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 <div class="p">40He also made the pots#7:40 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac and Vulgate (see also verse 45 and 2 Chron. 4:11); many other Hebrew manuscripts basins and shovels and sprinkling bowls.</div><div class="p">So Huram finished all the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of the Lord:</div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1">41the two pillars;</div><div class="li1">the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;</div><div class="li1">the two sets of network decorating the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;</div><div class="li1">42the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network decorating the bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars);</div><div class="li1">43the ten stands with their ten basins;</div><div class="li1">44the Sea and the twelve bulls under it;</div><div class="li1">45the pots, shovels and sprinkling bowls.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="p">All these objects that Huram made for King Solomon for the temple of the Lord were of burnished bronze. 46The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Sukkoth and Zarethan. 47Solomon left all these things unweighed, because there were so many; the weight of the bronze was not determined.</div><div class="p">48Solomon also made all the furnishings that were in the Lord&#8217;s temple:</div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1">the golden altar;</div><div class="li1">the golden table on which was the bread of the Presence;</div><div class="li1">49the lampstands of pure gold (five on the right and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary);</div><div class="li1">the gold floral work and lamps and tongs;</div><div class="li1">50the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and censers;</div><div class="li1">and the gold sockets for the doors of the innermost room, the Most Holy Place, and also for the doors of the main hall of the temple.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="p">51When all the work King Solomon had done for the temple of the Lord was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated&#8212;the silver and gold and the furnishings&#8212;and he placed them in the treasuries of the Lord&#8217;s temple.</div>
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 <div class="p">1Then King Solomon summoned into his presence at Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes and the chiefs of the Israelite families, to bring up the ark of the Lord&#8217;s covenant from Zion, the City of David. 2All the Israelites came together to King Solomon at the time of the festival in the month of Ethanim, the seventh month.</div><div class="p">3When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark, 4and they brought up the ark of the Lord and the tent of meeting and all the sacred furnishings in it. The priests and Levites carried them up, 5and King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel that had gathered about him were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and cattle that they could not be recorded or counted.</div><div class="p">6The priests then brought the ark of the Lord&#8217;s covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim. 7The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its carrying poles. 8These poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there today. 9There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt.</div><div class="p">10When the priests withdrew from the Holy Place, the cloud filled the temple of the Lord. 11And the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled his temple.</div><div class="p">12Then Solomon said, &#8220;The Lord has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud; 13I have indeed built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever.&#8221;</div><div class="p">14While the whole assembly of Israel was standing there, the king turned around and blessed them. 15Then he said:</div><div class="pm">&#8220;Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his own hand has fulfilled what he promised with his own mouth to my father David. For he said, 16&#8216;Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any tribe of Israel to have a temple built so that my Name might be there, but I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.&#8217;</div><div class="pm">17&#8220;My father David had it in his heart to build a temple for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 18But the Lord said to my father David, &#8216;You did well to have it in your heart to build a temple for my Name. 19Nevertheless, you are not the one to build the temple, but your son, your own flesh and blood&#8212;he is the one who will build the temple for my Name.&#8217;</div><div class="pm">20&#8220;The Lord has kept the promise he made: I have succeeded David my father and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the Lord promised, and I have built the temple for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 21I have provided a place there for the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord that he made with our ancestors when he brought them out of Egypt.&#8221;</div>
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 <div class="q1">113I hate double-minded people,</div><div class="q2">but I love your law.</div><div class="q1">114You are my refuge and my shield;</div><div class="q2">I have put my hope in your word.</div><div class="q1">115Away from me, you evildoers,</div><div class="q2">that I may keep the commands of my God!</div><div class="q1">116Sustain me, my God, according to your promise, and I will live;</div><div class="q2">do not let my hopes be dashed.</div><div class="q1">117Uphold me, and I will be delivered;</div><div class="q2">I will always have regard for your decrees.</div><div class="q1">118You reject all who stray from your decrees,</div><div class="q2">for their delusions come to nothing.</div><div class="q1">119All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross;</div><div class="q2">therefore I love your statutes.</div><div class="q1">120My flesh trembles in fear of you;</div><div class="q2">I stand in awe of your laws.</div><div class="qa">&#1506; Ayin</div><div class="q1">121I have done what is righteous and just;</div><div class="q2">do not leave me to my oppressors.</div><div class="q1">122Ensure your servant&#8217;s well-being;</div><div class="q2">do not let the arrogant oppress me.</div><div class="q1">123My eyes fail, looking for your salvation,</div><div class="q2">looking for your righteous promise.</div><div class="q1">124Deal with your servant according to your love</div><div class="q2">and teach me your decrees.</div><div class="q1">125I am your servant; give me discernment</div><div class="q2">that I may understand your statutes.</div><div class="q1">126It is time for you to act, Lord;</div><div class="q2">your law is being broken.