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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When they came to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and the teachers of the law arguing with them. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">As soon as all the people saw Jesus, they were overwhelmed with wonder and ran to greet him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.9.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What are you arguing with them about?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.9.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A man in the crowd answered, &#8220;Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that has robbed him of speech. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive out the spirit, but they could not.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.9.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You unbelieving generation,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy to me.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.9.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">So they brought him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.9.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Jesus asked the boy&#8217;s father, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;How long has he been like this?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.9.21"><span class="content">&#8220;From childhood,&#8221; he answered. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;It has often thrown him into fire or water to kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.9.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.9.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;If you can&#8217;?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> said Jesus. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Everything is possible for one who believes.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.9.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Immediately the boy&#8217;s father exclaimed, &#8220;I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.9.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">When Jesus saw that a crowd was running to the scene, he rebuked the impure spirit. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You deaf and mute spirit,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.9.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.9.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The spirit shrieked, convulsed him violently and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, &#8220;He&#8217;s dead.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.9.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him to his feet, and he stood up.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.9.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MRK.9.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, &#8220;Why couldn&#8217;t we drive it out?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MRK.9.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.9.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">He replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;This kind can come out only by prayer.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">9:29 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">prayer and fasting</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Predicts His Death a Second Time</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.9.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.9.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">They left that place and passed through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know where they were, </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.9.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">because he was teaching his disciples. He said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.9.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.9.32"></span></div>
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         <div class="label">16</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Collection for the Lord&#8217;s People</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now about the collection for the Lord&#8217;s people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then, when I arrive, I will give letters of introduction to the men you approve and send them with your gift to Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">If it seems advisable for me to go also, they will accompany me.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Personal Requests</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.16.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">After I go through Macedonia, I will come to you&#8212;for I will be going through Macedonia. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Perhaps I will stay with you for a while, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For I do not want to see you now and make only a passing visit; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But I will stay on at Ephesus until Pentecost, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">because a great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.16.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is carrying on the work of the Lord, just as I am. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">No one, then, should treat him with contempt. Send him on his way in peace so that he may return to me. I am expecting him along with the brothers.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.16.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to go to you with the brothers. He was quite unwilling to go now, but he will go when he has the opportunity.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.16.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Do everything in love.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.16.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CO.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the Lord&#8217;s people. I urge you, brothers and sisters, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">to submit to such people and to everyone who joins in the work and labors at it. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I was glad when Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus arrived, because they have supplied what was lacking from you. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For they refreshed my spirit and yours also. Such men deserve recognition.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Final Greetings</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.16.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CO.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Priscilla</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">16:19 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Prisca</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Priscilla</span></span></span><span class="content"> greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">All the brothers and sisters here send you greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.16.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.16.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.16.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.16.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">If anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be cursed! Come, Lord</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">16:22 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">Come, Lord </span><span class="ft">reproduces an Aramaic expression (Marana tha) used by early Christians.</span></span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.16.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.16.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.16.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.16.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">My love to all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">16:24 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts do not have </span><span class="fq">Amen</span><span class="ft">.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">94</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 94</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.94.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is a God who avenges.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.94.1"><span class="content">O God who avenges, shine forth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.94.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.94.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Rise up, Judge of the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.94.2"><span class="content">pay back to the proud what they deserve.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.94.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.94.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">How long, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, will the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.94.3"><span class="content">how long will the wicked be jubilant?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.94.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.94.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.94.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They pour out arrogant words;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.94.4"><span class="content">all the evildoers are full of boasting.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.94.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.94.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They crush your people, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.94.5"><span class="content">they oppress your inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.94.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.94.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They slay the widow and the foreigner;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.94.6"><span class="content">they murder the fatherless.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.94.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.94.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They say, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> does not see;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.94.7"><span class="content">the God of Jacob takes no notice.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.94.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.94.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.94.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Take notice, you senseless ones among the people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.94.8"><span class="content">you fools, when will you become wise?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.94.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.94.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Does he who fashioned the ear not hear?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.94.9"><span class="content">Does he who formed the eye not see?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.94.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.94.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Does he who disciplines nations not punish?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.94.10"><span class="content">Does he who teaches mankind lack knowledge?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.94.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.94.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> knows all human plans;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.94.11"><span class="content">he knows that they are futile.