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         <div class="label">144</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 144</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.144.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise be to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my Rock,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.144.1"><span class="content">who trains my hands for war,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.144.1"><span class="content">my fingers for battle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.144.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.144.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He is my loving God and my fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.144.2"><span class="content">my stronghold and my deliverer,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.144.2"><span class="content">my shield, in whom I take refuge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.144.2"><span class="content">who subdues peoples</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">144:2 </span><span class="ft">Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Jerome and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">subdues my people</span></span></span><span class="content"> under me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.144.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.144.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, what are human beings that you care for them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.144.3"><span class="content">mere mortals that you think of them?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.144.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.144.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They are like a breath;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.144.4"><span class="content">their days are like a fleeting shadow.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.144.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.144.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Part your heavens, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and come down;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.144.5"><span class="content">touch the mountains, so that they smoke.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.144.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.144.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.144.6"><span class="content">shoot your arrows and rout them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.144.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.144.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Reach down your hand from on high;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.144.7"><span class="content">deliver me and rescue me</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.144.7"><span class="content">from the mighty waters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.144.7"><span class="content">from the hands of foreigners</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.144.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.144.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">whose mouths are full of lies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.144.8"><span class="content">whose right hands are deceitful.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.144.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.144.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I will sing a new song to you, my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.144.9"><span class="content">on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.144.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.144.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">to the One who gives victory to kings,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.144.10"><span class="content">who delivers his servant David.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.144.10"><span class="content">From the deadly sword </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.144.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">deliver me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.144.11"><span class="content">rescue me from the hands of foreigners</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.144.11"><span class="content">whose mouths are full of lies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.144.11"><span class="content">whose right hands are deceitful.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.144.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.144.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then our sons in their youth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.144.12"><span class="content">will be like well-nurtured plants,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.144.12"><span class="content">and our daughters will be like pillars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.144.12"><span class="content">carved to adorn a palace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.144.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.144.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Our barns will be filled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.144.13"><span class="content">with every kind of provision.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.144.13"><span class="content">Our sheep will increase by thousands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.144.13"><span class="content">by tens of thousands in our fields;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.144.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.144.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">our oxen will draw heavy loads.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">144:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">our chieftains will be firmly established</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.144.14"><span class="content">There will be no breaching of walls,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.144.14"><span class="content">no going into captivity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.144.14"><span class="content">no cry of distress in our streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.144.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.144.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Blessed is the people of whom this is true;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.144.15"><span class="content">blessed is the people whose God is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Jesus stepped into a boat, crossed over and came to his own town. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Some men brought to him a paralyzed man, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">At this, some of the teachers of the law said to themselves, &#8220;This fellow is blaspheming!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.9.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Which is easier: to say, &#8216;Your sins are forgiven,&#8217; or to say, &#8216;Get up and walk&#8217;?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> So he said to the paralyzed man, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Get up, take your mat and go home.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then the man got up and went home. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe; and they praised God, who had given such authority to man.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Calling of Matthew</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.9.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector&#8217;s booth. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Follow me,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew&#8217;s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, &#8220;Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">On hearing this, Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But go and learn what this means: &#8216;I desire mercy, not sacrifice.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:13 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" data-usfm="HOS.6.6">Hosea 6:6</span></span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Questioned About Fasting</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.9.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then John&#8217;s disciples came and asked him, &#8220;How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.9.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.9.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">While he was saying this, a synagogue leader came and knelt before him and said, &#8220;My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her, and she will live.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Jesus got up and went with him, and so did his disciples.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.9.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">She said to herself, &#8220;If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.9.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Jesus turned and saw her. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Take heart, daughter,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;your faith has healed you.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> And the woman was healed at that moment.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.9.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.9.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When Jesus entered the synagogue leader&#8217;s house and saw the noisy crowd and people playing pipes, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> But they laughed at him. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">After the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.9.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">News of this spread through all that region.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Heals the Blind and the Mute</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.9.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.9.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, &#8220;Have mercy on us, Son of David!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.9.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.9.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do you believe that I am able to do this?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.9.28"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes, Lord,&#8221; they replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.9.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.9.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Then he touched their eyes and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;According to your faith let it be done to you&#8221;;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.9.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;See that no one knows about this.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.9.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">But they went out and spread the news about him all over that region.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.9.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.9.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">While they were going out, a man who was demon-possessed and could not talk was brought to Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.9.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">And when the demon was driven out, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowd was amazed and said, &#8220;Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.9.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.9.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">But the Pharisees said, &#8220;It is by the prince of demons that he drives out demons.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Workers Are Few</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.9.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MAT.9.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MAT.9.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MAT.9.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Then he said to his disciples, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MAT.9.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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