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And Jesus took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put His fingers in his ears, and after spitting, He touched his tongue with the saliva;
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And his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was removed, and he began speaking plainly.
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These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues;
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And at once his mouth was opened and his tongue freed, and he began speaking in praise of God.
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And he cried out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.’
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And tongues that looked like fire appeared to them, distributing themselves, and a tongue rested on each one of them.
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And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with different tongues, as the Spirit was giving them the ability to speak out.
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Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own tongues of the mighty deeds of God.”
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Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue was overjoyed; Moreover my flesh also will live in hope;
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For they were hearing them speaking with tongues and exalting God. Then Peter responded,
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And when Paul had laid hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they began speaking with tongues and prophesying.
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“Their throat is an open grave, With their tongues they keep deceiving,” “The venom of asps is under their lips”;
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For it is written: “As I live, says the Lord, to Me every knee will bow, And every tongue will give praise to God.”
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and to another the effecting of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.
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And God has appointed in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, and various kinds of tongues.
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All do not have gifts of healings, do they? All do not speak with tongues, do they? All do not interpret, do they?
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The Excellence of Love
If I speak with the tongues of mankind and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
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Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away with; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away with.
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For the one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people, but to God; for no one understands, but in his spirit he speaks mysteries.
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The one who speaks in a tongue edifies himself; but the one who prophesies edifies the church.
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Now I wish that you all spoke in tongues, but rather that you would prophesy; and greater is the one who prophesies than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may receive edification.
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But now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I speak to you either by way of revelation, or of knowledge, or of prophecy, or of teaching?
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So you too, unless you produce intelligible speech by the tongue, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will just be talking to the air.
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Therefore, one who speaks in a tongue is to pray that he may interpret.
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For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unproductive.
