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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David Hears of Saul&#8217;s Death</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After the death of Saul, David returned from striking down the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">On the third day a man arrived from Saul&#8217;s camp with his clothes torn and dust on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him honor.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.1.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Where have you come from?&#8221; David asked him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.1.3"><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;I have escaped from the Israelite camp.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.1.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;What happened?&#8221; David asked. &#8220;Tell me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.1.4"><span class="content">&#8220;The men fled from the battle,&#8221; he replied. &#8220;Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.1.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then David said to the young man who brought him the report, &#8220;How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.1.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,&#8221; the young man said, &#8220;and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and their drivers in hot pursuit. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, &#8216;What can I do?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.1.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;He asked me, &#8216;Who are you?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.1.8"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;An Amalekite,&#8217; I answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.1.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then he said to me, &#8216;Stand here by me and kill me! I&#8217;m in the throes of death, but I&#8217;m still alive.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.1.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;So I stood beside him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band on his arm and have brought them here to my lord.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.1.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and for the nation of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.1.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">David said to the young man who brought him the report, &#8220;Where are you from?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.1.13"><span class="content">&#8220;I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite,&#8221; he answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.1.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">David asked him, &#8220;Why weren&#8217;t you afraid to lift your hand to destroy the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anointed?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.1.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then David called one of his men and said, &#8220;Go, strike him down!&#8221; So he struck him down, and he died. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For David had said to him, &#8220;Your blood be on your own head. Your own mouth testified against you when you said, &#8216;I killed the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anointed.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David&#8217;s Lament for Saul and Jonathan</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.1.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">David took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and he ordered that the people of Judah be taught this lament of the bow (it is written in the Book of Jashar):</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.1.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;A gazelle</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:19 </span><span class="fq">Gazelle </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes a human dignitary.</span></span></span><span class="content"> lies slain on your heights, Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.1.19"><span class="content">How the mighty have fallen!</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.1.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.1.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Tell it not in Gath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.1.20"><span class="content">proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.1.20"><span class="content">lest the daughters of the Philistines be glad,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.1.20"><span class="content">lest the daughters of the uncircumcised rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.1.20"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.1.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Mountains of Gilboa,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"><span class="content">may you have neither dew nor rain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"><span class="content">may no showers fall on your terraced fields.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">/ nor fields that yield grain for offerings</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"><span class="content">For there the shield of the mighty was despised,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"><span class="content">the shield of Saul&#8212;no longer rubbed with oil.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;From the blood of the slain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.1.22"><span class="content">from the flesh of the mighty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.1.22"><span class="content">the bow of Jonathan did not turn back,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.1.22"><span class="content">the sword of Saul did not return unsatisfied.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.1.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Saul and Jonathan&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"><span class="content">in life they were loved and admired,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"><span class="content">and in death they were not parted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"><span class="content">They were swifter than eagles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"><span class="content">they were stronger than lions.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Daughters of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.1.24"><span class="content">weep for Saul,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.1.24"><span class="content">who clothed you in scarlet and finery,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.1.24"><span class="content">who adorned your garments with ornaments of gold.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.1.24"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.1.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;How the mighty have fallen in battle!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.1.25"><span class="content">Jonathan lies slain on your heights.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.1.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.1.26"><span class="content">you were very dear to me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.1.26"><span class="content">Your love for me was wonderful,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.1.26"><span class="content">more wonderful than that of women.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.1.26"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.1.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;How the mighty have fallen!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.1.27"><span class="content">The weapons of war have perished!&#8221;</span></span></div>
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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><div class="s1"><span class="heading">War Between the Houses of David and Saul</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.2.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul&#8217;s army, had taken Ish-Bosheth son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He made him king over Gilead, Ashuri and Jezreel, and also over Ephraim, Benjamin and all Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.2.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Ish-Bosheth son of Saul was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he reigned two years. The tribe of Judah, however, remained loyal to David. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The length of time David was king in Hebron over Judah was seven years and six months.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.2.11"></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. &#8220;Sir,&#8221; they said, &#8220;we would like to see Jesus.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.12.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.12.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.12.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.12.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? &#8216;Father, save me from this hour&#8217;? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.12.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Father, glorify your name!&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.12.28"><span class="content">Then a voice came from heaven, &#8220;I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.12.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.12.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.12.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;This voice was for your benefit, not mine.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.12.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.12.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And I, when I am lifted up</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:32 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">lifted up </span><span class="ft">also means </span><span class="fqa">exalted.</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">from the earth, will draw all people to myself.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.12.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.12.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.12.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">The crowd spoke up, &#8220;We have heard from the Law that the Messiah will remain forever, so how can you say, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;The Son of Man must be lifted up&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">? Who is this &#8216;Son of Man&#8217;?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.12.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.12.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Then Jesus told them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.12.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Belief and Unbelief Among the Jews</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.12.36"></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.12.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Even after Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.12.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.12.38"><span class="content">&#8220;Lord, who has believed our message</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.12.38"><span class="content">and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:38 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="ISA.53.1">Isaiah 53:1</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.12.38"></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.12.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.12.39"></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.12.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">&#8220;He has blinded their eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.12.40"><span class="content">and hardened their hearts,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.12.40"><span class="content">so they can neither see with their eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.12.40"><span class="content">nor understand with their hearts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.12.40"><span class="content">nor turn&#8212;and I would heal them.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:40 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="ISA.6.10">Isaiah 6:10</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.12.40"></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JHN.12.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus&#8217; glory and spoke about him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JHN.12.41"></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.12.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue; </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JHN.12.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">for they loved human praise more than praise from God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JHN.12.43"></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JHN.12.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Then Jesus cried out, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JHN.12.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.12.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.12.46"></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JHN.12.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JHN.12.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JHN.12.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="JHN.12.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.118.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Open for me the gates of the righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.118.19"><span class="content">I will enter and give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.118.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.118.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">This is the gate of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.118.20"><span class="content">through which the righteous may enter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.118.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.118.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">I will give you thanks, for you answered me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.118.21"><span class="content">you have become my salvation.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.118.21"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.118.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.118.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The stone the builders rejected</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.118.22"><span class="content">has become the cornerstone;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.118.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.118.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has done this,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.118.23"><span class="content">and it is marvelous in our eyes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.118.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.118.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has done it this very day;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.118.24"><span class="content">let us rejoice today and be glad.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.118.24"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.118.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.118.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, save us!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.118.25"><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, grant us success!</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.118.25"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.118.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.118.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Blessed is he who comes in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.118.26"><span class="content">From the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> we bless you.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">118:26 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew is plural.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.118.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.118.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.118.27"><span class="content">and he has made his light shine on us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.118.27"><span class="content">With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.118.27"><span class="content">up</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">118:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Bind the festal sacrifice with ropes / and take it</span></span></span><span class="content"> to the horns of the altar.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.118.27"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.118.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.118.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">You are my God, and I will praise you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.118.28"><span class="content">you are my God, and I will exalt you.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.118.28"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.118.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.118.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for he is good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.118.29"><span class="content">his love endures forever.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.15.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The greedy bring ruin to their households,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.15.27"><span class="content">but the one who hates bribes will live.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.15.27"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.15.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.15.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The heart of the righteous weighs its answers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.15.28"><span class="content">but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.15.28"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.15.28"></span></div>
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