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         <div class="label">24</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Joash Repairs the Temple</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother&#8217;s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Joash did what was right in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> all the years of Jehoiada the priest. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jehoiada chose two wives for him, and he had sons and daughters.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.24.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Some time later Joash decided to restore the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He called together the priests and Levites and said to them, &#8220;Go to the towns of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the temple of your God. Do it now.&#8221; But the Levites did not act at once.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.24.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Therefore the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest and said to him, &#8220;Why haven&#8217;t you required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and by the assembly of Israel for the tent of the covenant law?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.24.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.24.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Now the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the temple of God and had used even its sacred objects for the Baals.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.24.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">At the king&#8217;s command, a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">A proclamation was then issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they should bring to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> the tax that Moses the servant of God had required of Israel in the wilderness. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">All the officials and all the people brought their contributions gladly, dropping them into the chest until it was full. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.24.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Whenever the chest was brought in by the Levites to the king&#8217;s officials and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal secretary and the officer of the chief priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this regularly and collected a great amount of money. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.24.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who carried out the work required for the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. They hired masons and carpenters to restore the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s temple, and also workers in iron and bronze to repair the temple.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.24.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.24.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The men in charge of the work were diligent, and the repairs progressed under them. They rebuilt the temple of God according to its original design and reinforced it. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.24.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When they had finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made articles for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s temple: articles for the service and for the burnt offerings, and also dishes and other objects of gold and silver. As long as Jehoiada lived, burnt offerings were presented continually in the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.24.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.24.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Now Jehoiada was old and full of years, and he died at the age of a hundred and thirty. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.24.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He was buried with the kings in the City of David, because of the good he had done in Israel for God and his temple.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Wickedness of Joash</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.24.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.24.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">After the death of Jehoiada, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CH.24.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They abandoned the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of their ancestors, and worshiped Asherah poles and idols. Because of their guilt, God&#8217;s anger came on Judah and Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.24.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Although the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sent prophets to the people to bring them back to him, and though they testified against them, they would not listen.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.24.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CH.24.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Then the Spirit of God came on Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the people and said, &#8220;This is what God says: &#8216;Why do you disobey the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s commands? You will not prosper. Because you have forsaken the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, he has forsaken you.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CH.24.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.24.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But they plotted against him, and by order of the king they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s temple. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2CH.24.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">King Joash did not remember the kindness Zechariah&#8217;s father Jehoiada had shown him but killed his son, who said as he lay dying, &#8220;May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> see this and call you to account.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2CH.24.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2CH.24.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">At the turn of the year,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">24:23 </span><span class="ft">Probably in the spring</span></span></span><span class="content"> the army of Aram marched against Joash; it invaded Judah and Jerusalem and killed all the leaders of the people. They sent all the plunder to their king in Damascus. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2CH.24.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> delivered into their hands a much larger army. Because Judah had forsaken the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of their ancestors, judgment was executed on Joash. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2CH.24.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">When the Arameans withdrew, they left Joash severely wounded. His officials conspired against him for murdering the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him in his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2CH.24.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2CH.24.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Those who conspired against him were Zabad,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">24:26 </span><span class="ft">A variant of </span><span class="fqa">Jozabad</span></span></span><span class="content"> son of Shimeath an Ammonite woman, and Jehozabad, son of Shimrith</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">24:26 </span><span class="ft">A variant of </span><span class="fqa">Shomer</span></span></span><span class="content"> a Moabite woman. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2CH.24.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The account of his sons, the many prophecies about him, and the record of the restoration of the temple of God are written in the annotations on the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son succeeded him as king.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">28</div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.28.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The wicked flee though no one pursues,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.28.1"><span class="content">but the righteous are as bold as a lion.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.28.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.28.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.28.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.28.2"><span class="content">but a ruler with discernment and knowledge maintains order.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.28.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.28.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.28.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A ruler</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">28:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">A poor person</span></span></span><span class="content"> who oppresses the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.28.3"><span class="content">is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.28.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.28.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.28.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.28.4"><span class="content">but those who heed it resist them.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.28.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.28.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.28.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Evildoers do not understand what is right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.28.5"><span class="content">but those who seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> understand it fully.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.28.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.28.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.28.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Better the poor whose walk is blameless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.28.6"><span class="content">than the rich whose ways are perverse.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.28.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.28.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.28.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">A discerning son heeds instruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.28.7"><span class="content">but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.28.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.28.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.28.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Whoever increases wealth by taking interest or profit from the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.28.8"><span class="content">amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.28.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.28.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.28.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.28.9"><span class="content">even their prayers are detestable.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.28.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.28.