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         <div class="label">18</div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.18.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">David mustered the men who were with him and appointed over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.18.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">David sent out his troops, a third under the command of Joab, a third under Joab&#8217;s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. The king told the troops, &#8220;I myself will surely march out with you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.18.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.18.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But the men said, &#8220;You must not go out; if we are forced to flee, they won&#8217;t care about us. Even if half of us die, they won&#8217;t care; but you are worth ten thousand of us.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">18:3 </span><span class="ft">Two Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">care; for now there are ten thousand like us</span></span></span><span class="content"> It would be better now for you to give us support from the city.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.18.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.18.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The king answered, &#8220;I will do whatever seems best to you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.18.4"><span class="content">So the king stood beside the gate while all his men marched out in units of hundreds and of thousands. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.18.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The king commanded Joab, Abishai and Ittai, &#8220;Be gentle with the young man Absalom for my sake.&#8221; And all the troops heard the king giving orders concerning Absalom to each of the commanders.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.18.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.18.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">David&#8217;s army marched out of the city to fight Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.18.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">There Israel&#8217;s troops were routed by David&#8217;s men, and the casualties that day were great&#8212;twenty thousand men. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.18.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The battle spread out over the whole countryside, and the forest swallowed up more men that day than the sword.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.18.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.18.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Now Absalom happened to meet David&#8217;s men. He was riding his mule, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom&#8217;s hair got caught in the tree. He was left hanging in midair, while the mule he was riding kept on going.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.18.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.18.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When one of the men saw what had happened, he told Joab, &#8220;I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.18.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.18.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Joab said to the man who had told him this, &#8220;What! You saw him? Why didn&#8217;t you strike him to the ground right there? Then I would have had to give you ten shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">18:11 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 4 ounces or about 115 grams</span></span></span><span class="content"> of silver and a warrior&#8217;s belt.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.18.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.18.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But the man replied, &#8220;Even if a thousand shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">18:12 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> were weighed out into my hands, I would not lay a hand on the king&#8217;s son. In our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, &#8216;Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">18:12 </span><span class="ft">A few Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts may be translated </span><span class="fqa">Absalom, whoever you may be.</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.18.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And if I had put my life in jeopardy</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">18:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Otherwise, if I had acted treacherously toward him</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;and nothing is hidden from the king&#8212;you would have kept your distance from me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.18.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.18.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Joab said, &#8220;I&#8217;m not going to wait like this for you.&#8221; So he took three javelins in his hand and plunged them into Absalom&#8217;s heart while Absalom was still alive in the oak tree. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.18.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And ten of Joab&#8217;s armor-bearers surrounded Absalom, struck him and killed him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.18.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.18.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and the troops stopped pursuing Israel, for Joab halted them. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.18.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">They took Absalom, threw him into a big pit in the forest and piled up a large heap of rocks over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled to their homes.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.18.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.18.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">During his lifetime Absalom had taken a pillar and erected it in the King&#8217;s Valley as a monument to himself, for he thought, &#8220;I have no son to carry on the memory of my name.&#8221; He named the pillar after himself, and it is called Absalom&#8217;s Monument to this day.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David Mourns</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.18.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.18.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Now Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, &#8220;Let me run and take the news to the king that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has vindicated him by delivering him from the hand of his enemies.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.18.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.18.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;You are not the one to take the news today,&#8221; Joab told him. &#8220;You may take the news another time, but you must not do so today, because the king&#8217;s son is dead.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.18.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.18.