have him stand before Eleazar the priest and the entire assembly and commission him(E) in their presence.(F) 20 Give him some of your authority so the whole Israelite community will obey him.(G) 21 He is to stand before Eleazar the priest, who will obtain decisions for him by inquiring(H) of the Urim(I) before the Lord. At his command he and the entire community of the Israelites will go out, and at his command they will come in.”
22 Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua and had him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole assembly. 23 Then he laid his hands on him and commissioned him,(J) as the Lord instructed through Moses.
Footnotes
- Numbers 27:18 Or the Spirit
John 14:12-14
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12 Very truly I tell you, whoever believes(A) in me will do the works I have been doing,(B) and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask(C) in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
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