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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Birth of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">(This was the first census that took place while</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">This census took place before</span></span></span><span class="content"> Quirinius was governor of Syria.) </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And everyone went to their own town to register.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But the angel said to them, &#8220;Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Glory to God in the highest heaven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.2.14"><span class="content">and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, &#8220;Let&#8217;s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.2.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Presented in the Temple</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.2.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, &#8220;Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:23 </span><span class="ft">Exodus 13:2,12</span></span></span><span class="content">), </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: &#8220;a pair of doves or two young pigeons.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:24 </span><span class="ft">Lev. 12:8</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.2.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord&#8217;s Messiah. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.2.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required, </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.2.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.2.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.2.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;Sovereign Lord, as you have promised,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.2.29"><span class="content">you may now dismiss</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:29 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">promised, / now dismiss</span></span></span><span class="content"> your servant in peace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.2.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.2.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">For my eyes have seen your salvation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.2.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.2.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">which you have prepared in the sight of all nations:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.2.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.2.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">a light for revelation to the Gentiles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.2.32"><span class="content">and the glory of your people Israel.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.2.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.2.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The child&#8217;s father and mother marveled at what was said about him. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.2.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: &#8220;This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.2.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.2.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.2.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">There was also a prophet, Anna, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.2.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">and then was a widow until she was eighty-four.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:37 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">then had been a widow for eighty-four years.</span></span></span><span class="content"> She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.2.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.2.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.2.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.2.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Boy Jesus at the Temple</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.2.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LUK.2.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Every year Jesus&#8217; parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.2.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.2.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LUK.2.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.2.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.2.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="LUK.2.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.2.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, &#8220;Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.2.48"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.2.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why were you searching for me?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Didn&#8217;t you know I had to be in my Father&#8217;s house?&#8221;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:49 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">be about my Father&#8217;s business</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.2.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">But they did not understand what he was saying to them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.2.50"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="LUK.2.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="LUK.2.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">46</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jacob Goes to Egypt</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.46.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">So Israel set out with all that was his, and when he reached Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.46.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.46.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, &#8220;Jacob! Jacob!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.46.2"><span class="content">&#8220;Here I am,&#8221; he replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.46.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.46.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;I am God, the God of your father,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.46.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. And Joseph&#8217;s own hand will close your eyes.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.46.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.46.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then Jacob left Beersheba, and Israel&#8217;s sons took their father Jacob and their children and their wives in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to transport him. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.46.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt, taking with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.46.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Jacob brought with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons and his daughters and granddaughters&#8212;all his offspring.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.46.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.46.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">These are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.46.8"><span class="content">Reuben the firstborn of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.46.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.46.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The sons of Reuben:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.46.9"><span class="content">Hanok, Pallu, Hezron and Karmi.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.46.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.46.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The sons of Simeon:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.46.10"><span class="content">Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.46.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.46.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The sons of Levi:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.46.11"><span class="content">Gershon, Kohath and Merari.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.46.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.46.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The sons of Judah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.46.12"><span class="content">Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan).</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.46.12"><span class="content">The sons of Perez:</span></span></div><div class="li3"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.46.12"><span class="content">Hezron and Hamul.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.46.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.46.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The sons of Issachar:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.46.13"><span class="content">Tola, Puah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:13 </span><span class="ft">Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 7:1); Masoretic Text Puvah</span></span></span><span class="content"> Jashub</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:13 </span><span class="ft">Samaritan Pentateuch and some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Num. 26:24 and 1 Chron. 7:1); Masoretic Text Iob</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Shimron.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.46.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.46.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The sons of Zebulun:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.46.14"><span class="content">Sered, Elon and Jahleel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.46.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.46.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">These were the sons Leah bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:15 </span><span class="ft">That is, Northwest Mesopotamia</span></span></span><span class="content"> besides his daughter Dinah. These sons and daughters of his were thirty-three in all.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.46.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.46.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The sons of Gad:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.46.16"><span class="content">Zephon,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:16 </span><span class="ft">Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint (see also Num. 26:15); Masoretic Text Ziphion</span></span></span><span class="content"> Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Areli.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.46.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.46.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The sons of Asher:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.46.17"><span class="content">Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.46.17"><span class="content">Their sister was Serah.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.46.17"><span class="content">The sons of Beriah:</span></span></div><div class="li3"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.46.17"><span class="content">Heber and Malkiel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.46.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.46.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">These were the children born to Jacob by Zilpah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Leah&#8212;sixteen in all.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.46.