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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the course of time, David inquired of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. &#8220;Shall I go up to one of the towns of Judah?&#8221; he asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.2.1"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;Go up.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.2.1"><span class="content">David asked, &#8220;Where shall I go?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.2.1"><span class="content">&#8220;To Hebron,&#8221; the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.2.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So David went up there with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">David also took the men who were with him, each with his family, and they settled in Hebron and its towns. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the tribe of Judah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.2.4"><span class="content">When David was told that it was the men from Jabesh Gilead who had buried Saul, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">he sent messengers to them to say to them, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> bless you for showing this kindness to Saul your master by burying him. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> now show you kindness and faithfulness, and I too will show you the same favor because you have done this. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Now then, be strong and brave, for Saul your master is dead, and the people of Judah have anointed me king over them.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">130</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 130</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.130.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Out of the depths I cry to you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.130.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.130.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Lord, hear my voice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.130.2"><span class="content">Let your ears be attentive</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.130.2"><span class="content">to my cry for mercy.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.130.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.130.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.130.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">If you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, kept a record of sins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.130.3"><span class="content">Lord, who could stand?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.130.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.130.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But with you there is forgiveness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.130.4"><span class="content">so that we can, with reverence, serve you.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.130.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.130.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.130.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I wait for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my whole being waits,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.130.5"><span class="content">and in his word I put my hope.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.130.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.130.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I wait for the Lord</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.130.6"><span class="content">more than watchmen wait for the morning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.130.6"><span class="content">more than watchmen wait for the morning.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.130.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.130.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.130.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Israel, put your hope in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.130.7"><span class="content">for with the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.130.7"><span class="content">and with him is full redemption.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.130.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.130.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He himself will redeem Israel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.130.8"><span class="content">from all their sins.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When his family</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">his associates</span></span></span><span class="content"> heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, &#8220;He is out of his mind.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.3.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, &#8220;He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.3.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;How can Satan drive out Satan?</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.3.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">In fact, no one can enter a strong man&#8217;s house without first tying him up. Then he can plunder the strong man&#8217;s house.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MRK.3.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter,</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.3.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.3.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.3.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">He said this because they were saying, &#8220;He has an impure spirit.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.3.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.3.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Then Jesus&#8217; mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.3.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, &#8220;Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.3.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MRK.3.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Who are my mother and my brothers?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MRK.3.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.3.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Here are my mother and my brothers!</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MRK.3.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever does God&#8217;s will is my brother and sister and mother.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CO.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">It is written: &#8220;I believed; therefore I have spoken.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">4:13 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.116.10">Psalm 116:10</span> (see Septuagint)</span></span></span><span class="content"> Since we have that same spirit of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">4:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Spirit-given</span></span></span><span class="content"> faith, we also believe and therefore speak, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CO.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you to himself. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CO.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CO.4.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CO.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CO.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CO.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CO.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. </span></span></div>
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