Acts 16:17
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17 While she followed Paul and us, she would cry out, “These men are slaves of the Most High God, who proclaim to you[a] the way of salvation.”(A)
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John 14:6
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6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.(A)
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1 Peter 2:16
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16 As servants of God, live as free people, yet do not use your freedom as a pretext for evil.(A)
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Mark 5:7
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7 and he shouted at the top of his voice, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me.”(A)
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Daniel 6:20
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20 When he came near the den where Daniel was, he cried out anxiously to Daniel, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God whom you faithfully serve been able to deliver you from the lions?”(A)
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Daniel 3:28
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28 Nebuchadnezzar said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants who trusted in him. They disobeyed the king’s command and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god except their own God.(A)
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Daniel 3:26
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26 Nebuchadnezzar then approached the door of the furnace of blazing fire and said, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out! Come here!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the fire.
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Luke 4:41
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41 Moreover, demons also came out of many, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Messiah.[a](A)
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Luke 4:34
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34 “Leave us alone! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.”(A)
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Jonah 1:9
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9 “I am a Hebrew,” he replied. “I worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”(A)
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Psalm 57:2
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2 I cry to God Most High,
to God who fulfills his purpose for me.(A)
Hebrews 10:19-22
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A Call to Persevere
19 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,(A) 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain (that is, through his flesh),(B) 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God,(C) 22 let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.(D)
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Acts 19:13
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13 Then some itinerant Jewish exorcists tried to use the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims.”(A)
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Acts 18:26
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26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him they took him aside and explained the Way of God to him more accurately.
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Acts 16:30-31
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30 Then he brought them outside and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”(A) 31 They answered, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”(B)
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Luke 20:21
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21 So they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are right in what you say and teach, and you show deference to no one but teach the way of God in accordance with truth.(A)
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Luke 1:79
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79 to shine upon those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.”(A)
Luke 1:77
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77 to give his people knowledge of salvation
by the forgiveness of their sins.(A)
Mark 12:14
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14 And they came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are sincere and show deference to no one, for you do not regard people with partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?
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Mark 1:24
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24 and he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.”(A)
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Matthew 22:16
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16 So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in accordance with truth, and show deference to no one, for you do not regard people with partiality.(A)
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Matthew 8:29
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29 Suddenly they shouted, “What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”(A)
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Matthew 7:13-14
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The Narrow Gate
13 “Enter through the narrow gate, for the gate is wide and the road is easy[a] that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it.(A) 14 For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
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Micah 6:6
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What God Requires
6 “With what shall I come before the Lord
and bow myself before God on high?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?
Daniel 6:16
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16 Then the king gave the command, and Daniel was brought and thrown into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you faithfully serve, deliver you!”(A)
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