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         <div class="label">14</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Amaziah King of Judah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2KI.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the second year of Jehoash</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Joash, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jehoash</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 13, 23 and 27</span></span></span><span class="content"> son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah began to reign. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2KI.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother&#8217;s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2KI.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He did what was right in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, but not as his father David had done. In everything he followed the example of his father Joash. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2KI.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2KI.14.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2KI.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">After the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, he executed the officials who had murdered his father the king. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2KI.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Yet he did not put the children of the assassins to death, in accordance with what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses where the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded: &#8220;Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:6 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 24:16</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2KI.14.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2KI.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He was the one who defeated ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt and captured Sela in battle, calling it Joktheel, the name it has to this day.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2KI.14.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2KI.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, with the challenge: &#8220;Come, let us face each other in battle.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2KI.14.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2KI.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: &#8220;A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, &#8216;Give your daughter to my son in marriage.&#8217; Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle underfoot. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2KI.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You have indeed defeated Edom and now you are arrogant. Glory in your victory, but stay at home! Why ask for trouble and cause your own downfall and that of Judah also?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2KI.14.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2KI.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Amaziah, however, would not listen, so Jehoash king of Israel attacked. He and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at Beth Shemesh in Judah. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2KI.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Judah was routed by Israel, and every man fled to his home. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2KI.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate&#8212;a section about four hundred cubits long.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:13 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 600 feet or about 180 meters</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2KI.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He took all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and in the treasuries of the royal palace. He also took hostages and returned to Samaria.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2KI.14.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2KI.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">As for the other events of the reign of Jehoash, what he did and his achievements, including his war against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel? </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2KI.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Jehoash rested with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. And Jeroboam his son succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2KI.14.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2KI.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2KI.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">As for the other events of Amaziah&#8217;s reign, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2KI.14.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2KI.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish, but they sent men after him to Lachish and killed him there. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2KI.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He was brought back by horse and was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors, in the City of David.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2KI.14.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2KI.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then all the people of Judah took Azariah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:21 </span><span class="ft">Also called </span><span class="fqa">Uzziah</span></span></span><span class="content"> who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2KI.14.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">He was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after Amaziah rested with his ancestors.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jeroboam II King of Israel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2KI.14.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2KI.14.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Jehoash king of Israel became king in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2KI.14.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He did evil in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and did not turn away from any of the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2KI.14.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He was the one who restored the boundaries of Israel from Lebo Hamath to the Dead Sea,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:25 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">the Sea of the Arabah</span></span></span><span class="content"> in accordance with the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, spoken through his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2KI.14.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2KI.14.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had seen how bitterly everyone in Israel, whether slave or free, was suffering;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Israel was suffering. They were without a ruler or leader, and</span></span></span><span class="content"> there was no one to help them. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2KI.14.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">And since the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had not said he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2KI.14.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="2KI.14.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">As for the other events of Jeroboam&#8217;s reign, all he did, and his military achievements, including how he recovered for Israel both Damascus and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel? </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2KI.14.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Jeroboam rested with his ancestors, the kings of Israel. And Zechariah his son succeeded him as king.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">148</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 148</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">148:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 14</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> from the heavens;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"><span class="content">praise him in the heights above.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.148.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Praise him, all his angels;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.148.2"><span class="content">praise him, all his heavenly hosts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.148.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.148.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Praise him, sun and moon;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.148.3"><span class="content">praise him, all you shining stars.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.148.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.148.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Praise him, you highest heavens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.148.4"><span class="content">and you waters above the skies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.148.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.148.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Let them praise the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.148.5"><span class="content">for at his command they were created,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.148.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.148.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and he established them for ever and ever&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.148.6"><span class="content">he issued a decree that will never pass away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.148.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.148.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> from the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.148.7"><span class="content">you great sea creatures and all ocean depths,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.148.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.148.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">lightning and hail, snow and clouds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.148.8"><span class="content">stormy winds that do his bidding,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.148.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.148.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">you mountains and all hills,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.148.9"><span class="content">fruit trees and all cedars,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.148.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.148.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">wild animals and all cattle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.148.10"><span class="content">small creatures and flying birds,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.148.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.148.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">kings of the earth and all nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.148.11"><span class="content">you princes and all rulers on earth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.148.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.148.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">young men and women,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.148.12"><span class="content">old men and children.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.148.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.148.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Let them praise the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.148.13"><span class="content">for his name alone is exalted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.148.13"><span class="content">his splendor is above the earth and the heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.148.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And he has raised up for his people a horn,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">148:14 </span><span class="fq">Horn </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes strength.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="content">the praise of all his faithful servants,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="content">of Israel, the people close to his heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">149</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 149</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.149.