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         <div class="label">30</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 30</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 30:1-12 is numbered 30:2-13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft">Title: Or </span><span class="fqa">palace</span></span></span><span class="content"> Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.30.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I will exalt you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.30.1"><span class="content">for you lifted me out of the depths</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.30.1"><span class="content">and did not let my enemies gloat over me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.30.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.30.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God, I called to you for help,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.30.2"><span class="content">and you healed me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.30.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.30.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, brought me up from the realm of the dead;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.30.3"><span class="content">you spared me from going down to the pit.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.30.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.30.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.30.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Sing the praises of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you his faithful people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.30.4"><span class="content">praise his holy name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.30.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.30.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For his anger lasts only a moment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.30.5"><span class="content">but his favor lasts a lifetime;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.30.5"><span class="content">weeping may stay for the night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.30.5"><span class="content">but rejoicing comes in the morning.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.30.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.30.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.30.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When I felt secure, I said,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.30.6"><span class="content">&#8220;I will never be shaken.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.30.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.30.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, when you favored me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.30.7"><span class="content">you made my royal mountain</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">30:7 </span><span class="ft">That is, Mount Zion</span></span></span><span class="content"> stand firm;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.30.7"><span class="content">but when you hid your face,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.30.7"><span class="content">I was dismayed.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.30.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.30.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.30.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">To you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I called;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.30.8"><span class="content">to the Lord I cried for mercy:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.30.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.30.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;What is gained if I am silenced,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.30.9"><span class="content">if I go down to the pit?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.30.9"><span class="content">Will the dust praise you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.30.9"><span class="content">Will it proclaim your faithfulness?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.30.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.30.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Hear, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and be merciful to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.30.10"><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, be my help.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.30.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.30.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.30.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You turned my wailing into dancing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.30.11"><span class="content">you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.30.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.30.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.30.12"><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God, I will praise you forever.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">30</div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Sayings of Agur</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh&#8212;an inspired utterance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="content">This man&#8217;s utterance to Ithiel:</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="content">&#8220;I am weary, God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="content">but I can prevail.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">30:1 </span><span class="ft">With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">utterance to Ithiel, / to Ithiel and Ukal:</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.30.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Surely I am only a brute, not a man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.30.2"><span class="content">I do not have human understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.30.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.30.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I have not learned wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.30.3"><span class="content">nor have I attained to the knowledge of the Holy One.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.30.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Who has gone up to heaven and come down?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">Whose hands have gathered up the wind?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">Who has established all the ends of the earth?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">What is his name, and what is the name of his son?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">Surely you know!</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.30.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Every word of God is flawless;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.30.5"><span class="content">he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.30.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.30.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Do not add to his words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.30.6"><span class="content">or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.30.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.30.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.30.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Two things I ask of you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.30.7"><span class="content">do not refuse me before I die:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.30.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Keep falsehood and lies far from me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"><span class="content">give me neither poverty nor riches,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"><span class="content">but give me only my daily bread.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="content">and say, &#8216;Who is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="content">Or I may become poor and steal,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="content">and so dishonor the name of my God.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.30.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not slander a servant to their master,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.30.10"><span class="content">or they will curse you, and you will pay for it.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.30.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.30.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.30.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;There are those who curse their fathers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.30.11"><span class="content">and do not bless their mothers;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.30.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.30.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">those who are pure in their own eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.30.12"><span class="content">and yet are not cleansed of their filth;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.30.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.30.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">those whose eyes are ever so haughty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.30.13"><span class="content">whose glances are so disdainful;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.30.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">those whose teeth are swords</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="content">and whose jaws are set with knives</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="content">to devour the poor from the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="content">and the needy from among mankind.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;The leech has two daughters.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="content">&#8216;Give! Give!&#8217; they cry.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="content">&#8220;There are three things that are never satisfied,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="content">four that never say, &#8216;Enough!&#8217;:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">the grave, the barren womb,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"><span class="content">land, which is never satisfied with water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"><span class="content">and fire, which never says, &#8216;Enough!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;The eye that mocks a father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="content">that scorns an aged mother,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="content">will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="content">will be eaten by the vultures.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.30.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;There are three things that are too amazing for me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.30.18"><span class="content">four that I do not understand:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.30.