Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- To turn away from sin or do penitence
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- The Roman procurator of Judea who ordered that Jesus be crucified
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- A farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced
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- Good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
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- A connection or association between people.
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- Central figure of Christianity, born in Bethlehem
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- Leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering
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- To pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
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- An event resulting in great loss and misfortune
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- A severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots
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- The time between birth and death; what living things have
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- The Apostle closely associated with St. Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of
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- A religious person who believes Jesus is the ___ and who is a member of a ___ denomination (plural)
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- Any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message
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- A state of sanctification by God
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- Any moraceous ___ of the tropical genus Ficus
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