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         <div class="label">20</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Punishments for Sin</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LEV.20.1"><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="LEV.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Say to the Israelites: &#8216;Any Israelite or any foreigner residing in Israel who sacrifices any of his children to Molek is to be put to death. The members of the community are to stone him. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LEV.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I myself will set my face against him and will cut him off from his people; for by sacrificing his children to Molek, he has defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LEV.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">If the members of the community close their eyes when that man sacrifices one of his children to Molek and if they fail to put him to death, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LEV.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I myself will set my face against him and his family and will cut them off from their people together with all who follow him in prostituting themselves to Molek.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LEV.20.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LEV.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;I will set my face against anyone who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute themselves by following them, and I will cut them off from their people.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LEV.20.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LEV.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LEV.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who makes you holy.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LEV.20.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LEV.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death. Because they have cursed their father or mother, their blood will be on their own head.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LEV.20.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LEV.20.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;If a man commits adultery with another man&#8217;s wife&#8212;with the wife of his neighbor&#8212;both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LEV.20.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LEV.20.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;If a man has sexual relations with his father&#8217;s wife, he has dishonored his father. Both the man and the woman are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LEV.20.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LEV.20.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;If a man has sexual relations with his daughter-in-law, both of them are to be put to death. What they have done is a perversion; their blood will be on their own heads.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LEV.20.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LEV.20.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LEV.20.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LEV.20.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is wicked. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that no wickedness will be among you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LEV.20.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LEV.20.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;If a man has sexual relations with an animal, he is to be put to death, and you must kill the animal.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LEV.20.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LEV.20.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;If a woman approaches an animal to have sexual relations with it, kill both the woman and the animal. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LEV.20.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LEV.20.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;If a man marries his sister, the daughter of either his father or his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They are to be publicly removed from their people. He has dishonored his sister and will be held responsible.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LEV.20.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LEV.20.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;If a man has sexual relations with a woman during her monthly period, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has also uncovered it. Both of them are to be cut off from their people.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LEV.20.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LEV.20.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Do not have sexual relations with the sister of either your mother or your father, for that would dishonor a close relative; both of you would be held responsible.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LEV.20.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LEV.20.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;If a man has sexual relations with his aunt, he has dishonored his uncle. They will be held responsible; they will die childless.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LEV.20.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LEV.20.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;If a man marries his brother&#8217;s wife, it is an act of impurity; he has dishonored his brother. They will be childless.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LEV.20.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LEV.20.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Keep all my decrees and laws and follow them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LEV.20.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">You must not live according to the customs of the nations I am going to drive out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LEV.20.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But I said to you, &#8220;You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey.&#8221; I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God, who has set you apart from the nations.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LEV.20.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LEV.20.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;You must therefore make a distinction between clean and unclean animals and between unclean and clean birds. Do not defile yourselves by any animal or bird or anything that moves along the ground&#8212;those that I have set apart as unclean for you. