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Acts 16:17

Acts 16:17

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These: Acts 19:13; Matthew 8:29; Mark 1:24; Luke 4:34, Luke 4:41

the servants: Daniel 3:26, Daniel 3:28, Daniel 6:16, Daniel 6:20; Jonah 1:9; 1 Peter 2:16

the most: Genesis 14:18-22; Psalms 57:2, Psalms 78:35; Daniel 4:2, Daniel 5:18, Daniel 5:21; Micah 6:6; Mark 5:7; Luke 8:28

the way: Acts 16:30-31, Acts 18:26; Matthew 7:13-14, Matthew 22:16; Mark 12:14; Luke 1:77, Luke 1:79, Luke 20:21; John 14:6; Hebrews 10:19-22

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