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         <div class="label">30</div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.30.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;But now they mock me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.30.1"><span class="content">men younger than I,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.30.1"><span class="content">whose fathers I would have disdained</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.30.1"><span class="content">to put with my sheep dogs.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.30.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.30.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Of what use was the strength of their hands to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.30.2"><span class="content">since their vigor had gone from them?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.30.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.30.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Haggard from want and hunger,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.30.3"><span class="content">they roamed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">30:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">gnawed</span></span></span><span class="content"> the parched land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.30.3"><span class="content">in desolate wastelands at night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.30.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.30.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In the brush they gathered salt herbs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.30.4"><span class="content">and their food</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">30:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">fuel</span></span></span><span class="content"> was the root of the broom bush.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.30.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.30.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They were banished from human society,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.30.5"><span class="content">shouted at as if they were thieves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.30.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.30.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They were forced to live in the dry stream beds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.30.6"><span class="content">among the rocks and in holes in the ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.30.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.30.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They brayed among the bushes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.30.7"><span class="content">and huddled in the undergrowth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.30.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.30.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A base and nameless brood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.30.8"><span class="content">they were driven out of the land.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.30.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.30.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.30.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;And now those young men mock me in song;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.30.9"><span class="content">I have become a byword among them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.30.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.30.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They detest me and keep their distance;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.30.10"><span class="content">they do not hesitate to spit in my face.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.30.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.30.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Now that God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.30.11"><span class="content">they throw off restraint in my presence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.30.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.30.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">On my right the tribe</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">30:12 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> attacks;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.30.12"><span class="content">they lay snares for my feet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.30.12"><span class="content">they build their siege ramps against me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.30.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.30.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They break up my road;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.30.13"><span class="content">they succeed in destroying me.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.30.13"><span class="content">&#8216;No one can help him,&#8217; they say.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.30.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.30.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They advance as through a gaping breach;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.30.14"><span class="content">amid the ruins they come rolling in.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.30.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.30.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Terrors overwhelm me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.30.15"><span class="content">my dignity is driven away as by the wind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.30.15"><span class="content">my safety vanishes like a cloud.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.30.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.30.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.30.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;And now my life ebbs away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.30.16"><span class="content">days of suffering grip me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.30.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.30.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Night pierces my bones;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.30.17"><span class="content">my gnawing pains never rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.30.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.30.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">In his great power God becomes like clothing to me</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">30:18 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">power he grasps my clothing</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.30.18"><span class="content">he binds me like the neck of my garment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.30.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.30.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He throws me into the mud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.30.19"><span class="content">and I am reduced to dust and ashes.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.30.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.30.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.30.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.30.20"><span class="content">I stand up, but you merely look at me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.30.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.30.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">You turn on me ruthlessly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.30.21"><span class="content">with the might of your hand you attack me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.30.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.30.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">You snatch me up and drive me before the wind;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.30.22"><span class="content">you toss me about in the storm.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.30.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.30.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">I know you will bring me down to death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.30.23"><span class="content">to the place appointed for all the living.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.30.23"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.30.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.30.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Surely no one lays a hand on a broken man</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.30.24"><span class="content">when he cries for help in his distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.30.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.30.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Have I not wept for those in trouble?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.30.25"><span class="content">Has not my soul grieved for the poor?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.30.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.30.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Yet when I hoped for good, evil came;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.30.26"><span class="content">when I looked for light, then came darkness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.30.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.30.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The churning inside me never stops;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.30.27"><span class="content">days of suffering confront me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.30.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.30.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">I go about blackened, but not by the sun;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.30.28"><span class="content">I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.30.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.30.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">I have become a brother of jackals,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.30.29"><span class="content">a companion of owls.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.30.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.30.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">My skin grows black and peels;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.30.30"><span class="content">my body burns with fever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.30.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.30.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">My lyre is tuned to mourning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.30.31"><span class="content">and my pipe to the sound of wailing.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.30.31"></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch6" data-usfm="PSA.6">
         <div class="label">6</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 6</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 6:1-10 is numbered 6:2-11.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">sheminith.</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 psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, do not rebuke me in your anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.6.1"><span class="content">or discipline me in your wrath.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.6.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Have mercy on me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for I am faint;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.6.2"><span class="content">heal me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for my bones are in agony.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.6.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">My soul is in deep anguish.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.6.3"><span class="content">How long, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, how long?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.6.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.6.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Turn, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and deliver me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.6.4"><span class="content">save me because of your unfailing love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.6.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Among the dead no one proclaims your name.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.6.5"><span class="content">Who praises you from the grave?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.6.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.6.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I am worn out from my groaning.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.6.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.6.6"><span class="content">All night long I flood my bed with weeping</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.6.6"><span class="content">and drench my couch with tears.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.6.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">My eyes grow weak with sorrow;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.6.7"><span class="content">they fail because of all my foes.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.6.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.6.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Away from me, all you who do evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.6.8"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has heard my weeping.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.6.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has heard my cry for mercy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.6.9"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> accepts my prayer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.6.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.6.10"><span class="content">they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch20" data-usfm="LUK.20">
