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Matthew 13:38

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field: Matthew 24:14, Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15-20; Luke 24:47; Romans 10:18, Romans 16:26; Colossians 1:6; Revelation 14:6

the good: Psalms 22:30; Isaiah 53:10; Hosea 2:23; Zechariah 10:8-9; John 1:12-13, John 12:24; Romans 8:17; James 1:18, James 2:5; 1 Peter 1:23; 1 John 3:2, 1 John 3:9

the children of the wicked: Matthew 13:19; Genesis 3:15; John 8:44; Acts 13:10; Philippians 3:18-19; 1 John 3:8, 1 John 3:10

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