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For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.

And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.

…and the residents of one city will go to another, saying: ‘Let us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’

I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.

And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

And at once they left their nets and followed Him.

The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.

Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.

But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and at once they received their sight and followed Him.

…saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to Me.

Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:

The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.

So He left them and went away once more and prayed a third time, saying the same thing.

Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?

At once the Spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness,

And at once they left their nets and followed Him.

At once Jesus knew in His spirit that they were thinking this way within themselves. “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?” He asked.

Once again Jesus went out beside the sea. All the people came to Him, and He taught them there.

Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there.

Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.

Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.

Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.

At once Jesus was aware that power had gone out from Him. Turning to the crowd, He asked, “Who touched My garments?”

Immediately the girl got up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). And at once they were utterly astounded.

At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”

…for they all saw Him and were terrified. But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

Once again Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “All of you, listen to Me and understand:

In those days the crowd once again became very large, and they had nothing to eat. Jesus called the disciples to Him and said,

Once again Jesus placed His hands on the man’s eyes, and when he opened them his sight was restored, and he could see everything clearly.

But he denied it again. After a little while, those standing nearby said once more to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you too are a Galilean.”

…and He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once and began to serve them.

Her spirit returned, and at once she got up. And He directed that she be given something to eat.

Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

Which of you whose servant comes in from plowing or shepherding in the field will say to him, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.

Then they were willing to take Him into the boat, and at once the boat reached the shore where they were heading.

Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

So once again they asked the man who had been blind, “What do you say about Him, since it was your eyes He opened?” “He is a prophet,” the man replied.

Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.

If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify the Son in Himself—and will glorify Him at once.

Peter denied it once more, and immediately a rooster crowed.

Once again Pilate came out and said to the Jews, “Look, I am bringing Him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against Him.”

Eight days later, His disciples were once again inside with the doors locked, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”

Taking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.

This happened three times, and all at once the sheet was taken back up into heaven.

Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.

The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.

At once those who were about to interrogate Paul stepped back, and the commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put a Roman citizen in chains.

When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.

Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.

The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God.

But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.

Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

And once more, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will appear, One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.”

After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.

Indeed, what was once glorious has no glory now in comparison to the glory that surpasses it.

So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.

They only heard the account: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”

Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.

And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And once again: “Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”

It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,

Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.

But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.

He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.

Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,

…so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.

If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.

And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”

The words “Once more” signify the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that the unshakable may remain.

Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,

Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.

At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it.