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.46.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The sons of Jacob&#8217;s wife Rachel:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.46.19"><span class="content">Joseph and Benjamin. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.46.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">In Egypt, Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:20 </span><span class="ft">That is, Heliopolis</span></span></span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.46.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.46.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The sons of Benjamin:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.46.21"><span class="content">Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.46.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.46.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob&#8212;fourteen in all.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.46.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.46.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The son of Dan:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.46.23"><span class="content">Hushim.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.46.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.46.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The sons of Naphtali:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.46.24"><span class="content">Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.46.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.46.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">These were the sons born to Jacob by Bilhah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Rachel&#8212;seven in all.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.46.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.46.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">All those who went to Egypt with Jacob&#8212;those who were his direct descendants, not counting his sons&#8217; wives&#8212;numbered sixty-six persons. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.46.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">With the two sons</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:27 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">the nine children</span></span></span><span class="content"> who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob&#8217;s family, which went to Egypt, were seventy</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:27 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew (see also Exodus 1:5 and note); Septuagint (see also Acts 7:14) </span><span class="fqa">seventy-five</span></span></span><span class="content"> in all.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.46.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.46.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Now Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When they arrived in the region of Goshen, </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.46.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Joseph had his chariot made ready and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel. As soon as Joseph appeared before him, he threw his arms around his father</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:29 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">around him</span></span></span><span class="content"> and wept for a long time.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.46.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.46.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Israel said to Joseph, &#8220;Now I am ready to die, since I have seen for myself that you are still alive.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.46.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.46.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father&#8217;s household, &#8220;I will go up and speak to Pharaoh and will say to him, &#8216;My brothers and my father&#8217;s household, who were living in the land of Canaan, have come to me. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.46.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The men are shepherds; they tend livestock, and they have brought along their flocks and herds and everything they own.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.46.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">When Pharaoh calls you in and asks, &#8216;What is your occupation?&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.46.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">you should answer, &#8216;Your servants have tended livestock from our boyhood on, just as our fathers did.&#8217; Then you will be allowed to settle in the region of Goshen, for all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GAL.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul, an apostle&#8212;sent not from men nor by a man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GAL.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and all the brothers and sisters</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:2 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in verse 11; and in 3:15; 4:12, 28, 31; 5:11, 13; 6:1, 18.</span></span></span><span class="content"> with me,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GAL.1.2"><span class="content">To the churches in Galatia:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GAL.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GAL.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GAL.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GAL.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">No Other Gospel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GAL.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GAL.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GAL.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GAL.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God&#8217;s curse! </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GAL.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God&#8217;s curse!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GAL.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GAL.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul Called by God</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GAL.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GAL.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GAL.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GAL.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GAL.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GAL.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GAL.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But when God, who set me apart from my mother&#8217;s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GAL.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, my immediate response was not to consult any human being. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GAL.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went into Arabia. Later I returned to Damascus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GAL.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GAL.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:18 </span><span class="ft">That is, Peter</span></span></span><span class="content"> and stayed with him fifteen days. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GAL.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">I saw none of the other apostles&#8212;only James, the Lord&#8217;s brother. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GAL.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I assure you before God that what I am writing you is no lie.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GAL.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GAL.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then I went to Syria and Cilicia. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GAL.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GAL.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">They only heard the report: &#8220;The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GAL.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">And they praised God because of me.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch3" data-usfm="REV.3">
         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">To the Church in Sardis</span></div><div class="m"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;To the angel</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">3:1 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fqa">messenger</span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">; also in verses 7 and 14</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">of the church in Sardis write:</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.3.1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">3:1 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">That is, the sevenfold Spirit</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">To the Church in Philadelphia</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.3.7"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars&#8212;I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">To the Church in Laodicea</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.3.14"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God&#8217;s creation.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other!</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So, because you are lukewarm&#8212;neither hot nor cold&#8212;I am about to spit you out of my mouth.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You say, &#8216;I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.&#8217; But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Oppression, Toil, Friendlessness</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.4.1"><span class="content">I saw the tears of the oppressed&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.4.1"><span class="content">and they have no comforter;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.4.1"><span class="content">power was on the side of their oppressors&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.4.1"><span class="content">and they have no comforter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.4.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And I declared that the dead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.4.2"><span class="content">who had already died,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.4.2"><span class="content">are happier than the living,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.4.2"><span class="content">who are still alive.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.4.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But better than both</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.4.3"><span class="content">is the one who has never been born,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.4.3"><span class="content">who has not seen the evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.4.3"><span class="content">that is done under the sun.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person&#8217;s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Fools fold their hands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.4.5"><span class="content">and ruin themselves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Better one handful with tranquillity</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.4.6"><span class="content">than two handfuls with toil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.4.6"><span class="content">and chasing after the wind.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Again I saw something meaningless under the sun:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">There was a man all alone;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.4.8"><span class="content">he had neither son nor brother.