Zechariah 11:9
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9 So I said, “I will not be your shepherd. What is to die, let it die; what is to be destroyed, let it be destroyed; and let those that are left devour the flesh of one another!”
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Matthew 13:10-11
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The Purpose of the Parables
10 Then the disciples came and asked him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” 11 He answered, “To you it has been given to know the secrets[a] of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.(A)
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- 13.11 Or mysteries
Jeremiah 43:11
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11 He shall come and ravage the land of Egypt, giving
those who are destined for pestilence, to pestilence,
and those who are destined for captivity, to captivity,
and those who are destined for the sword, to the sword.(A)
Revelation 22:11
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11 Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.”(A)
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Acts 28:26-28
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26 ‘Go to this people and say,
You will indeed listen but never understand,
and you will indeed look but never perceive.
27 For this people’s heart has grown dull,
and their ears are hard of hearing,
and they have shut their eyes;
otherwise they might look with their eyes
and listen with their ears
and understand with their heart and turn—
and I would heal them.’
28 “Let it be known to you, then, that this salvation of God has been sent to the gentiles; they will listen.”[a]
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- 28.28 Other ancient authorities add 28.29, And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, arguing vigorously among themselves
Acts 13:46-47
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46 Then both Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken first to you. Since you reject it and judge yourselves to be unworthy of eternal life, we are now turning to the gentiles.(A) 47 For so the Lord has commanded us, saying,
‘I have set you to be a light for the gentiles,
so that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”(B)
John 12:35
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35 Jesus said to them, “The light is in you[a] for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. If you walk in the darkness, you do not know where you are going.
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- 12.35 Other ancient authorities read with you
John 8:24
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24 I told you that you would die in your sins, for you will die in your sins unless you believe that I am he.”[a](A)
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- 8.24 Gk I am
John 8:21
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Jesus Foretells His Death
21 Again he said to them, “I am going away, and you will search for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”(A)
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Matthew 23:38-39
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38 See, your house is left to you, desolate.[a] 39 For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.’ ”(A)
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- 23.38 Other ancient authorities lack desolate
Matthew 21:43
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43 “Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that produces its fruits.(A)
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Matthew 21:19
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19 And seeing a fig tree by the side of the road, he went to it and found nothing at all on it but leaves. Then he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once.
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Matthew 15:14
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14 Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind.[a] And if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit.”(A)
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Ezekiel 5:10
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10 Surely, parents shall eat their children in your midst, and children shall eat their parents; I will execute judgments on you, and any of you who survive I will scatter to every wind.(A)
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Jeremiah 23:39
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39 therefore, I will surely lift you up[a] and cast you away from my presence, you and the city that I gave to you and your ancestors.(A)
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- 23.39 Heb mss Gk Vg: MT forget you
Jeremiah 23:33
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33 When this people or a prophet or a priest asks you, “What is the burden of the Lord?” you shall say to them, “You are the burden.[a] I will cast you off, says the Lord.”(A)
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- 23.33 Heb ms Gk Syr: MT What burden?
Jeremiah 19:9
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9 And I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and all shall eat the flesh of their neighbors in the siege and in the distress with which their enemies and those who seek their life afflict them.(A)
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Jeremiah 15:2-3
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2 And when they say to you, “Where shall we go?” you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord:
Those destined for pestilence, to pestilence,
and those destined for the sword, to the sword;
those destined for famine, to famine,
and those destined for captivity, to captivity.(A)
3 And I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, says the Lord: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and the wild animals of the earth to devour and destroy.(B)
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Isaiah 9:19-21
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19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts
the land was burned,
and the people became like fuel for the fire;
no one spared another.(A)
20 They gorged on the right but still were hungry,
and they devoured on the left but were not satisfied;
they devoured the flesh of their own kindred;[a](B)
21 Manasseh devoured Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh,
and together they were against Judah.
For all this his anger has not turned away;
his hand is stretched out still.(C)
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- 9.20 Or arm
Psalm 69:22-28
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22 Let their table be a trap for them,
a snare for their allies.(A)
23 Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see,
and make their loins tremble continually.(B)
24 Pour out your indignation upon them,
and let your burning anger overtake them.(C)
25 May their camp be a desolation;
let no one live in their tents.(D)
26 For they persecute those whom you have struck down,
and those whom you have wounded they attack still more.[a](E)
27 Add guilt to their guilt;
may they have no acquittal from you.
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living;
let them not be enrolled among the righteous.(F)
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- 69.26 Gk Syr: Heb recount the pain of
Deuteronomy 28:53-56
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53 In the desperate straits to which the enemy siege reduces you, you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of your own sons and daughters whom the Lord your God has given you.(A) 54 Even the most refined and gentle of men among you will begrudge food to his own brother, to the wife whom he embraces, and to the last of his remaining children, 55 giving to none of them any of the flesh of his children whom he is eating, because nothing else remains to him, in the desperate straits to which the enemy siege will reduce you in all your towns. 56 She who is the most refined and gentle among you, so gentle and refined that she does not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge food to the husband whom she embraces, to her own son, and to her own daughter,(B)
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