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Luke 10:42

Luke 10:42

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

one: Luke 18:22; Psalms 27:4, Psalms 73:25; Ecclesiastes 12:13; Mark 8:36; John 17:3; 1 Corinthians 13:3; Galatians 5:6; Colossians 2:10-19; 1 John 5:11-12

chosen: Deuteronomy 30:19; Joshua 24:15, Joshua 24:22; Psalms 17:15, Psalms 119:30, Psalms 119:111, Psalms 119:173

good: Psalms 16:5-6, Psalms 142:5

which: Luke 8:18, Luke 12:20, Luke 12:33, Luke 16:2, Luke 16:25; John 4:14, John 5:24, John 10:27-28; Romans 8:35-39; Colossians 3:3-4; 1 Peter 1:4-5

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