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\v 25 God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, the livestock after their kinds, and everything that creeps upon the ground after its kind. He saw that it was good.
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\v 26 God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." \f + \ft Some ancient copies have: \fqa ... Over the livestock, over all the animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. \fqa* \f*
\v 26 God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." \f + \ft Some ancient copies have: \fqa ... Over the livestock, over all the animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth \fqa* . \f*
\v 27 God created man in his own image. In his own image he created him. Male and female he created them.
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\v 7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin crouches at the door and desires to control you, but you must rule over it."
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\v 8 Cain spoke to Abel his brother. It came about that while they were in the fields, Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him. \f + \ft The best ancient copies read in this way. However, some old translations and some modern translations read, \fqa Cain said to Abel his brother, "Let us go into the fields." It came about that while they were in the fields, Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him. \f*
\v 8 Cain spoke to Abel his brother. It came about that while they were in the fields, Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him. \f + \ft The best ancient copies read in this way. However, some old translations and some modern translations read, \fqa Cain said to Abel his brother, "Let us go into the fields." It came about that while they were in the fields, Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him \fqa* . \f*
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\v 9 Then Yahweh said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" He said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?"
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\v 1 Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the Negev, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He was a foreigner living in Gerar.
\v 2 Abraham said concerning Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." So Abimelech king of Gerar sent his men and they took Sarah.
\v 2 Abraham said concerning Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." So Abimelech king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.
\v 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream in the night, and said to him, "Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man's wife."
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\v 24 Now God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and said to him, "Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad."
\v 25 Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country. Laban also camped with his relatives in the hill country of Gilead. \f + \ft Some modern versions have: \fqa Laban also camped in the hill country of Gilead. \fqa* \f*
\v 25 Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country. Laban also camped with his relatives in the hill country of Gilead. \f + \ft Some modern versions have: \fqa Laban also camped in the hill country of Gilead \fqa* . \f*
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\v 26 Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done, that you deceived me and carried away my daughters like prisoners of war?
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\v 22 Jacob got up during the night, and took his two wives, his two women servants, and his eleven sons. He sent them across the ford of the Jabbok.
\v 22 Jacob got up during the night, and he took his two wives, his two women servants, and his eleven sons. He sent them across the ford of the Jabbok.
\v 23 In this way he sent them across the stream along with all his possessions.
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\v 22 I looked in my dream, and, behold, seven heads came up upon one stalk, full and good.
\v 23 Behold, seven more heads, withered, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprang up after them.
\v 23 Behold, seven more heads—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind—sprang up after them.
\v 24 The thin heads swallowed up the seven good heads. I told these dreams to the magicians, but there was none that could explain it to me."
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\v 27 He asked them about their welfare and said, "Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?"
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\v 28 They said, "Your servant our father is well. He is still alive." They prostrated and bowed down.
\v 28 They said, "Your servant our father is well. He is still alive." They prostrated themselves and bowed down.
\v 29 When he lifted up his eyes he saw Benjamin his brother, his mother's son, and he said, "Is this your youngest brother of whom you spoke to me?" Then he said, "May God be gracious to you, my son."
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\v 3 They said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to Yahweh our God so that he does not attack us with plague or with the sword."
\v 4 But the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people from their work? Go back to your work."
\v 5 He also said, "There are now many Hebrew people in our land, and you are making them stop their work."
\v 5 He also said, "There are now many people in our land, and you are making them stop their work."
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\v 6 On that same day, Pharaoh gave a command to the people's taskmasters and foremen. He said,
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\v 15 Whoever hits his father or mother must surely be put to death.
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\v 16 Whoever kidnaps a person and sells him, or the person is found in his possession, that kidnapper must surely be put to death.
\v 16 Whoever kidnaps a person—whether the kidnapper sells him, or that person is found in his hand—that kidnapper must be put to death.
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\v 17 Whoever curses his father or his mother must surely be put to death.
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\v 6 You must not pervert justice when it should go to your poor people in a poor man's lawsuit.
\v 6 Do not thrust aside justice for your poor in his lawsuit.
\v 7 Do not join others in making false accusations, and do not kill the innocent or righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.
\v 8 Never take a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see, and perverts honest people's words.
\v 9 You must not oppress a foreigner, since you know the life of a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
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\v 31 You must make the robe of the ephod completely of purple fabric.
\v 31 You will make the robe of the ephod entirely of blue fabric.
\v 32 It must have an opening for the head in the middle. The opening must have a woven edge round about so that it does not tear. This must be the work of a weaver.
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\v 12 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
\v 13 "Tell the Israelites: 'You must certainly keep Yahweh's Sabbath days, for these will be a sign between him and you throughout your people's generations so that you may know that he is Yahweh, who sets you apart for himself.
\v 14 So you must keep the Sabbath, for it must be treated by you as holy, reserved for him. Everyone who defiles it must surely be put to death. Whoever works on the Sabbath, that person must surely be cut off from his people.
\v 15 Work will be done for six days, but the seventh day is to be a Sabbath of complete rest, holy, reserved for Yahweh's honor. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.
\v 15 Work will be done for six days, but the seventh day is to be a Sabbath of complete rest, holy before Yahweh. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.
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\v 16 Therefore the Israelites must keep the Sabbath. They must observe it throughout their people's generations as a permanent law.
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\v 26 You must bring the best of the firstfruits from your fields to my house. You must not boil a young goat in its mother's milk."
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\v 27 Yahweh said to Moses, "Write down these words, for I pledge myself to these words I have spoken, and have made a covenant with you and Israel."
\v 27 Yahweh said to Moses, "Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel."
\v 28 Moses was there with Yahweh for forty days and nights; he did not eat any food nor drink any water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.
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\v 22 Bezalel made the robe of the ephod completely of purple fabric, the work of a weaver.
\v 22 Bezalel made the robe of the ephod entirely of blue fabric, the work of a weaver.
\v 23 It had an opening for the head in the middle. The opening had a woven edge round about so that it did not tear.
\v 24 On the bottom hem, they made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and of fine linen.

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\v 34 Any food that could be eaten but has water on it from such a pot is unclean. Any liquid that is for drinking from such a pot is unclean.
\v 35 Anything their carcasses falls on becomes unclean; if it is an oven or small stove, it must be broken to pieces. They are unclean and they must remain unclean to you.
\v 35 Anything that one of their carcasses falls on becomes unclean; if it is an oven or small stove, it must be broken to pieces. They are unclean and they must remain unclean to you.
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\v 36 A spring or cistern for collecting water remains clean; but anyone who touches their carcass is unclean.
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\v 15 Do not cause judgment to be false. You must not show favoritism to someone because he is poor, and you must not show favoritism to someone because he is important. Instead, judge your neighbor righteously.
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\v 16 Do not walk around spreading false gossip among your people, but seek to protect your neighbor's life. I am Yahweh.
\v 16 Do not walk around spreading slander among your people, but seek to protect your neighbor's life. I am Yahweh.
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\v 26 Do not eat any meat with blood still in it.
\p Do not consult spirits about the future, and do not seek to control others by supernatural powers.
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\v 27 Do not follow pagan habits such as shaving the sides of your head or cutting off edges from your beard.
\v 27 You will not round off the corners of the hair on the sides of your head or shave off the edge of your beard.
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\v 28 Do not cut your body for the dead or put tattoo marks on your body. I am Yahweh.
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\v 6 The person who turns to those who talk with the dead, or to those who talk with spirits so as to prostitute themselves with them, I will set my face against that person; I will cut him off from among his people.
\v 7 Therefore consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am Yahweh your God.
\f + \ft Several modern versions have: \fqa ... because I, Yahweh your God, am holy. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Several modern versions have: \fqa ... because I, Yahweh your God, am holy \fqa* . \f*
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\v 19 You must not sleep with your mother's sister, or with your father's sister, because you would disgrace your close relative. You must carry your own guilt.
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\v 20 If a man sleeps with his aunt, he has dishonored his uncle. When they die, I will punish both of them, and when they die, I will take away any inheritance their children might receive from their parents.
\v 20 If a man sleeps with his aunt, he has dishonored his uncle. They will bear responsibility for their sin, and they will die without children.
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\v 21 If a man marries his brother's wife while his brother is still living, that is disgraceful. He has dishonored his brother, and I will take away from their children any property they may have inherited from their parents.
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\v 14 If a man eats a holy food without knowing it, then he must repay the priest for it; he must add one-fifth to it and give it back to the priest.
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\v 15 The people of Israel must not dishonor the holy things that they have raised high and presented to Yahweh,
\v 15 The people of Israel must not profane the holy things that they have raised high and presented to Yahweh,
\v 16 and cause themselves to carry the sin that would make them guilty of eating the holy food, for I am Yahweh who makes them holy.'"
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\v 31 So you must keep my commandments and carry them out. I am Yahweh.
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\v 32 You must not dishonor my holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy by the people of Israel. I am Yahweh who makes you holy,
\v 32 You must not profane my holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy by the people of Israel. I am Yahweh who makes you holy,
\v 33 who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am Yahweh."
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\v 9 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
\v 10 "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'When you have come into the land that I will give you, and when you reap its harvest, then you must bring a sheaf of its firstfruits to the priest.
\v 11 He will raise the sheaf before Yahweh and present it to him, for it to be accepted on your behalf. It is on the day after the Sabbath that the priest will raise it and present it to me.
