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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Sower</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Joanna the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herod&#8217;s household; Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.8.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable: </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.8.8"><span class="content">When he said this, he called out, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">His disciples asked him what this parable meant. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that,</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.8.10"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;though seeing, they may not see;</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.8.10"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">though hearing, they may not understand.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">8:10 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">  
          Isaiah 6:9
          </span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.8.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life&#8217;s worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Lamp on a Stand</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.8.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;No one lights a lamp and hides it in a clay jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, they put it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Therefore consider carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they think they have will be taken from them.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus&#8217; Mother and Brothers</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.8.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.8.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Now Jesus&#8217; mother and brothers came to see him, but they were not able to get near him because of the crowd. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.8.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Someone told him, &#8220;Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.8.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.8.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;My mother and brothers are those who hear God&#8217;s word and put it into practice.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Calms the Storm</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.8.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.8.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">One day Jesus said to his disciples, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Let us go over to the other side of the lake.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> So they got into a boat and set out. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.8.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">As they sailed, he fell asleep. A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.8.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.8.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The disciples went and woke him, saying, &#8220;Master, Master, we&#8217;re going to drown!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.8.24"><span class="content">He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided, and all was calm. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.8.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Where is your faith?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked his disciples.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.8.25"><span class="content">In fear and amazement they asked one another, &#8220;Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Restores a Demon-Possessed Man</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.8.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.8.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">They sailed to the region of the Gerasenes,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:26 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Gadarenes</span><span class="ft">; other manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Gergesenes</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 37</span></span></span><span class="content"> which is across the lake from Galilee. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.8.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.8.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell at his feet, shouting at the top of his voice, &#8220;What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don&#8217;t torture me!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.8.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">For Jesus had commanded the impure spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was chained hand and foot and kept under guard, he had broken his chains and had been driven by the demon into solitary places.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.8.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.8.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">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 v30" data-usfm="LUK.8.30"><span class="content">&#8220;Legion,&#8221; he replied, because many demons had gone into him. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.8.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">And they begged Jesus repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.8.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.8.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">A large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. The demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs, and he gave them permission. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.8.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">When the demons came out of the man, they went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.8.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.8.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.8.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">and the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus&#8217; feet, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.8.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Those who had seen it told the people how the demon-possessed man had been cured. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.8.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them, because they were overcome with fear. So he got into the boat and left.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.8.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.8.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.8.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Return home and tell how much God has done for you.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> So the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him.</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 v39" data-usfm="LUK.8.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.8.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Now when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LUK.8.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Then a man named Jairus, a synagogue leader, came and fell at Jesus&#8217; feet, pleading with him to come to his house </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.8.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.8.42"><span class="content">As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.8.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:43 </span><span class="ft">Many manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">years, and she had spent all she had on doctors</span></span></span><span class="content"> but no one could heal her. </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LUK.8.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LUK.8.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.8.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Who touched me?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.8.45"><span class="content">When they all denied it, Peter said, &#8220;Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.8.45"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.8.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">But Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.8.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="LUK.8.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at his feet. In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed. </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.8.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">Then he said to her, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.8.48"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.8.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">While Jesus was still speaking, someone came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. &#8220;Your daughter is dead,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Don&#8217;t bother the teacher anymore.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.8.49"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.8.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.8.50"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="LUK.8.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">When he arrived at the house of Jairus, he did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John and James, and the child&#8217;s father and mother. </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="LUK.8.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">Meanwhile, all the people were wailing and mourning for her. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Stop wailing,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus said. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;She is not dead but asleep.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="LUK.8.52"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="LUK.8.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">They laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="LUK.8.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">But he took her by the hand and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;My child, get up!&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="LUK.8.55"><span class="label">55</span><span class="content">Her spirit returned, and at once she stood up. Then Jesus told them to give her something to eat. </span></span><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="LUK.8.56"><span class="label">56</span><span class="content">Her parents were astonished, but he ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Birth of Moses</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:3 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew can also mean </span><span class="fqa">ark</span><span class="ft">, as in Gen. 6:14.</span></span></span><span class="content"> for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then Pharaoh&#8217;s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to get it. