EquipHer Vol. 8: "Lessons Learned on Working With Family"

Journey With Jesus 365

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Esther’s Legacy: Embracing Your Role in God’s Sovereign Plan

Don't Let Doubt Take You Out

Uniquely Made: 10 Scripture Prayers to Nurture Your Child’s Heart

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There Is No Law Against These Things

Free Indeed!

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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Bildad</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.8.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;How long will you say such things?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.8.2"><span class="content">Your words are a blustering wind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.8.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Does God pervert justice?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.8.3"><span class="content">Does the Almighty pervert what is right?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.8.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When your children sinned against him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.8.4"><span class="content">he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.8.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But if you will seek God earnestly</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.8.5"><span class="content">and plead with the Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.8.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">if you are pure and upright,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.8.6"><span class="content">even now he will rouse himself on your behalf</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.8.6"><span class="content">and restore you to your prosperous state.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.8.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Your beginnings will seem humble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.8.7"><span class="content">so prosperous will your future be.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.8.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.8.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Ask the former generation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.8.8"><span class="content">and find out what their ancestors learned,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.8.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">for we were born only yesterday and know nothing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.8.9"><span class="content">and our days on earth are but a shadow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.8.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Will they not instruct you and tell you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.8.10"><span class="content">Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.8.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.8.11"><span class="content">Can reeds thrive without water?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.8.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">While still growing and uncut,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.8.12"><span class="content">they wither more quickly than grass.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.8.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Such is the destiny of all who forget God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.8.13"><span class="content">so perishes the hope of the godless.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.8.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">What they trust in is fragile</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:14 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.8.14"><span class="content">what they rely on is a spider&#8217;s web.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.8.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">They lean on the web, but it gives way;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.8.15"><span class="content">they cling to it, but it does not hold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.8.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.8.16"><span class="content">spreading its shoots over the garden;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.8.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.8.17"><span class="content">and looks for a place among the stones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.8.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But when it is torn from its spot,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.8.18"><span class="content">that place disowns it and says, &#8216;I never saw you.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.8.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.8.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Surely its life withers away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.8.19"><span class="content">and</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Surely all the joy it has / is that</span></span></span><span class="content"> from the soil other plants grow.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.8.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.8.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.8.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Surely God does not reject one who is blameless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.8.20"><span class="content">or strengthen the hands of evildoers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.8.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.8.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He will yet fill your mouth with laughter</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.8.21"><span class="content">and your lips with shouts of joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.8.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.8.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Your enemies will be clothed in shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.8.22"><span class="content">and the tents of the wicked will be no more.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Job</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Job replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.9.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Indeed, I know that this is true.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.9.2"><span class="content">But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.9.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Though they wished to dispute with him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.9.3"><span class="content">they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.9.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">His wisdom is profound, his power is vast.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.9.4"><span class="content">Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.9.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He moves mountains without their knowing it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.9.5"><span class="content">and overturns them in his anger.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.9.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He shakes the earth from its place</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.9.6"><span class="content">and makes its pillars tremble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.9.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He speaks to the sun and it does not shine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.9.7"><span class="content">he seals off the light of the stars.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.9.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He alone stretches out the heavens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.9.8"><span class="content">and treads on the waves of the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.9.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He is the Maker of the Bear</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">9:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">of Leo</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Orion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.9.9"><span class="content">the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.9.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.9.10"><span class="content">miracles that cannot be counted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.9.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When he passes me, I cannot see him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.9.11"><span class="content">when he goes by, I cannot perceive him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.9.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If he snatches away, who can stop him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.9.12"><span class="content">Who can say to him, &#8216;What are you doing?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.9.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">God does not restrain his anger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.9.13"><span class="content">even the cohorts of Rahab cowered at his feet.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.9.13"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.9.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;How then can I dispute with him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.9.14"><span class="content">How can I find words to argue with him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.9.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Though I were innocent, I could not answer him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.9.15"><span class="content">I could only plead with my Judge for mercy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.9.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Even if I summoned him and he responded,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.9.16"><span class="content">I do not believe he would give me a hearing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.9.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He would crush me with a storm</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.9.17"><span class="content">and multiply my wounds for no reason.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.9.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He would not let me catch my breath</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.9.18"><span class="content">but would overwhelm me with misery.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.9.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.9.19"><span class="content">And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">9:19 </span><span class="ft">See Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">me.</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.9.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.9.20"><span class="content">if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.9.20"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.9.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Although I am blameless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.9.21"><span class="content">I have no concern for myself;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.9.21"><span class="content">I despise my own life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.9.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">It is all the same; that is why I say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.9.22"><span class="content">&#8216;He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.9.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.9.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When a scourge brings sudden death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.9.23"><span class="content">he mocks the despair of the innocent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.9.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When a land falls into the hands of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.9.24"><span class="content">he blindfolds its judges.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.9.24"><span class="content">If it is not he, then who is it?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.9.24"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.9.