Mark 3:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder:

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  • Isa 58:1 : 1 Cry aloud, do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
  • Jer 23:29 : 29 Is not my word like a fire? says the LORD, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
  • Mark 1:19-20 : 19 And when he had gone a little farther from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending their nets. 20 And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him.
  • Mark 5:37 : 37 And he allowed no man to follow him, except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.
  • Mark 9:2 : 2 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and led them up onto a high mountain by themselves; and he was transfigured before them.
  • Mark 10:35 : 35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him, saying, Master, we want you to do for us whatever we desire.
  • Mark 14:33 : 33 And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be distressed and deeply troubled.
  • John 21:2 : 2 Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together.
  • John 21:20-25 : 20 Then Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also leaned on his breast at supper and said, Lord, who is the one that betrays you? 21 Peter saw him and said to Jesus, Lord, what about this man? 22 Jesus said to him, If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me. 23 Then this saying went out among the brethren that this disciple would not die: yet Jesus did not say to him, He will not die; but, If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? 24 This is the disciple who testifies of these things and wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true. 25 And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if every one were written down, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.
  • Acts 12:1 : 1 At that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to persecute certain members of the church.
  • Heb 4:12 : 12 For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
  • Rev 10:11 : 11 And he said to me, You must prophesy again before many peoples, nations, languages, and kings.

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