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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">So God led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">13:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Sea of Reeds</span></span></span><span class="content"> The Israelites went up out of Egypt ready for battle.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.13.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the Israelites swear an oath. He had said, &#8220;God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up with you from this place.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">13:19 </span><span class="ft">See <span class="ref" usfm="GEN.50.25">Gen. 50:25</span>.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.13.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">After leaving Sukkoth they camped at Etham on the edge of the desert. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">By day the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">14</div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp near Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. They are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal Zephon. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Pharaoh will think, &#8216;The Israelites are wandering around the land in confusion, hemmed in by the desert.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And I will harden Pharaoh&#8217;s heart, and he will pursue them. But I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221; So the Israelites did this.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.14.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, &#8220;What have we done? We have let the Israelites go and have lost their services!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So he had his chariot made ready and took his army with him. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He took six hundred of the best chariots, along with all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out boldly. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The Egyptians&#8212;all Pharaoh&#8217;s horses and chariots, horsemen</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">14:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">charioteers</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 17, 18, 23, 26 and 28</span></span></span><span class="content"> and troops&#8212;pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi Hahiroth, opposite Baal Zephon.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.14.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They said to Moses, &#8220;Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Didn&#8217;t we say to you in Egypt, &#8216;Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians&#8217;? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.14.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Moses answered the people, &#8220;Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will fight for you; you need only to be still.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.14.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, &#8220;Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. And I will gain glory through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The Egyptians will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> when I gain glory through Pharaoh, his chariots and his horsemen.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.14.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then the angel of God, who had been traveling in front of Israel&#8217;s army, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front and stood behind them, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel. Throughout the night the cloud brought darkness to the one side and light to the other side; so neither went near the other all night long.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.14.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided, </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.14.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.14.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EXO.14.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh&#8217;s horses and chariots and horsemen followed them into the sea. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EXO.14.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">During the last watch of the night the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EXO.14.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He jammed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">14:25 </span><span class="ft">See Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint and Syriac; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">removed</span></span></span><span class="content"> the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, &#8220;Let&#8217;s get away from the Israelites! The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is fighting for them against Egypt.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EXO.14.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EXO.14.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, &#8220;Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EXO.14.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place. The Egyptians were fleeing toward</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">14:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">from</span></span></span><span class="content"> it, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> swept them into the sea. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EXO.14.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen&#8212;the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EXO.14.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EXO.14.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EXO.14.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">That day the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EXO.14.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and put their trust in him and in Moses his servant.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.15.1"><span class="content">&#8220;I will sing to the </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="EXO.15.1"><span class="content">for he is highly exalted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.15.1"><span class="content">Both horse and driver</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.15.1"><span class="content">he has hurled into the sea.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.15.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.15.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is my strength and my defense</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">15:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">song</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.15.2"><span class="content">he has become my salvation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.15.2"><span class="content">He is my God, and I will praise him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.15.2"><span class="content">my father&#8217;s God, and I will exalt him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.15.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is a warrior;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.15.3"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is his name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.15.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Pharaoh&#8217;s chariots and his army</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.15.4"><span class="content">he has hurled into the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.15.4"><span class="content">The best of Pharaoh&#8217;s officers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.15.4"><span class="content">are drowned in the Red Sea.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">15:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Sea of Reeds</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 22</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.15.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The deep waters have covered them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.15.5"><span class="content">they sank to the depths like a stone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.15.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Your right hand, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.15.6"><span class="content">was majestic in power.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.15.6"><span class="content">Your right hand, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.15.6"><span class="content">shattered the enemy.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.15.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.15.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;In the greatness of your majesty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.15.7"><span class="content">you threw down those who opposed you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.15.7"><span class="content">You unleashed your burning anger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.15.7"><span class="content">it consumed them like stubble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.15.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">By the blast of your nostrils</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.15.8"><span class="content">the waters piled up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.15.8"><span class="content">The surging waters stood up like a wall;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.15.8"><span class="content">the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.15.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The enemy boasted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.15.9"><span class="content">&#8216;I will pursue, I will overtake them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.15.9"><span class="content">I will divide the spoils;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.15.9"><span class="content">I will gorge myself on them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.15.9"><span class="content">I will draw my sword</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.15.9"><span class="content">and my hand will destroy them.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.15.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.15.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But you blew with your breath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.15.10"><span class="content">and the sea covered them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.15.10"><span class="content">They sank like lead</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.15.10"><span class="content">in the mighty waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.15.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.15.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Who among the gods</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.15.11"><span class="content">is like you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.15.11"><span class="content">Who is like you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.15.11"><span class="content">majestic in holiness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.15.11"><span class="content">awesome in glory,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.15.11"><span class="content">working wonders?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.15.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.15.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.15.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;You stretch out your right hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.15.12"><span class="content">and the earth swallows your enemies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.15.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.15.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">In your unfailing love you will lead</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.15.13"><span class="content">the people you have redeemed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.15.13"><span class="content">In your strength you will guide them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.15.13"><span class="content">to your holy dwelling.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.15.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.15.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The nations will hear and tremble;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.15.14"><span class="content">anguish will grip the people of Philistia.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.15.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.15.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The chiefs of Edom will be terrified,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.15.15"><span class="content">the leaders of Moab will be seized with trembling,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.15.15"><span class="content">the people</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">15:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">rulers</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Canaan will melt away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.15.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.15.