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Luke 22:31

Luke 22:31 is verse 31 of Luke chapter 22, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.

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King James Version

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:

World English Bible

The Lord said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have all of you, that he might sift you as wheat,

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Luke 22:29–33 · Berean Standard Bible

29 And I bestow on you a kingdom, just as My Father has bestowed one on Me,

30 so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

31 Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.

32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

33 “Lord,” said Peter, “I am ready to go with You even to prison and to death.”

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Luke 10:41

“Martha, Martha,” the Lord replied, “you are worried and upset about many things.

Acts 9:4

He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”

Job 1:8

Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”

Job 1:9

Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

Job 1:10

Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

Job 1:11

But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

Job 2:3

Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

Job 2:4

“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

Job 2:5

But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

Job 2:6

“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”

Zechariah 3:1

Then 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.

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Revelation 12:10

And 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.

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.

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