Isaiah 56:7
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7 (A)these I will bring to (B)my holy mountain,
and make them joyful in my house of prayer;
(C)their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
will be accepted on my altar;
for (D)my house shall be called a house of prayer
for all peoples.”
Mark 11:17
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17 And he was teaching them and saying to them, “Is it not written, (A)‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But (B)you have made it a den of robbers.”
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Isaiah 2:2-3
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2 (A)It shall come to pass in the latter days
that (B)the mountain of the house of the Lord
shall be established as the highest of the mountains,
and shall be lifted up above the hills;
and (C)all the nations shall flow to it,
3 and (D)many peoples shall come, and say:
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
that he may teach us his ways
and that we may walk in his paths.”
For (E)out of Zion shall go forth the law,[a]
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 2:3 Or teaching
Malachi 1:11
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11 For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name (A)will be[a] great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name (B)will be great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts.
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- Malachi 1:11 Or is (three times in verse 11; also verse 14)
Luke 19:46
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46 saying to them, “It is written, (A)‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but (B)you have made it a den of robbers.”
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Matthew 21:13
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13 He said to them, “It is written, (A)‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but (B)you make it a den of robbers.”
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Romans 12:1
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A Living Sacrifice
12 (A)I appeal to you therefore, brothers,[a] by the mercies of God, (B)to present your bodies (C)as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.[b]
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- Romans 12:1 Or brothers and sisters
- Romans 12:1 Or your rational service
Psalm 2:6
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Hebrews 12:22
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22 But you have come to (A)Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, (B)the heavenly Jerusalem, and to (C)innumerable angels in festal gathering,
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Ephesians 2:11-13
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One in Christ
11 Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called (A)the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— 12 remember (B)that you were at that time separated from Christ, (C)alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to (D)the covenants of promise, (E)having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were (F)far off have been brought near (G)by the blood of Christ.
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Micah 4:1-2
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The Mountain of the Lord
4 It shall come to pass (A)in the latter days
that the mountain of the house of the Lord
shall be established as the highest of the mountains,
and it shall be lifted up above the hills;
and peoples shall flow to it,
2 and many nations shall come, and say:
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
that he may teach us his ways
and that we may walk in his paths.”
For out of Zion shall go forth the law,[a]
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Footnotes
- Micah 4:2 Or teaching
John 4:21-23
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21 Jesus said to her, (A)“Woman, believe me, (B)the hour is coming when (C)neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 (D)You worship what you do not know; (E)we worship what we know, for (F)salvation is (G)from the Jews. 23 But (H)the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father (I)in spirit and (J)truth, for the Father (K)is seeking such people to worship him.
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Zechariah 8:3
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3 Thus says the Lord: (A)I have returned to Zion and (B)will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, (C)and Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, (D)and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, the holy mountain.
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Hebrews 13:15
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15 (A)Through him then let us continually offer up (B)a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, (C)the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.
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1 Timothy 2:8
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8 I desire then that (A)in every place the men should pray, (B)lifting (C)holy hands without anger or quarreling;
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John 12:20-26
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Some Greeks Seek Jesus
20 Now (A)among those who went up to worship at the feast were some (B)Greeks. 21 So these came to (C)Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went and told (D)Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. 23 And Jesus answered them, (E)“The hour has come (F)for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, (G)unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25 (H)Whoever loves his life loses it, and (I)whoever (J)hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves me, he must (K)follow me; and (L)where I am, there will my servant be also. (M)If anyone serves me, (N)the Father will honor him.
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1 Peter 1:1-2
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Greeting
1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who are elect exiles of (A)the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 according to (B)the foreknowledge of God the Father, (C)in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and (D)for sprinkling with his blood:
May (E)grace and (F)peace be multiplied to you.
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Isaiah 66:19-20
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19 and I will set a sign among them. And from them (A)I will send survivors to the nations, to (B)Tarshish, (C)Pul, and (D)Lud, who draw the bow, to (E)Tubal and (F)Javan, (G)to the coastlands far away, (H)that have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations. 20 (I)And they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations (J)as an offering to the Lord, on horses and in chariots and in litters and on mules and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, just as the Israelites bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord.
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