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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.46.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">So Israel set out with all that was his, and when he reached Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.46.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.46.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, &#8220;Jacob! Jacob!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.46.2"><span class="content">&#8220;Here I am,&#8221; he replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.46.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.46.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;I am God, the God of your father,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.46.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. And Joseph&#8217;s own hand will close your eyes.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.46.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.46.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then Jacob left Beersheba, and Israel&#8217;s sons took their father Jacob and their children and their wives in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to transport him. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.46.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt, taking with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.46.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Jacob brought with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons and his daughters and granddaughters&#8212;all his offspring.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.46.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.46.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">These are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.46.8"><span class="content">Reuben the firstborn of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.46.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.46.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The sons of Reuben:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.46.9"><span class="content">Hanok, Pallu, Hezron and Karmi.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.46.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.46.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The sons of Simeon:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.46.10"><span class="content">Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.46.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.46.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The sons of Levi:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.46.11"><span class="content">Gershon, Kohath and Merari.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.46.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.46.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The sons of Judah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.46.12"><span class="content">Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan).</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.46.12"><span class="content">The sons of Perez:</span></span></div><div class="li3"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.46.12"><span class="content">Hezron and Hamul.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.46.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.46.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The sons of Issachar:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.46.13"><span class="content">Tola, Puah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:13 </span><span class="ft">Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 7:1); Masoretic Text Puvah</span></span></span><span class="content"> Jashub</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:13 </span><span class="ft">Samaritan Pentateuch and some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Num. 26:24 and 1 Chron. 7:1); Masoretic Text Iob</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Shimron.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.46.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.46.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The sons of Zebulun:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.46.14"><span class="content">Sered, Elon and Jahleel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.46.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.46.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">These were the sons Leah bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:15 </span><span class="ft">That is, Northwest Mesopotamia</span></span></span><span class="content"> besides his daughter Dinah. These sons and daughters of his were thirty-three in all.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1SA.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Now a detachment of Philistines had gone out to the pass at Mikmash.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="nb"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">One day Jonathan son of Saul said to his young armor-bearer, &#8220;Come, let&#8217;s go over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.&#8221; But he did not tell his father.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.14.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Saul was staying on the outskirts of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree in Migron. With him were about six hundred men, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">among whom was Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was a son of Ichabod&#8217;s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s priest in Shiloh. No one was aware that Jonathan had left.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.14.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">On each side of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost was a cliff; one was called Bozez and the other Seneh. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">One cliff stood to the north toward Mikmash, the other to the south toward Geba.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.14.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Jonathan said to his young armor-bearer, &#8220;Come, let&#8217;s go over to the outpost of those uncircumcised men. Perhaps the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will act in our behalf. Nothing can hinder the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> from saving, whether by many or by few.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.14.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do all that you have in mind,&#8221; his armor-bearer said. &#8220;Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.14.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Jonathan said, &#8220;Come on, then; we will cross over toward them and let them see us. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If they say to us, &#8216;Wait there until we come to you,&#8217; we will stay where we are and not go up to them. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But if they say, &#8216;Come up to us,&#8217; we will climb up, because that will be our sign that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has given them into our hands.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.14.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So both of them showed themselves to the Philistine outpost. &#8220;Look!&#8221; said the Philistines. &#8220;The Hebrews are crawling out of the holes they were hiding in.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The men of the outpost shouted to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, &#8220;Come up to us and we&#8217;ll teach you a lesson.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.14.12"><span class="content">So Jonathan said to his armor-bearer, &#8220;Climb up after me; the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has given them into the hand of Israel.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.14.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Jonathan climbed up, using his hands and feet, with his armor-bearer right behind him. The Philistines fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer followed and killed behind him. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">In that first attack Jonathan and his armor-bearer killed some twenty men in an area of about half an acre.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel Routs the Philistines</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.14.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then panic struck the whole army&#8212;those in the camp and field, and those in the outposts and raiding parties&#8212;and the ground shook. It was a panic sent by God.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">a terrible panic</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.14.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Saul&#8217;s lookouts at Gibeah in Benjamin saw the army melting away in all directions. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then Saul said to the men who were with him, &#8220;Muster the forces and see who has left us.&#8221; When they did, it was Jonathan and his armor-bearer who were not there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.14.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1SA.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Saul said to Ahijah, &#8220;Bring the ark of God.&#8221; (At that time it was with the Israelites.)</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:18 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">&#8220;Bring the ephod.&#8221; (At that time he wore the ephod before the Israelites.)</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1SA.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">While Saul was talking to the priest, the tumult in the Philistine camp increased more and more. So Saul said to the priest, &#8220;Withdraw your hand.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1SA.14.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Then Saul and all his men assembled and went to the battle. They found the Philistines in total confusion, striking each other with their swords. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1SA.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Those Hebrews who had previously been with the Philistines and had gone up with them to their camp went over to the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.14.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">When all the Israelites who had hidden in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were on the run, they joined the battle in hot pursuit. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1SA.14.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">So on that day the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> saved Israel, and the battle moved on beyond Beth Aven.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch21" data-usfm="JOB.21.1+JOB.21.2+JOB.21.3+JOB.21.4+JOB.21.5+JOB.21.6+JOB.21.7+JOB.21.8+JOB.21.9+JOB.21.10+JOB.21.11+JOB.21.12+JOB.21.13+JOB.21.14+JOB.21.15+JOB.21.16">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Job replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.21.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Listen carefully to my words;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.21.2"><span class="content">let this be the consolation you give me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.21.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Bear with me while I speak,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.21.3"><span class="content">and after I have spoken, mock on.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.21.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Is my complaint directed to a human being?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.21.4"><span class="content">Why should I not be impatient?