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         <div class="label">15</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">That Which Defiles</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don&#8217;t wash their hands before they eat!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.15.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For God said, &#8216;Honor your father and mother&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:4 </span><span class="ft">Exodus 20:12; Deut. 5:16</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and &#8216;Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:4 </span><span class="ft">Exodus 21:17; Lev. 20:9</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is &#8216;devoted to God,&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">they are not to &#8216;honor their father or mother&#8217; with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.15.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;These people honor me with their lips,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.15.8"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">but their hearts are far from me.</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.15.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">They worship me in vain;</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.15.9"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">their teachings are merely human rules.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">15:9 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">  
          Isaiah 29:13
          </span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.15.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.15.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Jesus called the crowd to him and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Listen and understand.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.15.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">What goes into someone&#8217;s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.15.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.15.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then the disciples came to him and asked, &#8220;Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.15.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.15.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.15.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Leave them; they are blind guides.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:14 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">blind guides of the blind</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.15.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.15.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Peter said, &#8220;Explain the parable to us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.15.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.15.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Are you still so dull?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus asked them. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.15.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.15.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But the things that come out of a person&#8217;s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.15.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For out of the heart come evil thoughts&#8212;murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.15.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Faith of a Canaanite Woman</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.15.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.15.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.15.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, &#8220;Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.15.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.15.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, &#8220;Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.15.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.15.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.15.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.15.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The woman came and knelt before him. &#8220;Lord, help me!&#8221; she said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.15.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.15.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;It is not right to take the children&#8217;s bread and toss it to the dogs.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.15.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.15.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yes it is, Lord,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master&#8217;s table.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.15.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.15.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then Jesus said to her, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> And her daughter was healed at that moment.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.15.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.15.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Jesus left there and went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.15.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.15.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.15.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.15.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Jesus called his disciples to him and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.15.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.15.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">His disciples answered, &#8220;Where could we get enough bread in this remote place to feed such a crowd?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.15.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.15.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;How many loaves do you have?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.15.34"><span class="content">&#8220;Seven,&#8221; they replied, &#8220;and a few small fish.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.15.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MAT.15.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MAT.15.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn to the people. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MAT.15.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">They all ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MAT.15.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">The number of those who ate was four thousand men, besides women and children. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MAT.15.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">After Jesus had sent the crowd away, he got into the boat and went to the vicinity of Magadan.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">15</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Covenant With Abram</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After this, the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to Abram in a vision:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.15.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not be afraid, Abram.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.15.1"><span class="content">I am your shield,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">sovereign</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.15.1"><span class="content">your very great reward.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">shield; / your reward will be very great</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.15.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But Abram said, &#8220;Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:2 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And Abram said, &#8220;You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.15.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to him: &#8220;This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He took him outside and said, &#8220;Look up at the sky and count the stars&#8212;if indeed you can count them.&#8221; Then he said to him, &#8220;So shall your offspring</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">seed</span></span></span><span class="content"> be.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.15.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Abram believed the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and he credited it to him as righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.15.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He also said to him, &#8220;I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.15.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But Abram said, &#8220;Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.15.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to him, &#8220;Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.15.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.15.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other; the birds, however, he did not cut in half. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.15.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.15.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.15.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.15.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to him, &#8220;Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.15.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.15.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.15.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.15.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.15.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.15.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">On that day the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> made a covenant with Abram and said, &#8220;To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">river</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.15.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.15.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.15.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch15" data-usfm="ROM.15">
