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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, &#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, says: &#8216;Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival to me in the wilderness.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Pharaoh said, &#8220;Who is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and I will not let Israel go.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then they said, &#8220;The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God, or he may strike us with plagues or with the sword.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But the king of Egypt said, &#8220;Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people away from their labor? Get back to your work!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then Pharaoh said, &#8220;Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers and overseers in charge of the people: </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don&#8217;t reduce the quota. They are lazy; that is why they are crying out, &#8216;Let us go and sacrifice to our God.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Make the work harder for the people so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then the slave drivers and the overseers went out and said to the people, &#8220;This is what Pharaoh says: &#8216;I will not give you any more straw. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced at all.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So the people scattered all over Egypt to gather stubble to use for straw. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The slave drivers kept pressing them, saying, &#8220;Complete the work required of you for each day, just as when you had straw.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And Pharaoh&#8217;s slave drivers beat the Israelite overseers they had appointed, demanding, &#8220;Why haven&#8217;t you met your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as before?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then the Israelite overseers went and appealed to Pharaoh: &#8220;Why have you treated your servants this way? </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Your servants are given no straw, yet we are told, &#8216;Make bricks!&#8217; Your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.5.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Pharaoh said, &#8220;Lazy, that&#8217;s what you are&#8212;lazy! That is why you keep saying, &#8216;Let us go and sacrifice to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Now get to work. You will not be given any straw, yet you must produce your full quota of bricks.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.5.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The Israelite overseers realized they were in trouble when they were told, &#8220;You are not to reduce the number of bricks required of you for each day.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">When they left Pharaoh, they found Moses and Aaron waiting to meet them, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">and they said, &#8220;May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> look on you and judge you! You have made us obnoxious to Pharaoh and his officials and have put a sword in their hand to kill us.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch23" data-usfm="1SA.23.7+1SA.23.8+1SA.23.9+1SA.23.10+1SA.23.11+1SA.23.12+1SA.23.13+1SA.23.14+1SA.23.15+1SA.23.16+1SA.23.17+1SA.23.18+1SA.23.19+1SA.23.20+1SA.23.21+1SA.23.22+1SA.23.23+1SA.23.24+1SA.23.25+1SA.23.26+1SA.23.27+1SA.23.28+1SA.23.29">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.23.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, and he said, &#8220;God has delivered him into my hands, for David has imprisoned himself by entering a town with gates and bars.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.23.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And Saul called up all his forces for battle, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.23.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.23.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When David learned that Saul was plotting against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, &#8220;Bring the ephod.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.23.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">David said, &#8220;</span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, God of Israel, your servant has heard definitely that Saul plans to come to Keilah and destroy the town on account of me. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.23.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me to him? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, God of Israel, tell your servant.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.23.11"><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;He will.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.23.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.23.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Again David asked, &#8220;Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men to Saul?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.23.12"><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;They will.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.23.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.23.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">So David and his men, about six hundred in number, left Keilah and kept moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he did not go there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.23.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.23.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hills of the Desert of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God did not give David into his hands.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.23.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.23.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">While David was at Horesh in the Desert of Ziph, he learned that</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">he was afraid because</span></span></span><span class="content"> Saul had come out to take his life. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.23.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And Saul&#8217;s son Jonathan went to David at Horesh and helped him find strength in God. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.23.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid,&#8221; he said. &#8220;My father Saul will not lay a hand on you. You will be king over Israel, and I will be second to you. Even my father Saul knows this.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1SA.23.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The two of them made a covenant before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. Then Jonathan went home, but David remained at Horesh.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1SA.23.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1SA.23.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, &#8220;Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hakilah, south of Jeshimon? </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.23.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Now, Your Majesty, come down whenever it pleases you to do so, and we will be responsible for giving him into your hands.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.23.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1SA.23.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Saul replied, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> bless you for your concern for me. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.23.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Go and get more information. Find out where David usually goes and who has seen him there. They tell me he is very crafty. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1SA.23.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Find out about all the hiding places he uses and come back to me with definite information. Then I will go with you; if he is in the area, I will track him down among all the clans of Judah.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1SA.23.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1SA.23.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Desert of Maon, in the Arabah south of Jeshimon. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1SA.23.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Saul and his men began the search, and when David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Desert of Maon. When Saul heard this, he went into the Desert of Maon in pursuit of David.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1SA.23.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1SA.23.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Saul was going along one side of the mountain, and David and his men were on the other side, hurrying to get away from Saul. As Saul and his forces were closing in on David and his men to capture them, </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1SA.23.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">a messenger came to Saul, saying, &#8220;Come quickly! The Philistines are raiding the land.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1SA.23.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why they call this place Sela Hammahlekoth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:28 </span><span class="fq">Sela Hammahlekoth </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">rock of parting.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1SA.23.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:29 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts this verse (23:29) is numbered 24:1.</span></span></span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch30" data-usfm="JOB.30.16+JOB.30.17+JOB.30.18+JOB.30.19+JOB.30.20+JOB.30.21+JOB.30.22+JOB.30.23+JOB.30.24+JOB.30.25+JOB.30.26+JOB.30.27+JOB.30.28+JOB.30.29+JOB.30.30+JOB.30.31">