\v 10 "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'When you have come into the land that I will give you, and when you reap its harvest, then you must bring a bundle of the firstfruit of the grain to the priest.
\v 11 He will raise the bundle of grain before Yahweh and present it to him, for it to be accepted on your behalf. It is on the day after the Sabbath that the priest will raise it and present it to me.
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\v 12 On the day when you raise the sheaf and present it to me, you must offer a male lamb one year old and without blemish as a burnt offering to Yahweh.
\v 12 On the day when you raise the bundle of grain and present it to me, you must offer a male lamb one year old and without blemish as a burnt offering to Yahweh.
\v 13 The grain offering must be two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering made by fire to Yahweh, to produce a sweet aroma, and with it a drink offering of wine, a fourth of a hin.
\v 14 You must eat no bread, nor roasted or fresh grain, until the same day you have brought this offering to your God. This will be a permanent statute throughout your people's generations, in every place that you live.
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\v 15 Beginning from the day after the Sabbath—that was the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering—count seven full weeks.
\v 15 Beginning from the day after the Sabbath—that was the day you brought the bundle of grain as the wave offering—count seven full weeks.
\v 16 You must count fifty days, which would be the day after the seventh Sabbath. Then you must present an offering of new grain to Yahweh.
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\v 17 You must bring out of your houses two loaves made from two-tenths of an ephah. They must be made from fine flour and baked with yeast; they will be a wave offering of the firstfruits to Yahweh.

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\v 9 When you go to war in your land against an adversary who oppresses you, then you must sound an alarm with the trumpets. I, Yahweh your God, will call you to mind and save you from your enemies.
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\v 10 Also, at the times of celebration, both your regular festivals and at the beginnings of the months, you must blow the trumpets in honor of your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices for your fellowship offerings. These will act as a reminder of you to me, your God. I am Yahweh your God."
\v 10 Also, at the times of celebration, both your regular festivals and at the beginnings of the months, you must blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices for your fellowship offerings. These will act as a reminder of you to me, your God. I am Yahweh your God."
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\v 9 But do not rebel against Yahweh, and do not fear the people in the land, for they are bread to us. Their protection will be removed from them, because Yahweh is with us. Do not fear them."
\v 10 But all the community threatened to stone them to death. Then Yahweh's glory appeared at the tent of meeting to all the people of Israel.
\v 10 Then all the congregation said to stone them with stones. But the glory of Yahweh appeared at the tent of meeting to all the people of Israel.
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\v 32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.
\v 33 Yahweh our God gave him over to us and we defeated him; we struck him dead, his sons, and all his people.
\v 33 Yahweh our God gave him over to us and we defeated him and his sons and all his people.
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\v 34 We took all his cities at that time and completely destroyed every city—men and the women and the little ones; we left no survivor.
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\v 19 When you reap your harvest in your field, and if you have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you must not go back to get it; it must be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, or for the widow, so that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
\v 19 When you reap your harvest in your field, and if you have forgotten an omer of grain in the field, you must not go back to get it; it must be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, or for the widow, so that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
\v 20 When you shake your olive tree, you must not go over the branches again; it will be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, or for the widow.
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\v 1 As soon as all the kings of the Amorites on the west side of the Jordan, and all the kings of the Canaanites, who were along the coast of the Great Sea, heard that Yahweh had dried up the waters of the Jordan until the people of Israel had crossed over, their hearts melted, and there was no longer any spirit in them because of the people of Israel.
\f + \ft Some modern versions have: \fqa until the people of Israel had crossed over, \fqa* and others have, \fqa until we had crossed over. \fqa* The Hebrew text has \fqa we, \fqa* but a note in the margin instructs readers to say \fqa they. \fqa* Translators can decide for themselves. \f*
\f + \ft Some modern versions have: \fqa until the people of Israel had crossed over, \fqa* and others have, \fqa until we had crossed over \fqa* . The Hebrew text has \fqa we, \fqa* but a note in the margin instructs readers to say \fqa they \fqa* . Translators can decide for themselves. \f*
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\v 3 When the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,
\v 4 they acted with a cunning plan. They went as messengers. They took worn-out sacks and put them on their donkeys. They also took old wineskins that were worn, torn, and had been repaired.
\f + \ft Instead of \fqa They went as messengers, \fqa* some versions have, \fqa They got provisions ready. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Instead of \fqa They went as messengers, \fqa* some versions have, \fqa They got provisions ready \fqa* . \f*
\v 5 They put old and patched sandals on their feet, and dressed in old, worn-out clothing. All the bread in their food supply was dry and moldy.
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\v 6 Then they went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, "We have traveled from a very far country, so now make a covenant with us."
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\v 40 Joshua conquered all the land, the hill country, the Negev, the lowlands, and the foothills. Of all their kings he left not one survivor. He completely destroyed every living thing, just as Yahweh, the God of Israel, had commanded.
\v 41 Joshua struck them with the sword from Kadesh Barnea to Gaza, and all the country of Goshen to Gibeon.
\v 41 Joshua struck them from Kadesh Barnea to Gaza, and all the country of Goshen to Gibeon.
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\v 42 Joshua captured all these kings and their land at one time because Yahweh, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.
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\v 45 Ekron, with its surrounding towns and villages;
\v 46 from Ekron to the Great Sea, all the settlements that were near Ashdod, including their villages.
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\v 47 Ashdod, its surrounding towns and villages; Gaza, its surrounding towns and villages; to the brook of Egypt, and to the Great Sea with its coastline.
\v 47 Ashdod, its surrounding towns, including their villages; Gaza, its surrounding towns including their villages; to the brook of Egypt, and to the Great Sea with its coastline.
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\v 8 From Tappuah the border went westward to the brook of Kanah and ended at the sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of Ephraim, clan by clan,
\v 9 together with the cities that were chosen for the tribe of Ephraim within the inheritance of the tribe of Manasseh—all the cities, as well as their villages.
\v 9 together with the cities that were chosen for the tribe of Ephraim within the inheritance of the tribe of Manasseh—all the cities, including their villages.
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\v 10 They did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so that the Canaanites live within Ephraim to this day, but these people were made to do forced labor.
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\v 7 Simeon also had Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan. These were four cities, including their villages.
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\v 8 These were together with the villages around these cities as far as Baalath Beer (the same as Ramah in the Negev). This was the inheritance of the tribe of Simeon, clan by clan.
\v 8 These were together, including their the villages around these cities as far as Baalath Beer (the same as Ramah in the Negev). This was the inheritance of the tribe of Simeon, clan by clan.
\v 9 The inheritance of the tribe of Simeon formed part of the territory of the tribe of Judah. Because the portion of land assigned to the tribe of Judah was too large for them, the tribe of Simeon received their inheritance out of the middle of their portion.
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\v 14 The border made a turn to the north to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah El.
\v 15 This region included the cities of Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem. There were twelve cities, including their villages.
\v 16 This was the inheritance of the tribe of Zebulun, clan by clan, including these cities with their villages.
\v 16 This was the inheritance of the tribe of Zebulun, clan by clan, including these cities, including their villages.
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\v 11 The Israelites gave them Kiriath Arba (Arba had been the father of Anak), the same place as Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the pasturelands around it.
\v 12 But the fields of the city and its villages were already given to Caleb son of Jephunneh, as his possession.
\v 12 But the fields of the city, including their villages, were already given to Caleb son of Jephunneh, as his possession.
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\v 31 After Ehud the next judge was Shamgar son of Anath who killed 600 men of the Philistines with a stick used to goad the cattle. He also delivered Israel from danger.
\v 31 After Ehud the next judge was Shamgar son of Anath who killed 600 men of the Philistines with a stick used to goad cattle. He also delivered Israel from danger.
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\v 20 He said to her, "Stand at the opening of the tent. If someone comes and asks you, 'Is anyone here?', say 'No'."
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\v 21 Then Jael (the wife of Heber) took a tent peg and a hammer in her hand and went in secretly to him, for he was in a deep sleep, and she hammered the tent peg into the side of his head and it pierced through him and went down into the ground, and he died.
\v 21 Then Jael (the wife of Heber) took a tent peg and a hammer in her hand and went in secretly to him, for he was in a deep sleep, and she hammered the tent peg into the side of his head until it went down into the ground, and he died.
\v 22 As Barak was pursuing Sisera, Jael want out to meet him and said to him, "Come, I will show you the man you are looking for." So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera dead, with the tent peg in the side of his head.
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\v 7 There were few rural people in Israel,
\q until I, Deborah, arose,
\q arose as a mother in Israel!
\q until I, Deborah, arose—arose as a mother in Israel!
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\v 8 When they chose new gods,
\q there was fighting at the city gates
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\q2 that old river, the Kishon River.
\q March on my soul, be strong!
\q
\v 22 Then the sound of horses' hooves—
\v 22 Then came the sound of horses' hooves—
\q galloping, the galloping of his mighty ones.
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\v 13 Gideon, son of Joash, returned from the battle going through the pass of Heres.
\v 14 He ran into a young man of the people of Succoth and sought advice from him. The young man described for him the leaders of Succoth and its elders, seventy-seven men.
\v 14 He caught a young man of Succoth and questioned him. The young man wrote down the names of seventy-seven officials and elders of Succoth.