         <div class="label">15</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: &#8220;The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:3 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 69:9</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.15.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.15.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:8 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">circumcision</span></span></span><span class="content"> on behalf of God&#8217;s truth, so that the promises made to the patriarchs might be confirmed </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">and, moreover, that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.15.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.15.9"><span class="content">I will sing the praises of your name.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:9 </span><span class="ft">2 Samuel 22:50; Psalm 18:49</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.15.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.15.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Again, it says,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.15.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:10 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 32:43</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.15.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.15.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And again,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.15.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.15.11"><span class="content">let all the peoples extol him.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:11 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 117:1</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.15.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.15.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">And again, Isaiah says,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.15.12"><span class="content">&#8220;The Root of Jesse will spring up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.15.12"><span class="content">one who will arise to rule over the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.15.12"><span class="content">in him the Gentiles will hope.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:12 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 11:10 (see Septuagint)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.15.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.15.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul the Minister to the Gentiles</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.15.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.15.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with knowledge and competent to instruct one another. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.15.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.15.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.15.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.15.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.15.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.15.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.15.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else&#8217;s foundation. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.15.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Rather, as it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.15.21"><span class="content">&#8220;Those who were not told about him will see,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.15.21"><span class="content">and those who have not heard will understand.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:21 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 52:15 (see Septuagint)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.15.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ROM.15.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Plan to Visit Rome</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ROM.15.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.15.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to visit you, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.15.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">I plan to do so when I go to Spain. I hope to see you while passing through and to have you assist me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.15.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem in the service of the Lord&#8217;s people there. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.15.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the Lord&#8217;s people in Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.15.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in the Jews&#8217; spiritual blessings, they owe it to the Jews to share with them their material blessings. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ROM.15.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">So after I have completed this task and have made sure that they have received this contribution, I will go to Spain and visit you on the way. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ROM.15.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">I know that when I come to you, I will come in the full measure of the blessing of Christ.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ROM.15.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ROM.15.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ROM.15.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Pray that I may be kept safe from the unbelievers in Judea and that the contribution I take to Jerusalem may be favorably received by the Lord&#8217;s people there, </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ROM.15.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">so that I may come to you with joy, by God&#8217;s will, and in your company be refreshed. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ROM.15.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The God of peace be with you all. Amen.</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bk2TI">
      <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="2TI.1">
         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2TI.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, in keeping with the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2TI.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TI.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">To Timothy, my dear son:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TI.1.2"><span class="content">Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Thanksgiving</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TI.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2TI.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2TI.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2TI.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Appeal for Loyalty to Paul and the Gospel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2TI.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2TI.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2TI.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2TI.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2TI.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He has saved us and called us to a holy life&#8212;not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2TI.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2TI.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TI.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TI.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2TI.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2TI.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you&#8212;guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Examples of Disloyalty and Loyalty</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2TI.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2TI.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2TI.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2TI.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2TI.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he searched hard for me until he found me. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2TI.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! You know very well in how many ways he helped me in Ephesus.</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkJOB">
      <div class="chapter ch15" data-usfm="JOB.15">
         <div class="label">15</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Eliphaz</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.15.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Would a wise person answer with empty notions</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.15.2"><span class="content">or fill their belly with the hot east wind?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.15.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Would they argue with useless words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.15.3"><span class="content">with speeches that have no value?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.15.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But you even undermine piety</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.15.4"><span class="content">and hinder devotion to God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.15.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Your sin prompts your mouth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.15.5"><span class="content">you adopt the tongue of the crafty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.15.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Your own mouth condemns you, not mine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.15.6"><span class="content">your own lips testify against you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.15.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Are you the first man ever born?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.15.7"><span class="content">Were you brought forth before the hills?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.15.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Do you listen in on God&#8217;s council?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.15.8"><span class="content">Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.15.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">What do you know that we do not know?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.15.9"><span class="content">What insights do you have that we do not have?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.15.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.15.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The gray-haired and the aged are on our side,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.15.10"><span class="content">men even older than your father.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.15.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.15.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Are God&#8217;s consolations not enough for you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.15.11"><span class="content">words spoken gently to you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.15.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.15.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Why has your heart carried you away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.15.12"><span class="content">and why do your eyes flash,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.15.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.15.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">so that you vent your rage against God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.15.13"><span class="content">and pour out such words from your mouth?