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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Restores a Demon-Possessed Man</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MRK.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:1 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Gadarenes</span><span class="ft">; other manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Gergesenes</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He shouted at the top of his voice, &#8220;What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God&#8217;s name don&#8217;t torture me!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For Jesus had said to him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Come out of this man, you impure spirit!&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then Jesus asked him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What is your name?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.5.9"><span class="content">&#8220;My name is Legion,&#8221; he replied, &#8220;for we are many.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The demons begged Jesus, &#8220;Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He gave them permission, and the impure spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.5.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man&#8212;and told about the pigs as well. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.5.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Jesus did not let him, but said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:20 </span><span class="ft">That is, the Ten Cities</span></span></span><span class="content"> how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.5.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He pleaded earnestly with him, &#8220;My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.5.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">So Jesus went with him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.5.24"><span class="content">A large crowd followed and pressed around him. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.5.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.5.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.5.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MRK.5.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">because she thought, &#8220;If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.5.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.5.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.5.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Who touched my clothes?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.5.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.5.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">&#8220;You see the people crowding against you,&#8221; his disciples answered, &#8220;and yet you can ask, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;Who touched me?&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> &#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.5.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.5.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MRK.5.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.5.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">He said to her, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.5.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MRK.5.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. &#8220;Your daughter is dead,&#8221; they said. &#8220;Why bother the teacher anymore?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MRK.5.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MRK.5.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Overhearing</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:36 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Ignoring</span></span></span><span class="content"> what they said, Jesus told him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid; just believe.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MRK.5.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MRK.5.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MRK.5.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MRK.5.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">He went in and said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MRK.5.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">But they laughed at him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MRK.5.40"><span class="content">After he put them all out, he took the child&#8217;s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MRK.5.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">He took her by the hand and said to her, </span><span class="tl"><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Talitha koum!&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> (which means </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Little girl, I say to you, get up!&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">). </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MRK.5.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely astonished. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="MRK.5.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">He gave strict orders not to let anyone know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">33</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jacob Meets Esau</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.33.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Jacob looked up and there was Esau, coming with his four hundred men; so he divided the children among Leah, Rachel and the two female servants. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.33.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He put the female servants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph in the rear. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.33.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.33.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.33.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.33.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. &#8220;Who are these with you?&#8221; he asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.33.5"><span class="content">Jacob answered, &#8220;They are the children God has graciously given your servant.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.33.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.33.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then the female servants and their children approached and bowed down. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.33.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Next, Leah and her children came and bowed down. Last of all came Joseph and Rachel, and they too bowed down.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.33.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.33.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Esau asked, &#8220;What&#8217;s the meaning of all these flocks and herds I met?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.33.8"><span class="content">&#8220;To find favor in your eyes, my lord,&#8221; he said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.33.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.33.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But Esau said, &#8220;I already have plenty, my brother. Keep what you have for yourself.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.33.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.33.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;No, please!&#8221; said Jacob. &#8220;If I have found favor in your eyes, accept this gift from me. For to see your face is like seeing the face of God, now that you have received me favorably. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.33.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Please accept the present that was brought to you, for God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.&#8221; And because Jacob insisted, Esau accepted it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.33.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.33.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then Esau said, &#8220;Let us be on our way; I&#8217;ll accompany you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.33.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.33.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But Jacob said to him, &#8220;My lord knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals will die. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.33.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So let my lord go on ahead of his servant, while I move along slowly at the pace of the flocks and herds before me and the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.33.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.33.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Esau said, &#8220;Then let me leave some of my men with you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.33.15"><span class="content">&#8220;But why do that?&#8221; Jacob asked. &#8220;Just let me find favor in the eyes of my lord.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.33.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.33.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.33.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Jacob, however, went to Sukkoth, where he built a place for himself and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place is called Sukkoth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:17 </span><span class="fq">Sukkoth </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fq">shelters</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.33.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.33.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">After Jacob came from Paddan Aram,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:18 </span><span class="ft">That is, Northwest Mesopotamia</span></span></span><span class="content"> he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in Canaan and camped within sight of the city. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.33.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">For a hundred pieces of silver,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:19 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">hundred kesitahs</span><span class="ft">; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.