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\v 15 Gideon came to the men of Succoth and said, "Look at Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you mocked me and said, 'Have you already conquered Zebah and Zalmunna? We do not know that we should give bread to your army.'"
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\v 2 Jephthah said to them, "I and my people were in a great conflict with the people of Ammon. When I called you, you did not rescue me from them.
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\v 3 When I saw that you did not rescue me, I put my life in my own strength and passed through against the people of Ammon, and Yahweh gave me victory. Why have you come to fight against me today?"
\v 3 When I saw that you did not rescue me, When I saw that you did not rescue me, I put my life in my own hand and passed through against the people of Ammon, and Yahweh gave me victory. Why have you come to fight against me today?"
\v 4 Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead and he fought against Ephraim. The men of Gilead attacked the men of Ephraim because they said, "You Gileadites are fugitives in Ephraim—in Ephraim and Manasseh."
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\v 8 Then Manoah prayed to Yahweh and said, "Oh, Lord, please let the man of God you sent come again to us so that he may teach us what we are to do for the child who soon will be born."
\v 9 God answered Manoah's prayer, and the angel of God came to the woman again when she was sitting in the field. But Manoah her husband was not with her.
\v 9 God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God came to the woman again when she was sitting in the field. But Manoah her husband was not with her.
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\v 5 Then Boaz said to his servant who was supervising the reapers, "What man does this young woman belong to?"
\v 6 The servant supervising the reapers answered and said, "It is the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the land of Moab.
\v 7 She said to me, 'Please let me glean what remains in the field after the workers harvest the crop.' So she came here and has continued from the morning until now, except that she rested a little in the house."
\f + \ft Some modern versions read, \fqa Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves of grain after the reapers. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Some modern versions read, \fqa Please let me glean and gather among the bundle of grain after the reapers \fqa* . \f*
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\v 9 Keep your eyes only on the field where the men are reaping and follow behind the other women. Have I not instructed the men not to touch you? Whenever you are thirsty, you may go to the waterpots and drink the water that the men have drawn."
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\v 10 Then she bowed down before Boaz, touching her head to the ground. She said to him, "Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should be concerned about me, a foreigner?"
\v 10 Then she bowed down before Boaz, touching her face to the ground. She said to him, "Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should be concerned about me, a foreigner?"
\v 11 Boaz answered and said to her, "It has been reported to me, all that you have done since the death of your husband. You have left your father, mother, and the land of your birth to follow your mother-in-law and to come to a people you do not know.
\v 12 May Yahweh reward you for your deed. May you receive full payment from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have found refuge."
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\v 3 Therefore, wash yourself, anoint yourself, put on your best clothes, and go down to the threshing floor. But do not make yourself known to the man until he finishes eating and drinking.
\f + \ft The Hebrew text has, \fqa Put on your best piece of clothing. \fqa* However, a marginal note instructs readers to read, \fqa Put on your best clothes. \fqa* Translators are free to choose for themselves. \f*
\f + \ft The Hebrew text has, \fqa Put on your best piece of clothing \fqa* . However, a marginal note instructs readers to read, \fqa Put on your best clothes. \fqa* Translators are free to choose for themselves. \f*
\v 4 But when he lies down, take notice of the place where he lies down so that later you can go to him, uncover his feet, and lie down there. Then he will tell you what to do."
\v 5 Ruth said to Naomi, "I will do everything you say."
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\v 17 She said, "These six measures of barley are what he gave me, for he said, 'Do not go empty to your mother-in-law.'"
\v 18 Then Naomi said, "Stay here, my daughter, until you know how the matter will turn out, for the man will not rest until he has finished this thing today."
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\v 23 Elkanah her husband said to her, "Do what seems good to you. Wait until you have weaned him; only, may Yahweh confirm his word." So the woman stayed and nursed her son until she weaned him.
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\v 24 When she had weaned him, she took him with her, along with a three-year-old bull,\f + \ft Some translations have \fqa three bulls \fqa* instead of \fqa a three-year-old bull. \f* one ephah of meal, and a bottle of wine, and brought him to the house of Yahweh in Shiloh. Now the child was still young.
\v 24 When she had weaned him, she took him with her, along with a three-year-old bull,\f + \ft Some translations of the Hebrew text have \fqa three bulls \fqa* instead of \fqa a three-year-old bull \fqa* . \f* one ephah of meal, and a bottle of wine, and brought him to the house of Yahweh in Shiloh. Now the child was still young.
\v 25 They killed the bull, and they brought the child to Eli.
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\v 26 She said, "Oh, my master! As you live, my master, I am the woman who stood here next to you praying to Yahweh.
\v 27 For this child I prayed and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him.
\v 28 I have given him to Yahweh, as long as he lives he is lent to Yahweh." Then he worshiped Yahweh there.
\f + \ft Some modern versions have, \fqa Then they worshiped Yahweh there. \fqa* \f*
\v 28 I have given him to Yahweh, as long as he lives he is lent to Yahweh." Then he worshiped Yahweh there. \f + \ft Some modern versions have, \fqa Then they worshiped Yahweh there \fqa* . \f*
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\v 19 Yahweh attacked some of the men of Beth Shemesh because they had looked into the ark of Yahweh. He killed 50,070 men. The people mourned, because Yahweh had given the people a great blow.
\f + \ft Instead of \fqa 50,070 men \fqa* , some later copies and modern versions have, \fqa seventy men. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Instead of \fqa 50,070 men \fqa* , some later copies and modern versions have, \fqa seventy men \fqa* . \f*
\v 20 The men of Beth Shemesh said, "Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? To whom will the ark go up from us?"
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\v 26 Saul also went to his home at Gibeah, and with him went some strong men, whose hearts God had touched.
\v 27 But some worthless men said, "How can this man save us?" These people despised Saul and did not bring him any gifts. But Saul kept silent.
\f + \ft Some modern versions add to this verse the following paragraph: \fqa Nahash king of the Ammonites had severely oppressed the Gadites and Reubenites. He dug out the right eye of each man and did not allow anyone to rescue Israel. Across the Jordan River was left no Israelites whose right eye Nahash king of the Ammonites had not dug out. But seven thousand men had escaped from the Ammonites and had gone into Jabesh Gilead. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Some modern versions add to this verse the following paragraph: \fqa Nahash king of the Ammonites had severely oppressed the Gadites and Reubenites. He dug out the right eye of each man and did not allow anyone to rescue Israel. Across the Jordan River was left no Israelites whose right eye Nahash king of the Ammonites had not dug out. But seven thousand men had escaped from the Ammonites and had gone into Jabesh Gilead \fqa* . \f*
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\v 40 Then he said to all Israel, "You must stand on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other." The people said to Saul, "Do what seems good to you."
\v 41 Saul said, "Yahweh, God of Israel! If this sin has been committed by me or by my son Jonathan, then, Yahweh, God of Israel, give the Urim. But if this sin has been committed by your people Israel, give the Thummim." \f + \ft The ULB is following the LXX in the quotation. The Hebrew text has: \fqa "Give me the right answer." \f* Then Jonathan and Saul were taken by lot, but the army was exonerated.
\v 41 Saul said, "Yahweh, God of Israel! If this sin has been committed by me or by my son Jonathan, then, Yahweh, God of Israel, give the Urim. But if this sin has been committed by your people Israel, give the Thummim." \f + \ft The ULB is following the LXX in the quotation. The Hebrew text has: \fqa Give me the right answer \fqa* . \f* Then Jonathan and Saul were taken by lot, but the army was exonerated.
\v 42 Then Saul said, "Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son." Then Jonathan was taken by lot.
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\v 24 The servants of Saul reported to him the words which David spoke.
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\v 25 Then Saul said, "Say this to David, 'The king does not desire any dowry, only one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged from the king's enemies.'" Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
\v 25 Then Saul said, "Say this to David, 'The king does not desire any price for the bride except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged from the king's enemies.'" Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
\v 26 When his servants told David these words, it pleased David to be the king's son-in-law.
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\v 27 Before those days had expired, David went with his men and killed two hundred Philistines. David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, so that he might be the king's son-in-law. So Saul gave him Michal his daughter as his wife.
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\v 41 As soon as the young man was gone, David stood up from behind the mound, lay facedown on the ground, and bowed himself three times. They kissed one another and wept together, with David weeping the more.
\f + \ft The Hebrew text reads, \fqa David came out from beside the south. \fqa* Modern versions interpret this passage in different ways because the Hebrew text is difficult to understand. \f*
\f + \ft The Hebrew text reads, \fqa David came out from beside the south \fqa* . Modern versions interpret this passage in different ways because the Hebrew text is difficult to understand. \f*
\v 42 Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace, because we have both sworn in the name of Yahweh and said, 'May Yahweh be between you and me, and between my descendants and your descendants, forever.'" Then David stood up and left, and Jonathan returned to the city.
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\v 8 David and his men attacked various places, making raids on the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those nations were the inhabitants of the land, as you go to Shur, as far as the land of Egypt. They had been living there in the land from ancient times. \f + \ft Instead of \fq the Girzites \fq* which is found in some ancient Hebrew copies, some modern versions have \fqa the Gizrites \fqa* which is found in the margin of some Hebrew manuscripts. \f*
\v 8 David and his men attacked various places, making raids on the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those nations were the inhabitants of the land, as you go to Shur, as far as the land of Egypt. They had been living there in the land from ancient times. \f + \ft Instead of \fqa the Girzites \fqa* which is found in some ancient Hebrew copies, some modern versions have \fqa the Gizrites \fqa* which is found in the margin of some Hebrew manuscripts. \f*
\v 9 David attacked the land and saved neither man nor woman alive; he took away the sheep, the oxen, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing; he would return and come again to Achish.
