Ephesians 5:29
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29 For no one ever hates his own flesh, but he nourishes and tenderly cares for it, just as Christ does for the church,
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Ezekiel 34:14-15
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14 I will feed them with good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel shall be their pasture; there they shall lie down in good grazing land, and they shall feed on rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.(A) 15 I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will make them lie down, says the Lord God.
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Ecclesiastes 4:5
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5 Fools fold their hands
and consume their own flesh.(A)
Proverbs 11:17
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17 Those who are kind reward themselves,
but the cruel do themselves harm.
Ephesians 5:31
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31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”(A)
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John 6:50-58
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50 This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever, and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”(A)
52 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”(B) 53 So Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.(C) 54 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day,(D) 55 for my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me and I in them.(E) 57 Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which the ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever.”
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Matthew 23:37
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The Lament over Jerusalem
37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!
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Isaiah 40:11
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11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd;
he will gather the lambs in his arms
and carry them in his bosom
and gently lead the mother sheep.(A)
Romans 1:31
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31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.(A)
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Ezekiel 34:27
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27 The trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase. They shall be secure on their soil, and they shall know that I am the Lord when I break the bars of their yoke and save them from the hands of those who enslaved them.(A)
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