Isaiah 28:28
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28 Does one crush grain for bread?
No, he does not thresh it forever;[a]
when he drives his cart wheel over it
with his horses, he does not crush it.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 28:28 Or Grain is crushed for bread; he will surely thresh it, but not forever
1 Corinthians 9:9-10
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9 For it is written in the Law of Moses, (A)“You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain.” Is it for oxen that God is concerned? 10 Does he not certainly speak for our sake? It was written (B)for our sake, because (C)the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of sharing in the crop.
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1 Corinthians 3:9
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9 For we are (A)God's fellow workers. You are God's field, (B)God's building.
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John 12:24
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24 Truly, truly, I say to you, (A)unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
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Matthew 13:37-43
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37 He answered, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, and the good seed is (A)the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are (B)the sons of the evil one, 39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. (C)The harvest is (D)the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. 40 Just as the weeds (E)are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at (F)the end of the age. 41 (G)The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all (H)causes of sin and (I)all law-breakers, 42 (J)and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place (K)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then (L)the righteous will shine like the sun (M)in the kingdom of their Father. (N)He who has ears, let him hear.
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Matthew 3:12
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12 His (A)winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and (B)gather his wheat into the barn, (C)but the chaff he will burn with (D)unquenchable fire.”
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Amos 9:9
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9 “For behold, I will command,
(A)and shake the house of Israel among all the nations
as one shakes with a sieve,
but no pebble shall fall to the earth.
Isaiah 21:10
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10 O (A)my threshed and winnowed one,
what I have heard from the Lord of hosts,
the God of Israel, I announce to you.
Luke 22:31-32
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Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial
31 “Simon, Simon, behold, (A)Satan demanded to have you,[a] (B)that he might sift you like wheat, 32 but (C)I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, (D)strengthen your brothers.”
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- Luke 22:31 The Greek word for you (twice in this verse) is plural; in verse 32, all four instances are singular
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