</span></span></span><span class="content"> he bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, the plot of ground where he pitched his tent. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.33.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">There he set up an altar and called it El Elohe Israel.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:20 </span><span class="fq">El Elohe Israel </span><span class="ft">can mean </span><span class="fqa">El is the God of Israel </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">mighty is the God of Israel.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CO.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CO.1.1"><span class="content">To the church of God in Corinth, together with all his holy people throughout Achaia:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CO.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CO.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Praise to the God of All Comfort</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CO.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CO.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CO.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CO.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CO.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CO.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CO.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CO.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:8 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in 8:1; 13:11.</span></span></span><span class="content"> about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CO.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CO.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CO.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Change of Plans</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CO.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CO.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:12 </span><span class="ft">Many manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">holiness</span></span></span><span class="content"> and godly sincerity. We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom but on God&#8217;s grace. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CO.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For we do not write you anything you cannot read or understand. And I hope that, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CO.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">as you have understood us in part, you will come to understand fully that you can boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of the Lord Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CO.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CO.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Because I was confident of this, I wanted to visit you first so that you might benefit twice. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CO.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia and to come back to you from Macedonia, and then to have you send me on my way to Judea. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CO.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Was I fickle when I intended to do this? Or do I make my plans in a worldly manner so that in the same breath I say both &#8220;Yes, yes&#8221; and &#8220;No, no&#8221;?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CO.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CO.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not &#8220;Yes&#8221; and &#8220;No.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CO.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us&#8212;by me and Silas</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:19 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Silvanus</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Silas</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Timothy&#8212;was not &#8220;Yes&#8221; and &#8220;No,&#8221; but in him it has always been &#8220;Yes.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CO.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">For no matter how many promises God has made, they are &#8220;Yes&#8221; in Christ. And so through him the &#8220;Amen&#8221; is spoken by us to the glory of God. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CO.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2CO.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2CO.1.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2CO.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">I call God as my witness&#8212;and I stake my life on it&#8212;that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2CO.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, because it is by faith you stand firm.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2PE.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2PE.1.1"><span class="content">To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2PE.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2PE.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Confirming One&#8217;s Calling and Election</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2PE.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2PE.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2PE.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2PE.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2PE.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2PE.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2PE.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2PE.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2PE.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2PE.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2PE.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Therefore, my brothers and sisters,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:10 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family.</span></span></span><span class="content"> make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2PE.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Prophecy of Scripture</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2PE.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2PE.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2PE.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2PE.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2PE.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And I will make every effort to see that after my departure you will always be able to remember these things.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2PE.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2PE.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2PE.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, &#8220;This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:17 </span><span class="ft">Matt. 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2PE.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2PE.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2PE.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2PE.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet&#8217;s own interpretation of things. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2PE.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">33</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.33.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;But now, Job, listen to my words;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.33.1"><span class="content">pay attention to everything I say.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.33.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.33.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I am about to open my mouth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.33.2"><span class="content">my words are on the tip of my tongue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.33.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.33.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">My words come from an upright heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.33.3"><span class="content">my lips sincerely speak what I know.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.33.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.33.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The Spirit of God has made me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.33.4"><span class="content">the breath of the Almighty gives me life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.33.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.33.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Answer me then, if you can;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.33.5"><span class="content">stand up and argue your case before me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.33.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.33.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I am the same as you in God&#8217;s sight;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.33.6"><span class="content">I too am a piece of clay.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.33.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.33.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">No fear of me should alarm you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.33.7"><span class="content">nor should my hand be heavy on you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.33.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.33.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;But you have said in my hearing&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.33.8"><span class="content">I heard the very words&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.33.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.33.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8216;I am pure, I have done no wrong;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.33.9"><span class="content">I am clean and free from sin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.33.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.33.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Yet God has found fault with me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.33.10"><span class="content">he considers me his enemy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.33.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.33.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He fastens my feet in shackles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.33.11"><span class="content">he keeps close watch on all my paths.