The Jerusalem Bible New Version Quotes

“Then the angel took the censer and filled it with the fire from the altar, which he then threw down on to the earth; immediately there came peals of thunder and flashes of lightning, and the earth shook.”
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“large quantity of incense was given to him to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar that stood in front of the throne; 4 and so from the angel's hand the smoke of the incense went up in the presence of God and with it the prayers of the saints.”
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“The Lamb then broke the seventh seal, and there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.   The prayers of the saints bring the coming of the Great Day nearer 2 Next I saw seven trumpets being given to the seven angels who stand in the presence of God. 3 Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar.”
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“and the One who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them. 16 They will never hunger or thirst again; neither the sun nor scorching?”
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“and because they have washed their robes white again in the blood of the Lamb,”
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“One of the elders then spoke, and asked me, "Do you know who these people are, dressed in white robes, and where they have come from?" 14 I answered him, "You can tell me, my lord." Then he said, "These are the people who have been through the great persecution,”
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“After that I saw a huge number, impossible to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe and language; they were standing in front of the throne and in front of the Lamb,”
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“Then I heard how many were sealed: a hundred and forty four thousand, out of all the tribes of Israel.”
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“And out came another horse, bright red, and its rider was given this duty: to take away peace from the earth and set people killing each other. He was given a huge sword.”
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“When he broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of all the people who had been killed on account of the word of God,”
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“Wait before you do any damage on land or at sea or to the trees, until we have put the seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God." 4”
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“saw another angel rising where the sun rises, carrying the seal of the living God; he called in a powerful voice to the four angels”
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“Next I saw four angels, standing at the four corners of the earth, a holding the four winds of the world back to keep them from blowing over the land or the sea or in the trees. 2 Then”
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“That life was made visible: we saw it and we are giving our testimony, telling you of eternal life which was with the Father and has been made visible to us.”
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“Do not imagine that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete them.”
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“They were given authority over a quarter of the earth, to kill by the sword, by famine, by plague and wild beasts.”
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“they will all carry on sinning and be none the stronger for it.”
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“When he broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth animal shout, "Come." 8 Immediately another horse appeared, deathly pale, and its rider was called Plague, and Hades followed at his heels.”
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“16And there was a man who came to him and asked, "Master, what good deed must I do to possess eternal life?" 17Jesus said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is one alone who is good. But if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments." 18He said, "Which?" "These": Jesus replied, "You must not kill. You must not commit adultery. You must not steal. You must not bring false witness. 19Honor your father and mother, and: you must love your neighbor as yourself.'' 20The young man said to him, "I have kept all these. What more do I need to do?" 21Jesus said, "If you wish to be perfect, go and sell what you own and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me." 22But when the young man heard these words he went away sad, for he was a man of great wealth.”
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“17Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, and on the way he took the Twelve to one side and said to them, 18"Now we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man is about to be handed over to the chief priests and scribes.”
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“When he broke the third seal, I heard the third animal shout, "Come," Immediately a black horse appeared, and its rider was holding a pair of scales; 6 and I seemed to hear a voice shout from among the four animals and say, "A ration of corn for a day's wages, and three rations of barley for a day's wages, but do not tamper with the oil or the wine.”
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“You are worthy to take the scroll and break the seals of it,  because you were sacrificed, and with your blood you bought men for God of every race, language, people and nation 10 and made them a line of kings and priests, to serve our God and to rule the world." 11 In my vision, I heard the sound of an immense number of angels gathered around the throne and the animals and the elders; there were ten thousand times ten thousand of theme and thousands upon thousands, 12 shouting, "The Lamb that was sacrificed is worthy to be given power, riches, wisdom, strength, honor, glory and blessing." 13 Then I heard ail the living things in creation -- everything that lives in the air, and on the ground, and under the ground, and in the sea, crying, "To the Orie who is sitting on the throne and to the Lamb, be ail praise, honor, glory and power, for ever and ever." 14 And the four animals said, "Amen"; and the elders prostrated themselves to worship.”