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;My days are swifter than a runner;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.9.25"><span class="content">they fly away without a glimpse of joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.9.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.9.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">They skim past like boats of papyrus,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.9.26"><span class="content">like eagles swooping down on their prey.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.9.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.9.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">If I say, &#8216;I will forget my complaint,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.9.27"><span class="content">I will change my expression, and smile,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.9.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.9.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">I still dread all my sufferings,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.9.28"><span class="content">for I know you will not hold me innocent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.9.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.9.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Since I am already found guilty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.9.29"><span class="content">why should I struggle in vain?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.9.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.9.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Even if I washed myself with soap</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.9.30"><span class="content">and my hands with cleansing powder,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.9.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.9.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">you would plunge me into a slime pit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.9.31"><span class="content">so that even my clothes would detest me.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.9.31"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.9.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.9.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">&#8220;He is not a mere mortal like me that I might answer him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.9.32"><span class="content">that we might confront each other in court.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.9.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.9.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">If only there were someone to mediate between us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.9.33"><span class="content">someone to bring us together,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.9.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.9.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">someone to remove God&#8217;s rod from me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.9.34"><span class="content">so that his terror would frighten me no more.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.9.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.9.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Then I would speak up without fear of him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.9.35"><span class="content">but as it now stands with me, I cannot.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.9.35"></span></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After this the Lord appointed seventy-two</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:1 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">seventy</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 17</span></span></span><span class="content"> others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He told them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.10.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When you enter a house, first say, &#8216;Peace to this house.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.10.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Heal the sick who are there and tell them, &#8216;The kingdom of God has come near to you.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say,</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;Even the dust of your town we wipe from our feet as a warning to you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God has come near.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.10.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:15 </span><span class="ft">That is, the realm of the dead</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.10.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.10.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The seventy-two returned with joy and said, &#8220;Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.10.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.10.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.10.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.10.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.10.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.10.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.10.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.10.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.10.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then he turned to his disciples and said privately, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.10.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Good Samaritan</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.10.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.10.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. &#8220;Teacher,&#8221; he asked, &#8220;what must I do to inherit eternal life?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.10.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.10.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What is written in the Law?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he replied. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;How do you read it?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.10.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.10.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:27 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="DEU.6.5">Deut. 6:5</span></span></span></span><span class="content">; and, &#8216;Love your neighbor as yourself.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:27 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="LEV.19.18">Lev. 19:18</span></span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.10.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.10.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You have answered correctly,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus replied. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do this and you will live.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.10.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.10.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, &#8220;And who is my neighbor?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.10.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.10.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">In reply Jesus said: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.10.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.10.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.10.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.10.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.10.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The next day he took out two denarii</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:35 </span><span class="ft">A denarius was the usual daily wage of a day laborer (see <span class="ref" usfm="MAT.20.2">Matt. 20:2</span>).</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and gave them to the innkeeper. &#8216;Look after him,&#8217; he said, &#8216;and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.10.35"></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.10.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.10.36"></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.10.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">The expert in the law replied, &#8220;The one who had mercy on him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.10.37"><span class="content">Jesus told him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go and do likewise.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">At the Home of Martha and Mary</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.10.37"></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.10.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.10.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord&#8217;s feet listening to what he said. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.10.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, &#8220;Lord, don&#8217;t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.10.40"></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LUK.10.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Martha, Martha,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> the Lord answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;you are worried and upset about many things,</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.10.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">but few things are needed&#8212;or indeed only one.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:42 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">but only one thing is needed</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">6</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Seals</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, &#8220;Come!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.6.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, &#8220;Come!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make people kill each other. To him was given a large sword.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.6.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, &#8220;Come!&#8221; I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, &#8220;Two pounds</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">6:6 </span><span class="ft">Or about 1 kilogram</span></span></span><span class="content"> of wheat for a day&#8217;s wages,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">6:6 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">a denarius</span></span></span><span class="content"> and six pounds</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">6:6 </span><span class="ft">Or about 3 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> of barley for a day&#8217;s wages,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">6:6 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">a denarius</span></span></span><span class="content"> and do not damage the oil and the wine!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.6.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, &#8220;Come!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.6.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They called out in a loud voice, &#8220;How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">6:11 </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 12:10; 19:10.</span></span></span><span class="content"> were killed just as they had been.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.6.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.6.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.6.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.6.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.6.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">They called to the mountains and the rocks, &#8220;Fall on us and hide us</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">6:16 </span><span class="ft">See <span class="ref" usfm="HOS.10.8">Hosea 10:8</span>.</span></span></span><span class="content"> from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.6.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For the great day of their</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">6:17 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">his</span></span></span><span class="content"> wrath has come, and who can withstand it?&#8221;</span></span></div>
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