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Luke 15:20

Luke 15:20

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

But: Deuteronomy 30:2-4; Job 33:27-28; Psalms 86:5, Psalms 86:15, Psalms 103:10-13; Isaiah 49:15, Isaiah 55:6-9; Isaiah 57:18; Jeremiah 31:20; Ezekiel 16:6-8; Hosea 11:8; Micah 7:18-19; Acts 2:39; Ephesians 2:13, Ephesians 2:17

and fell: Genesis 33:4, Genesis 45:14, Genesis 46:29; Acts 20:37

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