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. &#8220;This is one of the Hebrew babies,&#8221; she said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then his sister asked Pharaoh&#8217;s daughter, &#8220;Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yes, go,&#8221; she answered. So the girl went and got the baby&#8217;s mother. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Pharaoh&#8217;s daughter said to her, &#8220;Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you.&#8221; So the woman took the baby and nursed him. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh&#8217;s daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:10 </span><span class="fq">Moses </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fqa">draw out.</span></span></span><span class="content"> saying, &#8220;I drew him out of the water.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Moses Flees to Midian</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Looking this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The next day he went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, &#8220;Why are you hitting your fellow Hebrew?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The man said, &#8220;Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?&#8221; Then Moses was afraid and thought, &#8220;What I did must have become known.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian, where he sat down by a well. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father&#8217;s flock. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Some shepherds came along and drove them away, but Moses got up and came to their rescue and watered their flock.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When the girls returned to Reuel their father, he asked them, &#8220;Why have you returned so early today?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They answered, &#8220;An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;And where is he?&#8221; Reuel asked his daughters. &#8220;Why did you leave him? Invite him to have something to eat.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.2.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Moses agreed to stay with the man, who gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:22 </span><span class="fq">Gershom </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">a foreigner </span><span class="fqa">there.</span></span></span><span class="content"> saying, &#8220;I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.2.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EXO.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EXO.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EXO.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkEPH">
      <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="EPH.1">
         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EPH.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EPH.1.1"><span class="content">To God&#8217;s holy people in Ephesus,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts do not have </span><span class="fq">in Ephesus</span><span class="ft">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> the faithful in Christ Jesus:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EPH.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EPH.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 for Spiritual Blessings in Christ</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EPH.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EPH.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EPH.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EPH.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">he</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4,5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">sight in love. </span><span class="fv">5 </span><span class="fqa">He</span></span></span><span class="content"> predestined us for adoption to sonship</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">adoption to sonship </span><span class="ft">is a legal term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture.</span></span></span><span class="content"> through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EPH.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EPH.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God&#8217;s grace </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EPH.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EPH.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">he</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:8,9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">us with all wisdom and understanding. </span><span class="fv">9 </span><span class="fqa">And he</span></span></span><span class="content"> made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EPH.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment&#8212;to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EPH.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EPH.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">In him we were also chosen,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">were made heirs</span></span></span><span class="content"> having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EPH.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EPH.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EPH.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God&#8217;s possession&#8212;to the praise of his glory.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Thanksgiving and Prayer</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EPH.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EPH.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God&#8217;s people, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EPH.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EPH.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">a spirit</span></span></span><span class="content"> of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EPH.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EPH.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EPH.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EPH.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EPH.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EPH.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkREV">
      <div class="chapter ch9" data-usfm="REV.9">
         <div class="label">9</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Their hair was like women&#8217;s hair, and their teeth were like lions&#8217; teeth. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, &#8220;Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.9.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood&#8212;idols that cannot see or hear or walk. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkECC">
      <div class="chapter ch10" data-usfm="ECC.10">
         <div class="label">10</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">As dead flies give perfume a bad smell,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.10.1"><span class="content">so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.10.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The heart of the wise inclines to the right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.10.2"><span class="content">but the heart of the fool to the left.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.10.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Even as fools walk along the road,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.10.3"><span class="content">they lack sense</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.10.3"><span class="content">and show everyone how stupid they are.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.10.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">If a ruler&#8217;s anger rises against you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.10.4"><span class="content">do not leave your post;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.10.4"><span class="content">calmness can lay great offenses to rest.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">There is an evil I have seen under the sun,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.10.5"><span class="content">the sort of error that arises from a ruler:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Fools are put in many high positions,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.10.6"><span class="content">while the rich occupy the low ones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.10.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I have seen slaves on horseback,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.10.7"><span class="content">while princes go on foot like slaves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.10.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Whoever digs a pit may fall into it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.10.8"><span class="content">whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Whoever quarries stones may be injured by them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.10.9"><span class="content">whoever splits logs may be endangered by them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.10.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">If the ax is dull</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.10.10"><span class="content">and its edge unsharpened,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.10.10"><span class="content">more strength is needed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.10.10"><span class="content">but skill will bring success.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.10.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If a snake bites before it is charmed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.10.11"><span class="content">the charmer receives no fee.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.10.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.10.12"><span class="content">but fools are consumed by their own lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.10.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ECC.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">At the beginning their words are folly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ECC.10.13"><span class="content">at the end they are wicked madness&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ECC.10.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">and fools multiply words.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.10.14"><span class="content">No one knows what is coming&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.10.14"><span class="content">who can tell someone else what will happen after them?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.10.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The toil of fools wearies them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.10.15"><span class="content">they do not know the way to town.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.10.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ECC.