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         <div class="label">31</div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.31.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;I made a covenant with my eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.31.1"><span class="content">not to look lustfully at a young woman.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.31.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.31.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For what is our lot from God above,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.31.2"><span class="content">our heritage from the Almighty on high?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.31.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.31.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Is it not ruin for the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.31.3"><span class="content">disaster for those who do wrong?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.31.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.31.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Does he not see my ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.31.4"><span class="content">and count my every step?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.31.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.31.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.31.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;If I have walked with falsehood</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.31.5"><span class="content">or my foot has hurried after deceit&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.31.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.31.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">let God weigh me in honest scales</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.31.6"><span class="content">and he will know that I am blameless&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.31.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.31.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">if my steps have turned from the path,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.31.7"><span class="content">if my heart has been led by my eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.31.7"><span class="content">or if my hands have been defiled,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.31.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.31.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">then may others eat what I have sown,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.31.8"><span class="content">and may my crops be uprooted.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.31.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.31.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.31.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;If my heart has been enticed by a woman,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.31.9"><span class="content">or if I have lurked at my neighbor&#8217;s door,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.31.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.31.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">then may my wife grind another man&#8217;s grain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.31.10"><span class="content">and may other men sleep with her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.31.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.31.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For that would have been wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.31.11"><span class="content">a sin to be judged.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.31.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.31.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">It is a fire that burns to Destruction</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">31:12 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Abaddon</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.31.12"><span class="content">it would have uprooted my harvest.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.31.12"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.31.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.31.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;If I have denied justice to any of my servants,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.31.13"><span class="content">whether male or female,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.31.13"><span class="content">when they had a grievance against me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.31.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.31.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">what will I do when God confronts me?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.31.14"><span class="content">What will I answer when called to account?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.31.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.31.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Did not he who made me in the womb make them?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.31.15"><span class="content">Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.31.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.31.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.31.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;If I have denied the desires of the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.31.16"><span class="content">or let the eyes of the widow grow weary,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.31.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.31.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">if I have kept my bread to myself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.31.17"><span class="content">not sharing it with the fatherless&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.31.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.31.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">but from my youth I reared them as a father would,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.31.18"><span class="content">and from my birth I guided the widow&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.31.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.31.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.31.19"><span class="content">or the needy without garments,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.31.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.31.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">and their hearts did not bless me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.31.20"><span class="content">for warming them with the fleece from my sheep,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.31.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.31.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">if I have raised my hand against the fatherless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.31.21"><span class="content">knowing that I had influence in court,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.31.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.31.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">then let my arm fall from the shoulder,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.31.22"><span class="content">let it be broken off at the joint.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.31.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.31.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">For I dreaded destruction from God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.31.23"><span class="content">and for fear of his splendor I could not do such things.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.31.23"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.31.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.31.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;If I have put my trust in gold</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.31.24"><span class="content">or said to pure gold, &#8216;You are my security,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.31.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.31.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">if I have rejoiced over my great wealth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.31.25"><span class="content">the fortune my hands had gained,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.31.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.31.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">if I have regarded the sun in its radiance</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.31.26"><span class="content">or the moon moving in splendor,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.31.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.31.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">so that my heart was secretly enticed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.31.27"><span class="content">and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.31.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.31.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">then these also would be sins to be judged,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.31.28"><span class="content">for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.31.28"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.31.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.31.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;If I have rejoiced at my enemy&#8217;s misfortune</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.31.29"><span class="content">or gloated over the trouble that came to him&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.31.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.31.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">I have not allowed my mouth to sin</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.31.30"><span class="content">by invoking a curse against their life&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.31.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.31.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">if those of my household have never said,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.31.31"><span class="content">&#8216;Who has not been filled with Job&#8217;s meat?&#8217;&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.31.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.31.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">but no stranger had to spend the night in the street,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.31.32"><span class="content">for my door was always open to the traveler&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.31.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.31.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">if I have concealed my sin as people do,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">31:33 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">as Adam did</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.31.33"><span class="content">by hiding my guilt in my heart</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.31.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.31.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">because I so feared the crowd</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.31.34"><span class="content">and so dreaded the contempt of the clans</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.31.34"><span class="content">that I kept silent and would not go outside&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.31.34"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.31.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.31.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">(&#8220;Oh, that I had someone to hear me!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.31.35"><span class="content">I sign now my defense&#8212;let the Almighty answer me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.31.35"><span class="content">let my accuser put his indictment in writing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.31.35"></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.31.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Surely I would wear it on my shoulder,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.31.36"><span class="content">I would put it on like a crown.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.31.36"></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.31.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">I would give him an account of my every step;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.31.37"><span class="content">I would present it to him as to a ruler.)&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.31.37"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.31.37"></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOB.31.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">&#8220;if my land cries out against me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOB.31.38"><span class="content">and all its furrows are wet with tears,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOB.31.38"></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOB.31.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">if I have devoured its yield without payment</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOB.31.39"><span class="content">or broken the spirit of its tenants,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOB.31.39"></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOB.31.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">then let briers come up instead of wheat</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOB.31.40"><span class="content">and stinkweed instead of barley.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOB.31.40"><span class="content">The words of Job are ended.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">32</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Elihu</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.32.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.32.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.32.