The Ultimate Game Plan - 21 Chronological Bible Story Devotional

Entry (S5 - E1)

A Journey Toward Calvary

From Palm to Glory: Jesus’ Passion Week Through Mark’s Eyes

Finding God in the Wilderness: A 5 Day Reading Plan

When Life Is Pounding You: Standing in Faith Without Striving

In Christ

Knowing God

Unhiding the Parable of the Prodigal Son: Where Are the Women?

Proven: Huddle for Women Athletes

The Listener’s Bible®: NIV Edition

New International Version™  (Anglicised), Audio Edition

Holy Bible, New International Version™ (Anglicised), South Asian Audio Edition

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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Promised Ruler From Bethlehem</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">5:0 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 5:1 is numbered 4:14, and 5:2-15 is numbered 5:1-14.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Marshal your troops now, city of troops,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.5.1"><span class="content">for a siege is laid against us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.5.1"><span class="content">They will strike Israel&#8217;s ruler</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.5.1"><span class="content">on the cheek with a rod.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.5.2"><span class="content">though you are small among the clans</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">rulers</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.5.2"><span class="content">out of you will come for me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.5.2"><span class="content">one who will be ruler over Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.5.2"><span class="content">whose origins are from of old,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.5.2"><span class="content">from ancient times.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Therefore Israel will be abandoned</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.5.3"><span class="content">until the time when she who is in labor bears a son,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.5.3"><span class="content">and the rest of his brothers return</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.5.3"><span class="content">to join the Israelites.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He will stand and shepherd his flock</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.5.4"><span class="content">in the strength of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.5.4"><span class="content">in the majesty of the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> his God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.5.4"><span class="content">And they will live securely, for then his greatness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.5.4"><span class="content">will reach to the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">And he will be our peace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.5.5"><span class="content">when the Assyrians invade our land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.5.5"><span class="content">and march through our fortresses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.5.5"><span class="content">We will raise against them seven shepherds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.5.5"><span class="content">even eight commanders,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">who will rule</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">crush</span></span></span><span class="content"> the land of Assyria with the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.5.6"><span class="content">the land of Nimrod with drawn sword.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Nimrod in its gates</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.5.6"><span class="content">He will deliver us from the Assyrians</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.5.6"><span class="content">when they invade our land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.5.6"><span class="content">and march across our borders.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The remnant of Jacob will be</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.5.7"><span class="content">in the midst of many peoples</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.5.7"><span class="content">like dew from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.5.7"><span class="content">like showers on the grass,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.5.7"><span class="content">which do not wait for anyone</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.5.7"><span class="content">or depend on man.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.5.8"><span class="content">in the midst of many peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.5.8"><span class="content">like a lion among the beasts of the forest,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.5.8"><span class="content">like a young lion among flocks of sheep,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.5.8"><span class="content">which mauls and mangles as it goes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.5.8"><span class="content">and no one can rescue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Your hand will be lifted up in triumph over your enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.5.9"><span class="content">and all your foes will be destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;In that day,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.5.10"><span class="content">&#8220;I will destroy your horses from among you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.5.10"><span class="content">and demolish your chariots.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I will destroy the cities of your land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.5.11"><span class="content">and tear down all your strongholds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will destroy your witchcraft</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.5.12"><span class="content">and you will no longer cast spells.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I will destroy your idols</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.5.13"><span class="content">and your sacred stones from among you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.5.13"><span class="content">you will no longer bow down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.5.13"><span class="content">to the work of your hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.5.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I will uproot from among you your Asherah poles</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:14 </span><span class="ft">That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.5.14"><span class="content">when I demolish your cities.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MIC.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I will take vengeance in anger and wrath</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MIC.5.15"><span class="content">on the nations that have not obeyed me.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">6</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Case Against Israel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Listen to what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.6.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Stand up, plead my case before the mountains;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.6.1"><span class="content">let the hills hear what you have to say.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.6.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Hear, you mountains, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s accusation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.6.2"><span class="content">listen, you everlasting foundations of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.6.2"><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has a case against his people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.6.2"><span class="content">he is lodging a charge against Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.6.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;My people, what have I done to you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.6.3"><span class="content">How have I burdened you? Answer me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.6.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I brought you up out of Egypt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.6.4"><span class="content">and redeemed you from the land of slavery.