         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.30.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;And now my life ebbs away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.30.16"><span class="content">days of suffering grip me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.30.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.30.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Night pierces my bones;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.30.17"><span class="content">my gnawing pains never rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.30.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.30.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">In his great power God becomes like clothing to me</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:18 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">power he grasps my clothing</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.30.18"><span class="content">he binds me like the neck of my garment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.30.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.30.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He throws me into the mud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.30.19"><span class="content">and I am reduced to dust and ashes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.30.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.30.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.30.20"><span class="content">I stand up, but you merely look at me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.30.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.30.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">You turn on me ruthlessly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.30.21"><span class="content">with the might of your hand you attack me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.30.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.30.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">You snatch me up and drive me before the wind;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.30.22"><span class="content">you toss me about in the storm.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.30.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.30.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">I know you will bring me down to death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.30.23"><span class="content">to the place appointed for all the living.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.30.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.30.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Surely no one lays a hand on a broken man</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.30.24"><span class="content">when he cries for help in his distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.30.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.30.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Have I not wept for those in trouble?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.30.25"><span class="content">Has not my soul grieved for the poor?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.30.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.30.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Yet when I hoped for good, evil came;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.30.26"><span class="content">when I looked for light, then came darkness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.30.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.30.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The churning inside me never stops;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.30.27"><span class="content">days of suffering confront me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.30.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.30.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">I go about blackened, but not by the sun;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.30.28"><span class="content">I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.30.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.30.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">I have become a brother of jackals,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.30.29"><span class="content">a companion of owls.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.30.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.30.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">My skin grows black and peels;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.30.30"><span class="content">my body burns with fever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.30.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.30.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">My lyre is tuned to mourning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.30.31"><span class="content">and my pipe to the sound of wailing.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="DAN.6.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then the men went as a group to King Darius and said to him, &#8220;Remember, Your Majesty, that according to the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or edict that the king issues can be changed.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="DAN.6.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DAN.6.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions&#8217; den. The king said to Daniel, &#8220;May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue you!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DAN.6.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DAN.6.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that Daniel&#8217;s situation might not be changed. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="DAN.6.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night without eating and without any entertainment being brought to him. And he could not sleep.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="DAN.6.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="DAN.6.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the lions&#8217; den. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="DAN.6.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">When he came near the den, he called to Daniel in an anguished voice, &#8220;Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="DAN.6.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="DAN.6.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Daniel answered, &#8220;May the king live forever! </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="DAN.6.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="DAN.6.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="DAN.6.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den. And when Daniel was lifted from the den, no wound was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="DAN.6.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="DAN.6.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">At the king&#8217;s command, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought in and thrown into the lions&#8217; den, along with their wives and children. And before they reached the floor of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="DAN.6.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DAN.6.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Then King Darius wrote to all the nations and peoples of every language in all the earth:</span></span></div><div class="pmo"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DAN.6.25"><span class="content">&#8220;May you prosper greatly!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DAN.6.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DAN.6.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;I issue a decree that in every part of my kingdom people must fear and reverence the God of Daniel.</span></span></div><div class="qm1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DAN.6.26"><span class="content">&#8220;For he is the living God</span></span></div><div class="qm2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DAN.6.26"><span class="content">and he endures forever;</span></span></div><div class="qm1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DAN.6.26"><span class="content">his kingdom will not be destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="qm2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DAN.6.26"><span class="content">his dominion will never end.</span></span></div><div class="qm1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DAN.6.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="DAN.6.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He rescues and he saves;</span></span></div><div class="qm2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="DAN.6.27"><span class="content">he performs signs and wonders</span></span></div><div class="qm2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="DAN.6.27"><span class="content">in the heavens and on the earth.</span></span></div><div class="qm1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="DAN.6.27"><span class="content">He has rescued Daniel</span></span></div><div class="qm2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="DAN.6.27"><span class="content">from the power of the lions.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="DAN.6.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="DAN.6.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:28 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Darius, that is, the reign of Cyrus</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Persian.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.4.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Again he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.4.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.4.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.4.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MRK.4.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.4.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Calms the Storm</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.4.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MRK.4.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Let us go over to the other side.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MRK.4.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MRK.4.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MRK.4.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, &#8220;Teacher, don&#8217;t you care if we drown?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MRK.4.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MRK.4.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Quiet! Be still!&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MRK.4.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MRK.4.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">He said to his disciples, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MRK.4.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MRK.4.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">They were terrified and asked each other, &#8220;Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to go to you with the brothers. He was quite unwilling to go now, but he will go when he has the opportunity.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.16.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Do everything in love.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.16.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CO.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the Lord&#8217;s people. I urge you, brothers and sisters, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">to submit to such people and to everyone who joins in the work and labors at it. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I was glad when Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus arrived, because they have supplied what was lacking from you. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For they refreshed my spirit and yours also. Such men deserve recognition.</span></span></div>
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