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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">The Sons of David</span></div><div class="li1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">These were the sons of David born to him in Hebron:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.3.1"><span class="content">The firstborn was Amnon the son of Ahinoam of Jezreel;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.3.1"><span class="content">the second, Daniel the son of Abigail of Carmel;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">the third, Absalom the son of Maakah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.3.2"><span class="content">the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.3.3"><span class="content">and the sixth, Ithream, by his wife Eglah.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">These six were born to David in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.3.4"><span class="content">David reigned in Jerusalem thirty-three years, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and these were the children born to him there:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.3.5"><span class="content">Shammua,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:5 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shimea, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Shammua</span></span></span><span class="content"> Shobab, Nathan and Solomon. These four were by Bathsheba</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:5 </span><span class="ft">One Hebrew manuscript and Vulgate (see also Septuagint and 2 Samuel 11:3); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Bathshua</span></span></span><span class="content"> daughter of Ammiel. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">There were also Ibhar, Elishua,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:6 </span><span class="ft">Two Hebrew manuscripts (see also 2 Samuel 5:15 and 1 Chron. 14:5); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Elishama</span></span></span><span class="content"> Eliphelet, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet&#8212;nine in all. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">All these were the sons of David, besides his sons by his concubines. And Tamar was their sister.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">The Kings of Judah</span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Solomon&#8217;s son was Rehoboam,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.3.10"><span class="content">Abijah his son,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.3.10"><span class="content">Asa his son,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.3.10"><span class="content">Jehoshaphat his son,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Jehoram</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:11 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Joram, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jehoram</span></span></span><span class="content"> his son,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.3.11"><span class="content">Ahaziah his son,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.3.11"><span class="content">Joash his son,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Amaziah his son,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.3.12"><span class="content">Azariah his son,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.3.12"><span class="content">Jotham his son,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Ahaz his son,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.3.13"><span class="content">Hezekiah his son,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.3.13"><span class="content">Manasseh his son,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Amon his son,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.3.14"><span class="content">Josiah his son.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The sons of Josiah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.3.15"><span class="content">Johanan the firstborn,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.3.15"><span class="content">Jehoiakim the second son,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.3.15"><span class="content">Zedekiah the third,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.3.15"><span class="content">Shallum the fourth.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The successors of Jehoiakim:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.3.16"><span class="content">Jehoiachin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:16 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Jeconiah, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jehoiachin</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 17</span></span></span><span class="content"> his son,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.3.16"><span class="content">and Zedekiah.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">The Royal Line After the Exile</span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The descendants of Jehoiachin the captive:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.3.17"><span class="content">Shealtiel his son, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Malkiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama and Nedabiah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The sons of Pedaiah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.3.19"><span class="content">Zerubbabel and Shimei.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.3.19"><span class="content">The sons of Zerubbabel:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.3.19"><span class="content">Meshullam and Hananiah.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.3.19"><span class="content">Shelomith was their sister.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.3.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CH.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">There were also five others:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CH.3.20"><span class="content">Hashubah, Ohel, Berekiah, Hasadiah and Jushab-Hesed.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CH.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CH.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The descendants of Hananiah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CH.3.21"><span class="content">Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, and the sons of Rephaiah, of Arnan, of Obadiah and of Shekaniah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CH.3.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The descendants of Shekaniah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.3.22"><span class="content">Shemaiah and his sons:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.3.22"><span class="content">Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah and Shaphat&#8212;six in all.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.3.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The sons of Neariah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.3.23"><span class="content">Elioenai, Hizkiah and Azrikam&#8212;three in all.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.3.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The sons of Elioenai:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.3.24"><span class="content">Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah and Anani&#8212;seven in all.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">12</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The End Times</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="DAN.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people&#8212;everyone whose name is found written in the book&#8212;will be delivered. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DAN.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="DAN.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Those who are wise</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">who impart wisdom</span></span></span><span class="content"> will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="DAN.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But you, Daniel, roll up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="DAN.12.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="DAN.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then I, Daniel, looked, and there before me stood two others, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="DAN.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">One of them said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, &#8220;How long will it be before these astonishing things are fulfilled?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="DAN.12.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DAN.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, lifted his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by him who lives forever, saying, &#8220;It will be for a time, times and half a time.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">a year, two years and half a year</span></span></span><span class="content"> When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DAN.12.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DAN.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, &#8220;My lord, what will the outcome of all this be?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DAN.12.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DAN.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;Go your way, Daniel, because the words are rolled up and sealed until the time of the end. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DAN.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DAN.12.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DAN.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DAN.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one who waits for and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DAN.12.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="DAN.