Matthew 16:17American Standard Version
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jonah: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
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And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.
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And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
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And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made.
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And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.