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.15.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.15.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;What are mortals, that they could be pure,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.15.14"><span class="content">or those born of woman, that they could be righteous?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.15.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.15.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">If God places no trust in his holy ones,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.15.15"><span class="content">if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.15.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.15.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.15.16"><span class="content">who drink up evil like water!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.15.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.15.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Listen to me and I will explain to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.15.17"><span class="content">let me tell you what I have seen,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.15.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.15.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">what the wise have declared,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.15.18"><span class="content">hiding nothing received from their ancestors</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.15.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.15.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">(to whom alone the land was given</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.15.19"><span class="content">when no foreigners moved among them):</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.15.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.15.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">All his days the wicked man suffers torment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.15.20"><span class="content">the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.15.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.15.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Terrifying sounds fill his ears;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.15.21"><span class="content">when all seems well, marauders attack him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.15.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.15.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.15.22"><span class="content">he is marked for the sword.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.15.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.15.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He wanders about for food like a vulture;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.15.23"><span class="content">he knows the day of darkness is at hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.15.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.15.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Distress and anguish fill him with terror;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.15.24"><span class="content">troubles overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.15.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.15.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">because he shakes his fist at God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.15.25"><span class="content">and vaunts himself against the Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.15.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.15.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">defiantly charging against him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.15.26"><span class="content">with a thick, strong shield.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.15.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.15.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;Though his face is covered with fat</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.15.27"><span class="content">and his waist bulges with flesh,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.15.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.15.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">he will inhabit ruined towns</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.15.28"><span class="content">and houses where no one lives,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.15.28"><span class="content">houses crumbling to rubble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.15.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.15.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.15.29"><span class="content">nor will his possessions spread over the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.15.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.15.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">He will not escape the darkness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.15.30"><span class="content">a flame will wither his shoots,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.15.30"><span class="content">and the breath of God&#8217;s mouth will carry him away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.15.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.15.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.15.31"><span class="content">for he will get nothing in return.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.15.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.15.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Before his time he will wither,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.15.32"><span class="content">and his branches will not flourish.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.15.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.15.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.15.33"><span class="content">like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.15.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.15.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">For the company of the godless will be barren,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.15.34"><span class="content">and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.15.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.15.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">They conceive trouble and give birth to evil;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.15.35"><span class="content">their womb fashions deceit.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">15</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 15</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who may dwell in your sacred tent?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.15.1"><span class="content">Who may live on your holy mountain?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.15.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The one whose walk is blameless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.15.2"><span class="content">who does what is righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.15.2"><span class="content">who speaks the truth from their heart;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.15.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">whose tongue utters no slander,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.15.3"><span class="content">who does no wrong to a neighbor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.15.3"><span class="content">and casts no slur on others;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.15.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">who despises a vile person</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.15.4"><span class="content">but honors those who fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.15.4"><span class="content">who keeps an oath even when it hurts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.15.4"><span class="content">and does not change their mind;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.15.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">who lends money to the poor without interest;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.15.5"><span class="content">who does not accept a bribe against the innocent.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.15.5"><span class="content">Whoever does these things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.15.5"><span class="content">will never be shaken.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">15</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A gentle answer turns away wrath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.15.1"><span class="content">but a harsh word stirs up anger.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.15.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.15.2"><span class="content">but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.15.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are everywhere,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.15.3"><span class="content">keeping watch on the wicked and the good.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.15.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The soothing tongue is a tree of life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.15.4"><span class="content">but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.15.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">A fool spurns a parent&#8217;s discipline,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.15.5"><span class="content">but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.15.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The house of the righteous contains great treasure,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.15.6"><span class="content">but the income of the wicked brings ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.15.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The lips of the wise spread knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.15.7"><span class="content">but the hearts of fools are not upright.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.15.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests the sacrifice of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.15.8"><span class="content">but the prayer of the upright pleases him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.15.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests the way of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.15.9"><span class="content">but he loves those who pursue righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.15.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.15.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Stern discipline awaits anyone who leaves the path;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.15.10"><span class="content">the one who hates correction will die.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.15.