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Luke 17:37

“Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”

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ASV

And they answering say unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Where the body is, thither will the eagles also be gathered together.

KJV

And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.

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αὐτῷ·autōto Him;G846 →
ποῦ,pouWhere,G4226 →
κύριε;kurieLord?G2962 →
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εἶπενeipenHe saidG2036 →
αὐτοῖς·autoisto them;G846 →
ὅπουhopouWhereG3699 →
τὸtotheG3588 →
σῶμα,sōmabody [is],G4983 →
ἐκεῖekeithereG1563 →
καὶkaialsoG2532 →
οἱhoitheG3588 →
ἀετοὶaetoivulturesG105 →
ἐπισυναχθήσονται.¶episunachthēsontaiwill be gathered.G1996 →

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Matthew 24:28Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.Job 39:29–30From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.Job 39:30His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.”Zechariah 13:8–9And in all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but a third will be left in it.Revelation 19:17–18Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,Revelation 19:18so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”Amos 9:1–4I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.Zechariah 14:2For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.Habakkuk 1:8Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.Luke 21:35For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth.Daniel 9:26–27Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.1 Thessalonians 2:16hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.

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