         <div class="label">20</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Authority of Jesus Questioned</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, together with the elders, came up to him. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Tell us by what authority you are doing these things,&#8221; they said. &#8220;Who gave you this authority?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.20.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I will also ask you a question. Tell me:</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">John&#8217;s baptism&#8212;was it from heaven, or of human origin?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.20.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They discussed it among themselves and said, &#8220;If we say, &#8216;From heaven,&#8217; he will ask, &#8216;Why didn&#8217;t you believe him?&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But if we say, &#8216;Of human origin,&#8217; all the people will stone us, because they are persuaded that John was a prophet.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.20.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So they answered, &#8220;We don&#8217;t know where it was from.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.20.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Tenants</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.20.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He went on to tell the people this parable: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;A man planted a vineyard, rented it to some farmers and went away for a long time.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.20.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants so they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.20.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He sent another servant, but that one also they beat and treated shamefully and sent away empty-handed.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.20.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He sent still a third, and they wounded him and threw him out.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.20.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.20.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then the owner of the vineyard said, &#8216;What shall I do? I will send my son, whom I love; perhaps they will respect him.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.20.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.20.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But when the tenants saw him, they talked the matter over. &#8216;This is the heir,&#8217; they said. &#8216;Let&#8217;s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.20.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.20.15"><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.20.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.20.16"><span class="content">When the people heard this, they said, &#8220;God forbid!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.20.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.20.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Jesus looked directly at them and asked, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then what is the meaning of that which is written:</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.20.17"><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The stone the builders rejected</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.20.17"><span class="wj"><span class="content">has become the cornerstone&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">20:17 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.118.22">Psalm 118:22</span> </span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">?</span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.20.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.20.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.20.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.20.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The teachers of the law and the chief priests looked for a way to arrest him immediately, because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paying Taxes to Caesar</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.20.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.20.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Keeping a close watch on him, they sent spies, who pretended to be sincere. They hoped to catch Jesus in something he said, so that they might hand him over to the power and authority of the governor. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.20.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">So the spies questioned him: &#8220;Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is right, and that you do not show partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.20.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.20.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.20.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He saw through their duplicity and said to them, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.20.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.20.24"><span class="content">&#8220;Caesar&#8217;s,&#8221; they replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.20.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.20.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then give back to Caesar what is Caesar&#8217;s, and to God what is God&#8217;s.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.20.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.20.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">They were unable to trap him in what he had said there in public. And astonished by his answer, they became silent.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Resurrection and Marriage</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.20.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.20.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.20.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;Teacher,&#8221; they said, &#8220;Moses wrote for us that if a man&#8217;s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.20.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died childless. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.20.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The second </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.20.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">and then the third married her, and in the same way the seven died, leaving no children. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.20.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Finally, the woman died too. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.20.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Now then, at the resurrection whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.20.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.20.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.20.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But those who are considered worthy of taking part in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage,</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.20.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God&#8217;s children, since they are children of the resurrection.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.20.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But in the account of the burning bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord &#8216;the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">20:37 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="EXO.3.6">Exodus 3:6</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.20.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.20.38"></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.20.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Some of the teachers of the law responded, &#8220;Well said, teacher!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.20.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">And no one dared to ask him any more questions.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Whose Son Is the Messiah?</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.20.40"></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LUK.20.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Then Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why is it said that the Messiah is the son of David?</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.20.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">David himself declares in the Book of Psalms:</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.20.42"><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The Lord said to my Lord:</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.20.42"><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Sit at my right hand</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.20.42"></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.20.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">until I make your enemies</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.20.43"><span class="wj"><span class="content">a footstool for your feet.&#8221;&#8198;&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">20:43 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.110.1">Psalm 110:1</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.20.43"></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LUK.20.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">David calls him &#8216;Lord.&#8217; How then can he be his son?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning Against the Teachers of the Law</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LUK.20.44"></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.20.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">While all the people were listening, Jesus said to his disciples, </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.20.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Beware of the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="LUK.20.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">They devour widows&#8217; houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">15</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Seven Angels With Seven Plagues</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I saw in heaven another great and marvelous sign: seven angels with the seven last plagues&#8212;last, because with them God&#8217;s wrath is completed. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And I saw what looked like a sea of glass glowing with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious over the beast and its image and over the number of its name. They held harps given them by God </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and sang the song of God&#8217;s servant Moses and of the Lamb:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.15.3"><span class="content">&#8220;Great and marvelous are your deeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.15.3"><span class="content">Lord God Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.15.3"><span class="content">Just and true are your ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.15.3"><span class="content">King of the nations.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">15:3 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">ages</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.15.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Who will not fear you, Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.15.4"><span class="content">and bring glory to your name?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.15.4"><span class="content">For you alone are holy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.15.4"><span class="content">All nations will come</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.15.4"><span class="content">and worship before you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.15.4"><span class="content">for your righteous acts have been revealed.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">15:3,4 </span><span class="ft">Phrases in this song are drawn from <span class="ref" usfm="PSA.111.2">Psalm 111:2</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="PSA.111.3">3</span>; <span class="ref" usfm="DEU.32.4">Deut. 32:4</span>; <span class="ref" usfm="JER.10.7">Jer. 10:7</span>; Psalms 86:9; 98:2.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.15.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">After this I looked, and I saw in heaven the temple&#8212;that is, the tabernacle of the covenant law&#8212;and it was opened. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues. They were dressed in clean, shining linen and wore golden sashes around their chests. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God, who lives for ever and ever. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.</span></span></div>
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