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         <div class="label">35</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.35.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Elihu said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.35.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.35.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do you think this is just?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.35.2"><span class="content">You say, &#8216;I am in the right, not God.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.35.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.35.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Yet you ask him, &#8216;What profit is it to me,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">you</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.35.3"><span class="content">and what do I gain by not sinning?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.35.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.35.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;I would like to reply to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.35.4"><span class="content">and to your friends with you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.35.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.35.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Look up at the heavens and see;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.35.5"><span class="content">gaze at the clouds so high above you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.35.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.35.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">If you sin, how does that affect him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.35.6"><span class="content">If your sins are many, what does that do to him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.35.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.35.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">If you are righteous, what do you give to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.35.7"><span class="content">or what does he receive from your hand?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.35.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.35.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Your wickedness only affects humans like yourself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.35.8"><span class="content">and your righteousness only other people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.35.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.35.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;People cry out under a load of oppression;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.35.9"><span class="content">they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.35.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.35.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But no one says, &#8216;Where is God my Maker,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.35.10"><span class="content">who gives songs in the night,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.35.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.35.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">who teaches us more than he teaches</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:10,11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">night, / </span><span class="fv">11 </span><span class="fqa">who teaches us by</span></span></span><span class="content"> the beasts of the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.35.11"><span class="content">and makes us wiser than</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">us wise by</span></span></span><span class="content"> the birds in the sky?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.35.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.35.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He does not answer when people cry out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.35.12"><span class="content">because of the arrogance of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.35.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.35.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Indeed, God does not listen to their empty plea;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.35.13"><span class="content">the Almighty pays no attention to it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.35.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.35.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">How much less, then, will he listen</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.35.14"><span class="content">when you say that you do not see him,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.35.14"><span class="content">that your case is before him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.35.14"><span class="content">and you must wait for him,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.35.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.35.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and further, that his anger never punishes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.35.15"><span class="content">and he does not take the least notice of wickedness.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:15 </span><span class="ft">Symmachus, Theodotion and Vulgate; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.35.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.35.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So Job opens his mouth with empty talk;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.35.16"><span class="content">without knowledge he multiplies words.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">36</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.36.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Elihu continued:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.36.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.36.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Bear with me a little longer and I will show you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.36.2"><span class="content">that there is more to be said in God&#8217;s behalf.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.36.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.36.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I get my knowledge from afar;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.36.3"><span class="content">I will ascribe justice to my Maker.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.36.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.36.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Be assured that my words are not false;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.36.4"><span class="content">one who has perfect knowledge is with you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.36.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.36.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;God is mighty, but despises no one;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.36.5"><span class="content">he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.36.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.36.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He does not keep the wicked alive</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.36.6"><span class="content">but gives the afflicted their rights.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.36.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.36.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He does not take his eyes off the righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.36.7"><span class="content">he enthrones them with kings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.36.7"><span class="content">and exalts them forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.36.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.36.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But if people are bound in chains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.36.8"><span class="content">held fast by cords of affliction,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.36.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.36.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">he tells them what they have done&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.36.9"><span class="content">that they have sinned arrogantly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.36.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.36.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He makes them listen to correction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.36.10"><span class="content">and commands them to repent of their evil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.36.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.36.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If they obey and serve him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.36.11"><span class="content">they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.36.11"><span class="content">and their years in contentment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.36.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.36.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But if they do not listen,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.36.12"><span class="content">they will perish by the sword</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will cross the river</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.36.12"><span class="content">and die without knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.36.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.36.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;The godless in heart harbor resentment;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.36.13"><span class="content">even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.36.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.36.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They die in their youth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.36.14"><span class="content">among male prostitutes of the shrines.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.36.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.36.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.36.15"><span class="content">he speaks to them in their affliction.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.36.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.36.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;He is wooing you from the jaws of distress</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.36.16"><span class="content">to a spacious place free from restriction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.36.16"><span class="content">to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.36.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.36.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.36.17"><span class="content">judgment and justice have taken hold of you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.36.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.36.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Be careful that no one entices you by riches;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.36.18"><span class="content">do not let a large bribe turn you aside.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.36.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.36.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Would your wealth or even all your mighty efforts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.36.19"><span class="content">sustain you so you would not be in distress?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.36.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.36.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Do not long for the night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.36.20"><span class="content">to drag people away from their homes.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:20 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for verses 18-20 is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.36.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.36.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Beware of turning to evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.36.21"><span class="content">which you seem to prefer to affliction.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.36.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.36.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;God is exalted in his power.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.36.22"><span class="content">Who is a teacher like him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.36.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.36.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Who has prescribed his ways for him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.36.23"><span class="content">or said to him, &#8216;You have done wrong&#8217;?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.36.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.36.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Remember to extol his work,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.36.24"><span class="content">which people have praised in song.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.36.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.36.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">All humanity has seen it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.36.25"><span class="content">mortals gaze on it from afar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.36.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.36.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">How great is God&#8212;beyond our understanding!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.36.26"><span class="content">The number of his years is past finding out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.36.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.36.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;He draws up the drops of water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.36.27"><span class="content">which distill as rain to the streams</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">distill from the mist as rain</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.36.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.36.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">the clouds pour down their moisture</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.36.28"><span class="content">and abundant showers fall on mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.36.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.36.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.36.29"><span class="content">how he thunders from his pavilion?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.36.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.36.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">See how he scatters his lightning about him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.36.30"><span class="content">bathing the depths of the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.36.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.36.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">This is the way he governs</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:31 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">nourishes</span></span></span><span class="content"> the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.36.31"><span class="content">and provides food in abundance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.36.