2 Kings 2:9
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9 When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me what I may do for you before I am taken from you.” Elisha said, “Please let me inherit a double share of your spirit.”
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Numbers 11:17
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17 I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the spirit that is on you and put it on them, and they shall bear the burden of the people along with you so that you will not bear it all by yourself.(A)
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Deuteronomy 21:17
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17 He must acknowledge as firstborn the son of the one who is disliked, giving him a double portion[a] of all that he has; since he is the first issue of his virility, the right of the firstborn is his.(A)
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- 21.17 Heb two-thirds
John 16:7
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7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Advocate[a] will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.
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- 16.7 Or Helper or Comforter
Acts 20:25-36
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25 “And now I know that none of you, among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom, will ever see my face again.(A) 26 Therefore I declare to you this day that I am not responsible for the blood of any of you,(B) 27 for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God.(C) 28 Keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock, of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God[a] that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.[b](D) 29 I know that after I have gone, savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.(E) 30 Some even from your own group will come distorting the truth in order to entice the disciples to follow them. 31 Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to warn everyone with tears.(F) 32 And now I commend you to God and to the message of his grace, a message that is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all who are sanctified.(G) 33 I coveted no one’s silver or gold or clothing.(H) 34 You know for yourselves that I worked with my own hands to support myself and my companions.(I) 35 In all this I have given you an example that by such work we must support the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, for he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”(J)
36 When he had finished speaking, he knelt down with them all and prayed.(K)
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Acts 8:17
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17 Then Peter and John[a] laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.(A)
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- 8.17 Gk they
Zechariah 12:8
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8 On that day the Lord will shield the inhabitants of Jerusalem so that the feeblest among them on that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, like the angel of the Lord, at their head.(A)
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Numbers 11:25
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25 Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him and took some of the spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders, and when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But they did not do so again.(A)
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1 Timothy 5:17
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17 Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor,[a] especially those who labor in preaching and teaching,(A)
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- 5.17 Or compensation
1 Corinthians 12:31
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31 But strive for the greater gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.(A)
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Acts 1:8
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8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”(A)
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John 17:9-13
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9 I am asking on their behalf; I am not asking on behalf of the world but on behalf of those whom you gave me, because they are yours.(A) 10 All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I have been glorified in them.(B) 11 And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one.(C) 12 While I was with them, I protected them in your name that[a] you have given me. I guarded them, and not one of them was lost except the one destined to be lost,[b] so that the scripture might be fulfilled.(D) 13 But now I am coming to you, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have my joy made complete in themselves.[c]
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Luke 24:45-51
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45 Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, 46 and he said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah[a] is[b] to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day(A) 47 and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.(B) 48 You are witnesses[c] of these things.(C) 49 And see, I am sending upon you what my Father promised, so stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”(D)
The Ascension of Jesus
50 Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and, lifting up his hands, he blessed them.(E) 51 While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven.[d](F)
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Zechariah 9:12
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12 Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;
today I declare that I will restore to you double.(A)
Psalm 72:20
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20 The prayers of David son of Jesse are ended.
2 Chronicles 1:9-10
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9 O Lord God, let your promise to my father David now be fulfilled, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.(A) 10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can rule this great people of yours?”(B)
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2 Kings 13:14-19
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Death of Elisha
14 Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, King Joash of Israel went down to him and wept before him, crying, “My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”(A) 15 Elisha said to him, “Take a bow and arrows,” so he took a bow and arrows. 16 Then he said to the king of Israel, “Draw the bow,” and he drew it. Elisha laid his hands on the king’s hands. 17 Then he said, “Open the window eastward,” and he opened it. Elisha said, “Shoot,” and he shot. Then he said, “The Lord’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram! For you shall fight the Arameans in Aphek until you have made an end of them.”(B) 18 He continued, “Take the arrows,” and he took them. He said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground with them”; he struck three times and stopped. 19 Then the man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck down Aram until you had made an end of it, but now you will strike down Aram only three times.”(C)
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1 Kings 3:9
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9 Give your servant, therefore, an understanding mind to govern your people, able to discern between good and evil, for who can govern this great people of yours?”(A)
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Deuteronomy 34:9
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9 Joshua son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him, and the Israelites obeyed him, doing as the Lord had commanded Moses.(A)
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John 14:12-14
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12 Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If in my name you ask me[a] for anything, I will do it.
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- 14.14 Other ancient authorities lack me
Psalm 72:1
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Psalm 72
Prayer for Guidance and Support for the King
Of Solomon.
1 Give the king your justice, O God,
and your righteousness to a king’s son.(A)
1 Chronicles 29:18-19
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18 O Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our ancestors, keep forever such purposes and thoughts in the hearts of your people, and direct their hearts toward you. 19 Grant to my son Solomon that with single mind he may keep your commandments, your decrees, and your statutes, performing all of them, and that he may build the temple[a] for which I have made provision.”(A)
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- 29.19 Heb fortress
Numbers 27:16-23
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16 “Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint someone over the congregation(A) 17 who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the Lord may not be like sheep without a shepherd.”(B) 18 So the Lord said to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay your hand upon him;(C) 19 have him stand before Eleazar the priest and all the congregation and commission him in their sight.(D) 20 You shall give him some of your authority, so that all the congregation of the Israelites may obey.(E) 21 But he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the decision of the Urim before the Lord; at his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the Israelites with him, the whole congregation.”(F) 22 So Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua and had him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation; 23 he laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the Lord had directed through Moses.
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