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.33.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.33.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;But I tell you, in this you are not right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.33.12"><span class="content">for God is greater than any mortal.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.33.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.33.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Why do you complain to him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.33.13"><span class="content">that he responds to no one&#8217;s words</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">that he does not answer for any of his actions</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.33.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.33.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For God does speak&#8212;now one way, now another&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.33.14"><span class="content">though no one perceives it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.33.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.33.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">In a dream, in a vision of the night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.33.15"><span class="content">when deep sleep falls on people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.33.15"><span class="content">as they slumber in their beds,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.33.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.33.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">he may speak in their ears</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.33.16"><span class="content">and terrify them with warnings,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.33.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.33.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">to turn them from wrongdoing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.33.17"><span class="content">and keep them from pride,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.33.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.33.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">to preserve them from the pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.33.18"><span class="content">their lives from perishing by the sword.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">from crossing the river</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.33.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.33.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Or someone may be chastened on a bed of pain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.33.19"><span class="content">with constant distress in their bones,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.33.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.33.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">so that their body finds food repulsive</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.33.20"><span class="content">and their soul loathes the choicest meal.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.33.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.33.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Their flesh wastes away to nothing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.33.21"><span class="content">and their bones, once hidden, now stick out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.33.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.33.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">They draw near to the pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.33.22"><span class="content">and their life to the messengers of death.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">to the place of the dead</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.33.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.33.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Yet if there is an angel at their side,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.33.23"><span class="content">a messenger, one out of a thousand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.33.23"><span class="content">sent to tell them how to be upright,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.33.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.33.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">and he is gracious to that person and says to God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.33.24"><span class="content">&#8216;Spare them from going down to the pit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.33.24"><span class="content">I have found a ransom for them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.33.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.33.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">let their flesh be renewed like a child&#8217;s;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.33.25"><span class="content">let them be restored as in the days of their youth&#8217;&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.33.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.33.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">then that person can pray to God and find favor with him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.33.26"><span class="content">they will see God&#8217;s face and shout for joy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.33.26"><span class="content">he will restore them to full well-being.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.33.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.33.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">And they will go to others and say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.33.27"><span class="content">&#8216;I have sinned, I have perverted what is right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.33.27"><span class="content">but I did not get what I deserved.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.33.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.33.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">God has delivered me from going down to the pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.33.28"><span class="content">and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.33.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.33.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;God does all these things to a person&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.33.29"><span class="content">twice, even three times&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.33.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.33.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">to turn them back from the pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.33.30"><span class="content">that the light of life may shine on them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.33.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.33.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">&#8220;Pay attention, Job, and listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.33.31"><span class="content">be silent, and I will speak.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.33.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.33.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">If you have anything to say, answer me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.33.32"><span class="content">speak up, for I want to vindicate you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.33.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.33.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">But if not, then listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.33.33"><span class="content">be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch33" data-usfm="PSA.33">
         <div class="label">33</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 33</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.33.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Sing joyfully to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.33.1"><span class="content">it is fitting for the upright to praise him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.33.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.33.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with the harp;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.33.2"><span class="content">make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.33.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.33.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Sing to him a new song;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.33.3"><span class="content">play skillfully, and shout for joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.33.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.33.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is right and true;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.33.4"><span class="content">he is faithful in all he does.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.33.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.33.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> loves righteousness and justice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.33.5"><span class="content">the earth is full of his unfailing love.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.33.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.33.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">By the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> the heavens were made,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.33.6"><span class="content">their starry host by the breath of his mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.33.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.33.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He gathers the waters of the sea into jars</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">sea as into a heap</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.33.7"><span class="content">he puts the deep into storehouses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.33.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.33.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Let all the earth fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.33.8"><span class="content">let all the people of the world revere him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.33.