New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Luke 22:31
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Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you like wheat.
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¶ And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired [to have] you, that he may sift [you] as wheat:
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The Lord said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have all of you, that he might sift you as wheat,
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat:
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Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked for all of you⁺ to sift like wheat.
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Luke 22
29 And I bestow on you a kingdom, just as My Father has bestowed one on Me,
30 so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
31 Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you like wheat.
32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
33 “Lord,” said Peter, “I am ready to go with You even to prison and to death.”
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