World English Bible
Luke 22:31
“The Lord said, "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat,”
Verse in context — Luke 22
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I confer on you a kingdom, even as my Father conferred on me,
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that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. You will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
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The Lord said, "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat,
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but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn't fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers.
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He said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!
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