talked: Revelation 4:1, Revelation 21:15; Luke 9:30, Luke 24:32
I will: Revelation 16:19, Revelation 18:16-19
the great: Revelation 17:4-5, Revelation 17:15-16, Revelation 19:2; Isaiah 57:3; Nahum 3:4-5
that sitteth: Revelation 17:15; Jeremiah 51:13
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Revelation 17:1
Revelation 17:1
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