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Luke 18:1

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that: Luke 11:5-8, Luke 21:36; Genesis 32:9-12, Genesis 32:24-26; Job 27:8-10; Psalms 55:16-17, Psalms 65:2; Psalms 86:3 *marg. Psalms 102:17, Psalms 142:5-7; Jeremiah 29:12; Romans 12:12; Ephesians 6:18; Philippians 4:6; Colossians 4:2, Colossians 4:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:17

and not: Psalms 27:13; Jonah 2:7; Galatians 6:9; Hebrews 12:3-5

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