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      <div class="chapter ch49" data-usfm="GEN.49.1+GEN.49.2+GEN.49.3+GEN.49.4+GEN.49.5+GEN.49.6+GEN.49.7+GEN.49.8+GEN.49.9+GEN.49.10+GEN.49.11+GEN.49.12+GEN.49.13">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.49.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Jacob called for his sons and said: &#8220;Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.49.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.49.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.49.2"><span class="content">listen to your father Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.49.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.49.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Reuben, you are my firstborn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.49.3"><span class="content">my might, the first sign of my strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.49.3"><span class="content">excelling in honor, excelling in power.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.49.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.49.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.49.4"><span class="content">for you went up onto your father&#8217;s bed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.49.4"><span class="content">onto my couch and defiled it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.49.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.49.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Simeon and Levi are brothers&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.49.5"><span class="content">their swords</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:5 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> are weapons of violence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.49.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.49.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Let me not enter their council,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.49.6"><span class="content">let me not join their assembly,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.49.6"><span class="content">for they have killed men in their anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.49.6"><span class="content">and hamstrung oxen as they pleased.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.49.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.49.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Cursed be their anger, so fierce,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.49.7"><span class="content">and their fury, so cruel!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.49.7"><span class="content">I will scatter them in Jacob</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.49.7"><span class="content">and disperse them in Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.49.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.49.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Judah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:8 </span><span class="fq">Judah </span><span class="ft">sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">praise</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> your brothers will praise you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.49.8"><span class="content">your hand will be on the neck of your enemies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.49.8"><span class="content">your father&#8217;s sons will bow down to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.49.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.49.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You are a lion&#8217;s cub, Judah;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.49.9"><span class="content">you return from the prey, my son.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.49.9"><span class="content">Like a lion he crouches and lies down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.49.9"><span class="content">like a lioness&#8212;who dares to rouse him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.49.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.49.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The scepter will not depart from Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.49.10"><span class="content">nor the ruler&#8217;s staff from between his feet,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">from his descendants</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.49.10"><span class="content">until he to whom it belongs</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">to whom tribute belongs</span><span class="ft">; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> shall come</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.49.10"><span class="content">and the obedience of the nations shall be his.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.49.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.49.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He will tether his donkey to a vine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.49.11"><span class="content">his colt to the choicest branch;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.49.11"><span class="content">he will wash his garments in wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.49.11"><span class="content">his robes in the blood of grapes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.49.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.49.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">His eyes will be darker than wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.49.12"><span class="content">his teeth whiter than milk.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will be dull from wine, / his teeth white from milk</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.49.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.49.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Zebulun will live by the seashore</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.49.13"><span class="content">and become a haven for ships;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.49.13"><span class="content">his border will extend toward Sidon.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch16" data-usfm="1SA.16.14+1SA.16.15+1SA.16.16+1SA.16.17+1SA.16.18+1SA.16.19+1SA.16.20+1SA.16.21+1SA.16.22+1SA.16.23">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Now the Spirit of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had departed from Saul, and an evil</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and a harmful</span><span class="ft">; similarly in verses 15, 16 and 23</span></span></span><span class="content"> spirit from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> tormented him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.16.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Saul&#8217;s attendants said to him, &#8220;See, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Let our lord command his servants here to search for someone who can play the lyre. He will play when the evil spirit from God comes on you, and you will feel better.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.16.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">So Saul said to his attendants, &#8220;Find someone who plays well and bring him to me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.16.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1SA.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">One of the servants answered, &#8220;I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave man and a warrior. He speaks well and is a fine-looking man. And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is with him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1SA.16.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1SA.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, &#8220;Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">So Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them with his son David to Saul.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.16.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1SA.16.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">David came to Saul and entered his service. Saul liked him very much, and David became one of his armor-bearers. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.16.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, &#8220;Allow David to remain in my service, for I am pleased with him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.16.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1SA.16.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Whenever the spirit from God came on Saul, David would take up his lyre and play. Then relief would come to Saul; he would feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.23.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.23.13"><span class="content">He does whatever he pleases.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.23.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.23.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He carries out his decree against me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.23.14"><span class="content">and many such plans he still has in store.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.23.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.23.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">That is why I am terrified before him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.23.15"><span class="content">when I think of all this, I fear him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.23.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.23.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">God has made my heart faint;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.23.16"><span class="content">the Almighty has terrified me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.23.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.23.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.23.17"><span class="content">by the thick darkness that covers my face.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch24" data-usfm="JOB.24.1+JOB.24.2+JOB.24.3+JOB.24.4+JOB.24.5+JOB.24.6+JOB.24.7+JOB.24.8+JOB.24.9+JOB.24.10+JOB.24.11+JOB.24.12">
