55 But he turned and rebuked them.[a]

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  1. Luke 9:55 Some manuscripts add And he said, “You do not know what manner of spirit you are of; 56for the Son of Man came not to destroy people's lives but to save them”

55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them.

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19 (A)Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.

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19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.(A) So be earnest and repent.(B)

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(A)Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, (B)bless, for (C)to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.

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Do not repay evil with evil(A) or insult with insult.(B) On the contrary, repay evil with blessing,(C) because to this(D) you were called(E) so that you may inherit a blessing.(F)

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29 “If I have (A)rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me,
    or exulted when evil overtook him
30 ((B)I have not let my mouth sin
    by asking for his life with a curse),
31 if the men of my tent have not said,
    ‘Who is there that has not been filled with his (C)meat?’

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29 “If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune(A)
    or gloated over the trouble that came to him(B)
30 I have not allowed my mouth to sin
    by invoking a curse against their life(C)
31 if those of my household have never said,
    ‘Who has not been filled with Job’s meat?’(D)

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With whose help have you uttered words,
    and whose breath (A)has come out from you?

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Who has helped you utter these words?
    And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?(A)

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10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the (A)foolish women would speak. (B)Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?”[a] (C)In all this Job did not (D)sin with his lips.

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  1. Job 2:10 Or disaster; also verse 11

10 He replied, “You are talking like a foolish[a] woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”(A)

In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.(B)

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  1. Job 2:10 The Hebrew word rendered foolish denotes moral deficiency.

(A)“I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of (B)Jesus of Nazareth. 10 (C)And I did so in Jerusalem. I not only locked up many of the saints in prison after receiving authority (D)from the chief priests, but (E)when they were put to death I cast my vote against them. 11 And (F)I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them (G)blaspheme, and (H)in raging fury against them I (I)persecuted them even to foreign cities.

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“I too was convinced(A) that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose(B) the name of Jesus of Nazareth.(C) 10 And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the Lord’s people(D) in prison,(E) and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.(F) 11 Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished,(G) and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was so obsessed with persecuting them that I even hunted them down in foreign cities.

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Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you (A)whitewashed (B)wall! Are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and yet (C)contrary to the law you (D)order me to be struck?” Those who stood by said, “Would you revile (E)God's high priest?” And Paul said, (F)“I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, (G)‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”

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Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall!(A) You sit there to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck!”(B)

Those who were standing near Paul said, “How dare you insult God’s high priest!”

Paul replied, “Brothers, I did not realize that he was the high priest; for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’[a](C)

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  1. Acts 23:5 Exodus 22:28

51 And behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his (A)sword and struck the servant[a] of the high priest and cut off his ear.

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  1. Matthew 26:51 Or bondservant

51 With that, one of Jesus’ companions reached for his sword,(A) drew it out and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.(B)

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41 (A)Watch and (B)pray that you (C)may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

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41 “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.(A) The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

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33 (A)Peter answered him, “Though they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away.”

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33 Peter replied, “Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will.”

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23 But he turned and said to Peter, (A)“Get behind me, Satan! You are (B)a hindrance[a] to me. For you (C)are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”

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  1. Matthew 16:23 Greek stumbling block

23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan!(A) You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”

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The heart is deceitful above all things,
    and desperately sick;
    who can understand it?

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The heart(A) is deceitful above all things
    and beyond cure.
    Who can understand it?

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