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Whoever leads the upright along an evil path</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="content">will fall into their own trap,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="content">but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.28.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The rich are wise in their own eyes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.28.11"><span class="content">one who is poor and discerning sees how deluded they are.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.28.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.28.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.28.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When the righteous triumph, there is great elation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.28.12"><span class="content">but when the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.28.12"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.28.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.28.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.28.13"><span class="content">but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.28.13"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.28.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.28.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one who always trembles before God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.28.14"><span class="content">but whoever hardens their heart falls into trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.28.14"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.28.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.28.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Like a roaring lion or a charging bear</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.28.15"><span class="content">is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.28.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.28.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.28.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">A tyrannical ruler practices extortion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.28.16"><span class="content">but one who hates ill-gotten gain will enjoy a long reign.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.28.16"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.28.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Anyone tormented by the guilt of murder</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="content">will seek refuge in the grave;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="content">let no one hold them back.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.28.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.28.18"><span class="content">but the one whose ways are perverse will fall into the pit.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">28:18 </span><span class="ft">Syriac (see Septuagint); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">into one</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.28.18"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.28.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.28.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Those who work their land will have abundant food,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.28.19"><span class="content">but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.28.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.28.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.28.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">A faithful person will be richly blessed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.28.20"><span class="content">but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.28.20"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.28.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.28.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">To show partiality is not good&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.28.21"><span class="content">yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.28.21"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.28.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.28.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The stingy are eager to get rich</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.28.22"><span class="content">and are unaware that poverty awaits them.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.28.22"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.28.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.28.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.28.23"><span class="content">rather than one who has a flattering tongue.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.28.23"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.28.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Whoever robs their father or mother</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="content">and says, &#8220;It&#8217;s not wrong,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="content">is partner to one who destroys.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.28.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The greedy stir up conflict,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.28.25"><span class="content">but those who trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will prosper.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.28.25"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.28.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.28.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Those who trust in themselves are fools,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.28.26"><span class="content">but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.28.26"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.28.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.28.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Those who give to the poor will lack nothing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.28.27"><span class="content">but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.28.27"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.28.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.28.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.28.28"><span class="content">but when the wicked perish, the righteous thrive.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.28.28"></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, &#8220;Why do you look for the living among the dead? </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.24.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> &#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then they remembered his words.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.24.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.24.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.24.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">On the Road to Emmaus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.24.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.24.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">24:13 </span><span class="ft">Or about 11 kilometers</span></span></span><span class="content"> from Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.24.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.24.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.24.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">but they were kept from recognizing him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.24.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.24.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He asked them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What are you discussing together as you walk along?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.24.17"><span class="content">They stood still, their faces downcast. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.24.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, &#8220;Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.24.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.24.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What things?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.24.19"><span class="content">&#8220;About Jesus of Nazareth,&#8221; they replied. &#8220;He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.24.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.24.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.24.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.24.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">but didn&#8217;t find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.24.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.24.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.24.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.24.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.24.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.24.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.24.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.24.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">But they urged him strongly, &#8220;Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.&#8221; So he went in to stay with them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.24.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.24.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.24.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.24.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">They asked each other, &#8220;Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.24.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.24.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.24.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">and saying, &#8220;It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.24.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HEB.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HEB.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">This is what the ancients were commended for.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HEB.11.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HEB.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God&#8217;s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HEB.11.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HEB.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HEB.11.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: &#8220;He could not be found, because God had taken him away.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:5 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="GEN.5.24">Gen. 5:24</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.11.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.11.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HEB.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">By faith Abraham, even though he was too old to have children&#8212;and Sarah herself was not able to conceive&#8212;was enabled to become a father because he</span></span></span><span class="content"> considered him faithful who had made the promise. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.11.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HEB.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HEB.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HEB.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HEB.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Instead, they were longing for a better country&#8212;a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HEB.11.16"></span></div>
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