Jer 42:2, 20, Mar 12:14, Jam 1:21-22, 1Pe 2:1-2 | ESV | STEP | and said to Jeremiah the prophet , Let our plea for mercy come before you, and pray to the Lord your God for us, for all this remnant — because we are left with but a few , as your eyes see us

Jeremiah 42:2

2 and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Let ^aour plea for mercy come before you, and ^bpray to the Lord your God for us, for all ^cthis remnant— ^dbecause we are left with but a few, as your eyes see us—

Jeremiah 42:20

20 that you have gone astray at the cost of your lives. ^eFor you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, ^f‘Pray for us to the Lord our God, and ^gwhatever the Lord our God says, declare to us and we will do it.’

Mark 12:14

14 And they came and said to him, “Teacher, ^hwe know that you are true and do not care about anyone’s opinion. For ⁱyou are not swayed by appearances, ^{▼▼Greek you do not look at people’s faces} but truly teach ^kthe way of God. Is it lawful to pay ^ltaxes to ^mCaesar, or not? Should we pay them, or should we not?”

James 1:21-22

21 Therefore ⁿput away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with ^omeekness the implanted word, ^pwhich is able to save your souls.

22 But be ^qdoers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

1 Peter 2:1-2

A Living Stone and a Holy People

1 ^rSo put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2 ^sLike newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual ^tmilk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—