</div><div class="q1">127Because I love your commands</div><div class="q2">more than gold, more than pure gold,</div><div class="q1">128and because I consider all your precepts right,</div><div class="q2">I hate every wrong path.</div><div class="qa">&#1508; Pe</div><div class="q1">129Your statutes are wonderful;</div><div class="q2">therefore I obey them.</div><div class="q1">130The unfolding of your words gives light;</div><div class="q2">it gives understanding to the simple.</div><div class="q1">131I open my mouth and pant,</div><div class="q2">longing for your commands.</div><div class="q1">132Turn to me and have mercy on me,</div><div class="q2">as you always do to those who love your name.</div><div class="q1">133Direct my footsteps according to your word;</div><div class="q2">let no sin rule over me.</div><div class="q1">134Redeem me from human oppression,</div><div class="q2">that I may obey your precepts.</div><div class="q1">135Make your face shine on your servant</div><div class="q2">and teach me your decrees.</div><div class="q1">136Streams of tears flow from my eyes,</div><div class="q2">for your law is not obeyed.</div>
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 <div class="p">1Jesus then left that place and went into the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds of people came to him, and as was his custom, he taught them.</div><div class="p">2Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, &#8220;Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?&#8221;</div><div class="p">3 &#8220;What did Moses command you?&#8221; he replied.</div><div class="p">4They said, &#8220;Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.&#8221;</div><div class="p">5 &#8220;It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,&#8221; Jesus replied. 6&#8220;But at the beginning of creation God &#8216;made them male and female.&#8217;#10:6 Gen. 1:27 7&#8216;For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,#10:7 Some early manuscripts do not have and be united to his wife. 8and the two will become one flesh.&#8217;#10:8 Gen. 2:24 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.&#8221;</div><div class="p">10When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this. 11He answered, &#8220;Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. 12And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.&#8221;</div><div class="s1">The Little Children and Jesus</div><div class="p">13People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them. 14When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, &#8220;Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 15Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.&#8221; 16And he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them.</div><div class="s1">The Rich and the Kingdom of God</div><div class="p">17As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. &#8220;Good teacher,&#8221; he asked, &#8220;what must I do to inherit eternal life?&#8221;</div><div class="p">18 &#8220;Why do you call me good?&#8221; Jesus answered. &#8220;No one is good&#8212;except God alone. 19You know the commandments: &#8216;You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, honor your father and mother.&#8217;#10:19 Exodus 20:12-16; Deut. 5:16-20&#8221;</div><div class="p">20&#8220;Teacher,&#8221; he declared, &#8220;all these I have kept since I was a boy.&#8221;</div><div class="p">21Jesus looked at him and loved him. &#8220;One thing you lack,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.&#8221;</div><div class="p">22At this the man&#8217;s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.</div><div class="p">23Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, &#8220;How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!&#8221;</div><div class="p">24The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, &#8220;Children, how hard it is#10:24 Some manuscripts is for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God! 25It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.&#8221;</div><div class="p">26The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, &#8220;Who then can be saved?&#8221;</div><div class="p">27Jesus looked at them and said, &#8220;With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.&#8221;</div><div class="p">28Then Peter spoke up, &#8220;We have left everything to follow you!&#8221;</div><div class="p">29 &#8220;Truly I tell you,&#8221; Jesus replied, &#8220;no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel 30will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields&#8212;along with persecutions&#8212;and in the age to come eternal life. 31But many who are first will be last, and the last first.&#8221;</div>
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 <div class="p">7But since you excel in everything&#8212;in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you#8:7 Some manuscripts and in your love for us&#8212;see that you also excel in this grace of giving.</div><div class="p">8I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others. 9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.</div><div class="p">10And here is my judgment about what is best for you in this matter. Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so. 11Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means. 12For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.</div><div class="p">13Our desire is not that others might be relieved while you are hard pressed, but that there might be equality. 14At the present time your plenty will supply what they need, so that in turn their plenty will supply what you need. The goal is equality, 15as it is written: &#8220;The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.&#8221;#8:15 Exodus 16:18</div><div class="s1">Titus Sent to Receive the Collection</div><div class="p">16Thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same concern I have for you. 17For Titus not only welcomed our appeal, but he is coming to you with much enthusiasm and on his own initiative. 18And we are sending along with him the brother who is praised by all the churches for his service to the gospel. 19What is more, he was chosen by the churches to accompany us as we carry the offering, which we administer in order to honor the Lord himself and to show our eagerness to help. 20We want to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this liberal gift. 21For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of man.</div><div class="p">22In addition, we are sending with them our brother who has often proved to us in many ways that he is zealous, and now even more so because of his great confidence in you. 23As for Titus, he is my partner and co-worker among you; as for our brothers, they are representatives of the churches and an honor to Christ. 24Therefore show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our pride in you, so that the churches can see it.</div>
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