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         <div class="label">21</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">saying to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.21.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.21.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Say to Daughter Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.21.5"><span class="content">&#8216;See, your king comes to you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.21.5"><span class="content">gentle and riding on a donkey,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.21.5"><span class="content">and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">21:5 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="ZEC.9.9">Zech. 9:9</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.21.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.21.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Hosanna</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">21:9 </span><span class="ft">A Hebrew expression meaning &#8220;Save!&#8221; which became an exclamation of praise; also in verse 15</span></span></span><span class="content"> to the Son of David!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.21.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.21.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">21:9 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.118.25">Psalm 118:25</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="PSA.118.26">26</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.21.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.21.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Hosanna</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">21:9 </span><span class="ft">A Hebrew expression meaning &#8220;Save!&#8221; which became an exclamation of praise; also in verse 15</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the highest heaven!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.21.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, &#8220;Who is this?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.21.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The crowds answered, &#8220;This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus at the Temple</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.21.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;It is written,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;My house will be called a house of prayer,&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">21:13 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="ISA.56.7">Isaiah 56:7</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">but you are making it &#8216;a den of robbers.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">21:13 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="JER.7.11">Jer. 7:11</span></span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.21.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.21.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.21.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple courts, &#8220;Hosanna to the Son of David,&#8221; they were indignant.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.21.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.21.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do you hear what these children are saying?&#8221; they asked him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.21.16"><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> replied Jesus, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;have you never read,</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.21.16"><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;From the lips of children and infants</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.21.16"><span class="wj"><span class="content">you, Lord, have called forth your praise&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">21:16 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.8.2">Psalm 8:2</span> (see Septuagint)</span><span class="ft"> </span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.21.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.21.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Curses a Fig Tree</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.21.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.21.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.21.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;May you never bear fruit again!&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Immediately the tree withered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.21.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.21.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">When the disciples saw this, they were amazed. &#8220;How did the fig tree wither so quickly?&#8221; they asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.21.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.21.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, &#8216;Go, throw yourself into the sea,&#8217; and it will be done.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.21.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Authority of Jesus Questioned</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.21.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.21.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Jesus entered the temple courts, and, while he was teaching, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him. &#8220;By what authority are you doing these things?&#8221; they asked. &#8220;And who gave you this authority?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.21.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.21.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I will also ask you one question. If you answer me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.21.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">John&#8217;s baptism&#8212;where did it come from? Was it from heaven, or of human origin?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.21.25"><span class="content">They discussed it among themselves and said, &#8220;If we say, &#8216;From heaven,&#8217; he will ask, &#8216;Then why didn&#8217;t you believe him?&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.21.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">But if we say, &#8216;Of human origin&#8217;&#8212;we are afraid of the people, for they all hold that John was a prophet.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.21.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.21.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">So they answered Jesus, &#8220;We don&#8217;t know.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.21.27"><span class="content">Then he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Two Sons</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.21.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.21.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, &#8216;Son, go and work today in the vineyard.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.21.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.21.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;I will not,&#8217; he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.21.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.21.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, &#8216;I will, sir,&#8217; but he did not go.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.21.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.21.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Which of the two did what his father wanted?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.21.31"><span class="content">&#8220;The first,&#8221; they answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.21.31"><span class="content">Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.21.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Tenants</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.21.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.21.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.21.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.21.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MAT.21.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MAT.21.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MAT.21.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Last of all, he sent his son to them. &#8216;They will respect my son,&#8217; he said.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MAT.21.37"></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MAT.21.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, &#8216;This is the heir. Come, let&#8217;s kill him and take his inheritance.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MAT.21.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MAT.21.39"></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MAT.21.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MAT.21.40"></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MAT.21.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">&#8220;He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,&#8221; they replied, &#8220;and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MAT.21.41"></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.21.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Have you never read in the Scriptures:</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.21.42"><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The stone the builders rejected</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.21.42"><span class="wj"><span class="content">has become the cornerstone;</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.21.42"><span class="wj"><span class="content">the Lord has done this,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.21.42"><span class="wj"><span class="content">and it is marvelous in our eyes&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">21:42 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.118.22">Psalm 118:22</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="PSA.118.23">23</span> </span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">?</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.21.42"></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="MAT.21.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MAT.21.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.&#8221;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">21:44 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts do not have verse 44.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MAT.21.44"></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="MAT.21.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus&#8217; parables, they knew he was talking about them. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="MAT.21.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 8</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 8:1-9 is numbered 8:2-10.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. According to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">gittith.