Hebrews 6:5
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5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come(A)
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1 Peter 2:3
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Luke 8:13
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13 The ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe only for a while and in a time of testing fall away.
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Matthew 13:20-21
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20 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, 21 yet such a person has no root but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away.[a](A)
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- 13.21 Or stumbles
2 Peter 2:20
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20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the[a] Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overpowered, the last state has become worse for them than the first.(A)
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Hebrews 2:5
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Exaltation through Abasement
5 Now God[a] did not subject the coming world, about which we are speaking, to angels.(A)
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Mark 4:16-17
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16 And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: when they hear the word, they immediately receive it with joy. 17 But they have no root and endure only for a while; then, when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.[a]
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- 4.17 Or stumble
Mark 6:20
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20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he protected him. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed,[a] and yet he liked to listen to him.(A)
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- 6.20 Other ancient authorities read he did many things
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