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Luke 3:16

Luke 3:16

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

I indeed: Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:7-8; John 1:26, John 1:33; Acts 1:5, Acts 11:16, Acts 13:24-25, Acts 19:4-5

he shall: Proverbs 1:23; Isaiah 32:15, Isaiah 44:3-4; Ezekiel 36:25; Joel 2:28-29; John 7:38; Acts 2:33, Acts 10:44, Acts 11:15; 1 Corinthians 12:13

and with: Isaiah 4:4; Zechariah 13:9; Malachi 3:2-3; Acts 2:3-4, Acts 2:17-18

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