Luke 13:29
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29 And (A)people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and (B)recline at table in the kingdom of God.
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Isaiah 66:18-20
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18 “For I know[a] their works and their thoughts, and the time is coming[b] (A)to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory, 19 and I will set a sign among them. And from them (B)I will send survivors to the nations, to (C)Tarshish, (D)Pul, and (E)Lud, who draw the bow, to (F)Tubal and (G)Javan, (H)to the coastlands far away, (I)that have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations. 20 (J)And they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations (K)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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- Isaiah 66:18 Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew lacks know
- Isaiah 66:18 Hebrew and it is coming
Isaiah 49:6
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6 he says:
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob
and to bring back the preserved of Israel;
(A)I will make you (B)as a light for the nations,
that (C)my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
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)
Isaiah 54:2-3
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2 (A)“Enlarge the place of your tent,
and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out;
do not hold back; lengthen your cords
and strengthen your stakes.
3 (B)For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left,
and your offspring will possess the nations
and will people the desolate cities.
Isaiah 43:6
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6 I will say to the north, Give up,
and to the south, Do not withhold;
bring (A)my sons from afar
and (B)my daughters from the end of the earth,
Revelation 7:9-10
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A Great Multitude from Every Nation
9 After this I looked, and behold, (A)a great multitude that no one could number, (B)from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, (C)clothed in white robes, with (D)palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, (E)“Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
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Ephesians 3:6-8
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6 This mystery is[a] that the Gentiles are (A)fellow heirs, (B)members of the same body, and (C)partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
7 (D)Of this gospel I was made (E)a minister according to the gift of (F)God's grace, which was given me (G)by the working of his power. 8 To me, (H)though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, (I)to preach to the Gentiles the (J)unsearchable (K)riches of Christ,
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- Ephesians 3:6 The words This mystery is are inferred from verse 4
Acts 28:28
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28 Therefore let it be known to you that (A)this (B)salvation of God (C)has been sent to the Gentiles; (D)they will listen.”[a]
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- Acts 28:28 Some manuscripts add verse 29: And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, having much dispute among themselves
Genesis 28:14
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14 Your offspring shall be like (A)the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and (B)your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
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Colossians 1:23
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23 (A)if indeed you continue in the faith, (B)stable and steadfast, not shifting from (C)the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed (D)in all creation[a] under heaven, (E)and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
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- Colossians 1:23 Or to every creature
Matthew 8:11
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11 I tell you, (A)many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,
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Colossians 1:6
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6 which has come to you, as indeed (A)in the whole world it is (B)bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you (C)heard it and understood (D)the grace of God in truth,
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