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.33.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For he spoke, and it came to be;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.33.9"><span class="content">he commanded, and it stood firm.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.33.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.33.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> foils the plans of the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.33.10"><span class="content">he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.33.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.33.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But the plans of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> stand firm forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.33.11"><span class="content">the purposes of his heart through all generations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.33.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.33.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Blessed is the nation whose God is the </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.33.12"><span class="content">the people he chose for his inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.33.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.33.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">From heaven the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> looks down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.33.13"><span class="content">and sees all mankind;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.33.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.33.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">from his dwelling place he watches</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.33.14"><span class="content">all who live on earth&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.33.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.33.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">he who forms the hearts of all,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.33.15"><span class="content">who considers everything they do.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.33.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.33.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">No king is saved by the size of his army;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.33.16"><span class="content">no warrior escapes by his great strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.33.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.33.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A horse is a vain hope for deliverance;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.33.17"><span class="content">despite all its great strength it cannot save.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.33.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.33.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are on those who fear him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.33.18"><span class="content">on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.33.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.33.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">to deliver them from death</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.33.19"><span class="content">and keep them alive in famine.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.33.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.33.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">We wait in hope for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.33.20"><span class="content">he is our help and our shield.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.33.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.33.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">In him our hearts rejoice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.33.21"><span class="content">for we trust in his holy name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.33.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.33.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">May your unfailing love be with us, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.33.22"><span class="content">even as we put our hope in you.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Moral Benefits of Wisdom</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My son, if you accept my words</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.2.1"><span class="content">and store up my commands within you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">turning your ear to wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.2.2"><span class="content">and applying your heart to understanding&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">indeed, if you call out for insight</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.2.3"><span class="content">and cry aloud for understanding,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and if you look for it as for silver</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.2.4"><span class="content">and search for it as for hidden treasure,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">then you will understand the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.2.5"><span class="content">and find the knowledge of God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gives wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.2.6"><span class="content">from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He holds success in store for the upright,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.2.7"><span class="content">he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">for he guards the course of the just</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.2.8"><span class="content">and protects the way of his faithful ones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then you will understand what is right and just</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.2.9"><span class="content">and fair&#8212;every good path.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For wisdom will enter your heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.2.10"><span class="content">and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Discretion will protect you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.2.11"><span class="content">and understanding will guard you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.2.12"><span class="content">from men whose words are perverse,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">who have left the straight paths</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.2.13"><span class="content">to walk in dark ways,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">who delight in doing wrong</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.2.14"><span class="content">and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">whose paths are crooked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.2.15"><span class="content">and who are devious in their ways.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.2.16"><span class="content">from the wayward woman with her seductive words,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">who has left the partner of her youth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.2.17"><span class="content">and ignored the covenant she made before God.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">covenant of her God</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Surely her house leads down to death</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.2.18"><span class="content">and her paths to the spirits of the dead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">None who go to her return</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.2.19"><span class="content">or attain the paths of life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Thus you will walk in the ways of the good</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.2.20"><span class="content">and keep to the paths of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.2.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For the upright will live in the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.2.21"><span class="content">and the blameless will remain in it;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.2.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">but the wicked will be cut off from the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.2.22"><span class="content">and the unfaithful will be torn from it.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch9" data-usfm="JDG.9">
         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Abimelek</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JDG.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Abimelek son of Jerub-Baal went to his mother&#8217;s brothers in Shechem and said to them and to all his mother&#8217;s clan, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JDG.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Ask all the citizens of Shechem, &#8216;Which is better for you: to have all seventy of Jerub-Baal&#8217;s sons rule over you, or just one man?&#8217; Remember, I am your flesh and blood.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JDG.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JDG.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When the brothers repeated all this to the citizens of Shechem, they were inclined to follow Abimelek, for they said, &#8220;He is related to us.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JDG.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They gave him seventy shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:4 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 1 3/4 pounds or about 800 grams</span></span></span><span class="content"> of silver from the temple of Baal-Berith, and Abimelek used it to hire reckless scoundrels, who became his followers. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JDG.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He went to his father&#8217;s home in Ophrah and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerub-Baal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerub-Baal, escaped by hiding. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JDG.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then all the citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo gathered beside the great tree at the pillar in Shechem to crown Abimelek king.