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.15.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Death and Destruction</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:11 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Abaddon</span></span></span><span class="content"> lie open before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.15.11"><span class="content">how much more do human hearts!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.15.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.15.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Mockers resent correction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.15.12"><span class="content">so they avoid the wise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.15.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.15.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A happy heart makes the face cheerful,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.15.13"><span class="content">but heartache crushes the spirit.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.15.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.15.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The discerning heart seeks knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.15.14"><span class="content">but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.15.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.15.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">All the days of the oppressed are wretched,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.15.15"><span class="content">but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.15.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.15.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Better a little with the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.15.16"><span class="content">than great wealth with turmoil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.15.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.15.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Better a small serving of vegetables with love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.15.17"><span class="content">than a fattened calf with hatred.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.15.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.15.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.15.18"><span class="content">but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.15.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.15.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.15.19"><span class="content">but the path of the upright is a highway.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.15.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.15.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">A wise son brings joy to his father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.15.20"><span class="content">but a foolish man despises his mother.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.15.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.15.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Folly brings joy to one who has no sense,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.15.21"><span class="content">but whoever has understanding keeps a straight course.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.15.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.15.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Plans fail for lack of counsel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.15.22"><span class="content">but with many advisers they succeed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.15.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.15.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">A person finds joy in giving an apt reply&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.15.23"><span class="content">and how good is a timely word!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.15.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.15.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The path of life leads upward for the prudent</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.15.24"><span class="content">to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.15.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.15.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> tears down the house of the proud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.15.25"><span class="content">but he sets the widow&#8217;s boundary stones in place.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.15.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.15.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests the thoughts of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.15.26"><span class="content">but gracious words are pure in his sight.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.15.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.15.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The greedy bring ruin to their households,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.15.27"><span class="content">but the one who hates bribes will live.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.15.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.15.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The heart of the righteous weighs its answers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.15.28"><span class="content">but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.15.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.15.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is far from the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.15.29"><span class="content">but he hears the prayer of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.15.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.15.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Light in a messenger&#8217;s eyes brings joy to the heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.15.30"><span class="content">and good news gives health to the bones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.15.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.15.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Whoever heeds life-giving correction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.15.31"><span class="content">will be at home among the wise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.15.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.15.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Those who disregard discipline despise themselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.15.32"><span class="content">but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.15.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.15.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Wisdom&#8217;s instruction is to fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.15.33"><span class="content">and humility comes before honor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">15</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Judah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOS.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The allotment for the tribe of Judah, according to its clans, extended down to the territory of Edom, to the Desert of Zin in the extreme south.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOS.15.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Their southern boundary started from the bay at the southern end of the Dead Sea, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOS.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">crossed south of Scorpion Pass, continued on to Zin and went over to the south of Kadesh Barnea. Then it ran past Hezron up to Addar and curved around to Karka. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOS.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">It then passed along to Azmon and joined the Wadi of Egypt, ending at the Mediterranean Sea. This is their</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:4 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">your</span></span></span><span class="content"> southern boundary.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOS.15.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The eastern boundary is the Dead Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.15.5"><span class="content">The northern boundary started from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">went up to Beth Hoglah and continued north of Beth Arabah to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOS.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The boundary then went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor and turned north to Gilgal, which faces the Pass of Adummim south of the gorge. It continued along to the waters of En Shemesh and came out at En Rogel. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then it ran up the Valley of Ben Hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem). From there it climbed to the top of the hill west of the Hinnom Valley at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">From the hilltop the boundary headed toward the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, came out at the towns of Mount Ephron and went down toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim). </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOS.15.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then it curved westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Kesalon), continued down to Beth Shemesh and crossed to Timnah. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOS.15.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">It went to the northern slope of Ekron, turned toward Shikkeron, passed along to Mount Baalah and reached Jabneel. The boundary ended at the sea.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOS.15.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.15.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The western boundary is the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.15.12"><span class="content">These are the boundaries around the people of Judah by their clans.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.15.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.15.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">In accordance with the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s command to him, Joshua gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion in Judah&#8212;Kiriath Arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.) </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOS.15.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">From Hebron Caleb drove out the three Anakites&#8212;Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai, the sons of Anak. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.15.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">From there he marched against the people living in Debir (formerly called Kiriath Sepher). </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOS.15.