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         <div class="label">26</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Tabernacle</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.26.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Make the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim woven into them by a skilled worker. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.26.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">All the curtains are to be the same size&#8212;twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:2 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 42 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 13 meters long and 1.8 meters wide</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.26.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Join five of the curtains together, and do the same with the other five. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.26.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Make loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and do the same with the end curtain in the other set. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.26.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.26.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then make fifty gold clasps and use them to fasten the curtains together so that the tabernacle is a unit.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.26.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.26.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle&#8212;eleven altogether. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.26.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">All eleven curtains are to be the same size&#8212;thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:8 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 45 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 13.5 meters long and 1.8 meters wide</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.26.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Join five of the curtains together into one set and the other six into another set. Fold the sixth curtain double at the front of the tent. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.26.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and also along the edge of the end curtain in the other set. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.26.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then make fifty bronze clasps and put them in the loops to fasten the tent together as a unit. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.26.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">As for the additional length of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left over is to hang down at the rear of the tabernacle. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.26.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The tent curtains will be a cubit</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:13 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters</span></span></span><span class="content"> longer on both sides; what is left will hang over the sides of the tabernacle so as to cover it. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.26.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Make for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of the other durable leather.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:14 </span><span class="ft">Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals (see 25:5)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.26.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.26.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Make upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.26.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Each frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:16 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 15 feet long and 2 1/4 feet wide or about 4.5 meters long and 68 centimeters wide</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.26.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">with two projections set parallel to each other. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.26.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Make twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.26.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">and make forty silver bases to go under them&#8212;two bases for each frame, one under each projection. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.26.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, make twenty frames </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.26.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">and forty silver bases&#8212;two under each frame. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.26.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Make six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EXO.26.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">and make two frames for the corners at the far end. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EXO.26.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">At these two corners they must be double from the bottom all the way to the top and fitted into a single ring; both shall be like that. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EXO.26.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">So there will be eight frames and sixteen silver bases&#8212;two under each frame.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EXO.26.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EXO.26.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;Also make crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle, </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EXO.26.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the tabernacle. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EXO.26.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The center crossbar is to extend from end to end at the middle of the frames. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EXO.26.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EXO.26.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EXO.26.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">&#8220;Set up the tabernacle according to the plan shown you on the mountain.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EXO.26.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EXO.26.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">&#8220;Make a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EXO.26.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EXO.26.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Hang the curtain from the clasps and place the ark of the covenant law behind the curtain. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EXO.26.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Put the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant law in the Most Holy Place. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EXO.26.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Place the table outside the curtain on the north side of the tabernacle and put the lampstand opposite it on the south side.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EXO.26.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="EXO.26.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">&#8220;For the entrance to the tent make a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen&#8212;the work of an embroiderer. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="EXO.26.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Make gold hooks for this curtain and five posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold. And cast five bronze bases for them.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">79</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 79</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of Asaph.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.79.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.79.1"><span class="content">they have defiled your holy temple,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.79.1"><span class="content">they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.79.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.79.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">They have left the dead bodies of your servants</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.79.2"><span class="content">as food for the birds of the sky,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.79.2"><span class="content">the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.79.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.79.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They have poured out blood like water</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.79.3"><span class="content">all around Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.79.3"><span class="content">and there is no one to bury the dead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.79.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.79.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.79.4"><span class="content">of scorn and derision to those around us.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.79.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.79.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">How long, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">? Will you be angry forever?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.79.5"><span class="content">How long will your jealousy burn like fire?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.79.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.79.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Pour out your wrath on the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.79.6"><span class="content">that do not acknowledge you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.79.6"><span class="content">on the kingdoms</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.79.6"><span class="content">that do not call on your name;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.79.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.79.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">for they have devoured Jacob</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.79.7"><span class="content">and devastated his homeland.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.79.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.79.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Do not hold against us the sins of past generations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.79.8"><span class="content">may your mercy come quickly to meet us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.79.8"><span class="content">for we are in desperate need.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.79.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.79.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Help us, God our Savior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.79.9"><span class="content">for the glory of your name;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.79.9"><span class="content">deliver us and forgive our sins</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.79.9"><span class="content">for your name&#8217;s sake.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.79.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.79.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Why should the nations say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.79.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Where is their God?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.79.10"><span class="content">Before our eyes, make known among the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.79.10"><span class="content">that you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.79.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.79.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">May the groans of the prisoners come before you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.79.11"><span class="content">with your strong arm preserve those condemned to die.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.79.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.79.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Pay back into the laps of our neighbors seven times</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.79.12"><span class="content">the contempt they have hurled at you, Lord.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.79.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.79.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.79.13"><span class="content">will praise you forever;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.79.13"><span class="content">from generation to generation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.79.13"><span class="content">we will proclaim your praise.