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.36.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">He fills his hands with lightning</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.36.32"><span class="content">and commands it to strike its mark.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.36.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.36.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">His thunder announces the coming storm;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.36.33"><span class="content">even the cattle make known its approach.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:33 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">announces his coming&#8212; / the One zealous against evil</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">24</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Has Risen</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, &#8220;Why do you look for the living among the dead? </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.24.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> &#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then they remembered his words.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.24.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.24.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.24.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">On the Road to Emmaus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.24.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.24.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:13 </span><span class="ft">Or about 11 kilometers</span></span></span><span class="content"> from Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.24.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.24.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.24.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">but they were kept from recognizing him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.24.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.24.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He asked them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What are you discussing together as you walk along?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.24.17"><span class="content">They stood still, their faces downcast. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.24.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, &#8220;Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.24.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.24.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What things?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.24.19"><span class="content">&#8220;About Jesus of Nazareth,&#8221; they replied. &#8220;He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.24.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.24.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.24.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.24.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">but didn&#8217;t find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.24.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.24.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.24.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.24.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.24.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.24.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.24.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.24.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">But they urged him strongly, &#8220;Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.&#8221; So he went in to stay with them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.24.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.24.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.24.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.24.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">They asked each other, &#8220;Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.24.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.24.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.24.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">and saying, &#8220;It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.24.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Appears to the Disciples</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.24.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.24.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Peace be with you.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.24.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.24.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.24.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">He said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.24.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.24.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.24.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LUK.24.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do you have anything here to eat?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.24.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">They gave him a piece of broiled fish, </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.24.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">and he took it and ate it in their presence.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.24.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LUK.24.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">He said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LUK.24.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.24.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.24.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">He told them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="LUK.24.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.24.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You are witnesses of these things.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.24.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Ascension of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.24.49"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.24.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="LUK.24.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="LUK.24.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="LUK.24.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">18</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Lament Over Fallen Babylon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.18.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">With a mighty voice he shouted:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:2 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 21:9</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">She has become a dwelling for demons</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">and a haunt for every impure spirit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">a haunt for every unclean bird,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.18.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For all the nations have drunk</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.18.3"><span class="content">the maddening wine of her adulteries.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.18.3"><span class="content">The kings of the earth committed adultery with her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.18.3"><span class="content">and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning to Escape Babylon&#8217;s Judgment</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.18.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.18.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then I heard another voice from heaven say:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.18.4"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Come out of her, my people,&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:4 </span><span class="ft">Jer. 51:45</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.18.4"><span class="content">so that you will not share in her sins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.18.4"><span class="content">so that you will not receive any of her plagues;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.18.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.18.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">for her sins are piled up to heaven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.18.5"><span class="content">and God has remembered her crimes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.18.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.18.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Give back to her as she has given;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.18.6"><span class="content">pay her back double for what she has done.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.18.6"><span class="content">Pour her a double portion from her own cup.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.18.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Give her as much torment and grief</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">as the glory and luxury she gave herself.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">In her heart she boasts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">&#8216;I sit enthroned as queen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">I am not a widow;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:7 </span><span class="ft">See Isaiah 47:7,8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">I will never mourn.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.18.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.18.8"><span class="content">death, mourning and famine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.18.8"><span class="content">She will be consumed by fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.18.8"><span class="content">for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Threefold Woe Over Babylon&#8217;s Fall</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.18.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.18.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her and shared her luxury see the smoke of her burning, they will weep and mourn over her. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.18.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.18.10"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Woe! Woe to you, great city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.18.10"><span class="content">you mighty city of Babylon!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.18.10"><span class="content">In one hour your doom has come!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.18.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.18.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes anymore&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.18.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.18.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and human beings sold as slaves.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.18.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.18.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;They will say, &#8216;The fruit you longed for is gone from you. All your luxury and splendor have vanished, never to be recovered.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.18.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The merchants who sold these things and gained their wealth from her will stand far off, terrified at her torment. They will weep and mourn </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.18.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">and cry out:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.18.16"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Woe! Woe to you, great city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.18.16"><span class="content">dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.18.16"><span class="content">and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.18.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.18.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.18.17"><span class="content">&#8220;Every sea captain, and all who travel by ship, the sailors, and all who earn their living from the sea, will stand far off. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.18.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When they see the smoke of her burning, they will exclaim, &#8216;Was there ever a city like this great city?&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They will throw dust on their heads, and with weeping and mourning cry out:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Woe! Woe to you, great city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="content">where all who had ships on the sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="content">became rich through her wealth!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="content">In one hour she has been brought to ruin!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Rejoice over her, you heavens!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="content">Rejoice, you people of God!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="content">Rejoice, apostles and prophets!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="content">For God has judged her</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="content">with the judgment she imposed on you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Finality of Babylon&#8217;s Doom</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.18.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, and said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.18.21"><span class="content">&#8220;With such violence</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.18.21"><span class="content">the great city of Babylon will be thrown down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.18.21"><span class="content">never to be found again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.18.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The music of harpists and musicians, pipers and trumpeters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">will never be heard in you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">No worker of any trade</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">will ever be found in you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">The sound of a millstone</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">will never be heard in you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The light of a lamp</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">will never shine in you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">The voice of bridegroom and bride</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">will never be heard in you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">Your merchants were the world&#8217;s important people.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">By your magic spell all the nations were led astray.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="REV.18.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">In her was found the blood of prophets and of God&#8217;s holy people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="REV.18.24"><span class="content">of all who have been slaughtered on the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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