21 You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for (A)your heart is not right before God.

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21 You have no part or share(A) in this ministry, because your heart is not right(B) before God.

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13 And (A)no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are (B)naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

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13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight.(A) Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

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17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him (A)the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, (B)you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed (C)my sheep.

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17 The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”

Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?”(A) He said, “Lord, you know all things;(B) you know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.(C)

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22 (A)“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, 23 (B)but if (C)your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

24 (D)“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and (E)money.[a]

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  1. Matthew 6:24 Greek mammon, a Semitic word for money or possessions

22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy,[a] your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are unhealthy,[b] your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.(A)

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  1. Matthew 6:22 The Greek for healthy here implies generous.
  2. Matthew 6:23 The Greek for unhealthy here implies stingy.

19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in (A)the tree of life and in (B)the holy city, which are described in this book.

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19 And if anyone takes words away(A) from this scroll of prophecy,(B) God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life(C) and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.

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How Precious Is Your Steadfast Love

To the choirmaster. Of David, the (A)servant of the Lord.

36 Transgression speaks to the wicked
    deep in his heart;[a]
(B)there is no fear of God
    before his eyes.

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  1. Psalm 36:1 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac, Jerome (compare Septuagint); most Hebrew manuscripts in my heart

Psalm 36[a]

For the director of music. Of David the servant of the Lord.

I have a message from God in my heart
    concerning the sinfulness of the wicked:[b](A)
There is no fear(B) of God
    before their eyes.(C)

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  1. Psalm 36:1 In Hebrew texts 36:1-12 is numbered 36:2-13.
  2. Psalm 36:1 Or A message from God: The transgression of the wicked / resides in their hearts.

(A)Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such (B)the second death has no power, but they will be (C)priests of God and of Christ, and they (D)will reign with him for a thousand years.

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Blessed(A) and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death(B) has no power over them, but they will be priests(C) of God and of Christ and will reign with him(D) for a thousand years.

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23 and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he (A)who searches mind and heart, and (B)I will give to each of you according to your works.

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23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds,(A) and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.(B)

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“Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,
    but (A)the righteous shall live by his faith.[a]

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  1. Habakkuk 2:4 Or faithfulness

“See, the enemy is puffed up;
    his desires are not upright—
    but the righteous person(A) will live by his faithfulness[a](B)

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  1. Habakkuk 2:4 Or faith

And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, (A)yet not with a whole heart.

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He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but not wholeheartedly.(A)

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25 For the Lord has made the Jordan a boundary between us and you, you people of Reuben and people of Gad. You have no portion in the Lord.’ So your children might make our children cease to worship the Lord.

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25 The Lord has made the Jordan a boundary between us and you—you Reubenites and Gadites! You have no share in the Lord.’ So your descendants might cause ours to stop fearing the Lord.

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(A)“Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their hearts, and set (B)the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. (C)Should I indeed let myself be consulted by them?

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“Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts(A) and put wicked stumbling blocks(B) before their faces. Should I let them inquire of me at all?(C)

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36 But they (A)flattered him with their mouths;
    they (B)lied to him with their tongues.
37 Their (C)heart was not (D)steadfast toward him;
    they were not faithful to his covenant.

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36 But then they would flatter him with their mouths,(A)
    lying to him with their tongues;
37 their hearts were not loyal(B) to him,
    they were not faithful to his covenant.

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