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“Then I saw, standing between the throne with its four animals and the circle of the elders, a Lamb that seemed to have been sacrificed; it had seven horns, and it had seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits God has sent out all over the world. 7 The Lamb came forward to take the scroll from the right hand of the One sitting on the throne, 8 and when he took it, the four animals prostrated themselves before him and with them the twenty-four elders; each one of them was holding a harp and had a golden bowl full of incense made of the prayers of the saints.”
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“Then I saw, standing between the throne with its four animals and the circle of the elders, a Lamb that seemed to have been sacrificed; it had seven horns, and it had seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits God has sent out all over the world.”
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“day and the night and to divide light from darkness. God saw that it was good. 19Evening came and morning came: the fourth day. 20God said, "Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth within the vault of heaven." And so it was. 21God created great sea-serpents and every kind of living creature with which the waters teem, and every kind of winged creature. God saw that it was good. 22God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas; and let the birds multiply upon the earth." 23Evening came and morning came: the fifth day. 24God said, "Let the earth produce every kind of living creature: cattle, reptiles, and every kind of wild beast." And so it was. 25God made every kind of wild beast, every kind of cattle, and every kind of land reptile. God saw that it was good. 26God said, "Let us" make man! in our own image, in the likeness of ourselves, and let them be masters of the fish of the sea, the birds of heaven, the cattle, all the wild beasts and all the reptiles that crawl upon the earth." 27God created man in the image of himself, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them. 28God blessed them, saying to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and conquer it. Be masters of the fish of the sea, the birds of heaven and all living animals on the earth." 29God said, "See, I give you all the seed-bearing plants that are upon the whole earth, and all the trees with seed-bearing fruit; this shall be your food. 30To all wild beasts, all birds of heaven and all living reptiles on the earth I”
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“11God said, "Let the earth produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants, and fruit trees bearing fruit with their seed inside, on the earth." And so it was. 12The earth produced vegetation: plants bearing seed in their several kinds, and trees bearing fruit with their seed inside in their several kinds. God saw that it was good. 13Evening came and morning came: the third day. 14God said, "Let there be lights in the vault of heaven to divide day from night, and let them indicate festivals, days and years. 15Let them be lights in the vault of heaven to shine on the earth." And so it was. 16God made the two great lights: the greater light to govern the day, the smaller light to govern the night, and the stars. 17God set them in the vault of heaven to shine on the earth, 18to govern  the”
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“waters teem, and every kind of winged creature. God saw that it was good. 22God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, multiply,”
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“11God said, "Let the earth produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants, and fruit trees bearing fruit with their seed inside, on the earth." And so it was. 12The earth produced vegetation: plants bearing seed in their several kinds, and trees bearing fruit with their seed inside in their several kinds. God saw that it was good. 13Evening came and morning came: the third day. 14God said, "Let there be lights in the vault of heaven to divide day from night, and let them indicate festivals, days and years. 15Let them be lights in the vault of heaven to shine on the earth." And so it was. 16God made the two great lights: the greater light to govern the day, the smaller light to govern the night, and the stars. 17God set them in the vault of heaven to shine on the earth, 18to govern  the day and the night and to divide light from darkness. God saw that it was good. 19Evening came and morning came: the fourth day. 20God said, "Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth within the vault of heaven." And so it was. 21God created great sea-serpents and every kind of living creature with which the”
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“lIn the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, and God's spirit hovered over the water. 3God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4God saw that light was good, and God divided light from darkness. 5God called light "day," and darkness he called "night." Evening came and morning came: the first day. 6God said, "Let there be a vault in the waters to divide the waters in two." And so it was. 7God made the vault, and it divided the waters above the vault from the waters under the vault. 8God called the vault "heaven." Evening came and morning came: the second day. 9God said; "Let the waters under heaven come together into a single mass, and let dry land appear." And so it was. 10God called the dry land "earth" and the mass of waters "seas," and God saw that it was good.”
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“third animal shout, "Come," Immediately a black horse appeared, and its rider was holding a pair of scales;”
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