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">the way of an eagle in the sky,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="content">the way of a snake on a rock,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="content">the way of a ship on the high seas,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="content">and the way of a man with a young woman.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is the way of an adulterous woman:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"><span class="content">She eats and wipes her mouth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"><span class="content">and says, &#8216;I&#8217;ve done nothing wrong.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.30.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Under three things the earth trembles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.30.21"><span class="content">under four it cannot bear up:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.30.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.30.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">a servant who becomes king,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.30.22"><span class="content">a godless fool who gets plenty to eat,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.30.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.30.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">a contemptible woman who gets married,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.30.23"><span class="content">and a servant who displaces her mistress.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.30.23"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.30.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.30.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Four things on earth are small,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.30.24"><span class="content">yet they are extremely wise:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.30.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.30.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Ants are creatures of little strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.30.25"><span class="content">yet they store up their food in the summer;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.30.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.30.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">hyraxes are creatures of little power,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.30.26"><span class="content">yet they make their home in the crags;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.30.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.30.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">locusts have no king,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.30.27"><span class="content">yet they advance together in ranks;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.30.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.30.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">a lizard can be caught with the hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.30.28"><span class="content">yet it is found in kings&#8217; palaces.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.30.28"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.30.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.30.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;There are three things that are stately in their stride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.30.29"><span class="content">four that move with stately bearing:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.30.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.30.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">a lion, mighty among beasts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.30.30"><span class="content">who retreats before nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.30.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.30.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">a strutting rooster, a he-goat,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.30.31"><span class="content">and a king secure against revolt.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">30:31 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.30.31"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.30.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">&#8220;If you play the fool and exalt yourself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"><span class="content">or if you plan evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"><span class="content">clap your hand over your mouth!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.30.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">For as churning cream produces butter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.30.33"><span class="content">and as twisting the nose produces blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.30.33"><span class="content">so stirring up anger produces strife.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MRK.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Son, your sins are forgiven.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.2.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Why does this fellow talk like that? He&#8217;s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.2.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why are you thinking these things?</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, &#8216;Your sins are forgiven,&#8217; or to say, &#8216;Get up, take your mat and walk&#8217;?</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> So he said to the man, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, &#8220;We have never seen anything like this!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.2.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector&#8217;s booth. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Follow me,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.2.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">While Jesus was having dinner at Levi&#8217;s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: &#8220;Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.2.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">On hearing this, Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Questioned About Fasting</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.2.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Now John&#8217;s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, &#8220;How is it that John&#8217;s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.2.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.2.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.2.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The Pharisees said to him, &#8220;Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.2.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.2.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.2.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Then he said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MRK.2.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">30</div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.30.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, &#8220;Give me children, or I&#8217;ll die!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.30.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.30.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Jacob became angry with her and said, &#8220;Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.30.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.30.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then she said, &#8220;Here is Bilhah, my servant. Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I too can build a family through her.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.30.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.30.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife. Jacob slept with her, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.30.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and she became pregnant and bore him a son. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.30.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then Rachel said, &#8220;God has vindicated me; he has listened to my plea and given me a son.&#8221; Because of this she named him Dan.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">30:6 </span><span class="fq">Dan </span><span class="ft">here means </span><span class="fqa">he </span><span class="fq">has vindicated</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.30.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.30.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Rachel&#8217;s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.30.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then Rachel said, &#8220;I have had a great struggle with my sister, and I have won.&#8221; So she named him Naphtali.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">30:8 </span><span class="fq">Naphtali </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">my </span><span class="fq">struggle</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.30.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.30.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.30.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Leah&#8217;s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.30.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then Leah said, &#8220;What good fortune!&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">30:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">&#8220;A troop is coming!&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> So she named him Gad.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">30:11 </span><span class="fq">Gad </span><span class="ft">can mean </span><span class="fq">good fortune </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">troop.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.30.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.30.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Leah&#8217;s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.30.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then Leah said, &#8220;How happy I am! The women will call me happy.&#8221; So she named him Asher.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">30:13 </span><span class="fq">Asher </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fq">happy</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.30.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.30.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">During wheat harvest, Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrake plants, which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, &#8220;Please give me some of your son&#8217;s mandrakes.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.30.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.30.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But she said to her, &#8220;Wasn&#8217;t it enough that you took away my husband? Will you take my son&#8217;s mandrakes too?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.30.15"><span class="content">&#8220;Very well,&#8221; Rachel said, &#8220;he can sleep with you tonight in return for your son&#8217;s mandrakes.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.30.