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.6.4"><span class="content">I sent Moses to lead you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.6.4"><span class="content">also Aaron and Miriam.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.6.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">My people, remember</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.6.5"><span class="content">what Balak king of Moab plotted</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.6.5"><span class="content">and what Balaam son of Beor answered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.6.5"><span class="content">Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.6.5"><span class="content">that you may know the righteous acts of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.6.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">With what shall I come before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.6.6"><span class="content">and bow down before the exalted God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.6.6"><span class="content">Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.6.6"><span class="content">with calves a year old?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.6.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Will the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> be pleased with thousands of rams,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.6.7"><span class="content">with ten thousand rivers of olive oil?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.6.7"><span class="content">Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.6.7"><span class="content">the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.6.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.6.8"><span class="content">And what does the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> require of you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.6.8"><span class="content">To act justly and to love mercy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.6.8"><span class="content">and to walk humbly</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">prudently</span></span></span><span class="content"> with your God.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel&#8217;s Guilt and Punishment</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.6.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Listen! The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is calling to the city&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.6.9"><span class="content">and to fear your name is wisdom&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.6.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Heed the rod and the One who appointed it.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:9 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.6.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Am I still to forget your ill-gotten treasures, you wicked house,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.6.10"><span class="content">and the short ephah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:10 </span><span class="ft">An ephah was a dry measure.</span></span></span><span class="content"> which is accursed?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.6.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.6.11"><span class="content">with a bag of false weights?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.6.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Your rich people are violent;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.6.12"><span class="content">your inhabitants are liars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.6.12"><span class="content">and their tongues speak deceitfully.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.6.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Therefore, I have begun to destroy you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.6.13"><span class="content">to ruin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Therefore, I will make you ill and destroy you; / I will ruin</span></span></span><span class="content"> you because of your sins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.6.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.6.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">You will eat but not be satisfied;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.6.14"><span class="content">your stomach will still be empty.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:14 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.6.14"><span class="content">You will store up but save nothing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.6.14"><span class="content">because what you save</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">You will press toward birth but not give birth, / and what you bring to birth</span></span></span><span class="content"> I will give to the sword.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.6.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MIC.6.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You will plant but not harvest;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MIC.6.15"><span class="content">you will press olives but not use the oil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MIC.6.15"><span class="content">you will crush grapes but not drink the wine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MIC.6.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MIC.6.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">You have observed the statutes of Omri</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MIC.6.16"><span class="content">and all the practices of Ahab&#8217;s house;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MIC.6.16"><span class="content">you have followed their traditions.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MIC.6.16"><span class="content">Therefore I will give you over to ruin</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MIC.6.16"><span class="content">and your people to derision;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MIC.6.16"><span class="content">you will bear the scorn of the nations.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:16 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">scorn due my people</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">7</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel&#8217;s Misery</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">What misery is mine!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.7.1"><span class="content">I am like one who gathers summer fruit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.7.1"><span class="content">at the gleaning of the vineyard;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.7.1"><span class="content">there is no cluster of grapes to eat,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.7.1"><span class="content">none of the early figs that I crave.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.7.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The faithful have been swept from the land;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.7.2"><span class="content">not one upright person remains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.7.2"><span class="content">Everyone lies in wait to shed blood;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.7.2"><span class="content">they hunt each other with nets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.7.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Both hands are skilled in doing evil;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.7.3"><span class="content">the ruler demands gifts,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.7.3"><span class="content">the judge accepts bribes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.7.3"><span class="content">the powerful dictate what they desire&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.7.3"><span class="content">they all conspire together.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.7.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The best of them is like a brier,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.7.4"><span class="content">the most upright worse than a thorn hedge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.7.4"><span class="content">The day God visits you has come,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.7.4"><span class="content">the day your watchmen sound the alarm.