“Go and say to My servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: “(A)Should you build Me a house for My dwelling? For (B)I have not dwelt in a house since the day I brought up the sons of Israel from Egypt, even to this day; rather, I have been moving about (C)in a tent, that is, in a dwelling place. (D)Wherever I have gone with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel, (E)whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’”’

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(A)Do not trust in deceptive words, saying, ‘[a]This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 7:4 Lit They are

20 (A)Our fathers worshiped on (B)this mountain, and yet you Jews say that (C)in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship.” 21 Jesus *said to her, “Believe Me, woman, that [a](D)a time is coming when you will worship the Father (E)neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. John 4:21 Lit an hour

48 However, (A)the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet says:

49 (B)Heaven is My throne,
And the earth is the footstool of My feet;
What kind of house will you build for Me?’ says the Lord,
Or what place is there for My rest?
50 (C)Was it not My hand that made all these things?’

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