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.4.8"><span class="content">There was no end to his toil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.4.8"><span class="content">yet his eyes were not content with his wealth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.4.8"><span class="content">&#8220;For whom am I toiling,&#8221; he asked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.4.8"><span class="content">&#8220;and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.4.8"><span class="content">This too is meaningless&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.4.8"><span class="content">a miserable business!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Two are better than one,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.4.9"><span class="content">because they have a good return for their labor:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">If either of them falls down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.4.10"><span class="content">one can help the other up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.4.10"><span class="content">But pity anyone who falls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.4.10"><span class="content">and has no one to help them up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.4.11"><span class="content">But how can one keep warm alone?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Though one may be overpowered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.4.12"><span class="content">two can defend themselves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.4.12"><span class="content">A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Advancement Is Meaningless</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ECC.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to heed a warning. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The youth may have come from prison to the kingship, or he may have been born in poverty within his kingdom. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed the youth, the king&#8217;s successor. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ECC.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">There was no end to all the people who were before them. But those who came later were not pleased with the successor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch46" data-usfm="PSA.46">
         <div class="label">46</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 46</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 46:1-11 is numbered 46:2-12.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">alamoth.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> A song.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.46.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">God is our refuge and strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.46.1"><span class="content">an ever-present help in trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.46.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.46.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.46.2"><span class="content">and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.46.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.46.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">though its waters roar and foam</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.46.3"><span class="content">and the mountains quake with their surging.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:3 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 7 and 11.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.46.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.46.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.46.4"><span class="content">the holy place where the Most High dwells.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.46.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.46.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">God is within her, she will not fall;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.46.5"><span class="content">God will help her at break of day.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.46.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.46.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.46.6"><span class="content">he lifts his voice, the earth melts.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.46.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.46.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty is with us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.46.7"><span class="content">the God of Jacob is our fortress.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.46.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.46.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Come and see what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has done,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.46.8"><span class="content">the desolations he has brought on the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.46.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.46.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He makes wars cease</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.46.9"><span class="content">to the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.46.9"><span class="content">He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.46.9"><span class="content">he burns the shields</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">chariots</span></span></span><span class="content"> with fire.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.46.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.46.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He says, &#8220;Be still, and know that I am God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.46.10"><span class="content">I will be exalted among the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.46.10"><span class="content">I will be exalted in the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.46.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.46.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty is with us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.46.11"><span class="content">the God of Jacob is our fortress.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch15" data-usfm="PRO.15">
         <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="chapter ch1" data-usfm="RUT.1">
         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Naomi Loses Her Husband and Sons</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="RUT.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the days when the judges ruled,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Traditionally </span><span class="fqa">judged</span></span></span><span class="content"> there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="RUT.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The man&#8217;s name was Elimelek, his wife&#8217;s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="RUT.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="RUT.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Now Elimelek, Naomi&#8217;s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="RUT.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="RUT.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Naomi and Ruth Return to Bethlehem</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="RUT.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="RUT.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When Naomi heard in Moab that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had come to the aid of his people by providing food for them, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to return home from there. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="RUT.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">With her two daughters-in-law she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road that would take them back to the land of Judah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="RUT.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="RUT.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, &#8220;Go back, each of you, to your mother&#8217;s home. May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> show you kindness, as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands and to me. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="RUT.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="RUT.1.9"><span class="content">Then she kissed them goodbye and they wept aloud </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="RUT.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and said to her, &#8220;We will go back with you to your people.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="RUT.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="RUT.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But Naomi said, &#8220;Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Am I going to have any more sons, who could become your husbands? </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="RUT.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Return home, my daughters; I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me&#8212;even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="RUT.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">would you wait until they grew up? Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters. It is more bitter for me than for you, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s hand has turned against me!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="RUT.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="RUT.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="RUT.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="RUT.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Look,&#8221; said Naomi, &#8220;your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="RUT.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="RUT.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But Ruth replied, &#8220;Don&#8217;t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="RUT.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="RUT.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="RUT.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="RUT.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women exclaimed, &#8220;Can this be Naomi?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="RUT.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="RUT.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t call me Naomi,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:20 </span><span class="fq">Naomi </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">pleasant.</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221; she told them. &#8220;Call me Mara,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:20 </span><span class="fq">Mara </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fq">bitter</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> because the Almighty</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:20 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shaddai</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 21</span></span></span><span class="content"> has made my life very bitter. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="RUT.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">I went away full, but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has afflicted</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">has testified against</span></span></span><span class="content"> me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="RUT.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="RUT.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest was beginning.</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkISA">
