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19 Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.

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14 What are mortals, that they can be clean?
    Or those born of woman, that they can be righteous?(A)
15 God puts no trust even in his holy ones,
    and the heavens are not clean in his sight;(B)
16 how much less one who is abominable and corrupt,
    one who drinks iniquity like water!(C)

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17 Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.[a](A)

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  1. 1.17 Other ancient authorities read variation due to a shadow of turning

26 For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.(A)

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How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
    How can one born of woman be pure?(A)

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Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
    No one can.(A)

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16 Without any doubt, the mystery of godliness is great:

He[a] was revealed in flesh,
    vindicated[b] in spirit,[c]
        seen by angels,
proclaimed among gentiles,
    believed in throughout the world,
        taken up in glory.(A)

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  1. 3.16 Gk Who; other ancient authorities read God or Which
  2. 3.16 Or justified
  3. 3.16 Or by the Spirit

13 If you, then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit[a] to those who ask him!”

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  1. 11.13 Other ancient authorities read the Father give the Holy Spirit from heaven

35 The angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born[a] will be holy; he will be called Son of God.(A)

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  1. 1.35 Other ancient authorities add of you