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;As for you, go your way till the end. You will rest, and then at the end of the days you will rise to receive your allotted inheritance.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="LUK.1.1+LUK.1.2+LUK.1.3+LUK.1.4+LUK.1.5+LUK.1.6+LUK.1.7+LUK.1.8+LUK.1.9+LUK.1.10+LUK.1.11+LUK.1.12+LUK.1.13+LUK.1.14+LUK.1.15+LUK.1.16+LUK.1.17+LUK.1.18+LUK.1.19+LUK.1.20+LUK.1.21+LUK.1.22+LUK.1.23+LUK.1.24+LUK.1.25+LUK.1.26+LUK.1.27+LUK.1.28+LUK.1.29+LUK.1.30+LUK.1.31+LUK.1.32+LUK.1.33+LUK.1.34+LUK.1.35+LUK.1.36+LUK.1.37+LUK.1.38+LUK.1.39+LUK.1.40+LUK.1.41+LUK.1.42+LUK.1.43+LUK.1.44+LUK.1.45+LUK.1.46+LUK.1.47+LUK.1.48+LUK.1.49+LUK.1.50+LUK.1.51+LUK.1.52+LUK.1.53+LUK.1.54+LUK.1.55+LUK.1.56">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">been surely believed</span></span></span><span class="content"> among us, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord&#8217;s commands and decrees blamelessly. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Once when Zechariah&#8217;s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But the angel said to him: &#8220;Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous&#8212;to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Zechariah asked the angel, &#8220;How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The angel said to him, &#8220;I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">And now you will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their appointed time.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he stayed so long in the temple. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">When he came out, he could not speak to them. They realized he had seen a vision in the temple, for he kept making signs to them but remained unable to speak.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.1.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When his time of service was completed, he returned home. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">After this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;The Lord has done this for me,&#8221; she said. &#8220;In these days he has shown his favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Birth of Jesus Foretold</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">In the sixth month of Elizabeth&#8217;s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin&#8217;s name was Mary. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The angel went to her and said, &#8220;Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.1.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">But the angel said to her, &#8220;Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">and he will reign over Jacob&#8217;s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.1.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.1.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;How will this be,&#8221; Mary asked the angel, &#8220;since I am a virgin?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.1.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.1.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The angel answered, &#8220;The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:35 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">So the child to be born will be called holy,</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Son of God. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.1.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.1.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">For no word from God will ever fail.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.1.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.1.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">&#8220;I am the Lord&#8217;s servant,&#8221; Mary answered. &#8220;May your word to me be fulfilled.&#8221; Then the angel left her.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Mary Visits Elizabeth</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.1.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.1.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.1.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">where she entered Zechariah&#8217;s home and greeted Elizabeth. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LUK.1.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">When Elizabeth heard Mary&#8217;s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.1.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">In a loud voice she exclaimed: &#8220;Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.1.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LUK.1.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.1.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Mary&#8217;s Song</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.1.45"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.1.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">And Mary said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.1.46"><span class="content">&#8220;My soul glorifies the Lord</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.1.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="LUK.1.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="LUK.1.47"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.1.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">for he has been mindful</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.1.48"><span class="content">of the humble state of his servant.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.1.48"><span class="content">From now on all generations will call me blessed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.1.48"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.1.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">for the Mighty One has done great things for me&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.1.49"><span class="content">holy is his name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.1.49"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.1.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">His mercy extends to those who fear him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.1.50"><span class="content">from generation to generation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.1.50"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="LUK.1.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">He has performed mighty deeds with his arm;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="LUK.1.51"><span class="content">he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="LUK.1.51"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="LUK.1.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">He has brought down rulers from their thrones</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="LUK.1.52"><span class="content">but has lifted up the humble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="LUK.1.52"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="LUK.1.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">He has filled the hungry with good things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="LUK.1.53"><span class="content">but has sent the rich away empty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="LUK.1.53"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="LUK.1.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">He has helped his servant Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="LUK.1.54"><span class="content">remembering to be merciful</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="LUK.1.54"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="LUK.1.55"><span class="label">55</span><span class="content">to Abraham and his descendants forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="LUK.1.55"><span class="content">just as he promised our ancestors.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="LUK.1.55"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="LUK.1.56"><span class="label">56</span><span class="content">Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TH.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul, Silas</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Silvanus</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Silas</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Timothy,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TH.1.1"><span class="content">To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TH.1.1"><span class="content">Grace and peace to you.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Thanksgiving for the Thessalonians&#8217; Faith</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TH.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1TH.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1TH.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1TH.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1TH.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For we know, brothers and sisters</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in 2:1, 9, 14, 17; 3:7; 4:1, 10, 13; 5:1, 4, 12, 14, 25, 27.</span></span></span><span class="content"> loved by God, that he has chosen you, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1TH.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">because our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1TH.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1TH.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And so you became a model to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1TH.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The Lord&#8217;s message rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia&#8212;your faith in God has become known everywhere. Therefore we do not need to say anything about it, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1TH.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TH.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead&#8212;Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.</span></span></div>
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