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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He was with God in the beginning. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">understood</span></span></span><span class="content"> it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.1.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">There was a man sent from God whose name was John. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.1.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband&#8217;s will, but born of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.1.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.1.14"></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">(This was the first census that took place while</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">This census took place before</span></span></span><span class="content"> Quirinius was governor of Syria.) </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And everyone went to their own town to register.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.2.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.2.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But the angel said to them, &#8220;Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.2.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.2.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Glory to God in the highest heaven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.2.14"><span class="content">and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.2.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, &#8220;Let&#8217;s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.2.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.2.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Presented in the Temple</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.2.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, &#8220;Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:23 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="EXO.13.2">Exodus 13:2</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="EXO.13.12">12</span></span></span></span><span class="content">), </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: &#8220;a pair of doves or two young pigeons.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:24 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="LEV.12.8">Lev. 12:8</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.2.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord&#8217;s Messiah. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.2.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required, </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.2.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.2.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.2.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;Sovereign Lord, as you have promised,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.2.29"><span class="content">you may now dismiss</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:29 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">promised, / now dismiss</span></span></span><span class="content"> your servant in peace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.2.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.2.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">For my eyes have seen your salvation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.2.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.2.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">which you have prepared in the sight of all nations:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.2.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.2.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">a light for revelation to the Gentiles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.2.32"><span class="content">and the glory of your people Israel.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.2.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.2.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The child&#8217;s father and mother marveled at what was said about him. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.2.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: &#8220;This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.2.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.2.35"></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.2.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">There was also a prophet, Anna, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.2.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">and then was a widow until she was eighty-four.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:37 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">then had been a widow for eighty-four years.</span></span></span><span class="content"> She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.2.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.2.38"></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is the genealogy</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">is an account of the origin</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Jesus the Messiah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Jesus Christ</span><span class="ft">. </span><span class="fq">Messiah </span><span class="ft">(Hebrew) and </span><span class="fqa">Christ </span><span class="ft">(Greek) both mean </span><span class="fqa">Anointed One</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 18.</span></span></span><span class="content"> the son of David, the son of Abraham:</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.1.1"></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.1.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Abraham was the father of Isaac,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.1.2"><span class="content">Isaac the father of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.1.2"><span class="content">Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.1.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.1.3"><span class="content">Perez the father of Hezron,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.1.3"><span class="content">Hezron the father of Ram,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.1.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Ram the father of Amminadab,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.1.4"><span class="content">Amminadab the father of Nahshon,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.1.4"><span class="content">Nahshon the father of Salmon,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.1.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.1.5"><span class="content">Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.1.5"><span class="content">Obed the father of Jesse,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.1.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and Jesse the father of King David.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.1.6"></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.1.6"><span class="content">David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah&#8217;s wife,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.1.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Solomon the father of Rehoboam,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.1.7"><span class="content">Rehoboam the father of Abijah,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.1.7"><span class="content">Abijah the father of Asa,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.1.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Asa the father of Jehoshaphat,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.1.8"><span class="content">Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.1.8"><span class="content">Jehoram the father of Uzziah,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.1.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Uzziah the father of Jotham,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.1.9"><span class="content">Jotham the father of Ahaz,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.1.9"><span class="content">Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.1.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Hezekiah the father of Manasseh,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.1.10"><span class="content">Manasseh the father of Amon,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.1.10"><span class="content">Amon the father of Josiah,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.1.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and Josiah the father of Jeconiah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:11 </span><span class="ft">That is, Jehoiachin; also in verse 12</span></span></span><span class="content"> and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.1.11"></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.1.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">After the exile to Babylon:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.1.12"><span class="content">Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.1.12"><span class="content">Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.1.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Zerubbabel the father of Abihud,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.1.13"><span class="content">Abihud the father of Eliakim,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.1.13"><span class="content">Eliakim the father of Azor,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.1.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Azor the father of Zadok,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.1.14"><span class="content">Zadok the father of Akim,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.1.14"><span class="content">Akim the father of Elihud,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.1.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Elihud the father of Eleazar,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.1.15"><span class="content">Eleazar the father of Matthan,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.1.15"><span class="content">Matthan the father of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.1.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.1.16"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.1.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.1.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">The origin of Jesus the Messiah was like this</span></span></span><span class="content">: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">was a righteous man and</span></span></span><span class="content"> did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.1.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, &#8220;Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="fq">Jesus </span><span class="ft">is the Greek form of </span><span class="fqa">Joshua, </span><span class="ft">which means </span><span class="fqa">the <span class="nd">Lord</span> saves.</span></span></span><span class="content"> because he will save his people from their sins.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.1.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:23 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="ISA.7.14">Isaiah 7:14</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> (which means &#8220;God with us&#8221;).</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.1.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.</span></span></div>
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