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.94.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.94.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.94.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one you discipline, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.94.12"><span class="content">the one you teach from your law;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.94.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.94.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">you grant them relief from days of trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.94.13"><span class="content">till a pit is dug for the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.94.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.94.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will not reject his people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.94.14"><span class="content">he will never forsake his inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.94.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.94.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Judgment will again be founded on righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.94.15"><span class="content">and all the upright in heart will follow it.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.94.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.94.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.94.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Who will rise up for me against the wicked?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.94.16"><span class="content">Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.94.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.94.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Unless the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had given me help,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.94.17"><span class="content">I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.94.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.94.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When I said, &#8220;My foot is slipping,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.94.18"><span class="content">your unfailing love, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, supported me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.94.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.94.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">When anxiety was great within me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.94.19"><span class="content">your consolation brought me joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.94.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.94.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.94.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Can a corrupt throne be allied with you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.94.20"><span class="content">a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.94.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.94.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The wicked band together against the righteous</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.94.21"><span class="content">and condemn the innocent to death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.94.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.94.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has become my fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.94.22"><span class="content">and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.94.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.94.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He will repay them for their sins</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.94.23"><span class="content">and destroy them for their wickedness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.94.23"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God will destroy them.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Boaz Marries Ruth</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="RUT.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate and sat down there just as the guardian-redeemer</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">4:1 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew word for </span><span class="fq">guardian-redeemer </span><span class="ft">is a legal term for one who has the obligation to redeem a relative in serious difficulty (see <span class="ref" usfm="LEV.25.25+LEV.25.26+LEV.25.27+LEV.25.28+LEV.25.29+LEV.25.30+LEV.25.31+LEV.25.32+LEV.25.33+LEV.25.34+LEV.25.35+LEV.25.36+LEV.25.37+LEV.25.38+LEV.25.39+LEV.25.40+LEV.25.41+LEV.25.42+LEV.25.43+LEV.25.44+LEV.25.45+LEV.25.46+LEV.25.47+LEV.25.48+LEV.25.49+LEV.25.50+LEV.25.51+LEV.25.52+LEV.25.53+LEV.25.54+LEV.25.55">Lev. 25:25-55</span>); also in verses 3, 6, 8 and 14.</span></span></span><span class="content"> he had mentioned came along. Boaz said, &#8220;Come over here, my friend, and sit down.&#8221; So he went over and sat down.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="RUT.4.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="RUT.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Boaz took ten of the elders of the town and said, &#8220;Sit here,&#8221; and they did so. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="RUT.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then he said to the guardian-redeemer, &#8220;Naomi, who has come back from Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our relative Elimelek. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="RUT.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I thought I should bring the matter to your attention and suggest that you buy it in the presence of these seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, do so. But if you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">4:4 </span><span class="ft">Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">he</span></span></span><span class="content"> will not, tell me, so I will know. For no one has the right to do it except you, and I am next in line.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="RUT.4.4"><span class="content">&#8220;I will redeem it,&#8221; he said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="RUT.4.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="RUT.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then Boaz said, &#8220;On the day you buy the land from Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">4:5 </span><span class="ft">Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew (see also Septuagint) </span><span class="fqa">Naomi and from Ruth the Moabite, you acquire the</span></span></span><span class="content"> dead man&#8217;s widow, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="RUT.4.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="RUT.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">At this, the guardian-redeemer said, &#8220;Then I cannot redeem it because I might endanger my own estate. You redeem it yourself. I cannot do it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="RUT.4.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="RUT.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">(Now in earlier times in Israel, for the redemption and transfer of property to become final, one party took off his sandal and gave it to the other. This was the method of legalizing transactions in Israel.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="RUT.4.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="RUT.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So the guardian-redeemer said to Boaz, &#8220;Buy it yourself.&#8221; And he removed his sandal.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="RUT.4.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="RUT.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, &#8220;Today you are witnesses that I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelek, Kilion and Mahlon. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="RUT.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon&#8217;s widow, as my wife, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from his hometown. Today you are witnesses!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="RUT.4.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="RUT.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then the elders and all the people at the gate said, &#8220;We are witnesses. May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="RUT.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Through the offspring the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gives you by this young woman, may your family be like that of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Naomi Gains a Son</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="RUT.4.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="RUT.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When he made love to her, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="RUT.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The women said to Naomi: &#8220;Praise be to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel! </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="RUT.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="RUT.4.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="RUT.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Then Naomi took the child in her arms and cared for him. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="RUT.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The women living there said, &#8220;Naomi has a son!&#8221; And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Genealogy of David</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="RUT.4.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="RUT.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">This, then, is the family line of Perez:</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="RUT.4.18"></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="RUT.4.18"><span class="content">Perez was the father of Hezron,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="RUT.4.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="RUT.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Hezron the father of Ram,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="RUT.4.19"><span class="content">Ram the father of Amminadab,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="RUT.4.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="RUT.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Amminadab the father of Nahshon,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="RUT.4.20"><span class="content">Nahshon the father of Salmon,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">4:20 </span><span class="ft">A few Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate (see also verse 21 and Septuagint of <span class="ref" usfm="1CH.2.11">1 Chron. 2:11</span>); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Salma</span></span></span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="RUT.4.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="RUT.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Salmon the father of Boaz,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="RUT.4.21"><span class="content">Boaz the father of Obed,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="RUT.4.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="RUT.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Obed the father of Jesse,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="RUT.4.22"><span class="content">and Jesse the father of David.</span></span></div>
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