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And Caleb said, &#8220;I will give my daughter Aksah in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOS.15.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb&#8217;s brother, took it; so Caleb gave his daughter Aksah to him in marriage.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOS.15.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOS.15.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">One day when she came to Othniel, she urged him</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:18 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew and some Septuagint manuscripts; other Septuagint manuscripts (see also note at Judges 1:14) </span><span class="fqa">Othniel, he urged her</span></span></span><span class="content"> to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, &#8220;What can I do for you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOS.15.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOS.15.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">She replied, &#8220;Do me a special favor. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me also springs of water.&#8221; So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOS.15.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOS.15.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">This is the inheritance of the tribe of Judah, according to its clans:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOS.15.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOS.15.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The southernmost towns of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the boundary of Edom were:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOS.15.21"><span class="content">Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOS.15.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOS.15.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOS.15.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Ziph, Telem, Bealoth, </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOS.15.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Hazor Hadattah, Kerioth Hezron (that is, Hazor), </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOS.15.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Amam, Shema, Moladah, </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOS.15.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Hazar Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth Pelet, </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOS.15.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah, </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOS.15.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Baalah, Iyim, Ezem, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOS.15.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Eltolad, Kesil, Hormah, </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOS.15.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOS.15.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain and Rimmon&#8212;a total of twenty-nine towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOS.15.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOS.15.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">In the western foothills:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOS.15.33"><span class="content">Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOS.15.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Zanoah, En Gannim, Tappuah, Enam, </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOS.15.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Jarmuth, Adullam, Sokoh, Azekah, </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOS.15.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Shaaraim, Adithaim and Gederah (or Gederothaim)</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:36 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Gederah and Gederothaim</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;fourteen towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOS.15.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOS.15.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal Gad, </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOS.15.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel, </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOS.15.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOS.15.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Kabbon, Lahmas, Kitlish, </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOS.15.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah and Makkedah&#8212;sixteen towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOS.15.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JOS.15.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Libnah, Ether, Ashan, </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JOS.15.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JOS.15.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Keilah, Akzib and Mareshah&#8212;nine towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JOS.15.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JOS.15.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Ekron, with its surrounding settlements and villages; </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JOS.15.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">west of Ekron, all that were in the vicinity of Ashdod, together with their villages; </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JOS.15.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">Ashdod, its surrounding settlements and villages; and Gaza, its settlements and villages, as far as the Wadi of Egypt and the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JOS.15.47"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JOS.15.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">In the hill country:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JOS.15.48"><span class="content">Shamir, Jattir, Sokoh, </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JOS.15.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">Dannah, Kiriath Sannah (that is, Debir), </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="JOS.15.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="JOS.15.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">Goshen, Holon and Giloh&#8212;eleven towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="JOS.15.51"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="JOS.15.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">Arab, Dumah, Eshan, </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="JOS.15.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">Janim, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah, </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="JOS.15.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">Humtah, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) and Zior&#8212;nine towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="JOS.15.54"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="JOS.15.55"><span class="label">55</span><span class="content">Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, </span></span><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="JOS.15.56"><span class="label">56</span><span class="content">Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, </span></span><span class="verse v57" data-usfm="JOS.15.57"><span class="label">57</span><span class="content">Kain, Gibeah and Timnah&#8212;ten towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v57" data-usfm="JOS.15.57"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v58" data-usfm="JOS.15.58"><span class="label">58</span><span class="content">Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor, </span></span><span class="verse v59" data-usfm="JOS.15.59"><span class="label">59</span><span class="content">Maarath, Beth Anoth and Eltekon&#8212;six towns and their villages.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:59 </span><span class="ft">The Septuagint adds another district of eleven towns, including Tekoa and Ephrathah (Bethlehem).</span></span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v59" data-usfm="JOS.15.59"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v60" data-usfm="JOS.15.60"><span class="label">60</span><span class="content">Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim) and Rabbah&#8212;two towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v60" data-usfm="JOS.15.60"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v61" data-usfm="JOS.15.61"><span class="label">61</span><span class="content">In the wilderness:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v61" data-usfm="JOS.15.61"><span class="content">Beth Arabah, Middin, Sekakah, </span></span><span class="verse v62" data-usfm="JOS.15.62"><span class="label">62</span><span class="content">Nibshan, the City of Salt and En Gedi&#8212;six towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v62" data-usfm="JOS.15.62"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v63" data-usfm="JOS.15.63"><span class="label">63</span><span class="content">Judah could not dislodge the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem; to this day the Jebusites live there with the people of Judah.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">15</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophecy Against Moab</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A prophecy against Moab:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.15.1"><span class="content">Ar in Moab is ruined,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.15.1"><span class="content">destroyed in a night!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.15.1"><span class="content">Kir in Moab is ruined,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.15.1"><span class="content">destroyed in a night!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.15.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Dibon goes up to its temple,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.15.2"><span class="content">to its high places to weep;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.15.2"><span class="content">Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.15.2"><span class="content">Every head is shaved</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.15.2"><span class="content">and every beard cut off.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.15.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">In the streets they wear sackcloth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.15.3"><span class="content">on the roofs and in the public squares</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.15.3"><span class="content">they all wail,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.15.3"><span class="content">prostrate with weeping.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.15.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Heshbon and Elealeh cry out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.15.4"><span class="content">their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.15.4"><span class="content">Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.15.4"><span class="content">and their hearts are faint.