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LEV.20.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">You are to be holy to me because I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LEV.20.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LEV.20.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v129" data-usfm="PSA.119.129"><span class="label">129</span><span class="content">Your statutes are wonderful;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v129" data-usfm="PSA.119.129"><span class="content">therefore I obey them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v129" data-usfm="PSA.119.129"></span><span class="verse v130" data-usfm="PSA.119.130"><span class="label">130</span><span class="content">The unfolding of your words gives light;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v130" data-usfm="PSA.119.130"><span class="content">it gives understanding to the simple.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v130" data-usfm="PSA.119.130"></span><span class="verse v131" data-usfm="PSA.119.131"><span class="label">131</span><span class="content">I open my mouth and pant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v131" data-usfm="PSA.119.131"><span class="content">longing for your commands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v131" data-usfm="PSA.119.131"></span><span class="verse v132" data-usfm="PSA.119.132"><span class="label">132</span><span class="content">Turn to me and have mercy on me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v132" data-usfm="PSA.119.132"><span class="content">as you always do to those who love your name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v132" data-usfm="PSA.119.132"></span><span class="verse v133" data-usfm="PSA.119.133"><span class="label">133</span><span class="content">Direct my footsteps according to your word;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v133" data-usfm="PSA.119.133"><span class="content">let no sin rule over me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v133" data-usfm="PSA.119.133"></span><span class="verse v134" data-usfm="PSA.119.134"><span class="label">134</span><span class="content">Redeem me from human oppression,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v134" data-usfm="PSA.119.134"><span class="content">that I may obey your precepts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v134" data-usfm="PSA.119.134"></span><span class="verse v135" data-usfm="PSA.119.135"><span class="label">135</span><span class="content">Make your face shine on your servant</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v135" data-usfm="PSA.119.135"><span class="content">and teach me your decrees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v135" data-usfm="PSA.119.135"></span><span class="verse v136" data-usfm="PSA.119.136"><span class="label">136</span><span class="content">Streams of tears flow from my eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v136" data-usfm="PSA.119.136"><span class="content">for your law is not obeyed.</span></span></div><div class="qa"><span class="heading">&#1510; Tsadhe</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v136" data-usfm="PSA.119.136"></span><span class="verse v137" data-usfm="PSA.119.137"><span class="label">137</span><span class="content">You are righteous, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v137" data-usfm="PSA.119.137"><span class="content">and your laws are right.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v137" data-usfm="PSA.119.137"></span><span class="verse v138" data-usfm="PSA.119.138"><span class="label">138</span><span class="content">The statutes you have laid down are righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v138" data-usfm="PSA.119.138"><span class="content">they are fully trustworthy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v138" data-usfm="PSA.119.138"></span><span class="verse v139" data-usfm="PSA.119.139"><span class="label">139</span><span class="content">My zeal wears me out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v139" data-usfm="PSA.119.139"><span class="content">for my enemies ignore your words.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v139" data-usfm="PSA.119.139"></span><span class="verse v140" data-usfm="PSA.119.140"><span class="label">140</span><span class="content">Your promises have been thoroughly tested,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v140" data-usfm="PSA.119.140"><span class="content">and your servant loves them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v140" data-usfm="PSA.119.140"></span><span class="verse v141" data-usfm="PSA.119.141"><span class="label">141</span><span class="content">Though I am lowly and despised,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v141" data-usfm="PSA.119.141"><span class="content">I do not forget your precepts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v141" data-usfm="PSA.119.141"></span><span class="verse v142" data-usfm="PSA.119.142"><span class="label">142</span><span class="content">Your righteousness is everlasting</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v142" data-usfm="PSA.119.142"><span class="content">and your law is true.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v142" data-usfm="PSA.119.142"></span><span class="verse v143" data-usfm="PSA.119.143"><span class="label">143</span><span class="content">Trouble and distress have come upon me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v143" data-usfm="PSA.119.143"><span class="content">but your commands give me delight.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v143" data-usfm="PSA.119.143"></span><span class="verse v144" data-usfm="PSA.119.144"><span class="label">144</span><span class="content">Your statutes are always righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v144" data-usfm="PSA.119.144"><span class="content">give me understanding that I may live.</span></span></div><div class="qa"><span class="heading">&#1511; Qoph</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v144" data-usfm="PSA.119.144"></span><span class="verse v145" data-usfm="PSA.119.145"><span class="label">145</span><span class="content">I call with all my heart; answer me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v145" data-usfm="PSA.119.145"><span class="content">and I will obey your decrees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v145" data-usfm="PSA.119.145"></span><span class="verse v146" data-usfm="PSA.119.146"><span class="label">146</span><span class="content">I call out to you; save me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v146" data-usfm="PSA.119.146"><span class="content">and I will keep your statutes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v146" data-usfm="PSA.119.146"></span><span class="verse v147" data-usfm="PSA.119.147"><span class="label">147</span><span class="content">I rise before dawn and cry for help;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v147" data-usfm="PSA.119.147"><span class="content">I have put my hope in your word.