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, our Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.8.1"><span class="content">how majestic is your name in all the earth!</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.8.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.8.1"><span class="content">You have set your glory</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.8.1"><span class="content">in the heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.8.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Through the praise of children and infants</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.8.2"><span class="content">you have established a stronghold against your enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.8.2"><span class="content">to silence the foe and the avenger.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.8.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When I consider your heavens,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.8.3"><span class="content">the work of your fingers,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.8.3"><span class="content">the moon and the stars,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.8.3"><span class="content">which you have set in place,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.8.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">what is mankind that you are mindful of them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.8.4"><span class="content">human beings that you care for them?</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">what is a human being that you are mindful of him, / a son of man that you care for him?</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.8.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.8.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You have made them</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">him</span></span></span><span class="content"> a little lower than the angels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">than God</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.8.5"><span class="content">and crowned them</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">him</span></span></span><span class="content"> with glory and honor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.8.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You made them rulers over the works of your hands;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.8.6"><span class="content">you put everything under their</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">made him ruler&#8230;; / &#8230;his</span></span></span><span class="content"> feet:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.8.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">all flocks and herds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.8.7"><span class="content">and the animals of the wild,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.8.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">the birds in the sky,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.8.8"><span class="content">and the fish in the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.8.8"><span class="content">all that swim the paths of the seas.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.8.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.8.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, our Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.8.9"><span class="content">how majestic is your name in all the earth!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;My eyes have seen all this,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.13.1"><span class="content">my ears have heard and understood it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.13.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">What you know, I also know;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.13.2"><span class="content">I am not inferior to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.13.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But I desire to speak to the Almighty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.13.3"><span class="content">and to argue my case with God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.13.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You, however, smear me with lies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.13.4"><span class="content">you are worthless physicians, all of you!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.13.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">If only you would be altogether silent!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.13.5"><span class="content">For you, that would be wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.13.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Hear now my argument;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.13.6"><span class="content">listen to the pleas of my lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.13.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Will you speak wickedly on God&#8217;s behalf?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.13.7"><span class="content">Will you speak deceitfully for him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.13.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Will you show him partiality?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.13.8"><span class="content">Will you argue the case for God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.13.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Would it turn out well if he examined you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.13.9"><span class="content">Could you deceive him as you might deceive a mortal?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.13.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He would surely call you to account</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.13.10"><span class="content">if you secretly showed partiality.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.13.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Would not his splendor terrify you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.13.11"><span class="content">Would not the dread of him fall on you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.13.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Your maxims are proverbs of ashes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.13.12"><span class="content">your defenses are defenses of clay.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.13.12"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.13.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Keep silent and let me speak;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.13.13"><span class="content">then let come to me what may.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.13.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Why do I put myself in jeopardy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.13.14"><span class="content">and take my life in my hands?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.13.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.13.15"><span class="content">I will surely</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">13:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">He will surely slay me; I have no hope&#8212; / yet I will</span></span></span><span class="content"> defend my ways to his face.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.13.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.13.16"><span class="content">for no godless person would dare come before him!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.13.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Listen carefully to what I say;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.13.17"><span class="content">let my words ring in your ears.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.13.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Now that I have prepared my case,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.13.18"><span class="content">I know I will be vindicated.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.13.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Can anyone bring charges against me?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.13.19"><span class="content">If so, I will be silent and die.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.13.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.13.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Only grant me these two things, God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.13.20"><span class="content">and then I will not hide from you:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.13.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Withdraw your hand far from me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.13.21"><span class="content">and stop frightening me with your terrors.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.13.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then summon me and I will answer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.13.22"><span class="content">or let me speak, and you reply to me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.13.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">How many wrongs and sins have I committed?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.13.23"><span class="content">Show me my offense and my sin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.13.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Why do you hide your face</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.13.24"><span class="content">and consider me your enemy?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.13.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Will you torment a windblown leaf?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.13.25"><span class="content">Will you chase after dry chaff?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.13.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.13.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">For you write down bitter things against me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.13.26"><span class="content">and make me reap the sins of my youth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.13.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.13.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">You fasten my feet in shackles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.13.27"><span class="content">you keep close watch on all my paths</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.13.27"><span class="content">by putting marks on the soles of my feet.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.13.27"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.13.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.13.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;So man wastes away like something rotten,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.13.28"><span class="content">like a garment eaten by moths.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.13.28"></span></div>
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