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then Joab said to a Cushite, &#8220;Go, tell the king what you have seen.&#8221; The Cushite bowed down before Joab and ran off.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.18.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.18.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Ahimaaz son of Zadok again said to Joab, &#8220;Come what may, please let me run behind the Cushite.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.18.22"><span class="content">But Joab replied, &#8220;My son, why do you want to go? You don&#8217;t have any news that will bring you a reward.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.18.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.18.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He said, &#8220;Come what may, I want to run.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.18.23"><span class="content">So Joab said, &#8220;Run!&#8221; Then Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">18:23 </span><span class="ft">That is, the plain of the Jordan</span></span></span><span class="content"> and outran the Cushite.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.18.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.18.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">While David was sitting between the inner and outer gates, the watchman went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall. As he looked out, he saw a man running alone. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.18.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The watchman called out to the king and reported it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.18.25"><span class="content">The king said, &#8220;If he is alone, he must have good news.&#8221; And the runner came closer and closer.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.18.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.18.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then the watchman saw another runner, and he called down to the gatekeeper, &#8220;Look, another man running alone!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.18.26"><span class="content">The king said, &#8220;He must be bringing good news, too.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.18.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.18.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The watchman said, &#8220;It seems to me that the first one runs like Ahimaaz son of Zadok.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.18.27"><span class="content">&#8220;He&#8217;s a good man,&#8221; the king said. &#8220;He comes with good news.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.18.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="2SA.18.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then Ahimaaz called out to the king, &#8220;All is well!&#8221; He bowed down before the king with his face to the ground and said, &#8220;Praise be to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God! He has delivered up those who lifted their hands against my lord the king.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="2SA.18.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2SA.18.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The king asked, &#8220;Is the young man Absalom safe?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2SA.18.29"><span class="content">Ahimaaz answered, &#8220;I saw great confusion just as Joab was about to send the king&#8217;s servant and me, your servant, but I don&#8217;t know what it was.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2SA.18.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="2SA.18.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The king said, &#8220;Stand aside and wait here.&#8221; So he stepped aside and stood there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="2SA.18.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="2SA.18.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Then the Cushite arrived and said, &#8220;My lord the king, hear the good news! The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has vindicated you today by delivering you from the hand of all who rose up against you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="2SA.18.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="2SA.18.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The king asked the Cushite, &#8220;Is the young man Absalom safe?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="2SA.18.32"><span class="content">The Cushite replied, &#8220;May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up to harm you be like that young man.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="2SA.18.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="2SA.18.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The king was shaken. He went up to the room over the gateway and wept. As he went, he said: &#8220;O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you&#8212;O Absalom, my son, my son!&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">18:33 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts this verse (18:33) is numbered 19:1.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Joab was told, &#8220;The king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And for the whole army the victory that day was turned into mourning, because on that day the troops heard it said, &#8220;The king is grieving for his son.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The men stole into the city that day as men steal in who are ashamed when they flee from battle. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The king covered his face and cried aloud, &#8220;O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.19.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then Joab went into the house to the king and said, &#8220;Today you have humiliated all your men, who have just saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters and the lives of your wives and concubines. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You love those who hate you and hate those who love you. You have made it clear today that the commanders and their men mean nothing to you. I see that you would be pleased if Absalom were alive today and all of us were dead. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Now go out and encourage your men. I swear by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that if you don&#8217;t go out, not a man will be left with you by nightfall. This will be worse for you than all the calamities that have come on you from your youth till now.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.19.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So the king got up and took his seat in the gateway. When the men were told, &#8220;The king is sitting in the gateway,&#8221; they all came before him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.19.8"><span class="content">Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled to their homes.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David Returns to Jerusalem</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.19.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Throughout the tribes of Israel, all the people were arguing among themselves, saying, &#8220;The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies; he is the one who rescued us from the hand of the Philistines. But now he has fled the country to escape from Absalom; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and Absalom, whom we anointed to rule over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.19.10"></span></div>
