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         <div class="label">26</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Firstfruits and Tithes</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="DEU.26.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When you have entered the land the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God is giving you as an inheritance and have taken possession of it and settled in it, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DEU.26.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">take some of the firstfruits of all that you produce from the soil of the land the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="DEU.26.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and say to the priest in office at the time, &#8220;I declare today to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God that I have come to the land the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> swore to our ancestors to give us.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="DEU.26.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The priest shall take the basket from your hands and set it down in front of the altar of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="DEU.26.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then you shall declare before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God: &#8220;My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down into Egypt with a few people and lived there and became a great nation, powerful and numerous. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="DEU.26.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But the Egyptians mistreated us and made us suffer, subjecting us to harsh labor. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DEU.26.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then we cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of our ancestors, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> heard our voice and saw our misery, toil and oppression. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DEU.26.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror and with signs and wonders. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DEU.26.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DEU.26.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and now I bring the firstfruits of the soil that you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, have given me.&#8221; Place the basket before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God and bow down before him. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DEU.26.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then you and the Levites and the foreigners residing among you shall rejoice in all the good things the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God has given to you and your household.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DEU.26.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DEU.26.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When you have finished setting aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you shall give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="DEU.26.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then say to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God: &#8220;I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, according to all you commanded. I have not turned aside from your commands nor have I forgotten any of them. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="DEU.26.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while I was in mourning, nor have I removed any of it while I was unclean, nor have I offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God; I have done everything you commanded me. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="DEU.26.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Look down from heaven, your holy dwelling place, and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us as you promised on oath to our ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Follow the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Commands</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="DEU.26.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DEU.26.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God commands you this day to follow these decrees and laws; carefully observe them with all your heart and with all your soul. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DEU.26.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">You have declared this day that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is your God and that you will walk in obedience to him, that you will keep his decrees, commands and laws&#8212;that you will listen to him. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="DEU.26.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has declared this day that you are his people, his treasured possession as he promised, and that you are to keep all his commands. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="DEU.26.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He has declared that he will set you in praise, fame and honor high above all the nations he has made and that you will be a people holy to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God, as he promised.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">27</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Altar on Mount Ebal</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="DEU.27.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: &#8220;Keep all these commands that I give you today. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DEU.27.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When you have crossed the Jordan into the land the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God is giving you, set up some large stones and coat them with plaster. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="DEU.27.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of your ancestors, promised you. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="DEU.27.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And when you have crossed the Jordan, set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I command you today, and coat them with plaster. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="DEU.27.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Build there an altar to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God, an altar of stones. Do not use any iron tool on them. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="DEU.27.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Build the altar of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God with fieldstones and offer burnt offerings on it to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DEU.27.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Sacrifice fellowship offerings there, eating them and rejoicing in the presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DEU.27.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And you shall write very clearly all the words of this law on these stones you have set up.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Curses From Mount Ebal</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DEU.27.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DEU.27.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then Moses and the Levitical priests said to all Israel, &#8220;Be silent, Israel, and listen! You have now become the people of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DEU.27.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Obey the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God and follow his commands and decrees that I give you today.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DEU.27.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DEU.27.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">On the same day Moses commanded the people:</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DEU.27.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DEU.27.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph and Benjamin. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="DEU.27.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to pronounce curses: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="DEU.27.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="DEU.27.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The Levites shall recite to all the people of Israel in a loud voice:</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="DEU.27.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="DEU.27.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who makes an idol&#8212;a thing detestable to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the work of skilled hands&#8212;and sets it up in secret.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="DEU.27.15"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="DEU.27.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DEU.27.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who dishonors their father or mother.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DEU.27.16"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DEU.27.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DEU.27.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who moves their neighbor&#8217;s boundary stone.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DEU.27.17"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DEU.27.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="DEU.27.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who leads the blind astray on the road.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="DEU.27.18"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="DEU.27.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="DEU.27.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="DEU.27.19"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="DEU.27.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="DEU.27.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father&#8217;s wife, for he dishonors his father&#8217;s bed.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="DEU.27.20"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="DEU.27.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="DEU.27.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who has sexual relations with any animal.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="DEU.27.21"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="DEU.27.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="DEU.27.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="DEU.27.22"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="DEU.27.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="DEU.27.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his mother-in-law.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="DEU.27.23"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="DEU.27.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="DEU.27.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who kills their neighbor secretly.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="DEU.27.24"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="DEU.27.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DEU.27.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DEU.27.25"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DEU.27.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DEU.27.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DEU.27.26"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A wise son heeds his father&#8217;s instruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.13.1"><span class="content">but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.13.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.13.2"><span class="content">but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Those who guard their lips preserve their lives,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.13.3"><span class="content">but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A sluggard&#8217;s appetite is never filled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.13.4"><span class="content">but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The righteous hate what is false,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="content">but the wicked make themselves a stench</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="content">and bring shame on themselves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Righteousness guards the person of integrity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.13.6"><span class="content">but wickedness overthrows the sinner.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.13.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.13.7"><span class="content">another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A person&#8217;s riches may ransom their life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.13.8"><span class="content">but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.13.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The light of the righteous shines brightly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.13.9"><span class="content">but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.13.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Where there is strife, there is pride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.13.10"><span class="content">but wisdom is found in those who take advice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.13.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Dishonest money dwindles away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.13.11"><span class="content">but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.13.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Hope deferred makes the heart sick,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.13.12"><span class="content">but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.13.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Whoever scorns instruction will pay for it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.13.13"><span class="content">but whoever respects a command is rewarded.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.13.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.13.14"><span class="content">turning a person from the snares of death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.13.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Good judgment wins favor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.13.15"><span class="content">but the way of the unfaithful leads to their destruction.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:15 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.13.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">All who are prudent act with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">prudent protect themselves through</span></span></span><span class="content"> knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.13.16"><span class="content">but fools expose their folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.13.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A wicked messenger falls into trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.13.17"><span class="content">but a trustworthy envoy brings healing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.13.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.13.18"><span class="content">but whoever heeds correction is honored.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.13.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.13.19"><span class="content">but fools detest turning from evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.13.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Walk with the wise and become wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.13.20"><span class="content">for a companion of fools suffers harm.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.13.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Trouble pursues the sinner,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.13.21"><span class="content">but the righteous are rewarded with good things.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.13.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">A good person leaves an inheritance for their children&#8217;s children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.13.22"><span class="content">but a sinner&#8217;s wealth is stored up for the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.13.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">An unplowed field produces food for the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.13.23"><span class="content">but injustice sweeps it away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.13.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Whoever spares the rod hates their children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.13.24"><span class="content">but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.13.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The righteous eat to their hearts&#8217; content,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.13.25"><span class="content">but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry.</span></span></div><div class="b"></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="content">  </span><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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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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