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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.18.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">When the men got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.18.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do? </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.18.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will use his name in blessings </span><span class="ft">(see 48:20)</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.18.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> by doing what is right and just, so that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.18.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.18.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.18.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.18.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.18.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:22 </span><span class="ft">Masoretic Text; an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition </span><span class="fqa">but the <span class="nd">Lord</span> remained standing before Abraham</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.18.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then Abraham approached him and said: &#8220;Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked? </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.18.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:24 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">forgive</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 26</span></span></span><span class="content"> the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it? </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.18.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Far be it from you to do such a thing&#8212;to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.18.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.18.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.18.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.18.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Then Abraham spoke up again: &#8220;Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes, </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.18.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five people?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.18.28"><span class="content">&#8220;If I find forty-five there,&#8221; he said, &#8220;I will not destroy it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.18.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.18.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Once again he spoke to him, &#8220;What if only forty are found there?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.18.29"><span class="content">He said, &#8220;For the sake of forty, I will not do it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.18.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.18.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Then he said, &#8220;May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.18.30"><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;I will not do it if I find thirty there.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.18.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.18.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Abraham said, &#8220;Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.18.31"><span class="content">He said, &#8220;For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.18.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.18.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Then he said, &#8220;May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.18.32"><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.18.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.18.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">When the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had finished speaking with Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned home.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="m"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOS.19.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The sixth lot came out for Naphtali according to its clans:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOS.19.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOS.19.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Their boundary went from Heleph and the large tree in Zaanannim, passing Adami Nekeb and Jabneel to Lakkum and ending at the Jordan. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOS.19.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">The boundary ran west through Aznoth Tabor and came out at Hukkok. It touched Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west and the Jordan</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:34 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">west, and Judah, the Jordan,</span></span></span><span class="content"> on the east. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOS.19.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The fortified towns were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth, </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOS.19.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOS.19.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor, </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOS.19.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath and Beth Shemesh. There were nineteen towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOS.19.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOS.19.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Naphtali, according to its clans.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Dan</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOS.19.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOS.19.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">The seventh lot came out for the tribe of Dan according to its clans. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOS.19.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">The territory of their inheritance included:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOS.19.41"><span class="content">Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh, </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JOS.19.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JOS.19.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Elon, Timnah, Ekron, </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JOS.19.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JOS.19.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon, </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JOS.19.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">Me Jarkon and Rakkon, with the area facing Joppa.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JOS.19.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JOS.19.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">(When the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and attacked Leshem, took it, put it to the sword and occupied it. They settled in Leshem and named it Dan after their ancestor.)</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JOS.19.47"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JOS.19.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Dan, according to its clans.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">26</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 26</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.26.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Vindicate me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.26.1"><span class="content">for I have led a blameless life;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.26.1"><span class="content">I have trusted in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.26.1"><span class="content">and have not faltered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.26.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.26.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Test me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and try me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.26.2"><span class="content">examine my heart and my mind;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.26.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.26.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.26.3"><span class="content">and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.26.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.26.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I do not sit with the deceitful,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.26.4"><span class="content">nor do I associate with hypocrites.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.26.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.26.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I abhor the assembly of evildoers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.26.5"><span class="content">and refuse to sit with the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.26.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.26.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I wash my hands in innocence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.26.6"><span class="content">and go about your altar, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.26.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.26.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">proclaiming aloud your praise</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.26.7"><span class="content">and telling of all your wonderful deeds.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.26.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.26.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I love the house where you live,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.26.8"><span class="content">the place where your glory dwells.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.26.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.26.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do not take away my soul along with sinners,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.26.9"><span class="content">my life with those who are bloodthirsty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.26.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.26.