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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.9.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, &#8220;Have mercy on us, Son of David!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.9.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.9.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do you believe that I am able to do this?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.9.28"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes, Lord,&#8221; they replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.9.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.9.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Then he touched their eyes and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;According to your faith let it be done to you&#8221;;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.9.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;See that no one knows about this.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.9.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">But they went out and spread the news about him all over that region.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.9.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.9.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">While they were going out, a man who was demon-possessed and could not talk was brought to Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.9.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">And when the demon was driven out, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowd was amazed and said, &#8220;Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.9.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.9.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">But the Pharisees said, &#8220;It is by the prince of demons that he drives out demons.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Workers Are Few</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.9.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MAT.9.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MAT.9.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MAT.9.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Then he said to his disciples, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MAT.9.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">14</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">In Iconium</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the other Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who confirmed the message of his grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, others with the apostles. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">There was a plot afoot among both Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding country, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">where they continued to preach the gospel.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">In Lystra and Derbe</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.14.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and called out, &#8220;Stand up on your feet!&#8221; At that, the man jumped up and began to walk.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.14.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, &#8220;The gods have come down to us in human form!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates because he and the crowd wanted to offer sacrifices to them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.14.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of this, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting: </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Friends, why are you doing this? We too are only human, like you. We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and everything in them. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">In the past, he let all nations go their own way. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Even with these words, they had difficulty keeping the crowd from sacrificing to them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.14.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Return to Antioch in Syria</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.14.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They preached the gospel in that city and won a large number of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch, </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.14.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. &#8220;We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,&#8221; they said. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.14.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Paul and Barnabas appointed elders</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:23 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Barnabas ordained elders</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">Barnabas had elders elected</span></span></span><span class="content"> for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.14.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">After going through Pisidia, they came into Pamphylia, </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.14.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">and when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.14.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.14.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">From Attalia they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work they had now completed. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ACT.14.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">On arriving there, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ACT.14.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">And they stayed there a long time with the disciples.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.22.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Many bulls surround me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.22.12"><span class="content">strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.22.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.22.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Roaring lions that tear their prey</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.22.13"><span class="content">open their mouths wide against me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.22.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.22.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I am poured out like water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.22.14"><span class="content">and all my bones are out of joint.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.22.14"><span class="content">My heart has turned to wax;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.22.14"><span class="content">it has melted within me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.22.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.22.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">My mouth</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">22:15 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">strength</span></span></span><span class="content"> is dried up like a potsherd,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.22.15"><span class="content">and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.22.15"><span class="content">you lay me in the dust of death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.22.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.22.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Dogs surround me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.22.16"><span class="content">a pack of villains encircles me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.22.16"><span class="content">they pierce</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">22:16 </span><span class="ft">Dead Sea Scrolls and some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Septuagint and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">me, / like a lion</span></span></span><span class="content"> my hands and my feet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.22.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.22.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">All my bones are on display;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.22.17"><span class="content">people stare and gloat over me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.22.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.22.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They divide my clothes among them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.22.18"><span class="content">and cast lots for my garment.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.22.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.22.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, do not be far from me.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.22.19"><span class="content">You are my strength; come quickly to help me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.22.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.22.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Deliver me from the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.22.20"><span class="content">my precious life from the power of the dogs.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.22.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.22.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.22.21"><span class="content">save me from the horns of the wild oxen.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.22.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.22.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">I will declare your name to my people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.22.22"><span class="content">in the assembly I will praise you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.22.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.22.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">You who fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, praise him!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.22.23"><span class="content">All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.22.23"><span class="content">Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.22.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.22.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">For he has not despised or scorned</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.22.24"><span class="content">the suffering of the afflicted one;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.22.24"><span class="content">he has not hidden his face from him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.22.24"><span class="content">but has listened to his cry for help.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.22.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.22.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.22.25"><span class="content">before those who fear you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">22:25 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">him</span></span></span><span class="content"> I will fulfill my vows.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.22.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.22.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The poor will eat and be satisfied;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.22.26"><span class="content">those who seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will praise him&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.22.26"><span class="content">may your hearts live forever!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.22.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.22.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">All the ends of the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.22.27"><span class="content">will remember and turn to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.22.27"><span class="content">and all the families of the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.22.27"><span class="content">will bow down before him,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.22.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.22.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">for dominion belongs to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.22.28"><span class="content">and he rules over the nations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.22.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.22.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">All the rich of the earth will feast and worship;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.22.29"><span class="content">all who go down to the dust will kneel before him&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.22.29"><span class="content">those who cannot keep themselves alive.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.22.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.22.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Posterity will serve him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.22.30"><span class="content">future generations will be told about the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.22.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.22.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">They will proclaim his righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.22.31"><span class="content">declaring to a people yet unborn:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.22.31"><span class="content">He has done it!</span></span></div>
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