Matthew 22:29
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29 Jesus answered them, “You are wrong because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God.(A)
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John 20:9
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9 for as yet they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead.(A)
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Romans 15:4
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4 For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, so that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.(A)
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Jeremiah 32:17
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17 “Ah Lord God! It is you who made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.(A)
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Luke 1:37
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37 For nothing will be impossible with God.”(A)
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Daniel 12:2-3
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2 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth[a] shall awake, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt.(A) 3 Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky,[b] and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.(B)
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Isaiah 26:19
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19 Your dead shall live; their corpses[a] shall rise.
Those who dwell in the dust will awake and shout for joy![b]
For your dew is a radiant dew,
and the earth will give birth to those long dead.[c](A)
Psalm 17:15
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15 As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness;
when I awake I shall be satisfied, beholding your likeness.(A)
Philippians 3:21
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21 He will transform the body of our humiliation[a] that it may be conformed to the body of his glory,[b] by the power that also enables him to make all things subject to himself.(A)
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Acts 26:8
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8 Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?(A)
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Job 19:25-27
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25 For I know that my vindicator[a] lives
and that in the end he will stand upon the earth;(A)
26 and after my skin has been destroyed,
then in my flesh I shall see God,(B)
27 whom I shall see on my side,
and my eyes shall behold, and not another.
My heart faints within me!(C)
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- 19.25 Or redeemer
Isaiah 25:8
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8 he will swallow up death forever.
Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces,
and the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth,
for the Lord has spoken.(A)
Psalm 73:25-26
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25 Whom have I in heaven but you?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire other than you.(A)
26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength[a] of my heart and my portion forever.(B)
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- 73.26 Heb rock
Psalm 49:14-15
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14 Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
Death shall be their shepherd;
straight to the grave they descend,[a]
and their form shall waste away;
Sheol shall be their home.[b](A)
15 But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,
for he will receive me. Selah(B)
Psalm 16:9-11
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9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices;
my body also rests secure.(A)
10 For you do not give me up to Sheol
or let your faithful one see the Pit.(B)
11 You show me the path of life.
In your presence there is fullness of joy;
in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.(C)
Luke 24:44-47
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44 Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.”(A) 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, 46 and he said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah[a] is[b] to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day(B) 47 and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.(C)
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Hosea 13:14
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14 Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol?
Shall I redeem them from Death?
O Death, where are[a] your plagues?
O Sheol, where is[b] your destruction?
Compassion is hidden from my eyes.(A)
Genesis 18:14
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14 Is anything too wonderful for the Lord? At the set time I will return to you, in due season, and Sarah shall have a son.”(A)
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Isaiah 57:1-2
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Israel’s Futile Idolatry
57 The righteous perish,
and no one considers why;
the devout are taken away,
while no one understands
that it is due to evil that the righteous are taken away.(A)
2 Those who walk uprightly enter into peace
and rest on their couches.(B)
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