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Summary
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
Simon
Sift
General references
Bible References
Simon
Luke 10:41
But the Lord, answering, said to her - Martha! Martha! thou art anxious and troubled about many things:
Acts 9:4
And, falling unto the earth, he heard a voice saying unto him - Saul! Saul! why, me, art thou persecuting?
Sift
Amos 9:9
For lo! I am giving command, and will sift, throughout all the nations, the house of Israel, - as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet shall there not fall a kernel, to the earth.
General references
Mark 5:12
and they besought him, saying - Send us into the swine, that, into them, we may enter;
John 20:6
So Simon Peter also cometh, following him, and entered into the tomb, and vieweth the linen-bandages lying, -
2 Corinthians 2:11
Lest we should be overreached by Satan, for, of his thoughts, we are not ignorant.