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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But some of them said, &#8220;By Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he is driving out demons.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Others tested him by asking for a sign from heaven.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.11.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this because you claim that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your followers drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.11.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.11.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.11.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.11.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.11.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.11.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, &#8216;I will return to the house I left.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.11.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.11.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.11.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, &#8220;Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.11.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.11.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">He replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Sign of Jonah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.11.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.11.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">As the crowds increased, Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.11.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.11.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon&#8217;s wisdom; and now something greater than Solomon is here.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.11.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and now something greater than Jonah is here.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Lamp of the Body</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.11.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.11.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.11.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are healthy,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:34 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">healthy </span><span class="ft">here implies generous.</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">your whole body also is full of light. But when they are unhealthy,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:34 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">unhealthy </span><span class="ft">here implies stingy.</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">your body also is full of darkness.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.11.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.11.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it dark, it will be just as full of light as when a lamp shines its light on you.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.77.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I cried out to God for help;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.77.1"><span class="content">I cried out to God to hear me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.77.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.77.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When I was in distress, I sought the Lord;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.77.2"><span class="content">at night I stretched out untiring hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.77.2"><span class="content">and I would not be comforted.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.77.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.77.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.77.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I remembered you, God, and I groaned;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.77.3"><span class="content">I meditated, and my spirit grew faint.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">77:3 </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 9 and 15.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.77.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.77.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You kept my eyes from closing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.77.4"><span class="content">I was too troubled to speak.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.77.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.77.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I thought about the former days,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.77.5"><span class="content">the years of long ago;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.77.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.77.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I remembered my songs in the night.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.77.6"><span class="content">My heart meditated and my spirit asked:</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.77.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.77.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.77.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Will the Lord reject forever?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.77.7"><span class="content">Will he never show his favor again?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.77.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.77.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Has his unfailing love vanished forever?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.77.8"><span class="content">Has his promise failed for all time?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.77.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.77.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Has God forgotten to be merciful?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.77.9"><span class="content">Has he in anger withheld his compassion?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.77.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.77.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.77.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then I thought, &#8220;To this I will appeal:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.77.10"><span class="content">the years when the Most High stretched out his right hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.77.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.77.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I will remember the deeds of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.77.11"><span class="content">yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.77.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.77.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will consider all your works</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.77.12"><span class="content">and meditate on all your mighty deeds.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.77.12"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.77.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.77.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Your ways, God, are holy.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.77.13"><span class="content">What god is as great as our God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.77.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.77.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">You are the God who performs miracles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.77.14"><span class="content">you display your power among the peoples.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.77.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.77.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">With your mighty arm you redeemed your people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.77.15"><span class="content">the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.77.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.77.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.77.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The waters saw you, God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.77.16"><span class="content">the waters saw you and writhed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.77.16"><span class="content">the very depths were convulsed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.77.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.77.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The clouds poured down water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.77.17"><span class="content">the heavens resounded with thunder;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.77.17"><span class="content">your arrows flashed back and forth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.77.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.77.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.77.18"><span class="content">your lightning lit up the world;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.77.18"><span class="content">the earth trembled and quaked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.77.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.77.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Your path led through the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.77.19"><span class="content">your way through the mighty waters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.77.19"><span class="content">though your footprints were not seen.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.77.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.77.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.77.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">You led your people like a flock</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.77.20"><span class="content">by the hand of Moses and Aaron.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The words of the reckless pierce like swords,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"><span class="content">but the tongue of the wise brings healing.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"></span></div>
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