It was a transmogrifying bee Came droning down on Chucky's old bald head And sat and put the poison. It scarcely bled,
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The curse of hell upon the sleek upstart That got the Captain finally on his back...
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But this was the old tree's late branch wrenched away, Grieving the sapless limbs, the shorn and shaken.
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This morning, there flew up the lane A timid lady-bird to our bird-bath And eyed her image dolefully as death;
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Now the poor comb stood up straight But Chucky did not.
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Sweet ladies, long may ye bloom, and toughly I hope ye may thole, But was she not lucky? In flowers and lace and mourning,...
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And weeping fast as she had breath Janet implored us, 'Wake her from her sleep!'...
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There was such speed in her little body, And such lightness in her footfall, It is no wonder her brown study Astonishes us all.
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Matthew 20:28:
'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.'
(NIV)
Just as the Son of Man came not to be waited on but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many [the price paid to set them free].
(AMP)
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
(KJV)
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Alas, ...
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One difference between French appeasement and American appeasement is that France pays ransom in cash and gets its hostages back while the United States pays ransom in arms and gets additional hostages taken.
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A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.
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With every passing hour our solar system comes forty-three thousand miles closer to globular cluster M13 in the constellation Hercules, and still there are some misfits who continue to insist that there is no such thing as progress.
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1 Corinthians 1:30:
It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God – that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.
(NIV)
But it is from Him that you have your life in Christ Jesus, Whom God made our Wisdom from God, [revealed to us a knowledge of the divine plan of salvation previously hidden, manifesting itself as] our Righteousness [thus making us upright and putting us in right standing with God], and our Consecration [making us pure and holy], and our Redemption [providing our ransom from eternal penalty for sin].
(AMP)
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
(KJV)
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Hebrews 9:15:
For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance – now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.
(NIV)
[Christ, the Messiah] is therefore the Negotiator and Mediator of an [entirely] new agreement (testament, covenant), so that those who are called and offered it may receive the fulfillment of the promised everlasting inheritance--since a death has taken place which rescues and delivers and redeems them from the transgressions committed under the [old] first agreement.
(AMP)
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
(KJV)
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Alimony: the ransom the happy pay to the devil.
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Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy.
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Mark 10:45:
'For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
(NIV)
For even the Son of Man came not to have service rendered to Him, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for (instead of) many.
(AMP)
For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
(KJV)
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Alimony - the ransom that the happy pay to the devil.
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