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ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_40 13:31-33
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He presented another parable to them: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.
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It's the smallest of all the seeds, but when grown, it's taller than the vegetables and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches."
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He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into 50 pounds of flour until it spread through all of it."
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_42 13:18
He said therefore, "What is the kingdom of God like, and what can I compare it to?
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_42 13:19
It's like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches."
is less than
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_1 22:17
I will indeed bless you and make your offspring as numerous as the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_1 22:18
And all the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring because you have obeyed My command."
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_19 72:16-19
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May there be plenty of grain in the land; may it wave on the tops of the mountains. May its crops be like Lebanon. May people flourish in the cities like the grass of the field.
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May his name endure forever; as long as the sun shines, may his fame increase. May all nations be blessed by him and call him blessed.
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May the LORD God, the God of Israel, be praised, who alone does wonders.
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May His glorious name be praised forever; the whole earth is filled with His glory. Amen and amen.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 2:2
In the last days the mountain of the LORD's house will be established at the top of the mountains and will be raised above the hills. All nations will stream to it,
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 2:3
and many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us about His ways so that we may walk in His paths." For instruction will go out of Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 9:7
The dominion will be vast, and its prosperity will never end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from now on and forever. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 49:6
He says, "It is not enough for you to be My servant raising up the tribes of Jacob and restoring the protected ones of Israel. I will also make you a light for the nations, to be My salvation to the ends of the earth."
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 49:7
This is what the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One says to one who is despised, to one abhorred by people, to a servant of rulers: "Kings will see and stand up, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel-- and He has chosen you."
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 53:2
He grew up before Him like a young plant and like a root out of dry ground. He had no form or splendor that we should look at Him, no appearance that we should desire Him.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 53:12
Therefore I will give Him the many as a portion, and He will receive the mighty as spoil, because He submitted Himself to death, and was counted among the rebels; yet He bore the sin of many and interceded for the rebels.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 54:1-3
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"Rejoice, barren one, who did not give birth; burst into song and shout, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the forsaken one will be more than the children of the married woman," says the LORD.
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"Enlarge the site of your tent, and let your tent curtains be stretched out; do not hold back; lengthen your ropes, and drive your pegs deep.
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For you will spread out to the right and to the left, and your descendants will dispossess nations and inhabit the desolate cities.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 60:22
The least will become a thousand, the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; I will accomplish it quickly in its time.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_26 17:22-24
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This is what the Lord God says: I will take [a sprig] from the lofty top of the cedar and plant [it]. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant [it] on a high towering mountain.
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I will plant it on Israel's high mountain so that it may bear branches, produce fruit, and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.
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Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring down the tall tree, and make the low tree tall. I cause the green tree to wither and make the withered tree thrive. I, Yahweh, have spoken and I will do [it].
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_27 2:34
As you were watching, a stone broke off without a hand touching it, struck the statue on its feet of iron and fired clay, and crushed them.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_27 2:35
Then the iron, the fired clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were shattered and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_27 2:44
"In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, and this kingdom will not be left to another people. It will crush all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself endure forever.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_27 2:45
You saw a stone break off from the mountain without a hand touching it, and it crushed the iron, bronze, fired clay, silver, and gold. The great God has told the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its interpretation certain."
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_30 9:11-15
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In that day I will restore the fallen booth of David: I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,
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so that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that are called by My name-- [this is] the LORD's declaration-- He will do this.
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Hear this! The days are coming-- the LORD's declaration-- when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the one who treads grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, and all the hills will flow [with it].
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I will restore the fortunes of My people Israel. They will rebuild and occupy ruined cities, plant vineyards and drink their wine, make gardens and eat their produce.
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I will plant them on their land, and they will never again be uprooted from the land I have given them. Yahweh your God has spoken.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_33 4:1
In the last days the mountain of the LORD's house will be established at the top of the mountains and will be raised above the hills. Peoples will stream to it,
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_33 4:2
and many nations will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us about His ways so we may walk in His paths." For instruction will go out of Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_38 2:11
"Many nations will join themselves to the LORD on that day and become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_38 8:20-23
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The LORD of Hosts says this: "Peoples will yet come, the residents of many cities;
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the residents of one city will go to another, saying: Let's go at once to plead for the LORD's favor and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I am also going.
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Many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead for the LORD's favor."
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The LORD of Hosts says this: "In those days, 10 men from nations of every language will grab the robe of a Jewish man tightly, urging: Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you."
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_38 12:8
On that day the LORD will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the one who is weakest among them will be like David on that day, and the house of David will be like God, like the Angel of the LORD, before them.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_38 14:6-9
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On that day there will be no light; the sunlight and moonlight will diminish.
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It will be a day known [only] to Yahweh, without day or night, but there will be light at evening.
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On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea, in summer and winter alike.
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On that day Yahweh will become king over all the earth-- Yahweh alone, and His name alone.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_39 1:11
"For My name will be great among the nations, from the rising of the sun to its setting. Incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name in every place because My name will be great among the nations," says the LORD of Hosts.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_44 2:41
So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about 3,000 people were added to them.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_44 4:4
But many of those who heard the message believed, and the number of the men came to about 5,000.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_44 5:14
Believers were added to the Lord in increasing numbers-- crowds of both men and women.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_44 19:20
In this way the Lord's message flourished and prevailed.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_44 21:20
When they heard it, they glorified God and said, "You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_66 11:15
The seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying: The kingdom of the world has become the [kingdom] of our Lord and of His Messiah, and He will reign forever and ever!
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_66 20:1-6
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Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
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He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for 1,000 years.
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He threw him into the abyss, closed it, and put a seal on it so that he would no longer deceive the nations until the 1,000 years were completed. After that, he must be released for a short time.
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Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. [I] also [saw] the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of God's word, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with the Messiah for 1,000 years.
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The rest of the dead did not come to life until the 1,000 years were completed. This is the first resurrection.
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Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over these, but they will be priests of God and the Messiah, and they will reign with Him for 1,000 years.