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He was also angry with the three friends, because they had found no way to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">32:3 </span><span class="ft">Masoretic Text; an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition </span><span class="fqa">Job, and so had condemned God</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.32.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job because they were older than he. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.32.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But when he saw that the three men had nothing more to say, his anger was aroused.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.32.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"><span class="content">&#8220;I am young in years,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"><span class="content">and you are old;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"><span class="content">that is why I was fearful,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"><span class="content">not daring to tell you what I know.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.32.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I thought, &#8216;Age should speak;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.32.7"><span class="content">advanced years should teach wisdom.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.32.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.32.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But it is the spirit</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">32:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Spirit</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 18</span></span></span><span class="content"> in a person,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.32.8"><span class="content">the breath of the Almighty, that gives them understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.32.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.32.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">It is not only the old</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">32:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">many</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">great</span></span></span><span class="content"> who are wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.32.9"><span class="content">not only the aged who understand what is right.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.32.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.32.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.32.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore I say: Listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.32.10"><span class="content">I too will tell you what I know.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.32.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.32.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I waited while you spoke,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.32.11"><span class="content">I listened to your reasoning;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.32.11"><span class="content">while you were searching for words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.32.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.32.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I gave you my full attention.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.32.12"><span class="content">But not one of you has proved Job wrong;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.32.12"><span class="content">none of you has answered his arguments.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.32.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.32.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Do not say, &#8216;We have found wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.32.13"><span class="content">let God, not a man, refute him.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.32.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.32.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But Job has not marshaled his words against me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.32.14"><span class="content">and I will not answer him with your arguments.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.32.14"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.32.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.32.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;They are dismayed and have no more to say;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.32.15"><span class="content">words have failed them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.32.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.32.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Must I wait, now that they are silent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.32.16"><span class="content">now that they stand there with no reply?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.32.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.32.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I too will have my say;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.32.17"><span class="content">I too will tell what I know.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.32.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.32.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For I am full of words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.32.18"><span class="content">and the spirit within me compels me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.32.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.32.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">inside I am like bottled-up wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.32.19"><span class="content">like new wineskins ready to burst.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.32.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.32.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I must speak and find relief;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.32.20"><span class="content">I must open my lips and reply.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.32.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.32.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">I will show no partiality,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.32.21"><span class="content">nor will I flatter anyone;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.32.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.32.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">for if I were skilled in flattery,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.32.22"><span class="content">my Maker would soon take me away.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.32.22"></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch21" data-usfm="LUK.21">
         <div class="label">21</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Widow&#8217;s Offering</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Truly I tell you,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;this poor widow has put in more than all the others.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End Times</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.21.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Some of his disciples were remarking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and with gifts dedicated to God. But Jesus said, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one of them will be thrown down.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.21.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Teacher,&#8221; they asked, &#8220;when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.21.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He replied: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, &#8216;I am he,&#8217; and, &#8216;The time is near.&#8217; Do not follow them.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">When you hear of wars and uprisings, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.21.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then he said to them: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.21.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And so you will bear testimony to me.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.21.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.21.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.21.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.21.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Everyone will hate you because of me.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.21.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But not a hair of your head will perish.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.21.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Stand firm, and you will win life.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.21.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.21.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.21.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.21.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.21.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.21.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.21.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.21.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.21.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.21.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.21.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.21.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.21.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">He told them this parable: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Look at the fig tree and all the trees.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.21.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.21.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.21.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.21.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.21.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.21.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.21.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.21.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For it will come on all those who live on the face of the whole earth.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.21.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.21.36"></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.21.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Each day Jesus was teaching at the temple, and each evening he went out to spend the night on the hill called the Mount of Olives, </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.21.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">and all the people came early in the morning to hear him at the temple.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch16" data-usfm="REV.16">
         <div class="label">16</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Seven Bowls of God&#8217;s Wrath</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, &#8220;Go, pour out the seven bowls of God&#8217;s wrath on the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.16.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the land, and ugly, festering sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.16.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it turned into blood like that of a dead person, and every living thing in the sea died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.16.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then I heard the angel in charge of the waters say:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.16.5"><span class="content">&#8220;You are just in these judgments, O Holy One,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.16.5"><span class="content">you who are and who were;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.16.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">for they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.16.6"><span class="content">and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.16.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And I heard the altar respond:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.16.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes, Lord God Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.16.7"><span class="content">true and just are your judgments.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.16.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and the sun was allowed to scorch people with fire. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God, who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent and glorify him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.16.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in agony </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they refused to repent of what they had done.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.16.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then I saw three impure spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They are demonic spirits that perform signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.16.14"></span></div><div class="mi"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.16.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Look, I come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.16.15"></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.16.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.16.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne, saying, &#8220;It is done!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder and a severe earthquake. No earthquake like it has ever occurred since mankind has been on earth, so tremendous was the quake. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. God remembered Babylon the Great and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Every island fled away and the mountains could not be found. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.16.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">From the sky huge hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">16:21 </span><span class="ft">Or about 45 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> fell on people. And they cursed God on account of the plague of hail, because the plague was so terrible.</span></span></div>
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