Eze 37:1-10, Luk 9:60, 15:24, 32, Rom 6:13, 2Cor 5:14-15, Eph 2:1, 5-6 | ESV | STEP | The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley ; it was full of bones .

1 ^aThe hand of the Lord was upon me, and ^bhe brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; ^{▼▼Or plain; also verse 2} it was full of bones. 2 And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry. 3 And he said to me, ^d“Son of man, ^ecan these bones live?” And ^fI answered, “O Lord God, you know.” 4 Then he said to me, ^g“Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, ^hO dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. 5 Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause ⁱbreath ^{▼▼Or spirit; also verses 6, 9, 10} to enter you, and you shall live. 6 ^kAnd I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and ^lcover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live, ^mand you shall know that I am the Lord.”

7 So I prophesied ⁿas I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, ^oa rattling, ^{▼▼Or an earthquake (compare 3:12, 13)} and the bones came together, bone to its bone. 8 And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them. But ^qthere was no breath in them. 9 Then he said to me, ^r“Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, ^sson of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord God: Come from ^tthe four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” 10 So I prophesied ^uas he commanded me, and ^vthe breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.

Luke 9:60

60 And Jesus ^{▼▼Greek he} said to him, “Leave ^xthe dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and ^yproclaim the kingdom of God.”

Luke 15:24

24 For this my son ^zwas dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.

Luke 15:32

32 It was fitting ^aato celebrate and be glad, for this your brother ^abwas dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’”

Romans 6:13

13 ^acDo not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but ^adpresent yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.

2 Corinthians 5:14-15

14 For the love of Christ ^aecontrols us, because we have concluded this: that ^afone has died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and he died for all, ^agthat those who live might no longer live for themselves but ^ahfor him who for their sake died and was raised.

Ephesians 2:1

By Grace Through Faith

1 ^aiAnd you were ^ajdead in the trespasses and sins

Ephesians 2:5-6

5 even ^akwhen we were dead in our trespasses, ^almade us alive together with Christ— ^amby grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and ^anseated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,