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Deeper Understanding of (Proverbs 29:13) for mentioning God giving light on the eyes of both the poor and the oppressor
29:13 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
רָ֤שׁ וְאִ֣ישׁ תְּכָכִ֣ים
נִפְגָּ֑שׁוּ מֵ֤אִיר־עֵינֵ֖י שְׁנֵיהֶ֣ם יְהוָֽה׃
(Proverbs 29:13)
English Standard Version
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Is Jesus using multiple definitions of "life" in Matthew 10:39?
Matthew 10:39 (ESV)
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
How can someone find their life and then lose it, or lose their life and then find it?
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The Son of Jonah / John: Literally, or Metaphorically?
Matthew 16:4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas.
Then, several verses later :
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In Matthew 16:19 what are the "keys of the kingdom"?
Matthew 16:19 (ESV)
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
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Matthew 26:24: What's the meaning of "goes" in "the Son of man goes as it is written of him"?
Matthew 26:24:
The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by
whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he
had not been born. (KJV)
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What does Jesus mean in Matthew 25:41-46?
I have a question concerning the following passage (Matthew 25:41-46):
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who
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