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JDG.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JDG.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When Jotham was told about this, he climbed up on the top of Mount Gerizim and shouted to them, &#8220;Listen to me, citizens of Shechem, so that God may listen to you. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JDG.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">One day the trees went out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, &#8216;Be our king.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JDG.9.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JDG.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;But the olive tree answered, &#8216;Should I give up my oil, by which both gods and humans are honored, to hold sway over the trees?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JDG.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JDG.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Next, the trees said to the fig tree, &#8216;Come and be our king.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JDG.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JDG.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;But the fig tree replied, &#8216;Should I give up my fruit, so good and sweet, to hold sway over the trees?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JDG.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JDG.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then the trees said to the vine, &#8216;Come and be our king.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JDG.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JDG.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;But the vine answered, &#8216;Should I give up my wine, which cheers both gods and humans, to hold sway over the trees?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JDG.9.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JDG.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, &#8216;Come and be our king.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JDG.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JDG.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;The thornbush said to the trees, &#8216;If you really want to anoint me king over you, come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, then let fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JDG.9.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JDG.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Have you acted honorably and in good faith by making Abimelek king? Have you been fair to Jerub-Baal and his family? Have you treated him as he deserves? </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JDG.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Remember that my father fought for you and risked his life to rescue you from the hand of Midian. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JDG.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But today you have revolted against my father&#8217;s family. You have murdered his seventy sons on a single stone and have made Abimelek, the son of his female slave, king over the citizens of Shechem because he is related to you. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JDG.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So have you acted honorably and in good faith toward Jerub-Baal and his family today? If you have, may Abimelek be your joy, and may you be his, too! </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JDG.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But if you have not, let fire come out from Abimelek and consume you, the citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo, and let fire come out from you, the citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo, and consume Abimelek!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JDG.9.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JDG.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then Jotham fled, escaping to Beer, and he lived there because he was afraid of his brother Abimelek.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JDG.9.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JDG.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">After Abimelek had governed Israel three years, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JDG.9.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">God stirred up animosity between Abimelek and the citizens of Shechem so that they acted treacherously against Abimelek. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JDG.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">God did this in order that the crime against Jerub-Baal&#8217;s seventy sons, the shedding of their blood, might be avenged on their brother Abimelek and on the citizens of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JDG.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">In opposition to him these citizens of Shechem set men on the hilltops to ambush and rob everyone who passed by, and this was reported to Abimelek.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JDG.9.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JDG.9.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Now Gaal son of Ebed moved with his clan into Shechem, and its citizens put their confidence in him. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JDG.9.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">After they had gone out into the fields and gathered the grapes and trodden them, they held a festival in the temple of their god. While they were eating and drinking, they cursed Abimelek. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JDG.9.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then Gaal son of Ebed said, &#8220;Who is Abimelek, and why should we Shechemites be subject to him? Isn&#8217;t he Jerub-Baal&#8217;s son, and isn&#8217;t Zebul his deputy? Serve the family of Hamor, Shechem&#8217;s father! Why should we serve Abimelek? </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JDG.9.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">If only this people were under my command! Then I would get rid of him. I would say to Abimelek, &#8216;Call out your whole army!&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:29 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">him.&#8221; Then he said to Abimelek, &#8220;Call out your whole army!&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JDG.9.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JDG.9.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">When Zebul the governor of the city heard what Gaal son of Ebed said, he was very angry. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JDG.9.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Under cover he sent messengers to Abimelek, saying, &#8220;Gaal son of Ebed and his clan have come to Shechem and are stirring up the city against you. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JDG.9.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Now then, during the night you and your men should come and lie in wait in the fields. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JDG.9.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">In the morning at sunrise, advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, seize the opportunity to attack them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JDG.9.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JDG.9.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">So Abimelek and all his troops set out by night and took up concealed positions near Shechem in four companies. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JDG.9.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Now Gaal son of Ebed had gone out and was standing at the entrance of the city gate just as Abimelek and his troops came out from their hiding place.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JDG.9.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JDG.9.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">When Gaal saw them, he said to Zebul, &#8220;Look, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JDG.9.36"><span class="content">Zebul replied, &#8220;You mistake the shadows of the mountains for men.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JDG.9.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JDG.9.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">But Gaal spoke up again: &#8220;Look, people are coming down from the central hill,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:37 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew for this phrase means </span><span class="fqa">the navel of the earth.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and a company is coming from the direction of the diviners&#8217; tree.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JDG.9.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JDG.9.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Then Zebul said to him, &#8220;Where is your big talk now, you who said, &#8216;Who is Abimelek that we should be subject to him?&#8217; Aren&#8217;t these the men you ridiculed? Go out and fight them!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JDG.9.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JDG.9.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">So Gaal led out</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:39 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Gaal went out in the sight of</span></span></span><span class="content"> the citizens of Shechem and fought Abimelek. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JDG.9.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Abimelek chased him all the way to the entrance of the gate, and many were killed as they fled. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JDG.9.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Then Abimelek stayed in Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his clan out of Shechem.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JDG.9.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JDG.9.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">The next day the people of Shechem went out to the fields, and this was reported to Abimelek. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JDG.9.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">So he took his men, divided them into three companies and set an ambush in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose to attack them. </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JDG.9.