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Woe to the land whose king was a servant</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">king is a child</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ECC.10.16"><span class="content">and whose princes feast in the morning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ECC.10.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ECC.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Blessed is the land whose king is of noble birth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ECC.10.17"><span class="content">and whose princes eat at a proper time&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ECC.10.17"><span class="content">for strength and not for drunkenness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ECC.10.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ECC.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Through laziness, the rafters sag;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ECC.10.18"><span class="content">because of idle hands, the house leaks.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ECC.10.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ECC.10.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A feast is made for laughter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ECC.10.19"><span class="content">wine makes life merry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ECC.10.19"><span class="content">and money is the answer for everything.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ECC.10.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ECC.10.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Do not revile the king even in your thoughts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ECC.10.20"><span class="content">or curse the rich in your bedroom,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ECC.10.20"><span class="content">because a bird in the sky may carry your words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ECC.10.20"><span class="content">and a bird on the wing may report what you say.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">52</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 52</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 52:1-9 is numbered 52:3-11.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">maskil</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> of David. When Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: &#8220;David has gone to the house of Ahimelek.&#8221;</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"><span class="content">Why do you boast all day long,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"><span class="content">you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You who practice deceit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"><span class="content">your tongue plots destruction;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"><span class="content">it is like a sharpened razor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.52.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You love evil rather than good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.52.3"><span class="content">falsehood rather than speaking the truth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">52:3 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 5.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.52.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.52.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You love every harmful word,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.52.4"><span class="content">you deceitful tongue!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.52.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"><span class="content">He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"><span class="content">he will uproot you from the land of the living.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.52.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The righteous will see and fear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.52.6"><span class="content">they will laugh at you, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.52.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Here now is the man</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="content">who did not make God his stronghold</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="content">but trusted in his great wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="content">and grew strong by destroying others!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But I am like an olive tree</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="content">flourishing in the house of God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="content">I trust in God&#8217;s unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="content">for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For what you have done I will always praise you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="content">in the presence of your faithful people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="content">And I will hope in your name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="content">for your name is good.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">21</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s hand the king&#8217;s heart is a stream of water</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.21.1"><span class="content">that he channels toward all who please him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.21.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">A person may think their own ways are right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.21.2"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> weighs the heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.21.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">To do what is right and just</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.21.3"><span class="content">is more acceptable to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> than sacrifice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.21.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Haughty eyes and a proud heart&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.21.4"><span class="content">the unplowed field of the wicked&#8212;produce sin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.21.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The plans of the diligent lead to profit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.21.5"><span class="content">as surely as haste leads to poverty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.21.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">A fortune made by a lying tongue</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.21.6"><span class="content">is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:6 </span><span class="ft">Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">vapor for those who seek death</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.21.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The violence of the wicked will drag them away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.21.7"><span class="content">for they refuse to do what is right.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.21.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The way of the guilty is devious,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.21.8"><span class="content">but the conduct of the innocent is upright.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.21.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Better to live on a corner of the roof</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.21.9"><span class="content">than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.21.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The wicked crave evil;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.21.10"><span class="content">their neighbors get no mercy from them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.21.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.21.11"><span class="content">by paying attention to the wise they get knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.21.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The Righteous One</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">The righteous person</span></span></span><span class="content"> takes note of the house of the wicked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.21.12"><span class="content">and brings the wicked to ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.21.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.21.13"><span class="content">will also cry out and not be answered.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.21.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.21.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">A gift given in secret soothes anger,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.21.14"><span class="content">and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.21.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.21.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.21.15"><span class="content">but terror to evildoers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.21.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.21.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Whoever strays from the path of prudence</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.21.16"><span class="content">comes to rest in the company of the dead.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.21.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.21.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.21.17"><span class="content">whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.21.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.21.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.21.18"><span class="content">and the unfaithful for the upright.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.21.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.21.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Better to live in a desert</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.21.19"><span class="content">than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.21.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.21.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The wise store up choice food and olive oil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.21.20"><span class="content">but fools gulp theirs down.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.21.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.21.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Whoever pursues righteousness and love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.21.21"><span class="content">finds life, prosperity</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">righteousness</span></span></span><span class="content"> and honor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.21.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.21.