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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.43.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The man did as Joseph told him and took the men to Joseph&#8217;s house. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.43.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Now the men were frightened when they were taken to his house. They thought, &#8220;We were brought here because of the silver that was put back into our sacks the first time. He wants to attack us and overpower us and seize us as slaves and take our donkeys.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.43.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.43.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So they went up to Joseph&#8217;s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.43.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;We beg your pardon, our lord,&#8221; they said, &#8220;we came down here the first time to buy food. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.43.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But at the place where we stopped for the night we opened our sacks and each of us found his silver&#8212;the exact weight&#8212;in the mouth of his sack. So we have brought it back with us. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.43.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">We have also brought additional silver with us to buy food. We don&#8217;t know who put our silver in our sacks.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.43.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.43.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;It&#8217;s all right,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid. Your God, the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks; I received your silver.&#8221; Then he brought Simeon out to them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.43.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.43.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The steward took the men into Joseph&#8217;s house, gave them water to wash their feet and provided fodder for their donkeys. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.43.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">They prepared their gifts for Joseph&#8217;s arrival at noon, because they had heard that they were to eat there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.43.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.43.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">When Joseph came home, they presented to him the gifts they had brought into the house, and they bowed down before him to the ground. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.43.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He asked them how they were, and then he said, &#8220;How is your aged father you told me about? Is he still living?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.43.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.43.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">They replied, &#8220;Your servant our father is still alive and well.&#8221; And they bowed down, prostrating themselves before him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.43.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.43.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">As he looked about and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother&#8217;s son, he asked, &#8220;Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?&#8221; And he said, &#8220;God be gracious to you, my son.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.43.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Deeply moved at the sight of his brother, Joseph hurried out and looked for a place to weep. He went into his private room and wept there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.43.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.43.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">After he had washed his face, he came out and, controlling himself, said, &#8220;Serve the food.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.43.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.43.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">They served him by himself, the brothers by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because Egyptians could not eat with Hebrews, for that is detestable to Egyptians. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.43.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The men had been seated before him in the order of their ages, from the firstborn to the youngest; and they looked at each other in astonishment. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.43.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">When portions were served to them from Joseph&#8217;s table, Benjamin&#8217;s portion was five times as much as anyone else&#8217;s. So they feasted and drank freely with him.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch9" data-usfm="1SA.9.18+1SA.9.19+1SA.9.20+1SA.9.21+1SA.9.22+1SA.9.23+1SA.9.24+1SA.9.25+1SA.9.26+1SA.9.27">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1SA.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Saul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, &#8220;Would you please tell me where the seer&#8217;s house is?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1SA.9.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1SA.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;I am the seer,&#8221; Samuel replied. &#8220;Go up ahead of me to the high place, for today you are to eat with me, and in the morning I will send you on your way and will tell you all that is in your heart. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">As for the donkeys you lost three days ago, do not worry about them; they have been found. And to whom is all the desire of Israel turned, if not to you and your whole family line?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.9.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1SA.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Saul answered, &#8220;But am I not a Benjamite, from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? Why do you say such a thing to me?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1SA.9.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then Samuel brought Saul and his servant into the hall and seated them at the head of those who were invited&#8212;about thirty in number. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1SA.9.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Samuel said to the cook, &#8220;Bring the piece of meat I gave you, the one I told you to lay aside.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1SA.9.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1SA.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">So the cook took up the thigh with what was on it and set it in front of Saul. Samuel said, &#8220;Here is what has been kept for you. Eat, because it was set aside for you for this occasion from the time I said, &#8216;I have invited guests.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; And Saul dined with Samuel that day.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1SA.9.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1SA.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">After they came down from the high place to the town, Samuel talked with Saul on the roof of his house. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1SA.9.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">They rose about daybreak, and Samuel called to Saul on the roof, &#8220;Get ready, and I will send you on your way.&#8221; When Saul got ready, he and Samuel went outside together. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1SA.9.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">As they were going down to the edge of the town, Samuel said to Saul, &#8220;Tell the servant to go on ahead of us&#8221;&#8212;and the servant did so&#8212;&#8220;but you stay here for a while, so that I may give you a message from God.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch10" data-usfm="1SA.10.1+1SA.10.2+1SA.10.3+1SA.10.4+1SA.10.5+1SA.10.6+1SA.10.7+1SA.10.8">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Samuel took a flask of olive oil and poured it on Saul&#8217;s head and kissed him, saying, &#8220;Has not the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> anointed you ruler over his inheritance?</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate </span><span class="fqa">over his people Israel? You will reign over the <span class="nd">Lord</span>&#8217;s people and save them from the power of their enemies round about. And this will be a sign to you that the <span class="nd">Lord</span> has anointed you ruler over his inheritance:</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When you leave me today, you will meet two men near Rachel&#8217;s tomb, at Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, &#8216;The donkeys you set out to look for have been found. And now your father has stopped thinking about them and is worried about you. He is asking, &#8220;What shall I do about my son?&#8221;&#8198;&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.10.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then you will go on from there until you reach the great tree of Tabor. Three men going up to worship God at Bethel will meet you there. One will be carrying three young goats, another three loaves of bread, and another a skin of wine. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They will greet you and offer you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;After that you will go to Gibeah of God, where there is a Philistine outpost. As you approach the town, you will meet a procession of prophets coming down from the high place with lyres, timbrels, pipes and harps being played before them, and they will be prophesying. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The Spirit of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will come powerfully upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be changed into a different person. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Once these signs are fulfilled, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God is with you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.10.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go down ahead of me to Gilgal. I will surely come down to you to sacrifice burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, but you must wait seven days until I come to you and tell you what you are to do.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">18</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Bildad</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.18.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.18.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.18.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;When will you end these speeches?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.18.2"><span class="content">Be sensible, and then we can talk.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.18.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.18.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Why are we regarded as cattle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.18.3"><span class="content">and considered stupid in your sight?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.18.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.18.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.18.4"><span class="content">is the earth to be abandoned for your sake?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.18.4"><span class="content">Or must the rocks be moved from their place?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.18.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.18.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.18.5"><span class="content">the flame of his fire stops burning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.18.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.18.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The light in his tent becomes dark;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.18.6"><span class="content">the lamp beside him goes out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.18.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.18.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The vigor of his step is weakened;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.18.7"><span class="content">his own schemes throw him down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.18.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.18.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">His feet thrust him into a net;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.18.8"><span class="content">he wanders into its mesh.