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         <div class="label">20</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Empty Tomb</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, &#8220;They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don&#8217;t know where they have put him!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.20.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus&#8217; head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">(They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.) </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.20.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then the disciples went back to where they were staying.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.20.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.20.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.20.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus&#8217; body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.20.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.20.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They asked her, &#8220;Woman, why are you crying?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.20.13"><span class="content">&#8220;They have taken my Lord away,&#8221; she said, &#8220;and I don&#8217;t know where they have put him.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.20.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.20.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.20.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He asked her, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.20.15"><span class="content">Thinking he was the gardener, she said, &#8220;Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.20.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.20.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Jesus said to her, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Mary.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.20.16"><span class="content">She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, &#8220;Rabboni!&#8221; (which means &#8220;Teacher&#8221;).</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.20.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.20.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, &#8216;I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.20.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.20.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: &#8220;I have seen the Lord!&#8221; And she told them that he had said these things to her.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Appears to His Disciples</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.20.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.20.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Peace be with you!&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.20.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.20.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.20.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Again Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.20.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">And with that he breathed on them and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Receive the Holy Spirit.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.20.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If you forgive anyone&#8217;s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Appears to Thomas</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.20.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.20.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Now Thomas (also known as Didymus</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">20:24 </span><span class="fq">Thomas </span><span class="ft">(Aramaic) and </span><span class="fq">Didymus </span><span class="ft">(Greek) both mean </span><span class="fqa">twin.</span></span></span><span class="content">), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.20.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">So the other disciples told him, &#8220;We have seen the Lord!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.20.25"><span class="content">But he said to them, &#8220;Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.20.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.20.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Peace be with you!&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.20.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Then he said to Thomas, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.20.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.20.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Thomas said to him, &#8220;My Lord and my God!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.20.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.20.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Then Jesus told him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Purpose of John&#8217;s Gospel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.20.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.20.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.20.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">But these are written that you may believe</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">20:31 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">may continue to believe</span></span></span><span class="content"> that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch119" data-usfm="PSA.119.156+PSA.119.157+PSA.119.158+PSA.119.159+PSA.119.160+PSA.119.161+PSA.119.162+PSA.119.163+PSA.119.164+PSA.119.165+PSA.119.166+PSA.119.167+PSA.119.168+PSA.119.169+PSA.119.170+PSA.119.171+PSA.119.172+PSA.119.173+PSA.119.174+PSA.119.175+PSA.119.176">
         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v156" data-usfm="PSA.119.156"><span class="label">156</span><span class="content">Your compassion, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, is great;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v156" data-usfm="PSA.119.156"><span class="content">preserve my life according to your laws.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v156" data-usfm="PSA.119.156"></span><span class="verse v157" data-usfm="PSA.119.157"><span class="label">157</span><span class="content">Many are the foes who persecute me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v157" data-usfm="PSA.119.157"><span class="content">but I have not turned from your statutes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v157" data-usfm="PSA.119.157"></span><span class="verse v158" data-usfm="PSA.119.158"><span class="label">158</span><span class="content">I look on the faithless with loathing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v158" data-usfm="PSA.119.158"><span class="content">for they do not obey your word.