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.7.4"><span class="content">Now is the time of your confusion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.7.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Do not trust a neighbor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.7.5"><span class="content">put no confidence in a friend.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.7.5"><span class="content">Even with the woman who lies in your embrace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.7.5"><span class="content">guard the words of your lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.7.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For a son dishonors his father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.7.6"><span class="content">a daughter rises up against her mother,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.7.6"><span class="content">a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.7.6"><span class="content">a man&#8217;s enemies are the members of his own household.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.7.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But as for me, I watch in hope for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.7.7"><span class="content">I wait for God my Savior;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.7.7"><span class="content">my God will hear me.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel Will Rise</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.7.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Do not gloat over me, my enemy!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.7.8"><span class="content">Though I have fallen, I will rise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.7.8"><span class="content">Though I sit in darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.7.8"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be my light.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.7.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Because I have sinned against him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.7.9"><span class="content">I will bear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s wrath,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.7.9"><span class="content">until he pleads my case</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.7.9"><span class="content">and upholds my cause.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.7.9"><span class="content">He will bring me out into the light;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.7.9"><span class="content">I will see his righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.7.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then my enemy will see it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.7.10"><span class="content">and will be covered with shame,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.7.10"><span class="content">she who said to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.7.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Where is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.7.10"><span class="content">My eyes will see her downfall;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.7.10"><span class="content">even now she will be trampled underfoot</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.7.10"><span class="content">like mire in the streets.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.7.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The day for building your walls will come,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.7.11"><span class="content">the day for extending your boundaries.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.7.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">In that day people will come to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.7.12"><span class="content">from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.7.12"><span class="content">even from Egypt to the Euphrates</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.7.12"><span class="content">and from sea to sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.7.12"><span class="content">and from mountain to mountain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.7.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.7.13"><span class="content">as the result of their deeds.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Prayer and Praise</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.7.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Shepherd your people with your staff,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.7.14"><span class="content">the flock of your inheritance,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.7.14"><span class="content">which lives by itself in a forest,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.7.14"><span class="content">in fertile pasturelands.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in the middle of Carmel</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.7.14"><span class="content">Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.7.14"><span class="content">as in days long ago.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.7.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MIC.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;As in the days when you came out of Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MIC.7.15"><span class="content">I will show them my wonders.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MIC.7.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MIC.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Nations will see and be ashamed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MIC.7.16"><span class="content">deprived of all their power.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MIC.7.16"><span class="content">They will put their hands over their mouths</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MIC.7.16"><span class="content">and their ears will become deaf.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MIC.7.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MIC.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">They will lick dust like a snake,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MIC.7.17"><span class="content">like creatures that crawl on the ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MIC.7.17"><span class="content">They will come trembling out of their dens;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MIC.7.17"><span class="content">they will turn in fear to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MIC.7.17"><span class="content">and will be afraid of you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MIC.7.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MIC.7.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Who is a God like you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MIC.7.18"><span class="content">who pardons sin and forgives the transgression</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MIC.7.18"><span class="content">of the remnant of his inheritance?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MIC.7.18"><span class="content">You do not stay angry forever</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MIC.7.18"><span class="content">but delight to show mercy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MIC.7.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MIC.7.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">You will again have compassion on us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MIC.7.19"><span class="content">you will tread our sins underfoot</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MIC.7.19"><span class="content">and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MIC.7.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MIC.7.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">You will be faithful to Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MIC.7.20"><span class="content">and show love to Abraham,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MIC.7.20"><span class="content">as you pledged on oath to our ancestors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MIC.7.20"><span class="content">in days long ago.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Word Became Flesh</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He was with God in the beginning. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">understood</span></span></span><span class="content"> it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">There was a man sent from God whose name was John. