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Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use?

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What if God, choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?

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What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory—

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The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."

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"Ah, Sovereign LORD," I said, "I do not know how to speak; I am only a child."

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But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am only a child.' You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you," declares the LORD.

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Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.

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When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear.

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But the angel said to him: "Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.

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He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth,

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for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from birth

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Many of the people of Israel will he bring back to the Lord their God.

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And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."

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In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth , a town in Galilee ,

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to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary.

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The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you."

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I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 

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My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,

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your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

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but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

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For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

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Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'

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"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

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The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.

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But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

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The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."