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Matthew 20:21

Matthew 20:21

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

What: Matthew 20:32; 1 Kings 3:5; Esther 5:3; Mark 6:22, Mark 10:36, Mark 10:51; Luke 18:41; John 15:7

Grant: Matthew 18:1, Matthew 19:28; Jeremiah 45:5; Mark 10:37; Luke 22:24; Romans 12:10; Philemon 1:2-3

the one: 1 Kings 2:19; Psalms 45:9, Psalms 110:1; Mark 16:19; Romans 8:34; Colossians 3:1

in thy: Luke 17:20-21, Luke 19:11; Acts 1:6

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