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Philemon 1:12
I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,

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Philemon 1:13
whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.

Matthew 25:40
“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

Matthew 10:40
“He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

Matthew 10:42
Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.”

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Philippians 1:8
For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

Colossians 3:12
Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

1 John 3:17
But whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him?

Jeremiah 31:20
Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I still earnestly remember him. therefore my heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy on him,” says Yahweh.

2 Corinthians 6:12
You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections.

Philippians 2:1
If therefore there is any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,

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Genesis 15:4
Behold, Yahweh’s word came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir, but he who will come out of your own body will be your heir.”

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