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v147" data-usfm="PSA.119.147"></span><span class="verse v148" data-usfm="PSA.119.148"><span class="label">148</span><span class="content">My eyes stay open through the watches of the night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v148" data-usfm="PSA.119.148"><span class="content">that I may meditate on your promises.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v148" data-usfm="PSA.119.148"></span><span class="verse v149" data-usfm="PSA.119.149"><span class="label">149</span><span class="content">Hear my voice in accordance with your love;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v149" data-usfm="PSA.119.149"><span class="content">preserve my life, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, according to your laws.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v149" data-usfm="PSA.119.149"></span><span class="verse v150" data-usfm="PSA.119.150"><span class="label">150</span><span class="content">Those who devise wicked schemes are near,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v150" data-usfm="PSA.119.150"><span class="content">but they are far from your law.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v150" data-usfm="PSA.119.150"></span><span class="verse v151" data-usfm="PSA.119.151"><span class="label">151</span><span class="content">Yet you are near, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v151" data-usfm="PSA.119.151"><span class="content">and all your commands are true.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v151" data-usfm="PSA.119.151"></span><span class="verse v152" data-usfm="PSA.119.152"><span class="label">152</span><span class="content">Long ago I learned from your statutes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v152" data-usfm="PSA.119.152"><span class="content">that you established them to last forever.</span></span></div><div class="qa"><span class="heading">&#1512; Resh</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v152" data-usfm="PSA.119.152"></span><span class="verse v153" data-usfm="PSA.119.153"><span class="label">153</span><span class="content">Look on my suffering and deliver me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v153" data-usfm="PSA.119.153"><span class="content">for I have not forgotten your law.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v153" data-usfm="PSA.119.153"></span><span class="verse v154" data-usfm="PSA.119.154"><span class="label">154</span><span class="content">Defend my cause and redeem me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v154" data-usfm="PSA.119.154"><span class="content">preserve my life according to your promise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v154" data-usfm="PSA.119.154"></span><span class="verse v155" data-usfm="PSA.119.155"><span class="label">155</span><span class="content">Salvation is far from the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v155" data-usfm="PSA.119.155"><span class="content">for they do not seek out your decrees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v155" data-usfm="PSA.119.155"></span><span class="verse v156" data-usfm="PSA.119.156"><span class="label">156</span><span class="content">Your compassion, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, is great;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v156" data-usfm="PSA.119.156"><span class="content">preserve my life according to your laws.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v156" data-usfm="PSA.119.156"></span><span class="verse v157" data-usfm="PSA.119.157"><span class="label">157</span><span class="content">Many are the foes who persecute me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v157" data-usfm="PSA.119.157"><span class="content">but I have not turned from your statutes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v157" data-usfm="PSA.119.157"></span><span class="verse v158" data-usfm="PSA.119.158"><span class="label">158</span><span class="content">I look on the faithless with loathing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v158" data-usfm="PSA.119.158"><span class="content">for they do not obey your word.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v158" data-usfm="PSA.119.158"></span><span class="verse v159" data-usfm="PSA.119.159"><span class="label">159</span><span class="content">See how I love your precepts;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v159" data-usfm="PSA.119.159"><span class="content">preserve my life, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, in accordance with your love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v159" data-usfm="PSA.119.159"></span><span class="verse v160" data-usfm="PSA.119.160"><span class="label">160</span><span class="content">All your words are true;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v160" data-usfm="PSA.119.160"><span class="content">all your righteous laws are eternal.</span></span></div><div class="qa"><span class="heading">&#1513; Sin and Shin</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v160" data-usfm="PSA.119.160"></span><span class="verse v161" data-usfm="PSA.119.161"><span class="label">161</span><span class="content">Rulers persecute me without cause,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v161" data-usfm="PSA.119.161"><span class="content">but my heart trembles at your word.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v161" data-usfm="PSA.119.161"></span><span class="verse v162" data-usfm="PSA.119.162"><span class="label">162</span><span class="content">I rejoice in your promise</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v162" data-usfm="PSA.119.162"><span class="content">like one who finds great spoil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v162" data-usfm="PSA.119.162"></span><span class="verse v163" data-usfm="PSA.119.163"><span class="label">163</span><span class="content">I hate and detest falsehood</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v163" data-usfm="PSA.119.163"><span class="content">but I love your law.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v163" data-usfm="PSA.119.163"></span><span class="verse v164" data-usfm="PSA.119.164"><span class="label">164</span><span class="content">Seven times a day I praise you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v164" data-usfm="PSA.119.164"><span class="content">for your righteous laws.