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Then Judah stepped forward and said, “Please, my lord, let your servant say just one word to you. Please, do not be angry with me, even though you are as powerful as Pharaoh himself.

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Judah answered, “Oh, my lord, what can we say to you? How can we explain this? How can we prove our innocence? God is punishing us for our sins. My lord, we have all returned to be your slaves—all of us, not just our brother who had your cup in his sack.”

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highlighted Genesis 43:1-2 NLT

But the famine continued to ravage the land of Canaan.

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finished reading Hebrews 4:9 in Spurgeon's Morning Devotions:

So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God,...

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highlighted Hebrews 4:16 NLT

So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.

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highlighted Hebrews 4:15 NLT

This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin.

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highlighted Hebrews 4:13 NLT

Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes, and he is the one to whom we are accountable.

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highlighted Hebrews 4:11 NLT

So let us do our best to enter that rest. But if we disobey God, as the people of Israel did, we will fall.

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highlighted Hebrews 4:12 NLT

For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.

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highlighted Hebrews 4:10 NLT

For all who have entered into God’s rest have rested from their labors, just as God did after creating the world.

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highlighted Hebrews 4:6 NLT

So God’s rest is there for people to enter, but those who first heard this good news failed to enter because they disobeyed God.

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highlighted Hebrews 4:3 NLT

For only we who believe can enter his rest. As for the others, God said, “In my anger I took an oath: ‘They will never enter my place of rest,’” even though this rest has been ready since he made the world.

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highlighted Hebrews 4:1 NLT

God’s promise of entering his rest still stands, so we ought to tremble with fear that some of you might fail to experience it.

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highlighted Matthew 27:9-10 NLT

This fulfilled the prophecy of Jeremiah that says, “They took the thirty pieces of silver— the price at which he was valued by the people of Israel,

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highlighted Matthew 27:8 NLT

That is why the field is still called the Field of Blood.

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