19 That your trust may be in the Lord,
    I have made them known to you today, even to you.
20 Have I not written for you (A)thirty sayings
    of counsel and knowledge,
21 to (B)make you know what is right and true,
    that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?

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19 So that your trust may be in the Lord,
    I teach you today, even you.
20 Have I not written thirty sayings for you,
    sayings of counsel and knowledge,
21 teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth,(A)
    so that you bring back truthful reports
    to those you serve?

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it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write (A)an orderly account for you, (B)most excellent (C)Theophilus, that you may have (D)certainty concerning the things (E)you have been taught.

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With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account(A) for you, most excellent(B) Theophilus,(C) so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.(D)

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For (A)whatever was written in former days was written for our (B)instruction, that through endurance and through (C)the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

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For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us,(A) so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

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But he answered, (A)“It is written,

(B)“‘Man shall not live by bread alone,
    but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

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Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:4 Deut. 8:3

Jesus said to him, “Again (A)it is written, (B)‘You shall not (C)put the Lord your God to the test.’”

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Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:7 Deut. 6:16

10 Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, (A)Satan! For (B)it is written,

(C)“‘You shall worship the Lord your God
    and (D)him only shall you serve.’”

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10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan!(A) For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:10 Deut. 6:13

19 And when they say to you, “Inquire of the (A)mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of (B)the dead on behalf of the living? 20 (C)To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no (D)dawn.

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The Darkness Turns to Light

19 When someone tells you to consult(A) mediums and spiritists,(B) who whisper and mutter,(C) should not a people inquire(D) of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? 20 Consult God’s instruction(E) and the testimony of warning.(F) If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light(G) of dawn.

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