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         <div class="label">28</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Daily Offerings</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.28.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.28.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Give this command to the Israelites and say to them: &#8216;Make sure that you present to me at the appointed time my food offerings, as an aroma pleasing to me.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.28.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Say to them: &#8216;This is the food offering you are to present to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">: two lambs a year old without defect, as a regular burnt offering each day. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.28.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.28.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">together with a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">28:5 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms; also in verses 13, 21 and 29</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the finest flour mixed with a quarter of a hin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">28:5 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 1 quart or about 1 liter; also in verses 7 and 14</span></span></span><span class="content"> of oil from pressed olives. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.28.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">This is the regular burnt offering instituted at Mount Sinai as a pleasing aroma, a food offering presented to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.28.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The accompanying drink offering is to be a quarter of a hin of fermented drink with each lamb. Pour out the drink offering to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> at the sanctuary. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.28.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Offer the second lamb at twilight, along with the same kind of grain offering and drink offering that you offer in the morning. This is a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Sabbath Offerings</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.28.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.28.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;On the Sabbath day, make an offering of two lambs a year old without defect, together with its drink offering and a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">28:9 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably about 7 pounds or about 3.2 kilograms; also in verses 12, 20 and 28</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the finest flour mixed with olive oil. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.28.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, in addition to the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Monthly Offerings</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.28.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.28.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;On the first of every month, present to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.28.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">With each bull there is to be a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">28:12 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably about 11 pounds or about 5 kilograms; also in verses 20 and 28</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the finest flour mixed with oil; with the ram, a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.28.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">and with each lamb, a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil. This is for a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering presented to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.28.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">With each bull there is to be a drink offering of half a hin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">28:14 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 2 quarts or about 1.9 liters</span></span></span><span class="content"> of wine; with the ram, a third of a hin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">28:14 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 1 1/3 quarts or about 1.3 liters</span></span></span><span class="content">; and with each lamb, a quarter of a hin. This is the monthly burnt offering to be made at each new moon during the year. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.28.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Besides the regular burnt offering with its drink offering, one male goat is to be presented to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> as a sin offering.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">28:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">purification offering</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 22</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Passover</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.28.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.28.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;On the fourteenth day of the first month the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s Passover is to be held. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.28.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">On the fifteenth day of this month there is to be a festival; for seven days eat bread made without yeast. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.28.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.28.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Present to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> a food offering consisting of a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.28.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">With each bull offer a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil; with the ram, two-tenths; </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.28.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.28.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Include one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.28.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Offer these in addition to the regular morning burnt offering. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.28.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">In this way present the food offering every day for seven days as an aroma pleasing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">; it is to be offered in addition to the regular burnt offering and its drink offering. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.28.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">On the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Festival of Weeks</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.28.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.28.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;On the day of firstfruits, when you present to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> an offering of new grain during the Festival of Weeks, hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.28.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Present a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram and seven male lambs a year old as an aroma pleasing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.28.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">With each bull there is to be a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil; with the ram, two-tenths; </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.28.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.28.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Include one male goat to make atonement for you. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.28.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Offer these together with their drink offerings, in addition to the regular burnt offering and its grain offering. Be sure the animals are without defect.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">20</div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.20.1"><span class="content">whoever is led astray by them is not wise.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.20.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.20.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">A king&#8217;s wrath strikes terror like the roar of a lion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.20.2"><span class="content">those who anger him forfeit their lives.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.20.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.20.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">It is to one&#8217;s honor to avoid strife,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.20.3"><span class="content">but every fool is quick to quarrel.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.20.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.20.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Sluggards do not plow in season;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.20.4"><span class="content">so at harvest time they look but find nothing.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.20.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.20.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The purposes of a person&#8217;s heart are deep waters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.20.5"><span class="content">but one who has insight draws them out.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.20.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.20.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Many claim to have unfailing love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.20.6"><span class="content">but a faithful person who can find?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.20.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.20.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The righteous lead blameless lives;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.20.7"><span class="content">blessed are their children after them.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.20.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.20.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">When a king sits on his throne to judge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.20.8"><span class="content">he winnows out all evil with his eyes.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.20.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.20.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Who can say, &#8220;I have kept my heart pure;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.20.9"><span class="content">I am clean and without sin&#8221;?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.20.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.20.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.20.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Differing weights and differing measures&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.20.10"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests them both.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.20.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.20.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.20.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Even small children are known by their actions,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.20.11"><span class="content">so is their conduct really pure and upright?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.20.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.20.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.20.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Ears that hear and eyes that see&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.20.12"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has made them both.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.20.12"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.20.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.20.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Do not love sleep or you will grow poor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.20.13"><span class="content">stay awake and you will have food to spare.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.20.13"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.20.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.20.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;It&#8217;s no good, it&#8217;s no good!&#8221; says the buyer&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.20.14"><span class="content">then goes off and boasts about the purchase.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.20.14"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.20.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.20.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Gold there is, and rubies in abundance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.20.15"><span class="content">but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.20.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.20.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.20.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.20.16"><span class="content">hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.20.16"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.20.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.20.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Food gained by fraud tastes sweet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.20.17"><span class="content">but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.20.17"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.20.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.20.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Plans are established by seeking advice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.20.18"><span class="content">so if you wage war, obtain guidance.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.20.18"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.20.