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.30.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So when Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. &#8220;You must sleep with me,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I have hired you with my son&#8217;s mandrakes.&#8221; So he slept with her that night.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.30.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.30.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">God listened to Leah, and she became pregnant and bore Jacob a fifth son. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.30.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then Leah said, &#8220;God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband.&#8221; So she named him Issachar.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">30:18 </span><span class="fq">Issachar </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">reward</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.30.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.30.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.30.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Then Leah said, &#8220;God has presented me with a precious gift. This time my husband will treat me with honor, because I have borne him six sons.&#8221; So she named him Zebulun.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">30:20 </span><span class="fq">Zebulun </span><span class="ft">probably means </span><span class="fq">honor</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.30.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.30.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Some time later she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.30.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.30.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and enabled her to conceive. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.30.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">She became pregnant and gave birth to a son and said, &#8220;God has taken away my disgrace.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.30.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">She named him Joseph,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">30:24 </span><span class="fq">Joseph </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">may he add.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and said, &#8220;May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> add to me another son.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jacob&#8217;s Flocks Increase</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.30.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.30.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">After Rachel gave birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, &#8220;Send me on my way so I can go back to my own homeland. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.30.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Give me my wives and children, for whom I have served you, and I will be on my way. You know how much work I&#8217;ve done for you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.30.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.30.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But Laban said to him, &#8220;If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has blessed me because of you.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.30.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">He added, &#8220;Name your wages, and I will pay them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.30.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.30.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Jacob said to him, &#8220;You know how I have worked for you and how your livestock has fared under my care. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.30.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The little you had before I came has increased greatly, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has blessed you wherever I have been. But now, when may I do something for my own household?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.30.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.30.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">&#8220;What shall I give you?&#8221; he asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.30.31"><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t give me anything,&#8221; Jacob replied. &#8220;But if you will do this one thing for me, I will go on tending your flocks and watching over them: </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.30.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb and every spotted or speckled goat. They will be my wages. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.30.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">And my honesty will testify for me in the future, whenever you check on the wages you have paid me. Any goat in my possession that is not speckled or spotted, or any lamb that is not dark-colored, will be considered stolen.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.30.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.30.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;Agreed,&#8221; said Laban. &#8220;Let it be as you have said.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="GEN.30.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">That same day he removed all the male goats that were streaked or spotted, and all the speckled or spotted female goats (all that had white on them) and all the dark-colored lambs, and he placed them in the care of his sons. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="GEN.30.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob continued to tend the rest of Laban&#8217;s flocks.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="GEN.30.36"></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="GEN.30.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Jacob, however, took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond and plane trees and made white stripes on them by peeling the bark and exposing the white inner wood of the branches. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="GEN.30.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Then he placed the peeled branches in all the watering troughs, so that they would be directly in front of the flocks when they came to drink. When the flocks were in heat and came to drink, </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="GEN.30.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="GEN.30.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Jacob set apart the young of the flock by themselves, but made the rest face the streaked and dark-colored animals that belonged to Laban. Thus he made separate flocks for himself and did not put them with Laban&#8217;s animals. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="GEN.30.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Whenever the stronger females were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs in front of the animals so they would mate near the branches, </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="GEN.30.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">but if the animals were weak, he would not place them there. So the weak animals went to Laban and the strong ones to Jacob. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="GEN.30.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">In this way the man grew exceedingly prosperous and came to own large flocks, and female and male servants, and camels and donkeys.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Righteous Judgment</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Now we know that God&#8217;s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God&#8217;s judgment? </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God&#8217;s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.2.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God&#8217;s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">God &#8220;will repay each person according to what they have done.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:6 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.62.12">Psalm 62:12</span>; <span class="ref" usfm="PRO.24.12">Prov. 24:12</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For God does not show favoritism.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.2.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God&#8217;s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">(Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.) </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">This will take place on the day when God judges people&#8217;s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Jews and the Law</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.2.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ROM.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">As it is written: &#8220;God&#8217;s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:24 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="ISA.52.5">Isaiah 52:5</span> (see Septuagint); <span class="ref" usfm="EZK.36.20">Ezek. 36:20</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="EZK.36.22">22</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.2.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">So then, if those who are not circumcised keep the law&#8217;s requirements, will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised? </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.2.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you who, even though you have the</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">who, by means of a</span></span></span><span class="content"> written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.2.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ROM.2.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ROM.2.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person&#8217;s praise is not from other people, but from God.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Seventh Seal and the Golden Censer</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.8.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.8.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God&#8217;s people, on the golden altar in front of the throne. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God&#8217;s people, went up before God from the angel&#8217;s hand. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Trumpets</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.8.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.8.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down on the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.8.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.8.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">the name of the star is Wormwood.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:11 </span><span class="ft">Wormwood is a bitter substance.</span></span></span><span class="content"> A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.8.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.8.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair call out in a loud voice: &#8220;Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!&#8221;</span></span></div>
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