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">80</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 80</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 80:1-19 is numbered 80:2-20.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;The Lilies of the Covenant.&#8221; Of Asaph. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.80.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear us, Shepherd of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.80.1"><span class="content">you who lead Joseph like a flock.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.80.1"><span class="content">You who sit enthroned between the cherubim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.80.1"><span class="content">shine forth </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.80.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.80.2"><span class="content">Awaken your might;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.80.2"><span class="content">come and save us.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.80.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.80.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Restore us, O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.80.3"><span class="content">make your face shine on us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.80.3"><span class="content">that we may be saved.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.80.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.80.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">How long, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.80.4"><span class="content">will your anger smolder</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.80.4"><span class="content">against the prayers of your people?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.80.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.80.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You have fed them with the bread of tears;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.80.5"><span class="content">you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.80.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.80.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You have made us an object of derision</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">80:6 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">contention</span></span></span><span class="content"> to our neighbors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.80.6"><span class="content">and our enemies mock us.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.80.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.80.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Restore us, God Almighty;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.80.7"><span class="content">make your face shine on us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.80.7"><span class="content">that we may be saved.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.80.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.80.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">You transplanted a vine from Egypt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.80.8"><span class="content">you drove out the nations and planted it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.80.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.80.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You cleared the ground for it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.80.9"><span class="content">and it took root and filled the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.80.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.80.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The mountains were covered with its shade,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.80.10"><span class="content">the mighty cedars with its branches.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.80.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.80.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Its branches reached as far as the Sea,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">80:11 </span><span class="ft">Probably the Mediterranean</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.80.11"><span class="content">its shoots as far as the River.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">80:11 </span><span class="ft">That is, the Euphrates</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.80.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.80.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Why have you broken down its walls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.80.12"><span class="content">so that all who pass by pick its grapes?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.80.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.80.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Boars from the forest ravage it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.80.13"><span class="content">and insects from the fields feed on it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.80.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.80.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Return to us, God Almighty!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.80.14"><span class="content">Look down from heaven and see!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.80.14"><span class="content">Watch over this vine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.80.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.80.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">the root your right hand has planted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.80.15"><span class="content">the son</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">80:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">branch</span></span></span><span class="content"> you have raised up for yourself.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.80.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.80.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.80.16"><span class="content">at your rebuke your people perish.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.80.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.80.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.80.17"><span class="content">the son of man you have raised up for yourself.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.80.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.80.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then we will not turn away from you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.80.18"><span class="content">revive us, and we will call on your name.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.80.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.80.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Restore us, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.80.19"><span class="content">make your face shine on us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.80.19"><span class="content">that we may be saved.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MRK.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">saying to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If anyone asks you, &#8216;Why are you doing this?&#8217; say, &#8216;The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. As they untied it, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">some people standing there asked, &#8220;What are you doing, untying that colt?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They answered as Jesus had told them to, and the people let them go. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on it. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.11.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Hosanna!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:9 </span><span class="ft">A Hebrew expression meaning &#8220;Save!&#8221; which became an exclamation of praise; also in verse 10</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.11.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:9 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 118:25,26</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.11.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.11.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Hosanna in the highest heaven!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.11.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courts. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Curses a Fig Tree and Clears the Temple Courts</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.11.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then he said to the tree, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;May no one ever eat fruit from you again.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> And his disciples heard him say it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.11.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And as he taught them, he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Is it not written: &#8216;My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:17 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 56:7</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">? But you have made it &#8216;a den of robbers.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:17 </span><span class="ft">Jer. 7:11</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.11.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The chief priests and the teachers of the law heard this and began looking for a way to kill him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.11.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">When evening came, Jesus and his disciples</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:19 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">came, Jesus</span></span></span><span class="content"> went out of the city.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.11.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Peter remembered and said to Jesus, &#8220;Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.11.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.11.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Have faith in God,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus answered. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.11.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Truly</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:22,23 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">&#8220;If you have faith in God,&#8221; Jesus answered, </span><span class="fv">23 </span><span class="fqa">&#8220;truly</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, &#8216;Go, throw yourself into the sea,&#8217; and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.11.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.11.26"><span class="label">[26]</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:26 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts include here words similar to Matt. 6:15.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Authority of Jesus Questioned</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.11.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.11.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">They arrived again in Jerusalem, and while Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders came to him. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MRK.11.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;By what authority are you doing these things?&#8221; they asked. &#8220;And who gave you authority to do this?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MRK.11.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.11.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.11.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">John&#8217;s baptism&#8212;was it from heaven, or of human origin? Tell me!&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.11.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.11.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">They discussed it among themselves and said, &#8220;If we say, &#8216;From heaven,&#8217; he will ask, &#8216;Then why didn&#8217;t you believe him?&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.11.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">But if we say, &#8216;Of human origin&#8217;&#8198;&#8230;&#8221; (They feared the people, for everyone held that John really was a prophet.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.11.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MRK.11.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">So they answered Jesus, &#8220;We don&#8217;t know.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MRK.11.33"><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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