      <div class="chapter ch46" data-usfm="ISA.46">
         <div class="label">46</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Gods of Babylon</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.46.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Bel bows down, Nebo stoops low;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.46.1"><span class="content">their idols are borne by beasts of burden.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">are but beasts and cattle</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.46.1"><span class="content">The images that are carried about are burdensome,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.46.1"><span class="content">a burden for the weary.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.46.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.46.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">They stoop and bow down together;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.46.2"><span class="content">unable to rescue the burden,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.46.2"><span class="content">they themselves go off into captivity.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.46.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.46.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Listen to me, you descendants of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.46.3"><span class="content">all the remnant of the people of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.46.3"><span class="content">you whom I have upheld since your birth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.46.3"><span class="content">and have carried since you were born.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.46.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.46.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Even to your old age and gray hairs</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.46.4"><span class="content">I am he, I am he who will sustain you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.46.4"><span class="content">I have made you and I will carry you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.46.4"><span class="content">I will sustain you and I will rescue you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.46.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.46.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;With whom will you compare me or count me equal?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.46.5"><span class="content">To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.46.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.46.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Some pour out gold from their bags</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.46.6"><span class="content">and weigh out silver on the scales;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.46.6"><span class="content">they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.46.6"><span class="content">and they bow down and worship it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.46.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.46.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They lift it to their shoulders and carry it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.46.7"><span class="content">they set it up in its place, and there it stands.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.46.7"><span class="content">From that spot it cannot move.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.46.7"><span class="content">Even though someone cries out to it, it cannot answer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.46.7"><span class="content">it cannot save them from their troubles.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.46.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.46.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Remember this, keep it in mind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.46.8"><span class="content">take it to heart, you rebels.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.46.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.46.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Remember the former things, those of long ago;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.46.9"><span class="content">I am God, and there is no other;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.46.9"><span class="content">I am God, and there is none like me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.46.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.46.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I make known the end from the beginning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.46.10"><span class="content">from ancient times, what is still to come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.46.10"><span class="content">I say, &#8216;My purpose will stand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.46.10"><span class="content">and I will do all that I please.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.46.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.46.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">From the east I summon a bird of prey;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.46.11"><span class="content">from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.46.11"><span class="content">What I have said, that I will bring about;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.46.11"><span class="content">what I have planned, that I will do.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.46.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.46.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.46.12"><span class="content">you who are now far from my righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.46.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.46.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I am bringing my righteousness near,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.46.13"><span class="content">it is not far away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.46.13"><span class="content">and my salvation will not be delayed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.46.13"><span class="content">I will grant salvation to Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.46.13"><span class="content">my splendor to Israel.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">18</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">In Corinth</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.18.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.18.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.18.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.18.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.18.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.18.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.18.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But when they opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, &#8220;Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.18.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.18.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titius Justus, a worshiper of God. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.18.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his entire household believed in the Lord; and many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and were baptized.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.18.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.18.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.18.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.18.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.18.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.18.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews of Corinth made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the place of judgment. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.18.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;This man,&#8221; they charged, &#8220;is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.18.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.18.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to them, &#8220;If you Jews were making a complaint about some misdemeanor or serious crime, it would be reasonable for me to listen to you. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.18.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But since it involves questions about words and names and your own law&#8212;settle the matter yourselves. I will not be a judge of such things.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.18.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So he drove them off. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.18.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then the crowd there turned on Sosthenes the synagogue leader and beat him in front of the proconsul; and Gallio showed no concern whatever.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Priscilla, Aquila and Apollos</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.18.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.18.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Paul stayed on in Corinth for some time. Then he left the brothers and sisters and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. Before he sailed, he had his hair cut off at Cenchreae because of a vow he had taken. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.18.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They arrived at Ephesus, where Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.18.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">When they asked him to spend more time with them, he declined. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.18.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But as he left, he promised, &#8220;I will come back if it is God&#8217;s will.&#8221; Then he set sail from Ephesus. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.18.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">When he landed at Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and greeted the church and then went down to Antioch.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.18.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.18.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">After spending some time in Antioch, Paul set out from there and traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.18.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.18.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was a learned man, with a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.18.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and he spoke with great fervor</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:25 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">with fervor in the Spirit</span></span></span><span class="content"> and taught about Jesus accurately, though he knew only the baptism of John. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.18.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they invited him to their home and explained to him the way of God more adequately.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.18.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ACT.18.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">When Apollos wanted to go to Achaia, the brothers and sisters encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. When he arrived, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ACT.18.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">For he vigorously refuted his Jewish opponents in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus was the Messiah.</span></span></div>
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