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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.35.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The desert and the parched land will be glad;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.35.1"><span class="content">the wilderness will rejoice and blossom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.35.1"><span class="content">Like the crocus, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.35.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">it will burst into bloom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.35.2"><span class="content">it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.35.2"><span class="content">The glory of Lebanon will be given to it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.35.2"><span class="content">the splendor of Carmel and Sharon;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.35.2"><span class="content">they will see the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.35.2"><span class="content">the splendor of our God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.35.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.35.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Strengthen the feeble hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.35.3"><span class="content">steady the knees that give way;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.35.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.35.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">say to those with fearful hearts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.35.4"><span class="content">&#8220;Be strong, do not fear;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.35.4"><span class="content">your God will come,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.35.4"><span class="content">he will come with vengeance;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.35.4"><span class="content">with divine retribution</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.35.4"><span class="content">he will come to save you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.35.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.35.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then will the eyes of the blind be opened</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.35.5"><span class="content">and the ears of the deaf unstopped.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.35.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.35.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then will the lame leap like a deer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.35.6"><span class="content">and the mute tongue shout for joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.35.6"><span class="content">Water will gush forth in the wilderness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.35.6"><span class="content">and streams in the desert.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.35.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.35.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The burning sand will become a pool,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.35.7"><span class="content">the thirsty ground bubbling springs.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.35.7"><span class="content">In the haunts where jackals once lay,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.35.7"><span class="content">grass and reeds and papyrus will grow.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.35.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.35.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And a highway will be there;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.35.8"><span class="content">it will be called the Way of Holiness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.35.8"><span class="content">it will be for those who walk on that Way.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.35.8"><span class="content">The unclean will not journey on it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.35.8"><span class="content">wicked fools will not go about on it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.35.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.35.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">No lion will be there,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.35.9"><span class="content">nor any ravenous beast;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.35.9"><span class="content">they will not be found there.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.35.9"><span class="content">But only the redeemed will walk there,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.35.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.35.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and those the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has rescued will return.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.35.10"><span class="content">They will enter Zion with singing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.35.10"><span class="content">everlasting joy will crown their heads.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.35.10"><span class="content">Gladness and joy will overtake them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.35.10"><span class="content">and sorrow and sighing will flee away.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">When they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.5.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">When Jesus saw their faith, he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Friend, your sins are forgiven.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.5.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to themselves, &#8220;Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.5.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Jesus knew what they were thinking and asked, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Which is easier: to say, &#8216;Your sins are forgiven,&#8217; or to say, &#8216;Get up and walk&#8217;?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.5.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> So he said to the paralyzed man, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.5.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Immediately he stood up in front of them, took what he had been lying on and went home praising God. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.5.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Everyone was amazed and gave praise to God. They were filled with awe and said, &#8220;We have seen remarkable things today.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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