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\v 3 Then the princes of the Philistines said, "What are these Hebrews doing here?" Achish said to the other princes of the Philistines, "Is not this David, the servant of Saul, the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or rather these years, and I have found no fault with him since he came away to me to this day?"
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\v 4 But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; they said to him, "Make that man go away, that he may go back to his place that you have given him; do not let him go with us into battle, so that he does not become an enemy to us in the battle. For how else could this fellow make peace with his master? Would it not be with the heads of our men?
\v 4 But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him and said, "Send the man back, that he may return to the place you assigned him. He will not go down with us into battle, for he will turn against us during the fighting. For how else could he make himself acceptable to his master than by taking the heads of our own men?
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\v 15 Then the young men got up and gathered together, twelve for Benjamin and Ishbosheth son of Saul, and twelve from servants of David.
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\v 16 Each man seized his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into the side of his opponent, and they fell down together. Therefore that place was called in Hebrew, "Helkath Hazzurim," or "Field of Swords," which is in Gibeon.
\v 16 Each man seized his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into the side of his opponent, and they fell down together. Therefore that place was called "Helkath Hazzurim," or "Field of Swords," which is in Gibeon.
\v 17 The battle was very severe that day and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated before the servants of David.
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\v 18 Then David the king went in and sat before Yahweh and said, "Who am I, Yahweh God, and what is my family that you have brought me to this point?
\v 19 Now this was a small thing in your sight, Lord Yahweh. You have even spoken about your servant's family for a great while to come, and have shown me future generations, Lord Yahweh!
\v 20 What more can I, David, say to you? You have honored your servant, Lord Yahweh.
\v 20 What more can I, David, say to you? You have known your servant, Lord Yahweh.
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\v 21 For your word's sake, and to fulfill your own purpose, you have done this great thing and revealed it to your servant.
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\v 15 David reigned over all Israel, and he administered justice and righteousness to all his people.
\v 16 Joab son of Zeruiah was the commander of the army, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder.
\v 17 Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests, and Seraiah was scribe.
\v 18 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the Kerethites and Pelethites, and David's sons were the chief officials at the king's hand. \f + \ft Comparing this verse with 1CH 18:17, \fqa were the chief officials at the king's hand \fqa* ; but the MT has, \fqa were priests.\f*
\v 18 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the Kerethites and Pelethites, and David's sons were the chief officials at the king's hand. \f + \ft Comparing this verse with 1 Chron. 18:17, \fqa were the chief officials at the king's hand \fqa* ; but the MT has, \fqa were priests \fqa* . \f*
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\v 15 When the Arameans saw that they were being defeated by Israel, they gathered themselves together again.
\v 16 Then Hadarezer sent for Aramean troops from beyond the Euphrates River. They came to Helam with Shobak, the commander of Hadarezer's army at their head.
\v 16 Then Hadarezer sent for Aramean troops from beyond the Euphrates River. They came to Helam, and Shobak, the commander of Hadarezer's army, went before them.
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\v 17 When David was told this, he gathered all Israel together, crossed the Jordan, and arrived at Helam. The Arameans arranged themselves in battle lines against David and fought him.
\v 18 The Arameans fled from Israel. David killed seven hundred Aramean chariot soldiers and forty thousand horse soldiers. Shobak the commander of their army was wounded and died there.
\v 18 The Arameans fled from Israel, and David killed seven hundred of their men in chariots and forty thousand horsemen. Shobak the commander of their army was wounded and died there.
\v 19 When all the kings who were servants of Hadarezer saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became their subjects. So the Arameans were afraid to help the people of Ammon anymore.
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\v 6 Then David sent to Joab saying, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent Uriah to David.
\v 7 When Uriah arrived, David asked him how Joab was, how the army was doing, and how the war was going.
\v 8 David said to Uriah, "Go down to your house, and wash your feet." So Uriah left the king's palace, and the king sent a gift for Uriah after he left.
\v 8 David said to Uriah, "Go down to your house and wash your feet." So Uriah left the king's palace, and the king sent a gift for Uriah after he left.
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\v 9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's palace with all the servants of his master, and he did not go down to his house.
\v 10 When they told David, "Uriah did not go down to his house," David said to Uriah, "Have you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?"
\v 11 Uriah answered David, "The ark, and Israel and Judah are staying in tents, and my master Joab and my master's servants are camped in an open field. How then can I go into my house to eat and to drink and to sleep with my wife? As sure as you are alive, I will not do this."
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\v 12 So David said to Uriah, "Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you leave." So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next day.
\v 13 When David called him, he ate and drank before him, and David made him drunk. At evening Uriah went out to sleep on his bed with the servants of his master; he did not go down to his house.
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\v 26 Now Joab fought against Rabbah, the royal city of the people of Ammon, and he captured its fortress.
\v 26 Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and he captured the royal city.
\v 27 So Joab sent messengers to David and said, "I have fought against Rabbah, and I have taken the city's water supply.
\v 28 Now therefore gather the rest of the army together and camp against the city and take it, because if I take the city, it will be named after me."
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\v 24 Then David came to Mahanaim. As for Absalom, he crossed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
\v 25 Absalom had set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of Jether the Ishmaelite \f + \ft Scholars disagree about whether the word describing Jether should be "Ishmaelite" as it is in some ancient Greek versions, or "Israelite" as it is in the ancient Hebrew text. Some scholars believe that "Israelite" is a scribal error in the Hebrew. "Ishmaelite" is the word used in a parallel passage (See: 1CH 2:17), in both the ancient Hebrew and Greek texts. \f*, who had slept with Abigail, who was the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah, the mother of Joab.
\v 25 Absalom had set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of Jether the Ishmaelite \f + \ft Scholars disagree about whether the word describing Jether should be "Ishmaelite" as it is in some ancient Greek versions, or "Israelite" as it is in the ancient Hebrew text. Some scholars believe that "Israelite" is a scribal error in the Hebrew. "Ishmaelite" is the word used in a parallel passage (See: 1 Chron. 2:17), in both the ancient Hebrew and Greek texts. \f*, who had slept with Abigail, who was the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah, the mother of Joab.
\v 26 Then Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
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\v 18 They crossed to bring over the king's family and to do whatever he thought good. Shimei son of Gera bowed down before the king just before he began to cross the Jordan.
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\v 19 Shimei said to the king, "Do not, my master, find me guilty or call to mind what your servant stubbornly did the day that my master the king left Jerusalem. Please, may the king not take it to heart.
\v 19 Shimei said to the king, "Do not, my master, find me guilty or call to mind the wrong your servant did the day my master the king left Jerusalem. Please, may the king not take it to heart.
\v 20 For your servant knows that I have sinned. See, that is why I have come today as the first from all the family of Joseph to come down to meet my master the king."
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\v 8 When they were at the great stone which is at Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Joab was wearing the battle armor that he had put on, which included a belt around his waist with a sheathed sword fastened to it. As he walked forward, the sword fell out.
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\v 9 So Joab said to Amasa, "Is it well with you, my cousin?" Joab affectionately took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
\v 9 So Joab said to Amasa, "Is it well with you, my cousin?" Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
\v 10 Amasa did not notice the dagger that was in Joab's left hand. Joab stabbed Amasa in the stomach and his bowels spilled out to the ground. Joab did not strike him again, and Amasa died.
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\v 18 It came about after this that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob, when Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was one of the descendants of the Rephaim.
\f + \ft Instead of \fqa Gob \fqa* in the Hebrew text, some versions have \fqa Gezeth \fqa* or \fqa Gezer. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Instead of \fqa Gob \fqa* in the Hebrew text, some versions have \fqa Gezeth \fqa* or \fqa Gezer \fqa* . \f*
\v 19 It came about again in a battle with the Philistines at Gob, that Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
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\v 11 He rode on a cherub and flew.
\q He was seen on the wings of the wind.
\f + \ft Some versions have, \fqa He flew on the wings of the wind. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Some versions have, \fqa He flew on the wings of the wind \fqa* . \f*
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\v 12 He made darkness a tent around him,
\q gathering heavy rain clouds in the skies.
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\v 24 The thirty included the following men: Asahel brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,
\v 25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
\v 26 Helez the Paltite, Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
\v 27 Abiezer the Anathothite, Sibbekai \f + \ft Some LXX manuscripts have the name \fqa Sibbekai,\fqa* see also 2SA 21:18 and 1CH 11:29. The Hebrew text has \fqa Mebunnai. \f* the Hushathite,
\v 27 Abiezer the Anathothite, Sibbekai \f + \ft Some LXX manuscripts have the name \fqa Sibbekai,\fqa* see also 2SA 21:18 and 1CH 11:29. The Hebrew text has \fqa Mebunnai \fqa* . \f* the Hushathite,
\v 28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite;
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\v 23 All this, my king, I, Araunah, will give to you." Then he said to the king, "May Yahweh your God accept you."
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\v 24 The king said to Araunah, "No, I insist on buying it at a price. I will not offer as a burnt offering to Yahweh anything that costs me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
\v 25 David built an altar for Yahweh there and offered on it burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. So they pleaded with Yahweh on behalf of the land, and he caused the plague to be contained throughout Israel.
