For behold, on (A)the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with (B)seven eyes,[a] I will (C)engrave its inscription, declares the Lord of hosts, and (D)I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.

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  1. Zechariah 3:9 Or facets

10 (A)For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see (B)the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.

(C)“These seven (D)are the eyes of the Lord, (E)which range through the whole earth.”

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20 In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, (A)iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none, and sin in Judah, and none shall be found, for (B)I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.

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And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw (A)a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with (B)seven eyes, which are (C)the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

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16 therefore thus says the Lord God,
(A)“Behold, I am the one who has laid[a] as a foundation (B)in Zion,
    a stone, a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation:
    ‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’

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  1. Isaiah 28:16 Dead Sea Scroll I am laying

22 (A)The stone that the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone.[a]

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  1. Psalm 118:22 Hebrew the head of the corner

25 Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as (A)the high priest enters (B)the holy places every year with blood not his own, 26 for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, (C)he has appeared (D)once for all (E)at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

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33 as it is written,

(A)“Behold, I am laying in Zion (B)a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense;
    (C)and whoever believes in him will not be (D)put to shame.”

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42 Jesus said to them, (A)“Have you never read in the Scriptures:

(B)“‘The stone that the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone;[a]
this was the Lord's doing,
    and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

43 Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God (C)will be taken away from you and given to a people (D)producing its fruits. 44 And (E)the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and (F)when it falls on anyone, it will crush him.”[b]

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  1. Matthew 21:42 Greek the head of the corner
  2. Matthew 21:44 Some manuscripts omit verse 44

34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ (A)for they shall all know me, (B)from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For (C)I will forgive their iniquity, and (D)I will remember their sin no more.”

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As you come to him, a living stone (A)rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, (B)you yourselves like living stones are being built up as (C)a spiritual house, to be (D)a holy priesthood, (E)to offer spiritual sacrifices (F)acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in Scripture:

(G)“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,
    a cornerstone chosen and precious,
(H)and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”

So the honor is for you who (I)believe, but for those who (J)do not believe,

(K)“The stone that the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone,”[a]

and

(L)“A stone of stumbling,
    and a rock of offense.”

They stumble because they disobey the word, (M)as they were destined to do.

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  1. 1 Peter 2:7 Greek the head of the corner

27 He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, (A)first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this (B)once for all when he offered up himself.

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19 But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: (A)“The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone (B)who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”

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For (A)there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man[a] Christ Jesus, (B)who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is (C)the testimony given (D)at the proper time.

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  1. 1 Timothy 2:5 men and man render the same Greek word that is translated people in verses 1 and 4

22 and who has also (A)put his seal on us and (B)given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.[a]

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  1. 2 Corinthians 1:22 Or down payment

God's Steadfast Love and Compassion

18 (A)Who is a God like you, (B)pardoning iniquity
    and passing over transgression
    (C)for the remnant of his inheritance?
(D)He does not retain his anger forever,
    because he delights in steadfast love.
19 He will (E)again have compassion on us;
    (F)he will tread our iniquities underfoot.
(G)You will cast all our[a] sins
    into the depths of the sea.

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  1. Micah 7:19 Hebrew their

The Seventy Weeks

24 (A)“Seventy weeks[a] are decreed about your people and (B)your holy city, to finish (C)the transgression, to put an end to sin, (D)and to atone for iniquity, (E)to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and (F)to anoint a most holy place.[b] 25 (G)Know therefore and understand that (H)from the going out of the word to restore and (I)build Jerusalem to the coming of an (J)anointed one, a (K)prince, there shall be seven weeks. Then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again[c] with squares and moat, (L)but in a troubled time. 26 And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall (M)be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come (N)shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. (O)Its[d] end shall come with a flood, (P)and to the end there shall be war. (Q)Desolations are decreed. 27 And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week,[e] and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. (R)And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until (S)the decreed end is poured out on the desolator.”

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  1. Daniel 9:24 Or sevens; also twice in verse 25 and once in verse 26
  2. Daniel 9:24 Or thing, or one
  3. Daniel 9:25 Or there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It shall be built again
  4. Daniel 9:26 Or His
  5. Daniel 9:27 Or seven; twice in this verse

(A)He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but (B)also for the sins of the whole world.

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10 And by that will (A)we have been sanctified through the offering of (B)the body of Jesus Christ (C)once for all.

11 And every priest stands (D)daily at his service, (E)offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, (F)which can never take away sins. 12 But when Christ[a] had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he (G)sat down at the right hand of God, 13 waiting from that time (H)until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. 14 For by a single offering (I)he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

15 And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying,

16 (J)“This is the covenant that I will make with them
    after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws on their hearts,
    and write them on their minds,”

17 then he adds,

(K)“I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”

18 Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.

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  1. Hebrews 10:12 Greek this one

20 and (A)through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, (B)making peace (C)by the blood of his cross.

21 (D)And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, (E)doing evil deeds,

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16 and might (A)reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. 17 And he came and (B)preached peace to you who were (C)far off and peace to those who were (D)near.

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And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of (A)the living God, not on (B)tablets of stone but on (C)tablets of (D)human hearts.[a]

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  1. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Greek fleshly hearts

11 (A)This Jesus[a] is the stone that was (B)rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.[b]

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  1. Acts 4:11 Greek This one
  2. Acts 4:11 Greek the head of the corner

27 (A)Do not work for the food that perishes, but for (B)the food that endures to eternal life, which (C)the Son of Man will give to you. For on (D)him God the Father has (E)set his seal.”

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Behold, the Lamb of God

29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, (A)the Lamb of God, who (B)takes away the sin (C)of the world!

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