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">in whose hands are wicked schemes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.26.10"><span class="content">whose right hands are full of bribes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.26.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.26.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I lead a blameless life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.26.11"><span class="content">deliver me and be merciful to me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.26.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.26.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">My feet stand on level ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.26.12"><span class="content">in the great congregation I will praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.22.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A prophecy against the Valley of Vision:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.22.1"><span class="content">What troubles you now,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.22.1"><span class="content">that you have all gone up on the roofs,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.22.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.22.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">you town so full of commotion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.22.2"><span class="content">you city of tumult and revelry?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.22.2"><span class="content">Your slain were not killed by the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.22.2"><span class="content">nor did they die in battle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.22.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.22.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">All your leaders have fled together;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.22.3"><span class="content">they have been captured without using the bow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.22.3"><span class="content">All you who were caught were taken prisoner together,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.22.3"><span class="content">having fled while the enemy was still far away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.22.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.22.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Therefore I said, &#8220;Turn away from me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.22.4"><span class="content">let me weep bitterly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.22.4"><span class="content">Do not try to console me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.22.4"><span class="content">over the destruction of my people.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.22.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.22.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, has a day</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.22.5"><span class="content">of tumult and trampling and terror</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.22.5"><span class="content">in the Valley of Vision,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.22.5"><span class="content">a day of battering down walls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.22.5"><span class="content">and of crying out to the mountains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.22.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.22.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Elam takes up the quiver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.22.6"><span class="content">with her charioteers and horses;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.22.6"><span class="content">Kir uncovers the shield.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.22.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.22.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Your choicest valleys are full of chariots,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.22.7"><span class="content">and horsemen are posted at the city gates.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.22.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.22.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The Lord stripped away the defenses of Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.22.8"><span class="content">and you looked in that day</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.22.8"><span class="content">to the weapons in the Palace of the Forest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.22.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.22.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You saw that the walls of the City of David</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.22.9"><span class="content">were broken through in many places;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.22.9"><span class="content">you stored up water</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.22.9"><span class="content">in the Lower Pool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.22.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.22.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You counted the buildings in Jerusalem</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.22.10"><span class="content">and tore down houses to strengthen the wall.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.22.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.22.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You built a reservoir between the two walls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.22.11"><span class="content">for the water of the Old Pool,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.22.11"><span class="content">but you did not look to the One who made it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.22.11"><span class="content">or have regard for the One who planned it long ago.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.22.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.22.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.22.12"><span class="content">called you on that day</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.22.12"><span class="content">to weep and to wail,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.22.12"><span class="content">to tear out your hair and put on sackcloth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.22.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.22.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But see, there is joy and revelry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.22.13"><span class="content">slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.22.13"><span class="content">eating of meat and drinking of wine!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.22.13"><span class="content">&#8220;Let us eat and drink,&#8221; you say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.22.13"><span class="content">&#8220;for tomorrow we die!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.22.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.22.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty has revealed this in my hearing: &#8220;Till your dying day this sin will not be atoned for,&#8221; says the Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.10.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">As you go, proclaim this message: &#8216;The kingdom of heaven has come near.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:8 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word traditionally translated </span><span class="fq">leprosy </span><span class="ft">was used for various diseases affecting the skin.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts&#8212;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whatever town or village you enter, search there for some worthy person and stay at their house until you leave.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">As you enter the home, give it your greeting.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.10.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch8" data-usfm="ROM.8.28+ROM.8.29+ROM.8.30+ROM.8.31+ROM.8.32+ROM.8.33+ROM.8.34+ROM.8.35+ROM.8.36+ROM.8.37+ROM.8.38+ROM.8.39">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ROM.8.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:28 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">that all things work together for good to those who love God, who</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">that in all things God works together with those who love him to bring about what is good&#8212;with those who</span></span></span><span class="content"> have been called according to his purpose. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ROM.8.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ROM.8.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">More Than Conquerors</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ROM.8.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ROM.8.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ROM.8.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all&#8212;how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ROM.8.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ROM.8.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died&#8212;more than that, who was raised to life&#8212;is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ROM.8.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ROM.8.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">As it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ROM.8.36"><span class="content">&#8220;For your sake we face death all day long;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ROM.8.36"><span class="content">we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:36 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 44:22</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ROM.8.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="ROM.8.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="ROM.8.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:38 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">nor heavenly rulers</span></span></span><span class="content"> neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="ROM.8.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.</span></span></div>
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