Mark 2:20
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20 But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
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Luke 17:22
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22 Then he said to his disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see the day when the Son of Man returns,[a] but you won’t see it.
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- 17:22 Or long for even one day with the Son of Man. “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
Isaiah 54:5
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5 For your Creator will be your husband;
the Lord of Heaven’s Armies is his name!
He is your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,
the God of all the earth.
Revelation 21:9
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9 Then one of the seven angels who held the seven bowls containing the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come with me! I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
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Revelation 19:7
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7 Let us be glad and rejoice,
and let us give honor to him.
For the time has come for the wedding feast of the Lamb,
and his bride has prepared herself.
2 Corinthians 11:27
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27 I have worked hard and long, enduring many sleepless nights. I have been hungry and thirsty and have often gone without food. I have shivered in the cold, without enough clothing to keep me warm.
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2 Corinthians 11:2
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2 For I am jealous for you with the jealousy of God himself. I promised you as a pure bride[a] to one husband—Christ.
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- 11:2 Greek a virgin.
2 Corinthians 6:5
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5 We have been beaten, been put in prison, faced angry mobs, worked to exhaustion, endured sleepless nights, and gone without food.
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1 Corinthians 7:5
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5 Do not deprive each other of sexual relations, unless you both agree to refrain from sexual intimacy for a limited time so you can give yourselves more completely to prayer. Afterward, you should come together again so that Satan won’t be able to tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
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Acts 14:23
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23 Paul and Barnabas also appointed elders in every church. With prayer and fasting, they turned the elders over to the care of the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.
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Acts 13:2-3
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2 One day as these men were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Appoint Barnabas and Saul for the special work to which I have called them.” 3 So after more fasting and prayer, the men laid their hands on them and sent them on their way.
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Acts 3:21
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21 For he must remain in heaven until the time for the final restoration of all things, as God promised long ago through his holy prophets.
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Acts 1:9
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9 After saying this, he was taken up into a cloud while they were watching, and they could no longer see him.
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John 17:13
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13 “Now I am coming to you. I told them many things while I was with them in this world so they would be filled with my joy.
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John 17:11
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11 Now I am departing from the world; they are staying in this world, but I am coming to you. Holy Father, you have given me your name;[a] now protect them by the power of your name so that they will be united just as we are.
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- 17:11 Some manuscripts read you have given me these [disciples].
John 16:28
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28 Yes, I came from the Father into the world, and now I will leave the world and return to the Father.”
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John 16:7
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7 But in fact, it is best for you that I go away, because if I don’t, the Advocate[a] won’t come. If I do go away, then I will send him to you.
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- 16:7 Or Comforter, or Encourager, or Counselor. Greek reads Paraclete.
John 13:33
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33 Dear children, I will be with you only a little longer. And as I told the Jewish leaders, you will search for me, but you can’t come where I am going.
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John 12:8
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8 You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.”
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John 7:33-34
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33 But Jesus told them, “I will be with you only a little longer. Then I will return to the one who sent me. 34 You will search for me but not find me. And you cannot go where I am going.”
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John 3:29
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29 It is the bridegroom who marries the bride, and the bridegroom’s friend is simply glad to stand with him and hear his vows. Therefore, I am filled with joy at his success.
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Matthew 26:31
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Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial
31 On the way, Jesus told them, “Tonight all of you will desert me. For the Scriptures say,
‘God will strike[a] the Shepherd,
and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
Zechariah 13:7
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The Scattering of the Sheep
7 “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,
the man who is my partner,”
says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
“Strike down the shepherd,
and the sheep will be scattered,
and I will turn against the lambs.
Isaiah 62:5
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5 Your children will commit themselves to you, O Jerusalem,
just as a young man commits himself to his bride.
Then God will rejoice over you
as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride.
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