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v164" data-usfm="PSA.119.164"></span><span class="verse v165" data-usfm="PSA.119.165"><span class="label">165</span><span class="content">Great peace have those who love your law,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v165" data-usfm="PSA.119.165"><span class="content">and nothing can make them stumble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v165" data-usfm="PSA.119.165"></span><span class="verse v166" data-usfm="PSA.119.166"><span class="label">166</span><span class="content">I wait for your salvation, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v166" data-usfm="PSA.119.166"><span class="content">and I follow your commands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v166" data-usfm="PSA.119.166"></span><span class="verse v167" data-usfm="PSA.119.167"><span class="label">167</span><span class="content">I obey your statutes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v167" data-usfm="PSA.119.167"><span class="content">for I love them greatly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v167" data-usfm="PSA.119.167"></span><span class="verse v168" data-usfm="PSA.119.168"><span class="label">168</span><span class="content">I obey your precepts and your statutes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v168" data-usfm="PSA.119.168"><span class="content">for all my ways are known to you.</span></span></div><div class="qa"><span class="heading">&#1514; Taw</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v168" data-usfm="PSA.119.168"></span><span class="verse v169" data-usfm="PSA.119.169"><span class="label">169</span><span class="content">May my cry come before you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v169" data-usfm="PSA.119.169"><span class="content">give me understanding according to your word.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v169" data-usfm="PSA.119.169"></span><span class="verse v170" data-usfm="PSA.119.170"><span class="label">170</span><span class="content">May my supplication come before you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v170" data-usfm="PSA.119.170"><span class="content">deliver me according to your promise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v170" data-usfm="PSA.119.170"></span><span class="verse v171" data-usfm="PSA.119.171"><span class="label">171</span><span class="content">May my lips overflow with praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v171" data-usfm="PSA.119.171"><span class="content">for you teach me your decrees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v171" data-usfm="PSA.119.171"></span><span class="verse v172" data-usfm="PSA.119.172"><span class="label">172</span><span class="content">May my tongue sing of your word,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v172" data-usfm="PSA.119.172"><span class="content">for all your commands are righteous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v172" data-usfm="PSA.119.172"></span><span class="verse v173" data-usfm="PSA.119.173"><span class="label">173</span><span class="content">May your hand be ready to help me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v173" data-usfm="PSA.119.173"><span class="content">for I have chosen your precepts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v173" data-usfm="PSA.119.173"></span><span class="verse v174" data-usfm="PSA.119.174"><span class="label">174</span><span class="content">I long for your salvation, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v174" data-usfm="PSA.119.174"><span class="content">and your law gives me delight.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v174" data-usfm="PSA.119.174"></span><span class="verse v175" data-usfm="PSA.119.175"><span class="label">175</span><span class="content">Let me live that I may praise you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v175" data-usfm="PSA.119.175"><span class="content">and may your laws sustain me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v175" data-usfm="PSA.119.175"></span><span class="verse v176" data-usfm="PSA.119.176"><span class="label">176</span><span class="content">I have strayed like a lost sheep.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v176" data-usfm="PSA.119.176"><span class="content">Seek your servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v176" data-usfm="PSA.119.176"><span class="content">for I have not forgotten your commands.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John the Baptist Prepares the Way</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar&#8212;when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">during the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.3.4"><span class="content">&#8220;A voice of one calling in the wilderness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.3.4"><span class="content">&#8216;Prepare the way for the Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.3.4"><span class="content">make straight paths for him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.3.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Every valley shall be filled in,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.3.5"><span class="content">every mountain and hill made low.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.3.5"><span class="content">The crooked roads shall become straight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.3.5"><span class="content">the rough ways smooth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.3.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And all people will see God&#8217;s salvation.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:6 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="ISA.40.3+ISA.40.4+ISA.40.5">Isaiah 40:3-5</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.3.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, &#8220;You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, &#8216;We have Abraham as our father.&#8217; For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.3.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;What should we do then?&#8221; the crowd asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.3.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">John answered, &#8220;Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.3.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Even tax collectors came to be baptized. &#8220;Teacher,&#8221; they asked, &#8220;what should we do?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.3.