Matthew 10:20

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For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

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  • Acts 4:8 : 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, replied,“Rulers of the people and elders,
  • Acts 6:10 : 10 Yet they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.
  • Luke 21:15 : 15 For I will give you the words along with the wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.
  • 2 Pet 1:21 : 21 for no prophecy was ever borne of human impulse; rather, men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
  • 2 Sam 23:2 : 2 The LORD’s Spirit spoke through me; his word was on my tongue.
  • Matt 6:32 : 32 For the unconverted pursue these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
  • Mark 12:36 : 36 David himself, by the Holy Spirit, said,‘The Lord said to my lord,“Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet.”’
  • Luke 11:13 : 13 If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
  • Luke 12:12 : 12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you must say.”
  • Luke 12:30-32 : 30 For all the nations of the world pursue these things, and your Father knows that you need them. 31 Instead, pursue his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well. 32 “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.
  • Acts 7:55-56 : 55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently toward heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56 “Look!” he said.“I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
  • Acts 13:9 : 9 But Saul(also known as Paul), filled with the Holy Spirit, stared straight at him
  • Acts 28:25 : 25 So they began to leave, unable to agree among themselves, after Paul made one last statement:“The Holy Spirit spoke rightly to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah
  • 2 Cor 13:3 : 3 since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak toward you but is powerful among you.
  • 1 Pet 1:12 : 12 They were shown that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven– things angels long to catch a glimpse of.
  • Acts 2:4 : 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them.

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  • Matt 10:18-19
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    18And you will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them and to the Gentiles.

    19Whenever they hand you over for trial, do not worry about how to speak or what to say, for what you should say will be given to you at that time.

  • Mark 13:10-12
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    10First the gospel must be preached to all nations.

    11When they arrest you and hand you over for trial, do not worry about what to speak. But say whatever is given you at that time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

    12Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.

  • Matt 10:21
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    21“Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.

  • Luke 12:10-12
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    10And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

    11But when they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense or what you should say,

    12for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you must say.”

  • John 14:10-11
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    10Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you, I do not speak on my own initiative, but the Father residing in me performs his miraculous deeds.

    11Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me, but if you do not believe me, believe because of the miraculous deeds themselves.

  • Rom 8:14-16
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    14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God.

    15For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry,“Abba, Father.”

    16The Spirit himself bears witness to our spirit that we are God’s children.

  • John 14:20
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    20You will know at that time that I am in my Father and you are in me and I am in you.

  • Luke 10:20-22
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    20Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names stand written in heaven.”

    21On that same occasion Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said,“I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will.

    22All things have been given to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.”

  • John 15:26
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    26When the Advocate comes, whom I will send you from the Father– the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father– he will testify about me,

  • 1 Cor 14:9
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    9It is the same for you. If you do not speak clearly with your tongue, how will anyone know what is being said? For you will be speaking into the air.

  • Matt 10:27-28
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    27What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.

    28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

  • Matt 6:8
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    8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

  • Luke 21:13-16
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    13This will be a time for you to serve as witnesses.

    14Therefore be resolved not to rehearse ahead of time how to make your defense.

    15For I will give you the words along with the wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.

    16You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will have some of you put to death.

  • 1 Cor 2:13
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    13And we speak about these things, not with words taught us by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.

  • John 8:38
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    38I am telling you the things I have seen while with the Father; as for you, practice the things you have heard from the Father!”

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    2For the one speaking in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, for no one understands; he is speaking mysteries by the Spirit.

  • John 12:49
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    49For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak.

  • Rom 8:9
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    9You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, this person does not belong to him.

  • John 3:34
    69%

    34For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.

  • John 14:17
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    17the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it does not see him or know him. But you know him, because he resides with you and will be in you.

  • Matt 23:9
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    9And call no one your‘father’ on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

  • 1 Cor 4:20
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    20For the kingdom of God is demonstrated not in idle talk but with power.

  • Acts 1:7
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    7He told them,“You are not permitted to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.

  • John 16:25-26
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    25“I have told you these things in obscure figures of speech; a time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in obscure figures, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

    26At that time you will ask in my name, and I do not say that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

  • Matt 15:5
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    5But you say,‘If someone tells his father or mother,“Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,”

  • Gal 4:6
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    6And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who calls“Abba! Father!”

  • Matt 7:20
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    20So then, you will recognize them by their fruit.

  • John 6:63
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    63The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

  • John 8:27
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    27(They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.)

  • Gal 5:16
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    16But I say, live by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.

  • John 14:26
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    26But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and will cause you to remember everything I said to you.

  • Luke 11:13
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    13If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

  • Matt 13:10
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    10Then the disciples came to him and said,“Why do you speak to them in parables?”

  • 1 John 4:5
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    5They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world’s perspective and the world listens to them.

  • Matt 5:16
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    16In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.