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Deuteronomy 4:19

Deuteronomy 4:19 (NIV)
And when you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon and the stars—all the heavenly array—do not be enticed into bowing down to them and worshiping things the lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

Mark 14:1

Mark 14:1 (NLT)
It was now two days before Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The leading priests and the teachers of religious law were still looking for an opportunity to capture Jesus secretly and kill him.

Mark 14:2

Mark 14:2 (NLT)
“But not during the Passover celebration,” they agreed, “or the people may riot.”

Mark 14:3

Mark 14:3 (NLT)
Meanwhile, Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon, a man who had previously had leprosy. While he was eating, a woman came in with a beautiful alabaster jar of expensive perfume made from essence of nard. She broke open the jar and poured the perfume over his head.

Mark 14:4

Mark 14:4 (NLT)
Some of those at the table were indignant. “Why waste such expensive perfume?” they asked.

Mark 14:5

Mark 14:5 (NLT)
“It could have been sold for a year’s wages and the money given to the poor!” So they scolded her harshly.

Mark 14:6

Mark 14:6 (NLT)
But Jesus replied, “Leave her alone. Why criticize her for doing such a good thing to me?

Mark 14:7

Mark 14:7 (NLT)
You will always have the poor among you, and you can help them whenever you want to. But you will not always have me.

Mark 14:8

Mark 14:8 (NLT)
She has done what she could and has anointed my body for burial ahead of time.

Mark 14:9

Mark 14:9 (NLT)
I tell you the truth, wherever the Good News is preached throughout the world, this woman’s deed will be remembered and discussed.”

Mark 14:10

Mark 14:10 (NLT)
Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples, went to the leading priests to arrange to betray Jesus to them.

Mark 14:11

Mark 14:11 (NLT)
They were delighted when they heard why he had come, and they promised to give him money. So he began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus.

Mark 14:12

Mark 14:12 (NLT)
On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go to prepare the Passover meal for you?”

Mark 14:13

Mark 14:13 (NLT)
So Jesus sent two of them into Jerusalem with these instructions: “As you go into the city, a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him.

Mark 14:14

Mark 14:14 (NLT)
At the house he enters, say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?’

Mark 14:15

Mark 14:15 (NLT)
He will take you upstairs to a large room that is already set up. That is where you should prepare our meal.”

Mark 14:16

Mark 14:16 (NLT)
So the two disciples went into the city and found everything just as Jesus had said, and they prepared the Passover meal there.

Mark 14:17

Mark 14:17 (NLT)
In the evening Jesus arrived with the twelve disciples.

Luke 21:34

Luke 21:34 (NLT)
“Watch out! Don’t let your hearts be dulled by carousing and drunkenness, and by the worries of this life. Don’t let that day catch you unaware,

Luke 23:31

Luke 23:31 (NLT)
For if these things are done when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

Luke 23:33

Luke 23:33 (NLT)
When they came to a place called The Skull, they nailed him to the cross. And the criminals were also crucified—one on his right and one on his left.

Luke 23:34

Luke 23:34 (NLT)
Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” And the soldiers gambled for his clothes by throwing dice.

Luke 23:38

Luke 23:38 (NLT)
A sign was fastened above him with these words: “This is the King of the Jews.”

Luke 23:46

Luke 23:46 (NLT)
Then Jesus shouted, “Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands!” And with those words he breathed his last.

John 3:16

John 3:16 (NLT)
“For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.