in the treasury: 1 Chronicles 9:26; Matthew 27:6; Mark 12:41, Mark 12:43
and no: John 8:59, John 7:8, John 7:30, John 7:44, John 10:39, John 11:9-10; Luke 13:31-33, Luke 20:19
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John 8:20
John 8:20
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