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Abimelek and the companies with him rushed forward to a position at the entrance of the city gate. Then two companies attacked those in the fields and struck them down. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JDG.9.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">All that day Abimelek pressed his attack against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he destroyed the city and scattered salt over it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JDG.9.45"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JDG.9.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">On hearing this, the citizens in the tower of Shechem went into the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith. </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JDG.9.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">When Abimelek heard that they had assembled there, </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JDG.9.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">he and all his men went up Mount Zalmon. He took an ax and cut off some branches, which he lifted to his shoulders. He ordered the men with him, &#8220;Quick! Do what you have seen me do!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JDG.9.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">So all the men cut branches and followed Abimelek. They piled them against the stronghold and set it on fire with the people still inside. So all the people in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women, also died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JDG.9.49"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="JDG.9.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">Next Abimelek went to Thebez and besieged it and captured it. </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="JDG.9.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">Inside the city, however, was a strong tower, to which all the men and women&#8212;all the people of the city&#8212;had fled. They had locked themselves in and climbed up on the tower roof. </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="JDG.9.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">Abimelek went to the tower and attacked it. But as he approached the entrance to the tower to set it on fire, </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="JDG.9.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">a woman dropped an upper millstone on his head and cracked his skull.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="JDG.9.53"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="JDG.9.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">Hurriedly he called to his armor-bearer, &#8220;Draw your sword and kill me, so that they can&#8217;t say, &#8216;A woman killed him.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; So his servant ran him through, and he died. </span></span><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="JDG.9.55"><span class="label">55</span><span class="content">When the Israelites saw that Abimelek was dead, they went home.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="JDG.9.55"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="JDG.9.56"><span class="label">56</span><span class="content">Thus God repaid the wickedness that Abimelek had done to his father by murdering his seventy brothers. </span></span><span class="verse v57" data-usfm="JDG.9.57"><span class="label">57</span><span class="content">God also made the people of Shechem pay for all their wickedness. The curse of Jotham son of Jerub-Baal came on them.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">33</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Distress and Help</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.33.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Woe to you, destroyer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.33.1"><span class="content">you who have not been destroyed!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.33.1"><span class="content">Woe to you, betrayer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.33.1"><span class="content">you who have not been betrayed!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.33.1"><span class="content">When you stop destroying,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.33.1"><span class="content">you will be destroyed;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.33.1"><span class="content">when you stop betraying,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.33.1"><span class="content">you will be betrayed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.33.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.33.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, be gracious to us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.33.2"><span class="content">we long for you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.33.2"><span class="content">Be our strength every morning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.33.2"><span class="content">our salvation in time of distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.33.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.33.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">At the uproar of your army, the peoples flee;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.33.3"><span class="content">when you rise up, the nations scatter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.33.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.33.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Your plunder, O nations, is harvested as by young locusts;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.33.4"><span class="content">like a swarm of locusts people pounce on it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.33.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.33.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is exalted, for he dwells on high;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.33.5"><span class="content">he will fill Zion with his justice and righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.33.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.33.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He will be the sure foundation for your times,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.33.6"><span class="content">a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.33.6"><span class="content">the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the key to this treasure.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">is a treasure from him</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.33.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.33.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Look, their brave men cry aloud in the streets;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.33.7"><span class="content">the envoys of peace weep bitterly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.33.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.33.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The highways are deserted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.33.8"><span class="content">no travelers are on the roads.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.33.8"><span class="content">The treaty is broken,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.33.8"><span class="content">its witnesses</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:8 </span><span class="ft">Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">/ the cities</span></span></span><span class="content"> are despised,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.33.8"><span class="content">no one is respected.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.33.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.33.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The land dries up and wastes away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.33.9"><span class="content">Lebanon is ashamed and withers;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.33.9"><span class="content">Sharon is like the Arabah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.33.9"><span class="content">and Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.33.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.33.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now will I arise,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.33.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Now will I be exalted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.33.10"><span class="content">now will I be lifted up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.33.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.33.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You conceive chaff,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.33.11"><span class="content">you give birth to straw;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.33.11"><span class="content">your breath is a fire that consumes you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.33.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.33.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The peoples will be burned to ashes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.33.12"><span class="content">like cut thornbushes they will be set ablaze.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.33.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.33.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You who are far away, hear what I have done;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.33.13"><span class="content">you who are near, acknowledge my power!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.33.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.33.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The sinners in Zion are terrified;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.33.14"><span class="content">trembling grips the godless:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.33.14"><span class="content">&#8220;Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.33.14"><span class="content">Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.33.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.33.