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- Matthew 20:1-16 3
- Luke 21:5-28 3
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- John 16:5-15 1
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- Romans 7:14-25a 1
- 1 Corinthians 15:12-31 1
- Luke 13:31-35 1
- Daniel 10:10-14, 12:1-3; Revelation 12:7-12; Luke 10:17-20 2
- Matthew 10:5a, 21-33 2
- 1 Corinthians 9:16-27 1
- Deuteronomy 5:12-15 1
- Micah 5:2-5a 1
- Luke 12:49-53, Hebrews 11:17-31, 12:1-3 1
- John 13:1-30 1
- Romans 13:1-10 1
- 1 John 4:1-21 1
- Acts 6:8-7:2a, 51-60 1
- Matthew 24:36-44 1
- 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Matthew 25:1-13 1
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- John 16:23-33 3
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- Acts 10:34-43 1
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- Genesis 3:8-15, Mark 3:20-35 1
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- Acts 9:1-22 3
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- Samuel 2:12-17, 22-35 1
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- Mark 10:35-45 2
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- Luke 15:1-3a, 11-32 1
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- Mark 8:27-9:1 1
- Matthew 22:15-22 6
- Acts 15:1-21 1
- John 4:5-30, 39-42 2
- Luke 14:25-35 4
- Revelation 21:9-14, 21-27 1
- John 6:35-51 5
- Mark 8:27-38 4
- Matthew 10:34-42 3
- Isaiah 41:1-10 1
- John 19:28-42 1
- Luke 21:25-36 1
- Mark 6:1-13 1
- Revelation 2:10 1
- Matthew 9:35-10:8 1
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- Acts 15:12-22a 1
- Isaiah 55:10-13 2
- James 1:12-18 1
- John 20:1-2, 10-18; Proverbs 31:10-31 1
- 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 1
- John 9 1
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- Genesis 3:8-15, 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1, Mark 3:20-35 1
- Jeremiah 17:5-8, Luke 6:17-26 1
- John 20:24-29 1
- Luke 2:1-14 1
- Lamentations 3:22-33; 2 Corinthians 8:1-9,13-15; Mark 5:21-43 1
- John 12:20-43 4
- Mark 1:4-11 5
- Matthew 22:1-14 5
- 1 Corinthians 4:1-2 1
- John 3:1-17 9
- Matthew 11:2-15, Isaiah 35:1-10 1
- Luke 14:1-14 4
- Luke 9:28-36 5
- Luke 19:28-40 2
- John 6:22-35 4
- Mark 9:2-9 3
- Acts 1:1-14 1
- Luke 17:1-10 3
- John 6:35-40 1
- Lamentations 3:22-33, Mark 5:21-43 2
- Luke 1:5-25, 57-80 1
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- John 19:16-27 1
- Isaiah 50:4-10 1
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- Matthew 11:12-19 1
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- Philippians 3:17-4:1 1
- Luke 2:8-15 1
- Jonah 3:1-5, 10 1
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- Matthew 21:33-46 5
- Matthew 28:16-20 2
- John 3:5-15 1
- Isaiah 40:1-11 2
- Luke 13:22–30 1
- John 10:22-30 4
- Luke 4:31-37 1
- Jude 1:20-25, Mark 13:24-37 1
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- 2 Kings 5:1-14 1
- John 14:15-21 4
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- Romans 7:7-25a 1
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- 1 Samuel 2:1-10 1
- Romans 4:13-25 1
- Luke 22:45-62 1
- Mark 9:30-37 4
- John 17:20-26 2
- Malachi 3:13-18 1
- Matthew 18:1-20, Romans 13:1-1 1
- Mark 14:1-26 1
- James 3:1-12 1
- John 19:18-24, Luke 23:33-43, John 19:25-27, Matthew 27:45-49, John 19:28-30a, Luke 23:45-49, Matthew 27:51-56, John 19:31-42, Matthew 27:61-66 1
- Isaiah 61:1-4,8-11 1
- Ephesians 1:3-14, Mark 6:14-29, Amos 7:7-15 1
- Luke 23:1-56 1
- John 1:1-14, Hebrews 1-2 1
- Luke 22:7-13, John 13:1-20, Matthew 26:20-25, Luke 22:14-18, Matthew 26:26-29, John 13:21-30, Luke 22:35-38, John 14:1-31, Matthew 26:30-32, Luke 22:31-32, Matthew 26:33-35 1
- Genesis 9:8-17; Mark 6:45-56 1
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- Revelation 12:7–12 1
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- Jeremiah 23:1-6 1
- 1 Corinthians 15:3-23 1
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- Philippians 3:4b-14 2
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- Mark 13:33-37 1
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- John 11:1-53 2
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- 1 John 3:1-3 4
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- Mark 14:27-42 1
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- Luke 23:32 1
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- Luke 1:1-11, Ephesians 1:15-23 1
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- John 20:19-29 1
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- Luke 13:22-30 1
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- Hebrews 9:24-28 1
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- Matthew 26:36-45 1
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- John 3:14-21 4
- John 12:20-33 1
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- John 2:1-11 5
- Revelation 7:2-17 3
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- Luke 1:39-55 1
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- Revelation 22:1-20 1
- Matthew 27:11-66 1
- Luke 23:43 1
- Luke 10:17-20, Revelation 12:7-12 1
- John 1:6-8, 19-28 3
- Matthew 18:1-20 4
- John 14:1-14 7
- Matthew 5:38-48 3
- Luke 23:27-43 4
- Colossians 1:21-29 1
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Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist

Fearing the Prophet, Fearing the King

August 29, 2010
Rev. Sherman D. Stenson, Associate Pastor
Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist
Mark 6:14-29

Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. On Jordan’s banks the Baptist’s cry is heard no more, for John’s body lay in the filthy bowels of Herod’s prison; his bloody head perched upon a platter, severed by the…