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Matthew 13:21

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root: Matthew 13:6, Matthew 7:22-23, Matthew 7:26-27; Job 19:28; Proverbs 12:3, Proverbs 12:12; Luke 8:13; John 6:26, John 6:61-65; John 6:70-71, John 15:5-7; Acts 8:21-23; Galatians 5:6, Galatians 6:15; Ephesians 3:17; 2 Peter 1:8-9; 1 John 2:19-20

dureth: Matthew 10:22, Matthew 24:13; Job 27:8-10; Psalms 36:3; Hosea 6:4; Romans 2:7; Philippians 1:6; 1 Peter 1:5

for: Matthew 5:10-12, Matthew 10:37-39, Matthew 16:24-26; Mark 4:17, Mark 8:34-36, Mark 13:12-13; Luke 9:23-25, Luke 14:26-33, Luke 21:12-18; John 12:25-26; Galatians 6:12; 2 Timothy 4:10; Hebrews 10:35-39; Revelation 2:13

is: Matthew 13:57, Matthew 11:6, Matthew 24:9-10, Matthew 26:31, Matthew 26:33; 2 Timothy 1:15

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