Luke 22:31
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.”
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“Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:”
King James Version · Public Domain“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the Lord said, `Simon, Simon, lo, the Adversary did ask you for himself to sift as the wheat,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 22:31 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 1:6One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.
- Job 2:1On another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him.
- Isaiah 28:28Grain for bread must be ground, but it is not endlessly threshed. Though the wheels of the cart roll over it, the horses do not crush it.
- Amos 9:9“For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.
- Zechariah 3:1Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
- Luke 10:41“Martha, Martha,” the Lord replied, “you are worried and upset about many things.
- Acts 9:4He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”
- 1 Peter 5:8Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
- Revelation 12:10And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down— he who accuses them day and night before our God.
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