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Mark 15:40

Mark 15:40

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

women: Psalms 38:11; Matthew 27:55-56; Luke 23:49; John 19:25-27

Mary Magdalene: Mark 16:9; Matthew 28:1; Luke 8:2-3; John 20:11-18

Mary the: Mark 15:47, Mark 16:1; Matthew 13:55, Matthew 27:55, Matthew 27:61; John 19:25; 1 Corinthians 9:5; Galatians 1:19; James 1:1

Salome: Mark 16:1

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