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.20.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A gossip betrays a confidence;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.20.19"><span class="content">so avoid anyone who talks too much.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.20.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.20.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.20.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">If someone curses their father or mother,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.20.20"><span class="content">their lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.20.20"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.20.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.20.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">An inheritance claimed too soon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.20.21"><span class="content">will not be blessed at the end.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.20.21"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.20.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.20.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Do not say, &#8220;I&#8217;ll pay you back for this wrong!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.20.22"><span class="content">Wait for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and he will avenge you.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.20.22"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.20.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.20.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests differing weights,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.20.23"><span class="content">and dishonest scales do not please him.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.20.23"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.20.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.20.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">A person&#8217;s steps are directed by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.20.24"><span class="content">How then can anyone understand their own way?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.20.24"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.20.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.20.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">It is a trap to dedicate something rashly</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.20.25"><span class="content">and only later to consider one&#8217;s vows.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.20.25"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.20.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.20.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">A wise king winnows out the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.20.26"><span class="content">he drives the threshing wheel over them.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.20.26"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.20.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.20.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The human spirit is</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">20:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">A person&#8217;s words are</span></span></span><span class="content"> the lamp of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.20.27"><span class="content">that sheds light on one&#8217;s inmost being.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.20.27"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.20.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.20.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Love and faithfulness keep a king safe;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.20.28"><span class="content">through love his throne is made secure.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.20.28"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.20.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.20.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The glory of young men is their strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.20.29"><span class="content">gray hair the splendor of the old.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.20.29"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.20.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.20.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Blows and wounds scrub away evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.20.30"><span class="content">and beatings purge the inmost being.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.20.30"></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Word Became Flesh</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He was with God in the beginning. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">understood</span></span></span><span class="content"> it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.1.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">There was a man sent from God whose name was John. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.1.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband&#8217;s will, but born of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.1.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.1.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">(John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, &#8220;This is the one I spoke about when I said, &#8216;He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;) </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:18 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">but the only Son, who</span></span></span><span class="content"> is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.1.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Now this was John&#8217;s testimony when the Jewish leaders</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:19 </span><span class="ft">The Greek term traditionally translated </span><span class="fqa">the Jews </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">hoi Ioudaioi</span>) refers here and elsewhere in John&#8217;s Gospel to those Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus; also in <span class="ref" usfm="JHN.5.10">5:10</span>, <span class="ref" usfm="JHN.5.15">15</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="JHN.5.16">16</span>; <span class="ref" usfm="JHN.7.1">7:1</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="JHN.7.11">11</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="JHN.7.13">13</span>; <span class="ref" usfm="JHN.9.22">9:22</span>; <span class="ref" usfm="JHN.18.14">18:14</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="JHN.18.28">28</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="JHN.18.36">36</span>; <span class="ref" usfm="JHN.19.7">19:7</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="JHN.19.12">12</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="JHN.19.31">31</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="JHN.19.38">38</span>; <span class="ref" usfm="JHN.20.19">20:19</span>.</span></span></span><span class="content"> in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, &#8220;I am not the Messiah.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.1.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They asked him, &#8220;Then who are you? Are you Elijah?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="content">He said, &#8220;I am not.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="content">&#8220;Are you the Prophet?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;No.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Finally they said, &#8220;Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.1.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, &#8220;I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, &#8216;Make straight the way for the Lord.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:23 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="ISA.40.3">Isaiah 40:3</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.1.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Now the Pharisees who had been sent </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">questioned him, &#8220;Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.1.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;I baptize with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 31 and 33 (twice)</span></span></span><span class="content"> water,&#8221; John replied, &#8220;but among you stands one you do not know. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He is the one who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.1.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John Testifies About Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.1.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, &#8220;Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">This is the one I meant when I said, &#8216;A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.1.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Then John gave this testimony: &#8220;I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, &#8216;The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.1.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">I have seen and I testify that this is God&#8217;s Chosen One.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:34 </span><span class="ft">See <span class="ref" usfm="ISA.42.1">Isaiah 42:1</span>; many manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">is the Son of God.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John&#8217;s Disciples Follow Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.1.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.1.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.1.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, &#8220;Look, the Lamb of God!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.1.36"></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.1.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.1.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What do you want?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.1.38"><span class="content">They said, &#8220;Rabbi&#8221; (which means &#8220;Teacher&#8221;), &#8220;where are you staying?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.1.38"></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.1.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Come,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;and you will see.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.1.39"><span class="content">So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.1.39"></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.1.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Andrew, Simon Peter&#8217;s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JHN.1.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, &#8220;We have found the Messiah&#8221; (that is, the Christ). </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.1.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">And he brought him to Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.1.42"><span class="content">Jesus looked at him and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> (which, when translated, is Peter</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:42 </span><span class="fq">Cephas </span><span class="ft">(Aramaic) and </span><span class="fq">Peter </span><span class="ft">(Greek) both mean </span><span class="fqa">rock.</span></span></span><span class="content">).</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.1.42"></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JHN.1.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Follow me.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JHN.1.43"></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JHN.1.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JHN.1.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Philip found Nathanael and told him, &#8220;We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote&#8212;Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JHN.1.45"></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.1.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">&#8220;Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?&#8221; Nathanael asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.1.46"><span class="content">&#8220;Come and see,&#8221; said Philip.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.1.46"></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JHN.1.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JHN.1.47"></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JHN.1.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">&#8220;How do you know me?&#8221; Nathanael asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JHN.1.48"><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JHN.1.48"></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JHN.1.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">Then Nathanael declared, &#8220;Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JHN.1.49"></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="JHN.1.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You believe</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:50 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Do you believe&#8230;?</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="JHN.1.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">He then added, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Very truly I tell you,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:51 </span><span class="ft">The Greek is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">you</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:51 </span><span class="ft">The Greek is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">will see &#8216;heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:51 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="GEN.28.12">Gen. 28:12</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">the Son of Man.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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