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Matthew 16:21

Matthew 16:21

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

began: Matthew 17:22-23, Matthew 20:17-19, Matthew 20:28, Matthew 26:2; Mark 8:31, Mark 9:31-32, Mark 10:32-34; Luke 9:22, Luke 9:31, Luke 9:44-45, Luke 18:31-34, Luke 24:6-7, Luke 24:26-27, Luke 24:46; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4

chief priests: Matthew 26:47, Matthew 27:12; 1 Chronicles 24:1-19; Nehemiah 12:7

and be: Matthew 27:63; John 2:19-21; Acts 2:23-32

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