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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.7.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.7.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.7.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than fifteen cubits.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:20 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 23 feet or about 6.8 meters</span></span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">rose more than fifteen cubits, and the mountains were covered</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.7.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Every living thing that moved on land perished&#8212;birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.7.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.7.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.7.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.7.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The waters flooded the earth for a hundred and fifty days.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had been closed, and the rain had stopped falling from the sky. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the water had gone down, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.8.5"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOS.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had taken Ai and totally destroyed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:1 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 28, 35, 37, 39 and 40.</span></span></span><span class="content"> it, doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and that the people of Gibeon had made a treaty of peace with Israel and had become their allies. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He and his people were very much alarmed at this, because Gibeon was an important city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were good fighters. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOS.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem appealed to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish and Debir king of Eglon. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOS.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come up and help me attack Gibeon,&#8221; he said, &#8220;because it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOS.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then the five kings of the Amorites&#8212;the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon&#8212;joined forces. They moved up with all their troops and took up positions against Gibeon and attacked it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The Gibeonites then sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: &#8220;Do not abandon your servants. Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us, because all the Amorite kings from the hill country have joined forces against us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.10.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOS.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So Joshua marched up from Gilgal with his entire army, including all the best fighting men. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Joshua, &#8220;Do not be afraid of them; I have given them into your hand. Not one of them will be able to withstand you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">After an all-night march from Gilgal, Joshua took them by surprise. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOS.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> threw them into confusion before Israel, so Joshua and the Israelites defeated them completely at Gibeon. Israel pursued them along the road going up to Beth Horon and cut them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOS.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">As they fled before Israel on the road down from Beth Horon to Azekah, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> hurled large hailstones down on them, and more of them died from the hail than were killed by the swords of the Israelites.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOS.10.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">On the day the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in the presence of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.10.12"><span class="content">&#8220;Sun, stand still over Gibeon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.10.12"><span class="content">and you, moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.10.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">So the sun stood still,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.10.13"><span class="content">and the moon stopped,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.10.13"><span class="content">till the nation avenged itself on</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">nation triumphed over</span></span></span><span class="content"> its enemies,</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.10.13"><span class="content">as it is written in the Book of Jashar.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.10.13"><span class="content">The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOS.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> listened to a human being. Surely the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was fighting for Israel!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOS.10.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">12</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 12</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 12:1-8 is numbered 12:2-9.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. According to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">sheminith.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Help, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for no one is faithful anymore;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.12.1"><span class="content">those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.12.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Everyone lies to their neighbor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.12.2"><span class="content">they flatter with their lips</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.12.2"><span class="content">but harbor deception in their hearts.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.12.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> silence all flattering lips</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.12.3"><span class="content">and every boastful tongue&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.12.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">those who say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.12.4"><span class="content">&#8220;By our tongues we will prevail;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.12.4"><span class="content">our own lips will defend us&#8212;who is lord over us?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.12.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.12.5"><span class="content">I will now arise,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.12.5"><span class="content">&#8220;I will protect them from those who malign them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.12.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And the words of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are flawless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.12.6"><span class="content">like silver purified in a crucible,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.12.6"><span class="content">like gold</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:6 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">earth</span></span></span><span class="content"> refined seven times.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.12.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, will keep the needy safe</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.12.7"><span class="content">and will protect us forever from the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.12.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">who freely strut about</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.12.8"><span class="content">when what is vile is honored by the human race.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 13</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 13:1-6 is numbered 13:2-6.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">How long, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">? Will you forget me forever?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.13.1"><span class="content">How long will you hide your face from me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.13.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">How long must I wrestle with my thoughts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.13.2"><span class="content">and day after day have sorrow in my heart?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.13.2"><span class="content">How long will my enemy triumph over me?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Look on me and answer, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.13.3"><span class="content">Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and my enemy will say, &#8220;I have overcome him,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.13.4"><span class="content">and my foes will rejoice when I fall.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But I trust in your unfailing love;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.13.5"><span class="content">my heart rejoices in your salvation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will sing the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.13.6"><span class="content">for he has been good to me.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to me, &#8220;Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:1 </span><span class="fq">Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">quick to the plunder, swift to the spoil</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 3.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So I called in Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah as reliable witnesses for me. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then I made love to the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to me, &#8220;Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For before the boy knows how to say &#8216;My father&#8217; or &#8216;My mother,&#8217; the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.8.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke to me again:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.8.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Because this people has rejected</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.8.6"><span class="content">the gently flowing waters of Shiloah</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.8.6"><span class="content">and rejoices over Rezin</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.8.6"><span class="content">and the son of Remaliah,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">therefore the Lord is about to bring against them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.8.7"><span class="content">the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.8.7"><span class="content">the king of Assyria with all his pomp.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.8.7"><span class="content">It will overflow all its channels,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.8.7"><span class="content">run over all its banks</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.8.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.8.8"><span class="content">passing through it and reaching up to the neck.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.8.8"><span class="content">Its outspread wings will cover the breadth of your land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.8.8"><span class="content">Immanuel</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:8 </span><span class="fq">Immanuel </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">God with us.</span></span></span><span class="content">!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Raise the war cry,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Do your worst</span></span></span><span class="content"> you nations, and be shattered!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.8.9"><span class="content">Listen, all you distant lands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.8.9"><span class="content">Prepare for battle, and be shattered!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.8.9"><span class="content">Prepare for battle, and be shattered!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.8.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.8.10"><span class="content">propose your plan, but it will not stand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.8.10"><span class="content">for God is with us.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:10 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Immanuel</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.8.10"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.5.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;It has been said, &#8216;Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">5:31 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">  
          Deut. 24:1
          </span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.5.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Oaths</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.5.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.5.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, &#8216;Do not break your oath, but fulfill to the Lord the vows you have made.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.5.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God&#8217;s throne;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MAT.5.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MAT.5.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MAT.5.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">All you need to say is simply &#8216;Yes&#8217; or &#8216;No&#8217;; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:37 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">from evil</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Eye for Eye</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MAT.5.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MAT.5.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You have heard that it was said, &#8216;Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">5:38 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">  
          Exodus 21:24
        ; Lev. 24:20; Deut. 19:21</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MAT.5.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MAT.5.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MAT.5.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.5.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.3.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ROM.3.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ROM.3.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ROM.3.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ROM.3.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.</span></span></div>
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