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\v 26 Then to Abiathar the priest the king said, "Go to Anathoth, to your own fields. You are worthy of death, but I will not at this time put you to death, because you carried the ark of the Lord Yahweh before David my father and suffered in every way my father suffered."
\f + \ft Some versions have, \fqa ... the ark of Yahweh .... \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Some versions have, \fqa the ark of Yahweh \fqa* . \f*
\v 27 So Solomon dismissed Abiathar from being priest to Yahweh, that he might fulfill the word of Yahweh, which he had spoken concerning the house of Eli at Shiloh.
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\v 7 Solomon built the hall of the throne where he was to judge, the hall of justice. It was covered with cedar from floor to floor.
\f + \ft Some versions have, \fqa It was covered with cedar from the floor to the rafters. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Some versions have, \fqa It was covered with cedar from the floor to the rafters \fqa* . \f*
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\v 8 Solomon's house in which he was to live, in another courtyard within the palace grounds, was similarly designed. He also built a house like this for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken as a wife.
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\v 25 Now then, Yahweh, God of Israel, carry out what you have promised to your servant David my father, when you said, 'You will not fail to have a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful to walk before me, as you have walked before me.'
\v 26 Now then, God of Israel, I pray that the promise you made to your servant David my father, will come true.
\v 26 Now then, God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you have spoken to your servant David my father.
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\v 51 They are your people whom you have chosen, whom you rescued out of Egypt as if from the middle of a furnace where iron is forged.
\v 52 I pray that your eyes may be open to the request of your servant and to the requests of your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they cry to you.
\v 52 May your eyes be open to the request of your servant and to the requests of your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they cry to you.
\v 53 For you separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to belong to you and receive your promises, just as you explained by Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, Lord Yahweh."
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\v 17 So Solomon rebuilt Gezer and Beth Horon the Lower,
\v 18 Baalath and Tamar \f + \fqa Tamar \fqa* \ft is also pronounced \fqa Tadmor. \f* in the wilderness in the land of Judah,
\v 18 Baalath and Tamar \f + \fqa Tamar \fqa* \ft is also pronounced \fqa Tadmor \fqa* . \f* in the wilderness in the land of Judah,
\v 19 and all the store cities that he possessed, and the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemen, and whatever he wished to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the lands under his rule.
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\v 21 their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel were not able to totally destroy—Solomon made them into forced laborers, which they are to this day.
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\v 22 However, Solomon made no forced laborers of the people of Israel. Instead, they became his soldiers and his servants, his officials, and his officers and commanders of his chariot forces and his horse riders.
\v 22 However, Solomon made no forced laborers of the people of Israel. Instead, they became his soldiers and his servants, his officials, and his officers and commanders of his chariot forces and his horsemen.
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\v 7 I did not believe what I heard until I came here, and now my eyes have seen it. Not half was told me about your wisdom and wealth! You have exceeded the fame that I heard about.
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\v 8 How blessed are your wives, and how blessed are your servants who constantly stand before you, because they hear your wisdom. \f + \ft Some versions read \fqa How blessed are your men. \fqa* Important ancient translations, however, have \fqa How blessed are your wives. \fqa* Many think it is probable that \fqa women \fqa* was misread as \fqa men \fqa* , because the Hebrew words are very similar. \f*
\v 8 How blessed are your wives, and how blessed are your servants who constantly stand before you, because they hear your wisdom. \f + \ft Some versions read \fqa How blessed are your men \fqa* . Important ancient translations, however, have \fqa How blessed are your wives \fqa* . Many think it is probable that \fqa women \fqa* was misread as \fqa men \fqa* , because the Hebrew words are very similar. \f*
\v 9 May Yahweh your God be praised, who has taken pleasure in you, who placed you on the throne of Israel. Because Yahweh loved Israel forever, he has made you king, for you to do justice and righteousness!"
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\v 1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel was coming to Shechem to make him king.
\v 2 It happened that Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of this (for he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon), for Jeroboam had settled down in Egypt. \f + \ft Some versions have, \fqa then Jeroboam returned from Egypt. \fqa* \f*
\v 2 It happened that Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of this (for he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon), for Jeroboam had settled down in Egypt. \f + \ft Some versions have, \fqa then Jeroboam returned from Egypt \fqa* . \f*
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\v 3 So they sent and called him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and said to Rehoboam,
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\v 24 Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah, came up, slapped Micaiah on the cheek, and said, "Which way did the Spirit of Yahweh take to go from me to speak to you?"
\v 25 Micaiah said, "Look, you will know that on that day, when you run into some inner room to hide."
\v 25 Micaiah said, "Look, you will see on that day when you will go to hide in an inner room."
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\v 8 Then he said, "By which way should we attack?" Jehoshaphat answered, "By way of the wilderness of Edom."
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\v 9 So the kings of Israel, Judah, and Edom marched in a semicircle for seven days. There was no water found for their army, nor for their horses or other animals.
\v 9 So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom. They wandered around for seven days, and then there was no water for the army or for the animals that followed them.
\v 10 So the king of Israel said, "What is this? Has Yahweh called three kings to give them into the hand of Moab?"
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\v 22 So Edom has been in rebellion against the rule of Judah to this present day. Libnah also revolted at the same time.
\v 23 As for the other matters concerning Jehoram, all that he did, are they not written in the book of the events of the kings of Judah?
\v 24 Jehoram died and rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. Then Ahaziah his son became king in his place.
\v 24 Jehoram rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of David. Then Ahaziah his son became king in his place.
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\v 19 As for the other matters concerning Joash, all that he did, are they not written in the book of the events of the kings of Judah?
\v 20 His servants arose and plotted together; they attacked Joash in Beth Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.
\v 21 Jozabad \f + \ft Some ancient copies have \fqa Jozacar. \f* son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad son of Shomer, his servants, attacked him, and he died. They buried Joash with his ancestors in the city of David, and Amaziah, his son, became king in his place.
\v 21 Jozabad \f + \ft Some ancient copies have \fqa Jozacar \fqa* . \f* son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad son of Shomer, his servants, attacked him, and he died. They buried Joash with his ancestors in the city of David, and Amaziah, his son, became king in his place.
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\v 15 As for the other matters concerning Shallum and the conspiracy that he formed, they are written in the book of the events of the kings of Israel.
\v 16 Then Menahem attacked Tiphsah and all who were there, and the borders around Tirzah, because they did not open up the city to him. So he attacked it, and he ripped open all the pregnant women in that village.
\f + \ft Instead of \fqa Tiphsah \fqa* , one ancient version and some modern versions read,
\fqa Tappuah. \f*
\fqa Tappuah \fqa* . \f*
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\v 17 In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi began to reign over Israel; he reigned ten years in Samaria.
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\v 19 Even Judah did not keep the commandments of Yahweh their God, but instead followed in the same pagan practices that Israel was following.
\v 19 Even Judah did not keep the commandments of Yahweh their God, and they followed the practices that Israel had done.
\v 20 So Yahweh rejected all the descendants of Israel; he afflicted them and gave them into the hand of those who would take the possession as spoil, until he had cast them out of his sight.
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\v 3 For he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and he built altars for Baal, made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and he bowed down to all the stars of heaven and worshiped them.
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\v 4 Manasseh built pagan altars in the house of Yahweh, although Yahweh had commanded, "It is in Jerusalem that my name will be forever."
\v 4 Manasseh built altars in the house of Yahweh, although Yahweh had commanded, "It is in Jerusalem that my name will be forever."
\v 5 He built altars for all the stars of heaven in the two courtyards of the house of Yahweh.
\v 6 He caused his son to pass through the fire, he performed sorcery and divination and consulted with those who talked with the dead and with those who talked with spirits. He did much evil in the sight of Yahweh, provoking him to anger.
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\v 26 However, Yahweh did not turn from the fierceness of his great wrath, which had been kindled against Judah for all the pagan worship with which Manasseh had provoked him.
\v 26 Nevertheless, Yahweh did not turn away from the burning of his fierce anger, which burned against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke him to anger.
\v 27 So Yahweh said, "I will also remove Judah out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will throw away this city that I have chosen, Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, 'My name will be there.'"
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\v 3 It was certainly at the mouth of Yahweh that this came on Judah, to remove them out of his sight, because of the sins of Manasseh, all that he did,
\f + \ft Some versions read, \fqa It was certainly because of the wrath of Yahweh. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Some versions read, \fqa It was certainly because of the wrath of Yahweh \fqa* . \f*
\v 4 and also because of the innocent blood that he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood. Yahweh was not willing to pardon that.
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\v 2 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,
\v 3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech.
\v 4 The sons of Noah were Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
\f + \ft Some versions omit \fqa The sons of ... \fqa* , but others include this expression. \f*
\f + \ft Some versions omit the expression \fqa The sons of \fqa* , but others include this expression. \f*
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\v 23 Geshur and Aram took Havvoth Jair and Kenath, as well as sixty surrounding towns. All these inhabitants were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.
\v 24 After the death of Hezron, Caleb slept with Ephrathah, the wife of his father Hezron. She bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.
