2 Samuel 7:5-7

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⁵“Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: Are you^(A) the one to build me a house to dwell in?^(B) ⁶I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt to this day.^(C) I have been moving from place to place with a tent^(D) as my dwelling.^(E) ⁷Wherever I have moved with all the Israelites,^(F) did I ever say to any of their rulers whom I commanded to shepherd^(G) my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a house^(H) of cedar?^(I)”’

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Jeremiah 7:4

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⁴Do not trust^(A) in deceptive^(B) words and say, “This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord!”

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Jeremiah 7:4 in all English translations

John 4:20-21

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²⁰Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain,^(A) but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”^(B)

²¹“Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming^(C) when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.^(D)

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Acts 7:48-50

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⁴⁸“However, the Most High^(A) does not live in houses made by human hands.^(B) As the prophet says:

⁴⁹“‘Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool.^(C)
What kind of house will you build for me?
says the Lord.
Or where will my resting place be?
⁵⁰Has not my hand made all these things?’^[a]^(D)