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         <div class="label">19</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Job</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Job replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.19.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;How long will you torment me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.19.2"><span class="content">and crush me with words?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.19.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Ten times now you have reproached me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.19.3"><span class="content">shamelessly you attack me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.19.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">If it is true that I have gone astray,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.19.4"><span class="content">my error remains my concern alone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.19.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.19.5"><span class="content">and use my humiliation against me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.19.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">then know that God has wronged me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.19.6"><span class="content">and drawn his net around me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.19.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Though I cry, &#8216;Violence!&#8217; I get no response;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.19.7"><span class="content">though I call for help, there is no justice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.19.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.19.8"><span class="content">he has shrouded my paths in darkness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.19.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He has stripped me of my honor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.19.9"><span class="content">and removed the crown from my head.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.19.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He tears me down on every side till I am gone;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.19.10"><span class="content">he uproots my hope like a tree.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.19.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">His anger burns against me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.19.11"><span class="content">he counts me among his enemies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.19.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">His troops advance in force;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.19.12"><span class="content">they build a siege ramp against me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.19.12"><span class="content">and encamp around my tent.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.19.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;He has alienated my family from me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.19.13"><span class="content">my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.19.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">My relatives have gone away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.19.14"><span class="content">my closest friends have forgotten me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.19.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">My guests and my female servants count me a foreigner;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.19.15"><span class="content">they look on me as on a stranger.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.19.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I summon my servant, but he does not answer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.19.16"><span class="content">though I beg him with my own mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.19.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">My breath is offensive to my wife;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.19.17"><span class="content">I am loathsome to my own family.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.19.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Even the little boys scorn me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.19.18"><span class="content">when I appear, they ridicule me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.19.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">All my intimate friends detest me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.19.19"><span class="content">those I love have turned against me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.19.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I am nothing but skin and bones;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.19.20"><span class="content">I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">only by my gums</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.19.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Have pity on me, my friends, have pity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.19.21"><span class="content">for the hand of God has struck me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.19.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.19.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Why do you pursue me as God does?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.19.22"><span class="content">Will you never get enough of my flesh?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.19.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.19.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;Oh, that my words were recorded,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.19.23"><span class="content">that they were written on a scroll,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.19.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.19.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">that they were inscribed with an iron tool on</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:24 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and</span></span></span><span class="content"> lead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.19.24"><span class="content">or engraved in rock forever!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.19.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.19.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">I know that my redeemer</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:25 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">vindicator</span></span></span><span class="content"> lives,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.19.25"><span class="content">and that in the end he will stand on the earth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:25 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">on my grave</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.19.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.19.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">And after my skin has been destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.19.26"><span class="content">yet</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / then</span></span></span><span class="content"> in</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">destroyed, / apart from</span></span></span><span class="content"> my flesh I will see God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.19.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.19.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">I myself will see him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.19.27"><span class="content">with my own eyes&#8212;I, and not another.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.19.27"><span class="content">How my heart yearns within me!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.19.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.19.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;If you say, &#8216;How we will hound him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.19.28"><span class="content">since the root of the trouble lies in him,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:28 </span><span class="ft">Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">me</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.19.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.19.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">you should fear the sword yourselves;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.19.29"><span class="content">for wrath will bring punishment by the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.19.29"><span class="content">and then you will know that there is judgment.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:29 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">sword, / that you may come to know the Almighty</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkJOB">
      <div class="chapter ch20" data-usfm="JOB.20">
         <div class="label">20</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Zophar</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.20.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.20.2"><span class="content">because I am greatly disturbed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.20.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I hear a rebuke that dishonors me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.20.3"><span class="content">and my understanding inspires me to reply.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.20.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Surely you know how it has been from of old,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.20.4"><span class="content">ever since mankind</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Adam</span></span></span><span class="content"> was placed on the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.20.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">that the mirth of the wicked is brief,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.20.5"><span class="content">the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.20.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Though the pride of the godless person reaches to the heavens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.20.6"><span class="content">and his head touches the clouds,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.20.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">he will perish forever, like his own dung;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.20.7"><span class="content">those who have seen him will say, &#8216;Where is he?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.20.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Like a dream he flies away, no more to be found,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.20.8"><span class="content">banished like a vision of the night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.20.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The eye that saw him will not see him again;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.20.9"><span class="content">his place will look on him no more.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.20.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.20.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">His children must make amends to the poor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.20.10"><span class="content">his own hands must give back his wealth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.20.