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">149:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 9</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.149.1"><span class="content">Sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> a new song,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.149.1"><span class="content">his praise in the assembly of his faithful people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.149.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.149.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Let Israel rejoice in their Maker;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.149.2"><span class="content">let the people of Zion be glad in their King.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.149.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.149.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Let them praise his name with dancing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.149.3"><span class="content">and make music to him with timbrel and harp.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.149.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.149.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> takes delight in his people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.149.4"><span class="content">he crowns the humble with victory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.149.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.149.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Let his faithful people rejoice in this honor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.149.5"><span class="content">and sing for joy on their beds.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.149.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.149.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">May the praise of God be in their mouths</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.149.6"><span class="content">and a double-edged sword in their hands,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.149.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.149.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">to inflict vengeance on the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.149.7"><span class="content">and punishment on the peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.149.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.149.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">to bind their kings with fetters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.149.8"><span class="content">their nobles with shackles of iron,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.149.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.149.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">to carry out the sentence written against them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.149.9"><span class="content">this is the glory of all his faithful people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.149.9"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">150</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 150</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.150.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">150:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 6</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.150.1"><span class="content">Praise God in his sanctuary;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.150.1"><span class="content">praise him in his mighty heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.150.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.150.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Praise him for his acts of power;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.150.2"><span class="content">praise him for his surpassing greatness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.150.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.150.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.150.3"><span class="content">praise him with the harp and lyre,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.150.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.150.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">praise him with timbrel and dancing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.150.4"><span class="content">praise him with the strings and pipe,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.150.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.150.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">praise him with the clash of cymbals,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.150.5"><span class="content">praise him with resounding cymbals.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.150.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.150.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Let everything that has breath praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.150.6"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch10" data-usfm="JHN.10.22+JHN.10.23+JHN.10.24+JHN.10.25+JHN.10.26+JHN.10.27+JHN.10.28+JHN.10.29+JHN.10.30+JHN.10.31+JHN.10.32+JHN.10.33+JHN.10.34+JHN.10.35+JHN.10.36+JHN.10.37+JHN.10.38+JHN.10.39+JHN.10.40+JHN.10.41+JHN.10.42">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.10.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then came the Festival of Dedication</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:22 </span><span class="ft">That is, Hanukkah</span></span></span><span class="content"> at Jerusalem. It was winter, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.10.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">and Jesus was in the temple courts walking in Solomon&#8217;s Colonnade. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.10.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The Jews who were there gathered around him, saying, &#8220;How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.10.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.10.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I did tell you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father&#8217;s name testify about me,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.10.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">but you do not believe because you are not my sheep.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.10.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.10.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.10.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:29 </span><span class="ft">Many early manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">What my Father has given me is greater than all</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">; no one can snatch them out of my Father&#8217;s hand.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.10.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I and the Father are one.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.10.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.10.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him, </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.10.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">but Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.10.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.10.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">&#8220;We are not stoning you for any good work,&#8221; they replied, &#8220;but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.10.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.10.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Jesus answered them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Is it not written in your Law, &#8216;I have said you are &#8220;gods&#8221;&#8198;&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:34 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 82:6</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.10.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If he called them &#8216;gods,&#8217; to whom the word of God came&#8212;and Scripture cannot be set aside&#8212;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.10.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, &#8216;I am God&#8217;s Son&#8217;?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.10.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Do not believe me unless I do the works of my Father.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.10.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.10.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Again they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.10.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.10.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing in the early days. There he stayed, </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JHN.10.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">and many people came to him. They said, &#8220;Though John never performed a sign, all that John said about this man was true.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.10.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">And in that place many believed in Jesus.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PHP.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PHP.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PHP.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PHP.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PHP.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PHP.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PHP.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PHP.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Who, being in very nature</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in the form of</span></span></span><span class="content"> God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PHP.2.6"><span class="content">did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PHP.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PHP.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">rather, he made himself nothing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PHP.2.7"><span class="content">by taking the very nature</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the form</span></span></span><span class="content"> of a servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PHP.2.7"><span class="content">being made in human likeness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PHP.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PHP.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And being found in appearance as a man,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PHP.2.8"><span class="content">he humbled himself</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PHP.2.8"><span class="content">by becoming obedient to death&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PHP.2.8"><span class="content">even death on a cross!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PHP.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PHP.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Therefore God exalted him to the highest place</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PHP.2.9"><span class="content">and gave him the name that is above every name,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PHP.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PHP.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PHP.2.10"><span class="content">in heaven and on earth and under the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PHP.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PHP.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PHP.2.11"><span class="content">to the glory of God the Father.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Do Everything Without Grumbling</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PHP.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PHP.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed&#8212;not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence&#8212;continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PHP.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PHP.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PHP.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Do everything without grumbling or arguing, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PHP.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">so that you may become blameless and pure, &#8220;children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:15 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 32:5</span></span></span><span class="content"> Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PHP.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">as you hold firmly to the word of life. And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PHP.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PHP.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.</span></span></div>
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