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When he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb, each holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
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They sing a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slaughtered and by your blood you ransomed for God saints from every tribe and language and people and nation;
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Another angel with a golden censer came and stood at the altar; he was given a great quantity of incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar that is before the throne.
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And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel.
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The nations raged, but your wrath has come, and the time for judging the dead, for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints and all who fear your name, both small and great, and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”
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Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. It was given authority over every tribe and people and language and nation,
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If you are to be taken captive, into captivity you go; if you kill with the sword, with the sword you must be killed. Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.
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Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and hold fast to the faith of Jesus.
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because they shed the blood of saints and prophets, you have given them blood to drink. It is what they deserve!”
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And I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses to Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly amazed.
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Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints and apostles and prophets! For God has given judgment for you against her.
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And in you was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slaughtered on earth.”
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to her it has been granted to be clothed with fine linen, bright and pure”— for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.
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They marched up over the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from heaven and consumed them.
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The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen.
