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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.20.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Jesus called them together and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.20.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.20.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and whoever wants to be first must be your slave&#8212;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.20.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.20.28"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="COL.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="COL.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="COL.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="COL.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the basic principles</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 20</span></span></span><span class="content"> of this world rather than on Christ.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="COL.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="COL.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="COL.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority. </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.28.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then Jesus came to them and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="TIT.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HEB.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HEB.13.17"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1TI.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching. </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The seventy-two returned with joy and said, &#8220;Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.10.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.10.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JAS.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. </span></span></div>
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