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Acts 1:14

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

all: Acts 2:1, Acts 2:42, Acts 2:46, Acts 4:24-31, Acts 6:4; Matthew 18:19-20, Matthew 21:22; Luke 11:13, Luke 18:1, Luke 24:53; Ephesians 6:18

with the: Matthew 27:55; Mark 15:40, Mark 16:1; Luke 8:2-3, Luke 23:49, Luke 23:55, Luke 24:10; John 19:25

Mary: John 19:25-26

with his: Matthew 13:55-56; Mark 3:31-35

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