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">One who is wise can go up against the city of the mighty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.21.22"><span class="content">and pull down the stronghold in which they trust.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.21.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.21.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Those who guard their mouths and their tongues</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.21.23"><span class="content">keep themselves from calamity.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.21.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.21.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The proud and arrogant person&#8212;&#8220;Mocker&#8221; is his name&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.21.24"><span class="content">behaves with insolent fury.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.21.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.21.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.21.25"><span class="content">because his hands refuse to work.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.21.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.21.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">All day long he craves for more,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.21.26"><span class="content">but the righteous give without sparing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.21.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.21.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.21.27"><span class="content">how much more so when brought with evil intent!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.21.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.21.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A false witness will perish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.21.28"><span class="content">but a careful listener will testify successfully.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.21.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.21.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The wicked put up a bold front,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.21.29"><span class="content">but the upright give thought to their ways.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.21.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.21.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.21.30"><span class="content">that can succeed against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.21.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.21.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The horse is made ready for the day of battle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.21.31"><span class="content">but victory rests with the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading"> Calls Samuel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The boy Samuel ministered before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> under Eli. In those days the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was rare; there were not many visions.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, where the ark of God was. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> called Samuel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.3.4"><span class="content">Samuel answered, &#8220;Here I am.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">And he ran to Eli and said, &#8220;Here I am; you called me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.3.5"><span class="content">But Eli said, &#8220;I did not call; go back and lie down.&#8221; So he went and lay down.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Again the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> called, &#8220;Samuel!&#8221; And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, &#8220;Here I am; you called me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.3.6"><span class="content">&#8220;My son,&#8221; Eli said, &#8220;I did not call; go back and lie down.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Now Samuel did not yet know the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">: The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had not yet been revealed to him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A third time the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> called, &#8220;Samuel!&#8221; And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, &#8220;Here I am; you called me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.3.8"><span class="content">Then Eli realized that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was calling the boy. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So Eli told Samuel, &#8220;Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, &#8216;Speak, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for your servant is listening.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; So Samuel went and lay down in his place.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came and stood there, calling as at the other times, &#8220;Samuel! Samuel!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.3.10"><span class="content">Then Samuel said, &#8220;Speak, for your servant is listening.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Samuel: &#8220;See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it tingle. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">At that time I will carry out against Eli everything I spoke against his family&#8212;from beginning to end. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For I told him that I would judge his family forever because of the sin he knew about; his sons blasphemed God,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:13 </span><span class="ft">An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">sons made themselves contemptible</span></span></span><span class="content"> and he failed to restrain them. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Therefore I swore to the house of Eli, &#8216;The guilt of Eli&#8217;s house will never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Samuel lay down until morning and then opened the doors of the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">but Eli called him and said, &#8220;Samuel, my son.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.3.16"><span class="content">Samuel answered, &#8220;Here I am.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;What was it he said to you?&#8221; Eli asked. &#8220;Do not hide it from me. May God deal with you, be it ever so severely, if you hide from me anything he told you.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1SA.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">So Samuel told him everything, hiding nothing from him. Then Eli said, &#8220;He is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">; let him do what is good in his eyes.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1SA.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1SA.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was with Samuel as he grew up, and he let none of Samuel&#8217;s words fall to the ground. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba recognized that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1SA.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> continued to appear at Shiloh, and there he revealed himself to Samuel through his word.</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkISA">
      <div class="chapter ch52" data-usfm="ISA.52">
         <div class="label">52</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.52.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Awake, awake, Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.52.1"><span class="content">clothe yourself with strength!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.52.1"><span class="content">Put on your garments of splendor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.52.1"><span class="content">Jerusalem, the holy city.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.52.1"><span class="content">The uncircumcised and defiled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.52.1"><span class="content">will not enter you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.52.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.52.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Shake off your dust;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.52.2"><span class="content">rise up, sit enthroned, Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.52.2"><span class="content">Free yourself from the chains on your neck,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.52.2"><span class="content">Daughter Zion, now a captive.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.52.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.52.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.52.3"><span class="content">&#8220;You were sold for nothing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.52.3"><span class="content">and without money you will be redeemed.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.52.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.52.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.52.4"><span class="content">&#8220;At first my people went down to Egypt to live;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.52.4"><span class="content">lately, Assyria has oppressed them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.52.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.52.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;And now what do I have here?&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.52.5"><span class="content">&#8220;For my people have been taken away for nothing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.52.5"><span class="content">and those who rule them mock,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">52:5 </span><span class="ft">Dead Sea Scrolls and Vulgate; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">wail</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.52.5"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.52.5"><span class="content">&#8220;And all day long</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.52.5"><span class="content">my name is constantly blasphemed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.52.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.52.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Therefore my people will know my name;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.52.6"><span class="content">therefore in that day they will know</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.52.6"><span class="content">that it is I who foretold it.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.52.6"><span class="content">Yes, it is I.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.52.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.52.