Psalms 72:16

16May there be abundance of grain in the land;
on the tops of the mountains may it wave;
may its fruit be like Lebanon;
and may people ablossom in the cities
like the bgrass of the field!

Jeremiah 31:27

27 cBehold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when dI will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with ethe seed of man and the seed of beast.

Zechariah 10:9

9 fThough I scattered them among the nations,
yet in far countries gthey shall remember me,
and with their children they shall live and return.

Acts 8:1-4

Saul Ravages the Church

1And hSaul iapproved of his execution.

And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and jthey were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
2Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him. 3But kSaul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he ldragged off men and women and committed them to prison.

Philip Proclaims Christ in Samaria

4Now mthose who were scattered went about preaching the word.

James 1:1

Greeting

1 nJames, a servant
Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
of God and pof the Lord Jesus Christ,

To qthe twelve tribes in rthe Dispersion:

Greetings.

1 Peter 1:1-2

Greeting

1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,

To those who are elect exiles of sthe Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
2according to tthe foreknowledge of God the Father, uin the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and vfor sprinkling with his blood:

May wgrace and xpeace be multiplied to you.

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