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband&#8217;s will, but born of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">(John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, &#8220;This is the one I spoke about when I said, &#8216;He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;) </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:18 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">but the only Son, who</span></span></span><span class="content"> is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Now this was John&#8217;s testimony when the Jewish leaders</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:19 </span><span class="ft">The Greek term traditionally translated </span><span class="fqa">the Jews </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">hoi Ioudaioi</span>) refers here and elsewhere in John&#8217;s Gospel to those Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus; also in <span class="ref" data-usfm="JHN.5.10">5:10</span>, <span class="ref" data-usfm="JHN.5.15">15</span>,<span class="ref" data-usfm="JHN.5.16">16</span>; <span class="ref" data-usfm="JHN.7.1">7:1</span>,<span class="ref" data-usfm="JHN.7.11">11</span>,<span class="ref" data-usfm="JHN.7.13">13</span>; <span class="ref" data-usfm="JHN.9.22">9:22</span>; <span class="ref" data-usfm="JHN.18.14">18:14</span>,<span class="ref" data-usfm="JHN.18.28">28</span>,<span class="ref" data-usfm="JHN.18.36">36</span>; <span class="ref" data-usfm="JHN.19.7">19:7</span>,<span class="ref" data-usfm="JHN.19.12">12</span>,<span class="ref" data-usfm="JHN.19.31">31</span>,<span class="ref" data-usfm="JHN.19.38">38</span>; <span class="ref" data-usfm="JHN.20.19">20:19</span>.</span></span></span><span class="content"> in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, &#8220;I am not the Messiah.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They asked him, &#8220;Then who are you? Are you Elijah?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="content">He said, &#8220;I am not.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="content">&#8220;Are you the Prophet?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;No.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Finally they said, &#8220;Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.1.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, &#8220;I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, &#8216;Make straight the way for the Lord.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:23 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" data-usfm="ISA.40.3">Isaiah 40:3</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Now the Pharisees who had been sent </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">questioned him, &#8220;Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;I baptize with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 31 and 33 (twice)</span></span></span><span class="content"> water,&#8221; John replied, &#8220;but among you stands one you do not know. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He is the one who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.1.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John Testifies About Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.1.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, &#8220;Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">This is the one I meant when I said, &#8216;A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.1.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Then John gave this testimony: &#8220;I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, &#8216;The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.1.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">I have seen and I testify that this is God&#8217;s Chosen One.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:34 </span><span class="ft">See <span class="ref" data-usfm="ISA.42.1">Isaiah 42:1</span>; many manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">is the Son of God.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John&#8217;s Disciples Follow Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.1.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.1.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.1.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, &#8220;Look, the Lamb of God!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.1.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.1.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.1.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What do you want?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.1.38"><span class="content">They said, &#8220;Rabbi&#8221; (which means &#8220;Teacher&#8221;), &#8220;where are you staying?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.1.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.1.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Come,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;and you will see.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.1.39"><span class="content">So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.1.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.1.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Andrew, Simon Peter&#8217;s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JHN.1.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, &#8220;We have found the Messiah&#8221; (that is, the Christ). </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.1.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">And he brought him to Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.1.42"><span class="content">Jesus looked at him and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> (which, when translated, is Peter</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:42 </span><span class="fq">Cephas </span><span class="ft">(Aramaic) and </span><span class="fq">Peter </span><span class="ft">(Greek) both mean </span><span class="fqa">rock.</span></span></span><span class="content">).</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.1.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JHN.1.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Follow me.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JHN.1.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JHN.1.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JHN.1.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Philip found Nathanael and told him, &#8220;We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote&#8212;Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JHN.1.45"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.1.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">&#8220;Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?&#8221; Nathanael asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.1.46"><span class="content">&#8220;Come and see,&#8221; said Philip.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.1.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JHN.1.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JHN.1.47"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JHN.1.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">&#8220;How do you know me?&#8221; Nathanael asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JHN.1.48"><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JHN.1.48"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JHN.1.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">Then Nathanael declared, &#8220;Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JHN.1.49"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="JHN.1.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You believe</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:50 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Do you believe&#8230;?</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="JHN.1.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">He then added, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Very truly I tell you,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:51 </span><span class="ft">The Greek is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">you</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:51 </span><span class="ft">The Greek is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">will see &#8216;heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:51 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" data-usfm="GEN.28.12">Gen. 28:12</span></span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">the Son of Man.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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