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Luke 15:22

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the best: Psalms 45:13, Psalms 132:9, Psalms 132:16; Isaiah 61:10; Ezekiel 16:9-13; Zechariah 3:3-5; Matthew 22:11-12; Romans 3:22, Romans 13:14; Galatians 3:27; Ephesians 4:22-24; Revelation 3:4-5, Revelation 3:18, Revelation 6:11, Revelation 7:9, Revelation 7:13-14; Revelation 19:8

a ring: Genesis 41:42; Esther 3:10, Esther 8:2; Romans 8:15; Galatians 4:5-6; Ephesians 1:13-14; Revelation 2:17

and shoes: Deuteronomy 33:25; Psalms 18:33; Song of Solomon 7:1; Ezekiel 16:10; Ephesians 6:15

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