Mark 12:17
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17 Jesus said to them, “Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.” And they were utterly amazed at him.(A)
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Romans 13:7
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7 Pay to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
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1 Peter 2:17
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17 Honor everyone. Love the family of believers.[a] Fear God. Honor the emperor.(A)
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- 2.17 Gk Love the brotherhood
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
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14 For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died.(A) 15 And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for the one who for their sake died and was raised.
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1 Corinthians 14:24-25
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24 But if all prophesy, an unbeliever or outsider who enters is reproved by all and called to account by all. 25 After the secrets of the unbeliever’s heart are disclosed, that person will bow down before God and worship, declaring, “God is really among you.”
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Romans 6:13
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13 No longer present your members to sin as instruments[a] of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments[b] of righteousness.(A)
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Job 5:12-13
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12 He frustrates the devices of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.(A)
13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
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19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple[a] of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own?(A) 20 For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body.(B)
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- 6.19 Or sanctuary
Romans 12:1
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The New Life in Christ
12 I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, on the basis of God’s mercy, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable act of worship.(A)
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Acts 4:19-20
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19 But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge;(A) 20 for we cannot keep from speaking about what we have seen and heard.”(B)
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Matthew 22:46
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46 No one was able to give him an answer, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.(A)
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Matthew 22:33
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33 And when the crowds heard it, they were astounded at his teaching.(A)
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Matthew 22:22
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22 When they heard this, they were amazed, and they left him and went away.
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Matthew 17:25-27
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25 He said, “Yes, he does.” And when he came home, Jesus spoke of it first, asking, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tribute? From their children or from others?”(A) 26 When Peter[a] said, “From others,” Jesus said to him, “Then the children are free. 27 However, so that we do not give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook; take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a coin; take that and give it to them for you and me.”(B)
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- 17.26 Gk he
Malachi 1:6
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Corruption of the Priesthood
6 A son honors his father and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is the honor due me? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. You say, “How have we despised your name?”(A)
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Ecclesiastes 5:4-5
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4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay fulfilling it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Fulfill what you vow.(A) 5 It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not fulfill it.(B)
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Proverbs 24:21
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- 24.21 Gk: Heb do not associate with those who change
Proverbs 23:26
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- 23.26 Or delight in
Mark 12:30
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30 you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
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