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“Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”

Rachel said to her father, “Sir, do not be angry that I cannot stand up before you; for I am having my period.” So Laban searched but could not find the household idols.

“Please, sir,” they said, “we really did come down here the first time to buy food.

Then Judah approached Joseph and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself.

The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’

Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go.

“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’

‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it.

‘Sir,’ the servant replied, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’

“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water so that I will not get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”

“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am on my way, someone else goes in before me.”

“Sir,” they said, “give us this bread at all times.”

“Who is He, Sir?” he replied. “Tell me so that I may believe in Him.”

They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”

“Woman, why are you weeping?” Jesus asked. “Whom are you seeking?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.”

“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.