John 8:35
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35 (A)The slave does not remain in the house forever; (B)the son remains forever.
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Luke 15:31
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31 And he said to him, ‘Son, (A)you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
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Genesis 21:10
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10 So she said to Abraham, (A)“Cast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.”
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Galatians 4:4-7
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4 But (A)when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, (B)born (C)of woman, born (D)under the law, 5 (E)to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive (F)adoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent (G)the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then (H)an heir through God.
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Galatians 4:30-31
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30 But what does the Scripture say? (A)“Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.” 31 So, brothers, we are not children of the slave but (B)of the free woman.
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Romans 8:15-17
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15 For (A)you did not receive (B)the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of (C)adoption as sons, by whom we cry, (D)“Abba! Father!” 16 (E)The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then (F)heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, (G)provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
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1 Peter 1:2-5
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2 according to (A)the foreknowledge of God the Father, (B)in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and (C)for sprinkling with his blood:
May (D)grace and (E)peace be multiplied to you.
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3 (F)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! (G)According to his great mercy, (H)he has caused us to be born again to a living hope (I)through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to (J)an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and (K)unfading, (L)kept in heaven for you, 5 who by God's power are being guarded (M)through faith for a salvation (N)ready to be revealed in the last time.
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Hebrews 3:5-6
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5 (A)Now Moses was faithful in all God's house (B)as a servant, (C)to testify to the things that were to be spoken later, 6 but Christ is faithful over God's house as (D)a son. And (E)we are his house, if indeed we (F)hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.[a]
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- Hebrews 3:6 Some manuscripts insert firm to the end
Colossians 3:3
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3 For (A)you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
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Matthew 21:41-43
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41 They said to him, (A)“He will put those wretches to a miserable death and (B)let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons.”
42 Jesus said to them, (C)“Have you never read in the Scriptures:
(D)“‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;[a]
this was the Lord's doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
43 Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God (E)will be taken away from you and given to a people (F)producing its fruits.
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- Matthew 21:42 Greek the head of the corner
Ezekiel 46:17
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17 But if he makes a gift (A)out of his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his to (B)the year of liberty. Then it shall revert to the prince; surely it is his inheritance—it shall belong to his sons.
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Romans 8:29-30
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29 For those whom he (A)foreknew he also (B)predestined (C)to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be (D)the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also (E)justified, and those whom he justified he also (F)glorified.
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