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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread, because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt. Celebrate this day as a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">In the first month you are to eat bread made without yeast, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">For seven days no yeast is to be found in your houses. And anyone, whether foreigner or native-born, who eats anything with yeast in it must be cut off from the community of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Eat nothing made with yeast. Wherever you live, you must eat unleavened bread.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.12.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, &#8220;Go at once and select the animals for your families and slaughter the Passover lamb. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out of the door of your house until morning. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EXO.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EXO.12.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EXO.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EXO.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">When you enter the land that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EXO.12.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">And when your children ask you, &#8216;What does this ceremony mean to you?&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EXO.12.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">then tell them, &#8216;It is the Passover sacrifice to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; Then the people bowed down and worshiped. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EXO.12.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The Israelites did just what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses and Aaron.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EXO.12.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EXO.12.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">At midnight the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EXO.12.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul&#8217;s army, had taken Ish-Bosheth son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He made him king over Gilead, Ashuri and Jezreel, and also over Ephraim, Benjamin and all Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Ish-Bosheth son of Saul was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he reigned two years. The tribe of Judah, however, remained loyal to David. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The length of time David was king in Hebron over Judah was seven years and six months.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Abner son of Ner, together with the men of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, left Mahanaim and went to Gibeon. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Joab son of Zeruiah and David&#8217;s men went out and met them at the pool of Gibeon. One group sat down on one side of the pool and one group on the other side.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then Abner said to Joab, &#8220;Let&#8217;s have some of the young men get up and fight hand to hand in front of us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.2.14"><span class="content">&#8220;All right, let them do it,&#8221; Joab said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">So they stood up and were counted off&#8212;twelve men for Benjamin and Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, and twelve for David. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his dagger into his opponent&#8217;s side, and they fell down together. So that place in Gibeon was called Helkath Hazzurim.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:16 </span><span class="fq">Helkath Hazzurim </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">field of daggers </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">field of hostilities.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The battle that day was very fierce, and Abner and the Israelites were defeated by David&#8217;s men.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai and Asahel. Now Asahel was as fleet-footed as a wild gazelle. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He chased Abner, turning neither to the right nor to the left as he pursued him. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Abner looked behind him and asked, &#8220;Is that you, Asahel?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.2.20"><span class="content">&#8220;It is,&#8221; he answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.2.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then Abner said to him, &#8220;Turn aside to the right or to the left; take on one of the young men and strip him of his weapons.&#8221; But Asahel would not stop chasing him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.2.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Again Abner warned Asahel, &#8220;Stop chasing me! Why should I strike you down? How could I look your brother Joab in the face?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.2.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">But Asahel refused to give up the pursuit; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into Asahel&#8217;s stomach, and the spear came out through his back. He fell there and died on the spot. And every man stopped when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.2.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner, and as the sun was setting, they came to the hill of Ammah, near Giah on the way to the wasteland of Gibeon. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Then the men of Benjamin rallied behind Abner. They formed themselves into a group and took their stand on top of a hill.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.2.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Abner called out to Joab, &#8220;Must the sword devour forever? Don&#8217;t you realize that this will end in bitterness? How long before you order your men to stop pursuing their fellow Israelites?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.2.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.2.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Joab answered, &#8220;As surely as God lives, if you had not spoken, the men would have continued pursuing them until morning.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.2.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="2SA.2.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">So Joab blew the trumpet, and all the troops came to a halt; they no longer pursued Israel, nor did they fight anymore.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="2SA.2.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2SA.2.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">All that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, continued through the morning hours</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:29 </span><span class="ft">See Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and came to Mahanaim.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2SA.2.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="2SA.2.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Then Joab stopped pursuing Abner and assembled the whole army. Besides Asahel, nineteen of David&#8217;s men were found missing. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="2SA.2.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">But David&#8217;s men had killed three hundred and sixty Benjamites who were with Abner. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="2SA.2.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">They took Asahel and buried him in his father&#8217;s tomb at Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and arrived at Hebron by daybreak.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The war between the house of Saul and the house of David lasted a long time. David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Sons were born to David in Hebron:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.3.2"><span class="content">His firstborn was Amnon the son of Ahinoam of Jezreel;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">his second, Kileab the son of Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.3.3"><span class="content">the third, Absalom the son of Maakah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.3.4"><span class="content">the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and the sixth, Ithream the son of David&#8217;s wife Eglah.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.3.5"><span class="content">These were born to David in Hebron.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><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>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that came to Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the reign of Jeroboam son of Jehoash</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Joash, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jehoash</span></span></span><span class="content"> king of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Hosea&#8217;s Wife and Children</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> began to speak through Hosea, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to him, &#8220;Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So he married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Hosea, &#8220;Call him Jezreel, because I will soon punish the house of Jehu for the massacre at Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">In that day I will break Israel&#8217;s bow in the Valley of Jezreel.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Hosea, &#8220;Call her Lo-Ruhamah (which means &#8220;not loved&#8221;), for I will no longer show love to Israel, that I should at all forgive them. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Yet I will show love to Judah; and I will save them&#8212;not by bow, sword or battle, or by horses and horsemen, but I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God, will save them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">After she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, Gomer had another son. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;Call him Lo-Ammi (which means &#8220;not my people&#8221;), for you are not my people, and I am not your God.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">your <span class="nd">I am</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted. In the place where it was said to them, &#8216;You are not my people,&#8217; they will be called &#8216;children of the living God.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The people of Judah and the people of Israel will come together; they will appoint one leader and will come up out of the land, for great will be the day of Jezreel.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:11 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 1:10,11 is numbered 2:1,2.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Say of your brothers, &#8216;My people,&#8217; and of your sisters, &#8216;My loved one.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch8" data-usfm="MRK.8.14+MRK.8.15+MRK.8.16+MRK.8.17+MRK.8.18+MRK.8.19+MRK.8.20+MRK.8.21">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Be careful,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus warned them. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.8.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">They discussed this with one another and said, &#8220;It is because we have no bread.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.8.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked them: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don&#8217;t you remember?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.8.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.8.19"><span class="content">&#8220;Twelve,&#8221; they replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.8.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.8.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.8.20"><span class="content">They answered, &#8220;Seven.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.8.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.8.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do you still not understand?&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch6" data-usfm="2CO.6.3+2CO.6.4+2CO.6.5+2CO.6.6+2CO.6.7+2CO.6.8+2CO.6.9+2CO.6.10+2CO.6.11+2CO.6.12+2CO.6.13">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CO.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">We put no stumbling block in anyone&#8217;s path, so that our ministry will not be discredited. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CO.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CO.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CO.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CO.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CO.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CO.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CO.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CO.6.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CO.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians, and opened wide our hearts to you. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CO.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">We are not withholding our affection from you, but you are withholding yours from us. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CO.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">As a fair exchange&#8212;I speak as to my children&#8212;open wide your hearts also.</span></span></div>
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