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.21.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Look at me and be appalled;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.21.5"><span class="content">clap your hand over your mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.21.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When I think about this, I am terrified;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.21.6"><span class="content">trembling seizes my body.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.21.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Why do the wicked live on,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.21.7"><span class="content">growing old and increasing in power?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.21.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They see their children established around them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.21.8"><span class="content">their offspring before their eyes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.21.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Their homes are safe and free from fear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.21.9"><span class="content">the rod of God is not on them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.21.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Their bulls never fail to breed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.21.10"><span class="content">their cows calve and do not miscarry.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.21.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They send forth their children as a flock;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.21.11"><span class="content">their little ones dance about.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.21.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.21.12"><span class="content">they make merry to the sound of the pipe.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.21.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They spend their years in prosperity</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.21.13"><span class="content">and go down to the grave in peace.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in an instant</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.21.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.21.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Yet they say to God, &#8216;Leave us alone!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.21.14"><span class="content">We have no desire to know your ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.21.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.21.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.21.15"><span class="content">What would we gain by praying to him?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.21.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.21.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But their prosperity is not in their own hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.21.16"><span class="content">so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.65.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;See, I will create</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.65.17"><span class="content">new heavens and a new earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.65.17"><span class="content">The former things will not be remembered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.65.17"><span class="content">nor will they come to mind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.65.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.65.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But be glad and rejoice forever</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.65.18"><span class="content">in what I will create,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.65.18"><span class="content">for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.65.18"><span class="content">and its people a joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.65.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.65.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">I will rejoice over Jerusalem</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.65.19"><span class="content">and take delight in my people;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.65.19"><span class="content">the sound of weeping and of crying</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.65.19"><span class="content">will be heard in it no more.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.65.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.65.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Never again will there be in it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.65.20"><span class="content">an infant who lives but a few days,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.65.20"><span class="content">or an old man who does not live out his years;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.65.20"><span class="content">the one who dies at a hundred</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.65.20"><span class="content">will be thought a mere child;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.65.20"><span class="content">the one who fails to reach</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">65:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the sinner who reaches</span></span></span><span class="content"> a hundred</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.65.20"><span class="content">will be considered accursed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.65.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.65.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They will build houses and dwell in them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.65.21"><span class="content">they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.65.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.65.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">No longer will they build houses and others live in them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.65.22"><span class="content">or plant and others eat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.65.22"><span class="content">For as the days of a tree,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.65.22"><span class="content">so will be the days of my people;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.65.22"><span class="content">my chosen ones will long enjoy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.65.22"><span class="content">the work of their hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.65.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.65.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">They will not labor in vain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.65.23"><span class="content">nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.65.23"><span class="content">for they will be a people blessed by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.65.23"><span class="content">they and their descendants with them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.65.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.65.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Before they call I will answer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.65.24"><span class="content">while they are still speaking I will hear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.65.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.65.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The wolf and the lamb will feed together,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.65.25"><span class="content">and the lion will eat straw like the ox,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.65.25"><span class="content">and dust will be the serpent&#8217;s food.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.65.25"><span class="content">They will neither harm nor destroy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.65.25"><span class="content">on all my holy mountain,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.65.25"><span class="content">says 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 v45" data-usfm="MAT.27.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="MAT.27.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, </span><span class="tl"><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Eli, Eli,</span></span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:46 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Eloi, Eloi</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="tl"><span class="wj"><span class="content">lema sabachthani?&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> (which means </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">).</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:46 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 22:1</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="MAT.27.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="MAT.27.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">When some of those standing there heard this, they said, &#8220;He&#8217;s calling Elijah.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="MAT.27.47"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="MAT.27.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="MAT.27.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">The rest said, &#8220;Now leave him alone. Let&#8217;s see if Elijah comes to save him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="MAT.27.49"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="MAT.27.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="MAT.27.50"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="MAT.27.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="MAT.27.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="MAT.27.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">They came out of the tombs after Jesus&#8217; resurrection and</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:53 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">tombs, and after Jesus&#8217; resurrection they</span></span></span><span class="content"> went into the holy city and appeared to many people.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="MAT.27.53"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="MAT.27.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, &#8220;Surely he was the Son of God!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="MAT.27.54"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="MAT.27.55"><span class="label">55</span><span class="content">Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs. </span></span><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="MAT.27.56"><span class="label">56</span><span class="content">Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:56 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Joses</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Joseph</span></span></span><span class="content"> and the mother of Zebedee&#8217;s sons.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">If I speak in the tongues</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">languages</span></span></span><span class="content"> of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:3 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">body to the flames</span></span></span><span class="content"> but do not have love, I gain nothing.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For we know in part and we prophesy in part, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.13.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.</span></span></div>
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