\f + \ft Some versions read, \fqa After Hezron's death in Caleb Ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore him a son, Ashhur the father of Tekoa. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Some versions read, \fqa After Hezron's death in Caleb Ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore him a son, Ashhur the father of Tekoa \fqa* . \f*
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\v 2 the third was Absalom, whose mother was Maakah, daughter of Talmai king of Geshur. The fourth was Adonijah son of Haggith;
\v 3 the fifth was Shephatiah by Abital; the sixth was Ithream by Eglah his wife.
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\v 4 These six were born to David in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months. He then ruled thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
\v 5 These four sons, by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel, were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon.
\f + \ft Some versions have \fqa Bathseba \fqa* or \fqa Bathshua \fqa* instead of \fqa Bathsheba. \fqa* \f*
\v 5 These four sons, by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel, were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. \f + \ft Some versions have \fqa Bathseba \fqa* or \fqa Bathshua \fqa* instead of \fqa Bathsheba \fqa* . \f*
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\v 6 David's other nine sons were: Ibhar, Elishua, Eliphelet,
\v 7 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,
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\v 11 Kelub brother of Shuhah became the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.
\v 12 Eshton became the father of Beth Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of Ir Nahash. \f + \ft Some translations read: \fqa who settled in the town of Nahash. \f* These were men who lived in Rekah.
\v 12 Eshton became the father of Beth Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of Ir Nahash. \f + \ft Some translations read: \fqa who settled in the town of Nahash \fqa* . \f* These were men who lived in Rekah.
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\v 13 Kenaz's sons were Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel's sons were Hathath and Meonothai.
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\v 25 The sons of Elkanah were Amasai, Ahimoth,
\v 26 And a son named Elkanah; Zophai his son, Nahath his son,
\v 27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son. \f + \ft The LXX adds to the list \fqa Samuel his son. \f*
\v 27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son. \f + \ft The LXX adds to the list \fqa Samuel his son \fqa* . \f*
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\v 28 The sons of Samuel were the firstborn, Joel, and Abijah, the second-born.
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\v 58 Hilen with its pasturelands, and Debir with its pasturelands.
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\v 59 They also gave to the descendants of Aaron: Ashan with its pasturelands, Juttah,\f + \fqa Juttah \fqa* \ft is not in the MT but is included in the Syriac version; see JOS 21:16. \f* and Beth Shemesh with its pasturelands;
\v 59 They also gave to the descendants of Aaron: Ashan with its pasturelands, Juttah, \f + \ft The place name \fqa Juttah \fqa* is not in the MT but is found in the Syriac version; also see JOS 21:16. \f* and Beth Shemesh with its pasturelands;
\v 60 and from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. All their cities numbered thirteen.
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\v 77 The rest of Merari's descendants received from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam, Kartah, \f + \ft The names \fqa Jokneam \fqa* and \fqa Kartah \fqa* are not found in the MT but are in the LXX. Compare the list in JOS 21:34. \f* and Rimmono with its pasturelands and Tabor with its pasturelands;
\v 77 The rest of Merari's descendants received from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam, Kartah, \f + \ft The names \fqa Jokneam \fqa* and \fqa Kartah \fqa* are not found in the MT but are in the LXX. Compare the list in Josh. 21:34. \f* and Rimmono with its pasturelands and Tabor with its pasturelands;
\v 78 and from the tribe of Reuben, across the Jordan on the east side of Jericho, they received Bezer in the desert, Jahzah,
\v 79 Kedemoth and its pasturelands, and Mephaath and its pasturelands.
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\v 17 The doorkeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their descendants. Shallum was their leader.
\v 18 Previously they stood guard at the king's gate on the east side for the camp of Levi's descendants.
\v 19 Shallum son of Kore son of Ebiasaph, \f + \ft Ebiasaph is the same person referred to as \fqa Asaph \fqa* in 1CH 26:1. \f* son of Korah, and his relatives from the house of his father, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the guard service. They guarded the door to the tent, as their ancestors had guarded the camp of Yahweh, and they also had guarded the entrance.
\v 19 Shallum son of Kore son of Ebiasaph, \f + \ft Ebiasaph is the same person referred to as \fqa Asaph \fqa* in 1 Chron. 26:1. \f* son of Korah, and his relatives from the house of his father, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the guard service. They guarded the door to the tent, as their ancestors had guarded the camp of Yahweh, and they also had guarded the entrance.
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\v 20 Phinehas son of Eleazar had been in charge of them in the past, and Yahweh had been with him.
\v 21 Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was guard of the entrance to the temple, the "tent of meeting."
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\v 7 Then David began to live in the stronghold. So they called it the city of David.
\v 8 He fortified the city around from the Millo and back to the surrounding wall. Joab fortified the rest of the city.
\v 8 He built the city all around from the Millo and back to the surrounding wall. Joab restored the rest of the city.
\v 9 David became greater and greater because Yahweh of hosts was with him.
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\v 10 These were the leaders David had, who showed themselves strong with him in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, obeying the word of Yahweh concerning Israel.
\v 11 This is a list of David's mighty men: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, was commander of the officers \f + \ft The Hebrew could also read \fqa of the thirty \fqa* or \fqa of the three. \f*. He killed three hundred men with his spear on one occasion.
\v 11 This is a list of David's mighty men: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, was commander of the officers \f + \ft The Hebrew could also read \fqa of the thirty \fqa* or \fqa of the three \fqa* . \f*. He killed three hundred men with his spear on one occasion.
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\v 12 After him was Eleazar son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men.
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\v 27 David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as were the Levites who carried the ark, the singers, and Kenaniah, the leader of the song with the singers. David was wearing a linen ephod.
\v 28 So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh with joyful shouting, and with the sound of horns, with cymbals, and with stringed instruments and harps.
\v 28 So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh with joyful shouting, and with the sound of horns and trumpets, with cymbals, and with stringed instruments and harps.
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\v 4 David appointed certain Levites to serve before the ark of Yahweh, and to celebrate, thank and praise Yahweh, the God of Israel.
\v 5 These Levites were Asaph the leader, and second to him Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed Edom, and Jeiel. These were to play with stringed instruments and with harps. Asaph was to sound the cymbals, sounding loudly.
\v 6 Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow the horns regularly, before the ark of the covenant of God.
\v 6 Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow the trumpets regularly, before the ark of the covenant of God.
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\v 1 David and the leaders of the army selected some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with harps, with stringed instruments, and with cymbals. Here is the list of the men who performed this service:
\v 2 From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah, \f + \ft This is the same person referred to in 1CH 25:14 as Jesarelah \f* the sons of Asaph, under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the king's supervision.
\v 3 From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, \f + \ft this is a variant of the name Izri, which is found in 1CH 25:11, and refers to the same person \f* Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six in all, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who played the harp for giving thanks and praising Yahweh.
\v 2 From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah, \f + \ft This is the same person referred to in 1 Chron. 25:14 as Jesarelah \f* the sons of Asaph, under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the king's supervision.
\v 3 From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, \f + \ft this is a variant of the name Izri, which is found in 1 Chron. 25:11, and refers to the same person \f* Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six in all, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who played the harp for giving thanks and praising Yahweh.
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\v 4 From the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, \f + \ft This is the same person referred to in 1CH 25:18 as Azarel \f* Shubael, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.
\v 5 All these were the sons of Heman the king's prophet. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters in order to honor him.
\v 4 From the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, \f + \ft Uzziel is the same person referred to in 1 Chron. 25:18 as Azarel. \f* Shubael, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.
\v 5 All these were the sons of Heman the king's prophet. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters to lift up his horn.
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\v 6 All these were under the direction of their fathers. They were musicians in Yahweh's house, with cymbals and stringed instruments as they served in God's house. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the king's supervision.
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\v 9 Now regarding Asaph's sons: The first lot fell to Joseph's family; the second fell to Gedaliah's family, twelve persons in number;
\v 10 the third fell to Zaccur, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;
\v 11 the fourth fell to Izri, \f + \ft this is a variant of Zeri, found in 1CH 25:3, and refers to the same person \f* his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;
\v 11 the fourth fell to Izri, \f + \ft this is a variant of Zeri, found in 1 Chron. 25:3, and refers to the same person \f* his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;
\v 12 the fifth fell to Nethaniah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;
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\v 13 the sixth fell to Bukkiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;
\v 14 the seventh fell to Jesarelah, \f + \ft This is the same person referred to in 1CH 25:2 as Asharelah \f* his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;
\v 14 the seventh fell to Jesarelah, \f + \ft This is the same person referred to in 1 Chron. 25:2 as Asharelah \f* his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;
\v 15 the eighth fell to Jeshaiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;
\v 16 the ninth fell to Mattaniah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;
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\v 17 the tenth fell to Shimei, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;
\v 18 the eleventh fell to Azarel, \f + \ft This is the same person referred to in 1CH 25:4 as Uzziel \f* his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;
\v 18 the eleventh fell to Azarel, \f + \ft This is the same person referred to in 1 Chron. 25:4 as Uzziel \f* his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;
\v 19 the twelfth fell to Hashabiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;
\v 20 the thirteenth fell to Shubael, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;
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\v 1 Here were the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites, Meshelemiah son of Kore, a descendant of Asaph \f + \ft Asaph is the same person referred to as \fqa Ebiasaph \fqa* in 1CH 9:19. \f*.
