17 And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child.

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17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child,

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39 “Return to your home, and (A)declare how much God has done for you.” And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.

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39 “Return home and tell how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him.

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16 (A)Come and hear, all you who fear God,
    and I will tell what he has done for my soul.

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16 Come and hear,(A) all you who fear God;
    let me tell(B) you what he has done for me.

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17 O God, from my youth you have taught me,
    and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.
18 So even to (A)old age and gray hairs,
    O God, (B)do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might to another generation,
    your power to all those to come.

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17 Since my youth, God, you have taught(A) me,
    and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.(B)
18 Even when I am old and gray,(C)
    do not forsake me, my God,
till I declare your power(D) to the next generation,
    your mighty acts to all who are to come.(E)

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38 And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were (A)waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

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38 Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.(A)

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The Book of Remembrance

16 Then those who feared the Lord (A)spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and (B)a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name.

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The Faithful Remnant

16 Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard.(A) A scroll(B) of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared(C) the Lord and honored his name.

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Therefore my heart is glad, and my (A)whole being[a] rejoices;
    my flesh also dwells secure.
10 For you will not abandon my soul to (B)Sheol,
    (C)or let your (D)holy one see (E)corruption.[b]

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  1. Psalm 16:9 Hebrew my glory
  2. Psalm 16:10 Or see the pit

Therefore my heart is glad(A) and my tongue rejoices;
    my body also will rest secure,(B)
10 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,(C)
    nor will you let your faithful[a] one(D) see decay.(E)

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  1. Psalm 16:10 Or holy

28 So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man (A)who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?”

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28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did.(A) Could this be the Messiah?”(B)

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41 He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found (A)the Messiah” (which means Christ). 42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of (B)John. You shall be called (C)Cephas” (which means (D)Peter[a]).

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

43 (E)The next day Jesus decided (F)to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” 44 Now (G)Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip found (H)Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom (I)Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus (J)of Nazareth, (K)the son of Joseph.” 46 Nathanael said to him, (L)“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”

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  1. John 1:42 Cephas and Peter are from the word for rock in Aramaic and Greek, respectively

41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ).(A) 42 And he brought him to Jesus.

Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called(B) Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter[a]).(C)

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip,(D) he said to him, “Follow me.”(E)

44 Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida.(F) 45 Philip found Nathanael(G) and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law,(H) and about whom the prophets also wrote(I)—Jesus of Nazareth,(J) the son of Joseph.”(K)

46 “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?”(L) Nathanael asked.

“Come and see,” said Philip.

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  1. John 1:42 Cephas (Aramaic) and Peter (Greek) both mean rock.