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.15.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">My heart cries out over Moab;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.15.5"><span class="content">her fugitives flee as far as Zoar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.15.5"><span class="content">as far as Eglath Shelishiyah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.15.5"><span class="content">They go up the hill to Luhith,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.15.5"><span class="content">weeping as they go;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.15.5"><span class="content">on the road to Horonaim</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.15.5"><span class="content">they lament their destruction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.15.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The waters of Nimrim are dried up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.15.6"><span class="content">and the grass is withered;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.15.6"><span class="content">the vegetation is gone</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.15.6"><span class="content">and nothing green is left.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.15.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So the wealth they have acquired and stored up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.15.7"><span class="content">they carry away over the Ravine of the Poplars.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.15.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Their outcry echoes along the border of Moab;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.15.8"><span class="content">their wailing reaches as far as Eglaim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.15.8"><span class="content">their lamentation as far as Beer Elim.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.15.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The waters of Dimon</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:9 </span><span class="fq">Dimon</span><span class="ft">, a wordplay on </span><span class="fq">Dibon </span><span class="ft">(see verse 2), sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">blood</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> are full of blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.15.9"><span class="content">but I will bring still more upon Dimon</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:9 </span><span class="fq">Dimon</span><span class="ft">, a wordplay on </span><span class="fq">Dibon </span><span class="ft">(see verse 2), sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">blood</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.15.9"><span class="content">a lion upon the fugitives of Moab</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.15.9"><span class="content">and upon those who remain in the land.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">15</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Council at Jerusalem</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers: &#8220;Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The church sent them on their way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told how the Gentiles had been converted. This news made all the believers very glad. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and elders, to whom they reported everything God had done through them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.15.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, &#8220;The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to keep the law of Moses.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.15.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The apostles and elders met to consider this question. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: &#8220;Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He did not discriminate between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.15.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear? </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.15.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.15.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.15.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The whole assembly became silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul telling about the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.15.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When they finished, James spoke up. &#8220;Brothers,&#8221; he said, &#8220;listen to me. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.15.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Simon</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:14 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Simeon</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Simon</span><span class="ft">; that is, Peter</span></span></span><span class="content"> has described to us how God first intervened to choose a people for his name from the Gentiles. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.15.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.15.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.15.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;After this I will return</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.15.16"><span class="content">and rebuild David&#8217;s fallen tent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.15.16"><span class="content">Its ruins I will rebuild,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.15.16"><span class="content">and I will restore it,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.15.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.15.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.15.17"><span class="content">even all the Gentiles who bear my name,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.15.17"><span class="content">says the Lord, who does these things&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:17 </span><span class="ft">Amos 9:11,12 (see Septuagint)</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.15.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.15.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">things known from long ago.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:17,18 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">things&#8217;&#8212; / </span><span class="fv">18 </span><span class="fqa">the Lord&#8217;s work is known to him from long ago</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.15.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.15.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.15.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.15.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For the law of Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Council&#8217;s Letter to Gentile Believers</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.15.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.15.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas (called Barsabbas) and Silas, men who were leaders among the believers. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.15.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">With them they sent the following letter:</span></span></div><div class="pmo"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.15.23"><span class="content">The apostles and elders, your brothers,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pmo"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.15.23"><span class="content">To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pmo"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.15.23"><span class="content">Greetings.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.15.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.15.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">We have heard that some went out from us without our authorization and disturbed you, troubling your minds by what they said. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.15.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">So we all agreed to choose some men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.15.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ACT.15.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to confirm by word of mouth what we are writing. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ACT.15.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements: </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ACT.15.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things.</span></span></div><div class="pmc"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ACT.15.29"><span class="content">Farewell.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ACT.15.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ACT.15.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">So the men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they gathered the church together and delivered the letter. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ACT.15.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The people read it and were glad for its encouraging message. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ACT.15.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the believers. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ACT.15.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">After spending some time there, they were sent off by the believers with the blessing of peace to return to those who had sent them. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ACT.15.34"><span class="label">[34]</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:34 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts include here </span><span class="fqa">But Silas decided to remain there.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ACT.15.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, where they and many others taught and preached the word of the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Disagreement Between Paul and Barnabas</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ACT.15.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ACT.15.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, &#8220;Let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="ACT.15.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark, with them, </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="ACT.15.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="ACT.15.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus, </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="ACT.15.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the believers to the grace of the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="ACT.15.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.</span></span></div>
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