\v 2 Meshelemiah \f + \ft Meshelemiah is the same person referred to as \fqa Shelemiah \fqa* in 1CH 26:14. \f* had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
\v 1 Here were the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites, Meshelemiah son of Kore, a descendant of Asaph \f + \ft Asaph is the same person referred to as \fqa Ebiasaph \fqa* in 1 Chron. 9:19. \f*.
\v 2 Meshelemiah \f + \ft Meshelemiah is the same person referred to as \fqa Shelemiah \fqa* in 1 Chron. 26:14. \f* had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
\v 3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh.
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\v 16 Now then, Yahweh, God of Israel, carry out what you have promised to your servant David my father, when you said, 'You will not fail to have a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful to walk in my law, as you have walked before me.'
\v 17 Now then, God of Israel, I pray that the promise you made to your servant David will come true.
\v 17 Now then, Yahweh, God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you have spoken to your servant David.
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\v 3 When the queen of Sheba saw Solomon's wisdom and the palace that he had built,
\v 4 the food on his table, the seating of his servants, the work of his servants and their clothing, also his cupbearers and their clothing, and the burnt offerings he made at \f + \ft Some scholars suggest an alternative reading of the phrase \fqa the burnt offerings he made at \fqa* to say, \fqa the ascent by which he went up to.\f* the house of Yahweh, and there was no more breath in her.
\v 4 the food on his table, the seating of his servants, the work of his servants and their clothing, also his cupbearers and their clothing, and the burnt offerings he made at \f + \ft Some scholars suggest an alternative reading of the phrase \fqa the burnt offerings he made at \fqa* to say, \fqa the ascent by which he went up to \fqa* . \f* the house of Yahweh, and there was no more breath in her.
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\v 5 She said to the king, "It is true, the report that I heard in my own land of your words and your wisdom.
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\v 17 From Benjamin: Eliada a powerful man of courage, and with him 200,000 armed with bows and shields;
\v 18 next to him Jehozabad, and with him 180,000 ready prepared for war.
\v 19 These were those who served the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
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\v 12 The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, "Now look, the words of the prophets declare good things to the king with one mouth. Please let your word be like the word of one of them and say good things."
\v 12 The messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, "Look, the words of the prophets with one mouth are favorable to the king. Let your words agree with theirs, and speak favorably."
\v 13 Micaiah replied, "As Yahweh lives, it is what God says that I will say."
\v 14 When he came to the king, the king said to him, "Micaiah, should we go to Ramoth Gilead for battle, or not?" Micaiah answered him, "Attack and be victorious! For it will be a great victory."
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\v 1 Jehoshaphat slept with his ancestors and was buried with them in the city of David; Jehoram, his son, became king in his place.
\v 2 Jehoram had brothers, sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariahu, Michael, and Shephatiah. All these were sons of Jehoshaphat, king of Israel.
\v 3 Their father had given them large gifts of silver, gold, and other precious things, and also fortified cities in Judah, but he gave the throne to Jehoram, because he was his firstborn.
\v 3 Their father had given them large gifts of silver, gold, and other precious things, and also fortified cities in Judah, but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram.
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\v 4 Now when Jehoram had risen up over his father's kingdom and had firmly established himself as king, he killed all his brothers with the sword, and also various other leaders of Israel.
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\v 12 A letter from the prophet Elijah came to Jehoram. It said, "This is what Yahweh, the God of David, your ancestor, says: Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat, your father, nor in the ways of Asa, king of Judah,
\v 13 but have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to act like a prostitute, as the house of Ahab did—and because you have also killed your brothers in your father's family with the sword, men who were better than yourself—
\v 13 but have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to act like a prostitute, as the house of Ahab did—and because you have also killed your brothers in your father's family, men who were better than yourself—
\v 14 see, Yahweh will strike with a great plague your people, your children, your wives, and all your possessions.
\v 15 You yourself will have much sickness because of a disease in your intestines, until your intestines fall out because of the sickness, day after day."
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\v 18 After all this, Yahweh struck him in his intestines with an incurable disease.
\v 19 It came about in due time, at the end of two years, that his intestines fell out because of his sickness, and that he died of severe disease. His people made no fire in his honor as they had done for his ancestors.
\v 20 He had begun to reign when he was thirty-two years old; he reigned in Jerusalem for eight years, and he died unlamented. They buried him in the city of David, but not in the royal tombs.
\v 20 He had begun to reign when he was thirty-two years old; he reigned in Jerusalem for eight years, and when he departed no one mourned him. They buried him in the city of David, but not in the royal tombs.
\s5
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\s5
\v 27 Now from the time that Amaziah turned away from following Yahweh, they began to make a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem. He fled to Lachish, but they sent men after him to Lachish and killed him there.
\v 28 They brought him back on horses and buried him with his ancestors in the city of Judah.
\s5
\c 26
\p
@ -1193,7 +1195,7 @@
\s5
\v 4 He did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, following the example of his father, Amaziah, in everything.
\v 5 He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who gave him instructions for obeying God. As long as he sought Yahweh, God made him prosper.
\v 5 He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who taught him to honor God \f + \ft The Hebrew text can be read either, \fqa to honor God \fqa*, or \fqa in the fear of God \fqa* or \fqa in seeing God \fqa* . Scholars are divided. \f* . As long as he sought Yahweh, God made him prosper.
\s5
\p
@ -1438,6 +1440,7 @@
\v 25 All the assembly of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the people who came together from Israel, as well as the foreigners who came from the land of Israel and those who lived in Judah—they all rejoiced.
\v 26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem, for since the time of Solomon son of David, king of Israel, there had not been anything like it in Jerusalem.
\v 27 Then the priests, the Levites, rose and blessed the people. Their voice was heard, and their prayer went up to heaven, the holy place where God lives.
\s5
\c 31
\p
@ -1565,7 +1568,7 @@
\v 3 For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he built altars for the Baals, he made Asherah poles, and he bowed down to all the stars of heaven and worshiped them.
\s5
\v 4 Manasseh built pagan altars in the house of Yahweh, although Yahweh had commanded, "It is in Jerusalem that my name will be placed forever."
\v 4 Manasseh built altars in the house of Yahweh, although Yahweh had commanded, "It is in Jerusalem that my name will be forever."
\v 5 He built altars for all the stars of heaven in the two courtyards of the house of Yahweh.
\v 6 In the Valley of Ben Hinnom he caused his sons to pass through the fire. He practiced sorcery, divination and he read omens, and he consulted with those who talked with the dead and with those who talked with spirits. Manasseh did much evil in the sight of Yahweh, and he provoked him to anger.
@ -1773,7 +1776,7 @@
\s5
\v 13 Zedekiah also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear loyalty to him by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
\v 14 Moreover, all the leaders of the priests and the people were horribly unfaithful, and they followed the disgusting practices of the nations. They polluted the house of Yahweh which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.
\v 14 Moreover, all the leaders of the priests and the people were extremely unfaithful, and they followed the disgusting practices of the nations. They polluted the house of Yahweh which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.
\s5
\v 15 Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them by his messengers again and again, because he had compassion on his people and on the place where he lives.

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\s5
\v 4 So the people of the land made the Judeans' hands weak; they made the Judeans afraid to build.
\v 5 They also bribed counselors to frustrate their plans. They did this during all of Cyrus' days and into the reign of Darius king of Persia.
\v 6 Then at the beginning of Ahasuerus' \f + \ft Also known as \fqa Xerxes. \f* reign they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
\v 6 Then at the beginning of Ahasuerus' \f + \ft Also known as \fqa Xerxes \fqa* . \f* reign they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
\s5
\p
@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
\v 24 We are informing them about you not to impose any tribute or taxes on any of the priests, Levites, musicians, gatekeepers, or on the people assigned to the service of the temple and servants of the house of this God.
\s5
\v 25 Ezra, with the wisdom that God has given you, you must appoint judges and discerning men to serve all the people in the Province Beyond the River, and to serve anyone who knows the law of your God. You must also teach those who do not know the law.
\v 25 Ezra, with the wisdom that God has given you, you must appoint judges and magistrates to judge all the people in the Province Beyond the River, and to serve all who know the laws of your God. You must also teach those who do not know the law.
\v 26 Punish anyone who does not fully obey God's law or the king's law, whether by death, banishment, confiscation of their goods, or imprisonment.
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\v 30 We promised that we would not give our daughters to the people of the land or take their daughters for our sons.
\v 31 We also promised that if the people of the land bring goods or any grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we would not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day. Every seventh year we will let our fields rest, and we will cancel all debts contracted by other Jews.
\v 31 We also promised that if the people of the land bring goods or any grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we would not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day. Every seventh year we will let our fields rest, and we will cancel all debts.
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\c 1
\p
\v 1 In the days of Ahasuerus \f + \fqa Ahasuerus \fqa* \ft is also known as \fqa Xerxes.\f* (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India as far as Cush, over 127 provinces),
\v 1 In the days of Ahasuerus \f + \fqa Ahasuerus \fqa* \ft is also known as \fqa Xerxes \fqa* . \f* (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India as far as Cush, over 127 provinces),
\v 2 in those days King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in the fortress of Susa.
\s5
@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
\s5
\v 7 Drinks were served in golden cups. Each cup was unique and there was much royal wine that came because of the king's generosity.
\v 8 The drinking was carried out in keeping with the decree, "There must be no compulsion." The king had given orders to all the staff of his palace to do for them whatever each guest desired.