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">terror and dread will fall on them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.15.16"><span class="content">By the power of your arm</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.15.16"><span class="content">they will be as still as a stone&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.15.16"><span class="content">until your people pass by, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.15.16"><span class="content">until the people you bought</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">15:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">created</span></span></span><span class="content"> pass by.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.15.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.15.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">You will bring them in and plant them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.15.17"><span class="content">on the mountain of your inheritance&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.15.17"><span class="content">the place, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you made for your dwelling,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.15.17"><span class="content">the sanctuary, Lord, your hands established.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.15.17"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.15.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.15.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> reigns</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.15.18"><span class="content">for ever and ever.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.15.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.15.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">When Pharaoh&#8217;s horses, chariots and horsemen</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">15:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">charioteers</span></span></span><span class="content"> went into the sea, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brought the waters of the sea back over them, but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground. </span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch21" data-usfm="MAT.21.23+MAT.21.24+MAT.21.25+MAT.21.26+MAT.21.27+MAT.21.28+MAT.21.29+MAT.21.30+MAT.21.31+MAT.21.32+MAT.21.33+MAT.21.34+MAT.21.35+MAT.21.36+MAT.21.37+MAT.21.38+MAT.21.39+MAT.21.40+MAT.21.41+MAT.21.42+MAT.21.43+MAT.21.44+MAT.21.45+MAT.21.46">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.21.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Jesus entered the temple courts, and, while he was teaching, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him. &#8220;By what authority are you doing these things?&#8221; they asked. &#8220;And who gave you this authority?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.21.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.21.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I will also ask you one question. If you answer me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.21.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">John&#8217;s baptism&#8212;where did it come from? Was it from heaven, or of human origin?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.21.25"><span class="content">They discussed it among themselves and said, &#8220;If we say, &#8216;From heaven,&#8217; he will ask, &#8216;Then why didn&#8217;t you believe him?&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.21.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">But if we say, &#8216;Of human origin&#8217;&#8212;we are afraid of the people, for they all hold that John was a prophet.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.21.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.21.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">So they answered Jesus, &#8220;We don&#8217;t know.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.21.27"><span class="content">Then he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Two Sons</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.21.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.21.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, &#8216;Son, go and work today in the vineyard.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.21.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.21.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;I will not,&#8217; he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.21.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.21.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, &#8216;I will, sir,&#8217; but he did not go.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.21.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.21.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Which of the two did what his father wanted?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.21.31"><span class="content">&#8220;The first,&#8221; they answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.21.31"><span class="content">Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.21.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Tenants</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.21.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.21.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.21.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.21.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MAT.21.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MAT.21.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MAT.21.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Last of all, he sent his son to them. &#8216;They will respect my son,&#8217; he said.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MAT.21.37"></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MAT.21.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, &#8216;This is the heir. Come, let&#8217;s kill him and take his inheritance.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MAT.21.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MAT.21.39"></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MAT.21.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MAT.21.40"></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MAT.21.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">&#8220;He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,&#8221; they replied, &#8220;and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MAT.21.41"></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.21.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Have you never read in the Scriptures:</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.21.42"><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The stone the builders rejected</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.21.42"><span class="wj"><span class="content">has become the cornerstone;</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.21.42"><span class="wj"><span class="content">the Lord has done this,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.21.42"><span class="wj"><span class="content">and it is marvelous in our eyes&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">21:42 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.118.22">Psalm 118:22</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="PSA.118.23">23</span> </span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">?</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.21.42"></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="MAT.21.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MAT.21.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.&#8221;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">21:44 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts do not have verse 44.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MAT.21.44"></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="MAT.21.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus&#8217; parables, they knew he was talking about them. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="MAT.21.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkPSA">
      <div class="chapter ch26" data-usfm="PSA.26">
         <div class="label">26</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 26</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.26.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Vindicate me, </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.26.1"><span class="content">for I have led a blameless life;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.26.1"><span class="content">I have trusted in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.26.1"><span class="content">and have not faltered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.26.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.26.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Test me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and try me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.26.2"><span class="content">examine my heart and my mind;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.26.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.26.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.26.3"><span class="content">and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.26.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.26.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.26.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I do not sit with the deceitful,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.26.4"><span class="content">nor do I associate with hypocrites.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.26.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.26.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I abhor the assembly of evildoers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.26.5"><span class="content">and refuse to sit with the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.26.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.26.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I wash my hands in innocence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.26.6"><span class="content">and go about your altar, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.26.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.26.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">proclaiming aloud your praise</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.26.7"><span class="content">and telling of all your wonderful deeds.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.26.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.26.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.26.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I love the house where you live,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.26.8"><span class="content">the place where your glory dwells.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.26.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.26.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do not take away my soul along with sinners,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.26.9"><span class="content">my life with those who are bloodthirsty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.26.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.26.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">in whose hands are wicked schemes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.26.10"><span class="content">whose right hands are full of bribes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.26.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.26.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I lead a blameless life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.26.11"><span class="content">deliver me and be merciful to me.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.26.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.26.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.26.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">My feet stand on level ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.26.12"><span class="content">in the great congregation I will praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch6" data-usfm="PRO.6.16+PRO.6.17+PRO.6.18+PRO.6.19">
         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.6.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">There are six things the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> hates,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.6.16"><span class="content">seven that are detestable to him:</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.6.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.6.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">haughty eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.6.17"><span class="content">a lying tongue,</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.6.17"><span class="content">hands that shed innocent blood,</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.6.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.6.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">a heart that devises wicked schemes,</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.6.18"><span class="content">feet that are quick to rush into evil,</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.6.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.6.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">a false witness who pours out lies</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.6.19"><span class="content">and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.</span></span></div>
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