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"It is written, 'My house shall be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of thieves.'"

  "It is written, 'My house shall be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of thieves.'"   Luke 19:45 – 46: "Then He went into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it, saying to them, 'It is written, "My house shall be a house of prayer," but you have made it a "den of thieves."'" Isaiah 56:6 – 7 states: "For thus says the Lord: 'To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, and choose what pleases Me, and hold fast My covenant — even to them I will give in My house and within My walls a place and a name better than that of sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off. Also the sons of the foreigner who join themselves to the Lord... I will bring them to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on My altar; for My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nat...
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As in the Days of Noah, As in the Days of Lot

  As in the Days of Noah, As in the Days of Lot   Luke 17:21 – 32: “ And He said to the disciples, ‘ The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. And they will say to you, “ Look here! ” or “ Look there! ” Do not go after them or follow them. For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in His day. But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all....
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With all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind.

  With all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind.   Luke 10:25 – 28: "On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. 'Teacher,' he asked, 'what must I do to inherit eternal life?' 'What is written in the Law?' Jesus replied. 'How do you read it?' He answered, 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart (*kardias*), with all your soul (*psyches*), with all your strength (*ischyos*), and with all your mind (*dianoias*); and love your neighbor as yourself.' 'You have answered correctly,' Jesus said. 'Do this and you will live.'" Four terms appear here. *Kardias* is translated as "heart." In 1 Thessalonians 3:13 — "may he strengthen your hearts (*kardias*) so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes (*parousia*) with all his holy ones" — *kardias* refers to the spiritual heart. The term ...
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