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.18.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.18.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">A trap seizes him by the heel;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.18.9"><span class="content">a snare holds him fast.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.18.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.18.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">A noose is hidden for him on the ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.18.10"><span class="content">a trap lies in his path.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.18.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.18.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Terrors startle him on every side</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.18.11"><span class="content">and dog his every step.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.18.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.18.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Calamity is hungry for him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.18.12"><span class="content">disaster is ready for him when he falls.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.18.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.18.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">It eats away parts of his skin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.18.13"><span class="content">death&#8217;s firstborn devours his limbs.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.18.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.18.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He is torn from the security of his tent</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.18.14"><span class="content">and marched off to the king of terrors.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.18.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.18.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Fire resides</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Nothing he had remains</span></span></span><span class="content"> in his tent;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.18.15"><span class="content">burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.18.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.18.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">His roots dry up below</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.18.16"><span class="content">and his branches wither above.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.18.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.18.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The memory of him perishes from the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.18.17"><span class="content">he has no name in the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.18.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.18.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He is driven from light into the realm of darkness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.18.18"><span class="content">and is banished from the world.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.18.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.18.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He has no offspring or descendants among his people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.18.19"><span class="content">no survivor where once he lived.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.18.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.18.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">People of the west are appalled at his fate;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.18.20"><span class="content">those of the east are seized with horror.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.18.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.18.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.18.21"><span class="content">such is the place of one who does not know God.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">61</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Year of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Favor</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The Spirit of the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is on me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has anointed me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">to proclaim good news to the poor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">to proclaim freedom for the captives</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">and release from darkness for the prisoners,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">61:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">the blind</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.61.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">to proclaim the year of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s favor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.61.2"><span class="content">and the day of vengeance of our God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.61.2"><span class="content">to comfort all who mourn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.61.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and provide for those who grieve in Zion&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">to bestow on them a crown of beauty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">instead of ashes,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">the oil of joy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">instead of mourning,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">and a garment of praise</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">instead of a spirit of despair.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">They will be called oaks of righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">a planting of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">for the display of his splendor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They will rebuild the ancient ruins</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="content">and restore the places long devastated;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="content">they will renew the ruined cities</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="content">that have been devastated for generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.61.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Strangers will shepherd your flocks;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.61.5"><span class="content">foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.61.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And you will be called priests of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="content">you will be named ministers of our God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="content">You will feed on the wealth of nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="content">and in their riches you will boast.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Instead of your shame</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">you will receive a double portion,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">and instead of disgrace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">you will rejoice in your inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">And so you will inherit a double portion in your land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">and everlasting joy will be yours.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;For I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, love justice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="content">I hate robbery and wrongdoing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="content">In my faithfulness I will reward my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="content">and make an everlasting covenant with them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Their descendants will be known among the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="content">and their offspring among the peoples.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="content">All who see them will acknowledge</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="content">that they are a people the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has blessed.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I delight greatly in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">my soul rejoices in my God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">For he has clothed me with garments of salvation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.61.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For as the soil makes the sprout come up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.61.11"><span class="content">and a garden causes seeds to grow,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.61.11"><span class="content">so the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will make righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.61.11"><span class="content">and praise spring up before all nations.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="MAT.26.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the elders of the people. </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="MAT.26.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: &#8220;The one I kiss is the man; arrest him.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="MAT.26.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">Going at once to Jesus, Judas said, &#8220;Greetings, Rabbi!&#8221; and kissed him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="MAT.26.49"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="MAT.26.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do what you came for, friend.&#8221;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:50 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">&#8220;Why have you come, friend?&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="MAT.26.50"><span class="content">Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus and arrested him. </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="MAT.26.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">With that, one of Jesus&#8217; companions reached for his sword, drew it out and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="MAT.26.51"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="MAT.26.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Put your sword back in its place,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus said to him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="MAT.26.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="MAT.26.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen in this way?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="MAT.26.54"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="MAT.26.55"><span class="label">55</span><span class="content">In that hour Jesus said to the crowd, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me? Every day I sat in the temple courts teaching, and you did not arrest me.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="MAT.26.56"><span class="label">56</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But this has all taken place that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Then all the disciples deserted him and fled.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CO.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God&#8217;s approval. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">So then, when you come together, it is not the Lord&#8217;s Supper you eat, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">for when you are eating, some of you go ahead with your own private suppers. As a result, one person remains hungry and another gets drunk. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.11.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Don&#8217;t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God by humiliating those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? Certainly not in this matter!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.11.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.11.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.11.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CO.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.11.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord&#8217;s death until he comes.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.11.26"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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