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.20.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The youthful vigor that fills his bones</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.20.11"><span class="content">will lie with him in the dust.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.20.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.20.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Though evil is sweet in his mouth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.20.12"><span class="content">and he hides it under his tongue,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.20.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.20.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">though he cannot bear to let it go</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.20.13"><span class="content">and lets it linger in his mouth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.20.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.20.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">yet his food will turn sour in his stomach;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.20.14"><span class="content">it will become the venom of serpents within him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.20.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.20.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He will spit out the riches he swallowed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.20.15"><span class="content">God will make his stomach vomit them up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.20.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.20.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He will suck the poison of serpents;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.20.16"><span class="content">the fangs of an adder will kill him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.20.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.20.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He will not enjoy the streams,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.20.17"><span class="content">the rivers flowing with honey and cream.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.20.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.20.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">What he toiled for he must give back uneaten;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.20.18"><span class="content">he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.20.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.20.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.20.19"><span class="content">he has seized houses he did not build.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.20.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.20.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Surely he will have no respite from his craving;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.20.20"><span class="content">he cannot save himself by his treasure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.20.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.20.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Nothing is left for him to devour;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.20.21"><span class="content">his prosperity will not endure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.20.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.20.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.20.22"><span class="content">the full force of misery will come upon him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.20.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.20.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When he has filled his belly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.20.23"><span class="content">God will vent his burning anger against him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.20.23"><span class="content">and rain down his blows on him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.20.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.20.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Though he flees from an iron weapon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.20.24"><span class="content">a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.20.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.20.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He pulls it out of his back,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.20.25"><span class="content">the gleaming point out of his liver.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.20.25"><span class="content">Terrors will come over him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.20.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.20.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">total darkness lies in wait for his treasures.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.20.26"><span class="content">A fire unfanned will consume him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.20.26"><span class="content">and devour what is left in his tent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.20.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.20.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The heavens will expose his guilt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.20.27"><span class="content">the earth will rise up against him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.20.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.20.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A flood will carry off his house,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.20.28"><span class="content">rushing waters</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:28 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">The possessions in his house will be carried off, / washed away</span></span></span><span class="content"> on the day of God&#8217;s wrath.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.20.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.20.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Such is the fate God allots the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.20.29"><span class="content">the heritage appointed for them by God.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">15</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Lost Sheep</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, &#8220;This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.15.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then Jesus told them this parable: </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn&#8217;t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, &#8216;Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Lost Coin</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.15.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">15:8 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fqa">ten drachmas, </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">each worth about a day&#8217;s wages</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and loses one. Doesn&#8217;t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, &#8216;Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.15.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Lost Son</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.15.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.15.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Jesus continued: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;There was a man who had two sons.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.15.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The younger one said to his father, &#8216;Father, give me my share of the estate.&#8217; So he divided his property between them.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.15.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.15.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.15.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.15.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.15.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.15.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.15.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When he came to his senses, he said, &#8216;How many of my father&#8217;s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.15.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.15.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.15.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So he got up and went to his father.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.15.20"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.15.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.15.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The son said to him, &#8216;Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.15.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.15.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But the father said to his servants, &#8216;Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.15.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let&#8217;s have a feast and celebrate.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.15.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.&#8217; So they began to celebrate.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.15.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.15.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.15.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.15.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;Your brother has come,&#8217; he replied, &#8216;and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.15.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.15.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.15.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But he answered his father, &#8216;Look! All these years I&#8217;ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.15.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.15.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.15.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;My son,&#8217; the father said, &#8216;you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.15.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Angel and the Little Scroll</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He was holding a little scroll, which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion. When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders spoke. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven say, &#8220;Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And he swore by him who lives for ever and ever, who created the heavens and all that is in them, the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it, and said, &#8220;There will be no more delay! </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.10.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me once more: &#8220;Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, &#8220;Take it and eat it. It will turn your stomach sour, but &#8216;in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:9 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" data-usfm="EZK.3.3">Ezek. 3:3</span></span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I took the little scroll from the angel&#8217;s hand and ate it. It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then I was told, &#8220;You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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