Isaiah 60:8
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8 Who are these that fly like a cloud
and like doves to their windows?
Luke 13:29
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29 Then people will come from east and west, from north and south, and take their places at the banquet in the kingdom of God.
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Isaiah 60:4
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4 Lift up your eyes and look around;
they all gather together; they come to you;
your sons shall come from far away,
and your daughters shall be carried in their nurses’ arms.(A)
Isaiah 49:21
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21 Then you will say in your heart,
“Who has borne me these?
I was bereaved and barren,
exiled and put away—
so who has reared these?
I was left all alone—
where, then, have these come from?”(A)
Revelation 7:9
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The Multitude from Every Nation
9 After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands.(A)
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Hebrews 12:1
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The Example of Jesus
12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely,[a] and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,(A)
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- 12.1 Other ancient authorities read sin that easily distracts
Isaiah 45:22
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22 Turn to me and be saved,
all the ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no other.(A)
Genesis 8:8-11
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8 Then he sent out the dove from him to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground, 9 but the dove found no place to set its foot, and it returned to him to the ark, for the waters were still on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took it and brought it into the ark with him. 10 He waited another seven days, and again he sent out the dove from the ark, 11 and the dove came back to him in the evening, and there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf; so Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth.(A)
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