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Those who walk righteously</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.33.15"><span class="content">and speak what is right,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.33.15"><span class="content">who reject gain from extortion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.33.15"><span class="content">and keep their hands from accepting bribes,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.33.15"><span class="content">who stop their ears against plots of murder</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.33.15"><span class="content">and shut their eyes against contemplating evil&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.33.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.33.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">they are the ones who will dwell on the heights,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.33.16"><span class="content">whose refuge will be the mountain fortress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.33.16"><span class="content">Their bread will be supplied,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.33.16"><span class="content">and water will not fail them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.33.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.33.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Your eyes will see the king in his beauty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.33.17"><span class="content">and view a land that stretches afar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.33.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.33.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.33.18"><span class="content">&#8220;Where is that chief officer?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.33.18"><span class="content">Where is the one who took the revenue?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.33.18"><span class="content">Where is the officer in charge of the towers?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.33.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.33.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">You will see those arrogant people no more,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.33.19"><span class="content">people whose speech is obscure,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.33.19"><span class="content">whose language is strange and incomprehensible.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.33.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.33.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Look on Zion, the city of our festivals;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.33.20"><span class="content">your eyes will see Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.33.20"><span class="content">a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.33.20"><span class="content">its stakes will never be pulled up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.33.20"><span class="content">nor any of its ropes broken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.33.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.33.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">There the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be our Mighty One.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.33.21"><span class="content">It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.33.21"><span class="content">No galley with oars will ride them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.33.21"><span class="content">no mighty ship will sail them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.33.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.33.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is our judge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.33.22"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is our lawgiver,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.33.22"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is our king;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.33.22"><span class="content">it is he who will save us.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.33.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.33.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Your rigging hangs loose:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.33.23"><span class="content">The mast is not held secure,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.33.23"><span class="content">the sail is not spread.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.33.23"><span class="content">Then an abundance of spoils will be divided</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.33.23"><span class="content">and even the lame will carry off plunder.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.33.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.33.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">No one living in Zion will say, &#8220;I am ill&#8221;;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.33.24"><span class="content">and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ananias and Sapphira</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">With his wife&#8217;s full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles&#8217; feet.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then Peter said, &#8220;Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Didn&#8217;t it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn&#8217;t the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied just to human beings but to God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then some young men came forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Peter asked her, &#8220;Tell me, is this the price you and Ananias got for the land?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.5.8"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes,&#8221; she said, &#8220;that is the price.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Peter said to her, &#8220;How could you conspire to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">At that moment she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Apostles Heal Many</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon&#8217;s Colonnade. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">No one else dared join them, even though they were highly regarded by the people. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter&#8217;s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Apostles Persecuted</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.5.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go, stand in the temple courts,&#8221; he said, &#8220;and tell the people all about this new life.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.5.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">At daybreak they entered the temple courts, as they had been told, and began to teach the people.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.5.21"><span class="content">When the high priest and his associates arrived, they called together the Sanhedrin&#8212;the full assembly of the elders of Israel&#8212;and sent to the jail for the apostles. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they went back and reported, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.5.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">On hearing this report, the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests were at a loss, wondering what this might lead to.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.5.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.5.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Then someone came and said, &#8220;Look! The men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.5.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">At that, the captain went with his officers and brought the apostles. They did not use force, because they feared that the people would stone them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.5.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ACT.5.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The apostles were brought in and made to appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ACT.5.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man&#8217;s blood.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ACT.5.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ACT.5.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Peter and the other apostles replied: &#8220;We must obey God rather than human beings! </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ACT.5.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from the dead&#8212;whom you killed by hanging him on a cross. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ACT.5.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior that he might bring Israel to repentance and forgive their sins. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ACT.5.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ACT.5.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ACT.5.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">When they heard this, they were furious and wanted to put them to death. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ACT.5.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a little while. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ACT.5.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Then he addressed the Sanhedrin: &#8220;Men of Israel, consider carefully what you intend to do to these men. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ACT.5.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Some time ago Theudas appeared, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men rallied to him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="ACT.5.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and led a band of people in revolt. He too was killed, and all his followers were scattered. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="ACT.5.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Therefore, in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="ACT.5.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="ACT.5.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="ACT.5.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">His speech persuaded them. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="ACT.5.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="ACT.5.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name. </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="ACT.5.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah.</span></span></div>
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