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v158" data-usfm="PSA.119.158"></span><span class="verse v159" data-usfm="PSA.119.159"><span class="label">159</span><span class="content">See how I love your precepts;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v159" data-usfm="PSA.119.159"><span class="content">preserve my life, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, in accordance with your love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v159" data-usfm="PSA.119.159"></span><span class="verse v160" data-usfm="PSA.119.160"><span class="label">160</span><span class="content">All your words are true;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v160" data-usfm="PSA.119.160"><span class="content">all your righteous laws are eternal.</span></span></div><div class="qa"><span class="heading">&#1513; Sin and Shin</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v160" data-usfm="PSA.119.160"></span><span class="verse v161" data-usfm="PSA.119.161"><span class="label">161</span><span class="content">Rulers persecute me without cause,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v161" data-usfm="PSA.119.161"><span class="content">but my heart trembles at your word.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v161" data-usfm="PSA.119.161"></span><span class="verse v162" data-usfm="PSA.119.162"><span class="label">162</span><span class="content">I rejoice in your promise</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v162" data-usfm="PSA.119.162"><span class="content">like one who finds great spoil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v162" data-usfm="PSA.119.162"></span><span class="verse v163" data-usfm="PSA.119.163"><span class="label">163</span><span class="content">I hate and detest falsehood</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v163" data-usfm="PSA.119.163"><span class="content">but I love your law.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v163" data-usfm="PSA.119.163"></span><span class="verse v164" data-usfm="PSA.119.164"><span class="label">164</span><span class="content">Seven times a day I praise you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v164" data-usfm="PSA.119.164"><span class="content">for your righteous laws.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v164" data-usfm="PSA.119.164"></span><span class="verse v165" data-usfm="PSA.119.165"><span class="label">165</span><span class="content">Great peace have those who love your law,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v165" data-usfm="PSA.119.165"><span class="content">and nothing can make them stumble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v165" data-usfm="PSA.119.165"></span><span class="verse v166" data-usfm="PSA.119.166"><span class="label">166</span><span class="content">I wait for your salvation, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v166" data-usfm="PSA.119.166"><span class="content">and I follow your commands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v166" data-usfm="PSA.119.166"></span><span class="verse v167" data-usfm="PSA.119.167"><span class="label">167</span><span class="content">I obey your statutes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v167" data-usfm="PSA.119.167"><span class="content">for I love them greatly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v167" data-usfm="PSA.119.167"></span><span class="verse v168" data-usfm="PSA.119.168"><span class="label">168</span><span class="content">I obey your precepts and your statutes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v168" data-usfm="PSA.119.168"><span class="content">for all my ways are known to you.</span></span></div><div class="qa"><span class="heading">&#1514; Taw</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v168" data-usfm="PSA.119.168"></span><span class="verse v169" data-usfm="PSA.119.169"><span class="label">169</span><span class="content">May my cry come before you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v169" data-usfm="PSA.119.169"><span class="content">give me understanding according to your word.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v169" data-usfm="PSA.119.169"></span><span class="verse v170" data-usfm="PSA.119.170"><span class="label">170</span><span class="content">May my supplication come before you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v170" data-usfm="PSA.119.170"><span class="content">deliver me according to your promise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v170" data-usfm="PSA.119.170"></span><span class="verse v171" data-usfm="PSA.119.171"><span class="label">171</span><span class="content">May my lips overflow with praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v171" data-usfm="PSA.119.171"><span class="content">for you teach me your decrees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v171" data-usfm="PSA.119.171"></span><span class="verse v172" data-usfm="PSA.119.172"><span class="label">172</span><span class="content">May my tongue sing of your word,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v172" data-usfm="PSA.119.172"><span class="content">for all your commands are righteous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v172" data-usfm="PSA.119.172"></span><span class="verse v173" data-usfm="PSA.119.173"><span class="label">173</span><span class="content">May your hand be ready to help me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v173" data-usfm="PSA.119.173"><span class="content">for I have chosen your precepts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v173" data-usfm="PSA.119.173"></span><span class="verse v174" data-usfm="PSA.119.174"><span class="label">174</span><span class="content">I long for your salvation, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v174" data-usfm="PSA.119.174"><span class="content">and your law gives me delight.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v174" data-usfm="PSA.119.174"></span><span class="verse v175" data-usfm="PSA.119.175"><span class="label">175</span><span class="content">Let me live that I may praise you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v175" data-usfm="PSA.119.175"><span class="content">and may your laws sustain me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v175" data-usfm="PSA.119.175"></span><span class="verse v176" data-usfm="PSA.119.176"><span class="label">176</span><span class="content">I have strayed like a lost sheep.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v176" data-usfm="PSA.119.176"><span class="content">Seek your servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v176" data-usfm="PSA.119.176"><span class="content">for I have not forgotten your commands.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">A king&#8217;s wrath is a messenger of death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.16.14"><span class="content">but the wise will appease it.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.16.14"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.16.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When a king&#8217;s face brightens, it means life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.16.15"><span class="content">his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.16.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.16.15"></span></div>
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