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">How beautiful on the mountains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.52.7"><span class="content">are the feet of those who bring good news,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.52.7"><span class="content">who proclaim peace,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.52.7"><span class="content">who bring good tidings,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.52.7"><span class="content">who proclaim salvation,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.52.7"><span class="content">who say to Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.52.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Your God reigns!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.52.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.52.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.52.8"><span class="content">together they shout for joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.52.8"><span class="content">When the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> returns to Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.52.8"><span class="content">they will see it with their own eyes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.52.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.52.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Burst into songs of joy together,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.52.9"><span class="content">you ruins of Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.52.9"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has comforted his people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.52.9"><span class="content">he has redeemed Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.52.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.52.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will lay bare his holy arm</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.52.10"><span class="content">in the sight of all the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.52.10"><span class="content">and all the ends of the earth will see</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.52.10"><span class="content">the salvation of our God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.52.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.52.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Depart, depart, go out from there!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.52.11"><span class="content">Touch no unclean thing!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.52.11"><span class="content">Come out from it and be pure,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.52.11"><span class="content">you who carry the articles of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s house.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.52.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.52.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But you will not leave in haste</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.52.12"><span class="content">or go in flight;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.52.12"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will go before you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.52.12"><span class="content">the God of Israel will be your rear guard.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Suffering and Glory of the Servant</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.52.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.52.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">See, my servant will act wisely</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">52:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will prosper</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.52.13"><span class="content">he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.52.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.52.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Just as there were many who were appalled at him</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">52:14 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">you</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.52.14"><span class="content">his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.52.14"><span class="content">and his form marred beyond human likeness&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.52.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.52.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">so he will sprinkle many nations,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">52:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">so will many nations be amazed at him </span><span class="ft">(see also Septuagint)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.52.15"><span class="content">and kings will shut their mouths because of him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.52.15"><span class="content">For what they were not told, they will see,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.52.15"><span class="content">and what they have not heard, they will understand.</span></span></div><div 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   <div class="book bkACT">
      <div class="chapter ch24" data-usfm="ACT.24">
         <div class="label">24</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Trial Before Felix</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Five days later the high priest Ananias went down to Caesarea with some of the elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, and they brought their charges against Paul before the governor. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When Paul was called in, Tertullus presented his case before Felix: &#8220;We have enjoyed a long period of peace under you, and your foresight has brought about reforms in this nation. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Everywhere and in every way, most excellent Felix, we acknowledge this with profound gratitude. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But in order not to weary you further, I would request that you be kind enough to hear us briefly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.24.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;We have found this man to be a troublemaker, stirring up riots among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the Nazarene sect </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.24.7"><span class="label">[7]</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:6-7 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts include here </span><span class="fqa">him, and we would have judged him in accordance with our law. </span><span class="fv">7 </span><span class="fqa">But the commander Lysias came and took him from us with much violence, </span><span class="fv">8 </span><span class="fqa">ordering his accusers to come before you.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">By examining him yourself you will be able to learn the truth about all these charges we are bringing against him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.24.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The other Jews joined in the accusation, asserting that these things were true.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.24.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When the governor motioned for him to speak, Paul replied: &#8220;I know that for a number of years you have been a judge over this nation; so I gladly make my defense. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.24.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You can easily verify that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.24.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">My accusers did not find me arguing with anyone at the temple, or stirring up a crowd in the synagogues or anywhere else in the city. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.24.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And they cannot prove to you the charges they are now making against me. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.24.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">However, I admit that I worship the God of our ancestors as a follower of the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.24.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and I have the same hope in God as these men themselves have, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.24.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.24.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.24.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;After an absence of several years, I came to Jerusalem to bring my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.24.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I was ceremonially clean when they found me in the temple courts doing this. There was no crowd with me, nor was I involved in any disturbance. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.24.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But there are some Jews from the province of Asia, who ought to be here before you and bring charges if they have anything against me. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.24.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Or these who are here should state what crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.24.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">unless it was this one thing I shouted as I stood in their presence: &#8216;It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.24.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.24.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then Felix, who was well acquainted with the Way, adjourned the proceedings. &#8220;When Lysias the commander comes,&#8221; he said, &#8220;I will decide your case.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.24.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard but to give him some freedom and permit his friends to take care of his needs.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.24.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.24.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Several days later Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish. He sent for Paul and listened to him as he spoke about faith in Christ Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.24.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">As Paul talked about righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and said, &#8220;That&#8217;s enough for now! You may leave. When I find it convenient, I will send for you.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.24.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">At the same time he was hoping that Paul would offer him a bribe, so he sent for him frequently and talked with him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.24.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ACT.24.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">When two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, but because Felix wanted to grant a favor to the Jews, he left Paul in prison.</span></span></div>
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