         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Why does the Almighty not set times for judgment?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.24.1"><span class="content">Why must those who know him look in vain for such days?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.24.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">There are those who move boundary stones;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.24.2"><span class="content">they pasture flocks they have stolen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.24.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They drive away the orphan&#8217;s donkey</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.24.3"><span class="content">and take the widow&#8217;s ox in pledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.24.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They thrust the needy from the path</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.24.4"><span class="content">and force all the poor of the land into hiding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.24.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Like wild donkeys in the desert,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.24.5"><span class="content">the poor go about their labor of foraging food;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.24.5"><span class="content">the wasteland provides food for their children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.24.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They gather fodder in the fields</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.24.6"><span class="content">and glean in the vineyards of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.24.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.24.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.24.7"><span class="content">they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.24.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They are drenched by mountain rains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.24.8"><span class="content">and hug the rocks for lack of shelter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.24.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The fatherless child is snatched from the breast;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.24.9"><span class="content">the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.24.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Lacking clothes, they go about naked;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.24.10"><span class="content">they carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.24.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.24.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They crush olives among the terraces</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:11 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.24.11"><span class="content">they tread the winepresses, yet suffer thirst.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.24.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.24.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The groans of the dying rise from the city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.24.12"><span class="content">and the souls of the wounded cry out for help.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.24.12"><span class="content">But God charges no one with wrongdoing.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch2" data-usfm="DAN.2.24+DAN.2.25+DAN.2.26+DAN.2.27+DAN.2.28+DAN.2.29+DAN.2.30+DAN.2.31+DAN.2.32+DAN.2.33+DAN.2.34+DAN.2.35">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="DAN.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to execute the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, &#8220;Do not execute the wise men of Babylon. Take me to the king, and I will interpret his dream for him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="DAN.2.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DAN.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Arioch took Daniel to the king at once and said, &#8220;I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who can tell the king what his dream means.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DAN.2.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DAN.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The king asked Daniel (also called Belteshazzar), &#8220;Are you able to tell me what I saw in my dream and interpret it?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DAN.2.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="DAN.2.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Daniel replied, &#8220;No wise man, enchanter, magician or diviner can explain to the king the mystery he has asked about, </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="DAN.2.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries. He has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in days to come. Your dream and the visions that passed through your mind as you were lying in bed are these:</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="DAN.2.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="DAN.2.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;As Your Majesty was lying there, your mind turned to things to come, and the revealer of mysteries showed you what is going to happen. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="DAN.2.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">As for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because I have greater wisdom than anyone else alive, but so that Your Majesty may know the interpretation and that you may understand what went through your mind.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="DAN.2.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="DAN.2.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">&#8220;Your Majesty looked, and there before you stood a large statue&#8212;an enormous, dazzling statue, awesome in appearance. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="DAN.2.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The head of the statue was made of pure gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="DAN.2.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of baked clay. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="DAN.2.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">While you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed them. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="DAN.2.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were all broken to pieces and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. The wind swept them away without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain and filled the whole earth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="DAN.2.35"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And a voice came from heaven: &#8220;You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">At once the Spirit sent him out into the wilderness, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">and he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:13 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">tempted </span><span class="ft">can also mean </span><span class="fqa">tested.</span></span></span><span class="content"> by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels attended him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Announces the Good News</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The time has come,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he said. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Calls His First Disciples</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Come, follow me,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;and I will send you out to fish for people.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">At once they left their nets and followed him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CO.14.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Or did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached? </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1CO.14.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">If anyone thinks they are a prophet or otherwise gifted by the Spirit, let them acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord&#8217;s command. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CO.14.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">But if anyone ignores this, they will themselves be ignored.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:38 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">But anyone who is ignorant of this will be ignorant</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CO.14.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1CO.14.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Therefore, my brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1CO.14.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.</span></span></div>
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