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t collect any more than you are required to,&#8221; he told them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.3.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then some soldiers asked him, &#8220;And what should we do?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.3.14"><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;Don&#8217;t extort money and don&#8217;t accuse people falsely&#8212;be content with your pay.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.3.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might possibly be the Messiah. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">John answered them all, &#8220;I baptize you with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Holy Spirit and fire. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And with many other words John exhorted the people and proclaimed the good news to them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.3.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of his marriage to Herodias, his brother&#8217;s wife, and all the other evil things he had done, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Baptism and Genealogy of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.3.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: &#8220;You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.3.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph,</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.3.23"></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.3.23"><span class="content">the son of Heli, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">the son of Matthat,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.3.24"><span class="content">the son of Levi, the son of Melki,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.3.24"><span class="content">the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.3.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.3.25"><span class="content">the son of Nahum, the son of Esli,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.3.25"><span class="content">the son of Naggai, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">the son of Maath,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.3.26"><span class="content">the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.3.26"><span class="content">the son of Josek, the son of Joda,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.3.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.3.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.3.27"><span class="content">the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.3.27"><span class="content">the son of Neri, </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.3.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">the son of Melki,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.3.28"><span class="content">the son of Addi, the son of Cosam,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.3.28"><span class="content">the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.3.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.3.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.3.29"><span class="content">the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.3.29"><span class="content">the son of Levi, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.3.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">the son of Simeon,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.3.30"><span class="content">the son of Judah, the son of Joseph,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.3.30"><span class="content">the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.3.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.3.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">the son of Melea, the son of Menna,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.3.31"><span class="content">the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.3.31"><span class="content">the son of David, </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.3.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">the son of Jesse,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.3.32"><span class="content">the son of Obed, the son of Boaz,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.3.32"><span class="content">the son of Salmon,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:32 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Sala</span></span></span><span class="content"> the son of Nahshon,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.3.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.3.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:33 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni</span><span class="ft">; other manuscripts vary widely.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.3.33"><span class="content">the son of Hezron, the son of Perez,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.3.33"><span class="content">the son of Judah, </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.3.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">the son of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.3.34"><span class="content">the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.3.34"><span class="content">the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.3.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.3.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">the son of Serug, the son of Reu,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.3.35"><span class="content">the son of Peleg, the son of Eber,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.3.35"><span class="content">the son of Shelah, </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.3.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">the son of Cainan,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.3.36"><span class="content">the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.3.36"><span class="content">the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.3.36"></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.3.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.3.37"><span class="content">the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.3.37"><span class="content">the son of Kenan, </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.3.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">the son of Enosh,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.3.38"><span class="content">the son of Seth, the son of Adam,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.3.38"><span class="content">the son of God.</span></span></div>
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