\v 8 The drinking was carried out in keeping with the decree, "There must be no compulsion," for in this way the king had given orders to all the officials of his palace to do according to the desire of each man.
\s5
\p
\v 9 Also, Queen Vashti gave a feast for the women in the royal palace of King Ahasuerus.

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\s5
\q
\v 26 You will come to your grave at a full age,
\q like a stack of grain sheaves that goes up at its time.
\q like a stack of grain bundles that goes up at its time.
\q
\v 27 See, we have examined this matter; it is like this;
\q listen to it, and know it for yourself."
@ -752,8 +752,8 @@
\v 22 It makes no difference, which is why I say
\q that he destroys blameless people and wicked people together.
\q
\v 23 If a plague should suddenly kill,
\q he would laugh at the afflictions of innocent people.
\v 23 When a whip suddenly kills,
\q he mocks the despair of the innocent.
\q
\v 24 The earth is given into the hand of wicked people;
\q God covers the faces of its judges.
@ -862,13 +862,14 @@
\s5
\q
\v 15 If I am wicked, woe to me;
\q even if I were righteous, I could not lift up my head,
\q since I am filled with disgrace
\q and am looking at my own suffering.
\q
\v 16 If my head lifts itself, you hunt me down like a lion;
\q once again you show yourself powerful to me.
\v 15 If I have acted wickedly, woe to me;
\q and even if I acted righteously,
\q I could not lift up my head,
\q since I am filled with disgrace—
\q see my affliction!
\v 16 If my head were lifted up,
\q you would stalk me like a lion;
\q and again you would show yourself with marvellous acts of power against me.
\s5
\q
@ -907,7 +908,7 @@
\q Should this man, so full of talk, be believed?
\q
\v 3 Should your boasting make others remain silent?
\q When you mock our teaching, will no one make you feel ashamed?
\q When you mock, will no one make you feel ashamed?
\s5
\q
@ -1387,8 +1388,8 @@
\s5
\q
\v 29 He will not be rich; his wealth will not last;
\q not even his shadow will last on the earth.
\v 29 He will not be rich; his wealth will not last
\q and his possessions will not spread over the land.
\q
\v 30 He will not depart out of darkness;
\f + \ft Several modern versions leave out \fqa He will not depart out of darkness \fqa* , because they believe that this expression was mistakenly copied from 15:22. \f*
@ -1585,8 +1586,7 @@
\s5
\q
\v 3 Why are we regarded as beasts;
\q why have we become stupid in your sight?
\v 3 Why are we regarded as beasts, stupid in your sight?
\q
\v 4 You who tear at yourself in your anger,
\q should the earth be forsaken for you
@ -1867,9 +1867,9 @@
\v 24 Although that man will flee from the iron weapon,
\q a bow of bronze will shoot him.
\q
\v 25 The arrow will pierce through his back and will emerge;
\q indeed, the glittering point will come out through his liver;
\q terrors come on him.
\v 25 He pulls it out of his back
\q and the gleaming point comes out of his liver.
\q Terrors come over him.
\s5
\q
@ -1975,7 +1975,7 @@
\q being completely quiet and at ease.
\q
\v 24 His body is full of milk,
\q and the marrow of his bones is moistened and in good health.
\q and the marrow of his bones is moist.
\s5
\q
@ -2138,7 +2138,7 @@
\v 1 Then Job answered and said,
\q
\v 2 "Even today my complaint is bitter;
\q my hand \f + \ft Some copies have: \fqa ... his hand ... \fqa* \f* is heavy because of my groaning.
\q my hand \f + \ft Some copies have: \fqa his hand \fqa* \f* is heavy because of my groaning.
\s5
\q
@ -2237,16 +2237,16 @@
\q and wicked people who take children as security from poor people.
\q
\v 10 But the poor people go about naked without clothing;
\q although they go hungry, they carry others' sheaves of grain.
\q although they go hungry, they carry bundles of grain belonging to other people.
\s5
\q
\v 11 The poor people make oil within the walls of those wicked men;
\q they tread the wicked men's winepresses, but they themselves suffer thirst.
\q
\v 12 In the city people groan;
\q the wounded people cry out,
\q but God pays no attention to their prayers.
\v 12 From out of the city the dying groan,
\q and the throat of the wounded cries out for help.
\q But God does not ascribe blame
\m
\s5
@ -2728,8 +2728,8 @@
\s5
\q
\v 9 But now, for their sons I have become their subject for a song of mockery;
\q indeed, I am now a joke to them.
\v 9 But now I have become the subject of their taunting song;
\q I have become a byword for them.
\q
\v 10 They abhor me and stand far off from me;
\q they do not refrain from spitting in my face.
@ -2873,8 +2873,8 @@
\v 11 For that would be a terrible crime;
\q indeed, it would be a crime to be punished by judges.
\q
\v 12 For that is a fire that consumes everything for Sheol
\q and that would burn up all my harvest.
\v 12 For that is a fire that consumes as far as Abaddon,
\q and it would burn all my harvest to the root.
\s5
\q
@ -3412,8 +3412,8 @@
\s5
\q
\v 15 How much less will he answer you if you say that he never punishes anyone in anger,
\q and that he is not very concerned about people's pride.
\v 15 Now you say that his anger does not punish,
\q and he does not take even a litte notice of transgression.
\q
\v 16 So Job opens his mouth only to speak foolishness;
\q he piles up words without knowledge."
@ -3850,8 +3850,8 @@
\v 9 Will the wild ox be happy to serve you?
\q Will he consent to stay by your manger?
\q
\v 10 With a rope, can you control the wild ox to plow the furrows?
\q Will he harrow the valleys for you?
\v 10 Can you use ropes to hold the wild ox in the furrows?
\q Will he harrow the valleys as he follows after you?
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\v 1 Yahweh our Lord, how magnificent is your name in all the earth,
\q you who reveal your glory in the heavens above.
\q
\v 2 Out of the mouth of babies and infants you have established praise
\v 2 Out of the mouth of babies and infants you have established praise \f + \ft The Hebrew text can be read either as \fqa established praise \fqa* or \fqa established strength \fqa* . \f*
\q because of your enemies,
\q so that you might silence both the enemy and the avenger.
@ -2150,8 +2150,8 @@
\v 25 Do not let them say in their heart, "Aha, we have what we wanted."
\q Do not let them say, "We have devoured him."
\q
\v 26 Put them to shame and confound those who want to harm me.
\q May those who taunt me be covered with shame and dishonor.
\v 26 May they be put to shame and may they be confounded who rejoice at my distress.
\q May those who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and dishonor.
\s5
\q
@ -2197,8 +2197,8 @@
\v 7 How precious is your covenant faithfulness, God!
\q Humanity takes refuge under the shadow of your wings.
\q
\v 8 They will be abundantly satisfied with the richness of the food of your house;
\q you will let them drink from the river of your precious blessings.
\v 8 They feast upon the abundance of your house;
\q you let them drink from the river of your delights.
\q
\v 9 For with you is the fountain of life;
\q in your light we will see light.
@ -3907,7 +3907,7 @@
\v 1 Hear my cry, God;
\q attend to my prayer.
\q
\v 2 From the ends of the earth will I call to you when my heart is overwhelmed;
\v 2 From the ends of the earth will I call to you when my heart is faint;
\q lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
\q
\v 3 For you have been a refuge for me,
@ -4392,7 +4392,7 @@
\s5
\q
\v 26 Bless God in the assemblies;
\q praise Yahweh, you who are from the fountain of Israel.
\q praise Yahweh, you who are from the fountain \f + \ft The Hebrew text can be read either as \fqa from the fountain \fqa* or \fqa from the assembly \fqa* . \f* of Israel.
\q
\v 27 There is first Benjamin, the smallest tribe,
\q then the leaders of Judah and their multitudes,
@ -5645,7 +5645,7 @@
\v 2 Sing a song and play the tambourine,
\q the pleasant lyre with the harp.
\q
\v 3 Blow the ram's horn on the day of the new moon,
\v 3 Blow the trumpet on the day of the new moon,
\q on the day of the full moon, when our feast day begins.
\s5
@ -5951,7 +5951,7 @@
\q for I cry out to you all day long.
\q
\v 4 Make your servant glad,
\q for to you, Lord, I pray.
\q for to you, Lord, I lift up my soul.
\s5
\q
@ -6204,8 +6204,8 @@
\s5
\q
\v 19 Long ago you spoke in a vision to your faithful ones \f + \ft Many mss have the singular \fqa faithful one\fqa* instead of \fqa faithful ones.\f*;
\q you said, "I have set a crown on a mighty one\f + \ft The MT has \fqa I will place help upon a warrior \fqa*. Some translate the word for \fqa help \fqa* as \fqa crown, which is followed by the ULB here.\f*"
\v 19 Long ago you spoke in a vision to your faithful ones; \f + \ft Many mss have the singular \fqa faithful one \fqa* instead of \fqa faithful ones \fqa* . \f*
\q you said, "I have set a crown on a mighty one." \f + \ft The MT has \fqa I will place help upon a warrior \fqa* . Some translate the word for \fqa help \fqa* as \fqa crown \fqa* and that is how the ULB has translated the word here. \f*
\q I have raised up one chosen from among the people.
\q
\v 20 I have chosen David my servant;
@ -6886,8 +6886,8 @@
\s5
\q
\v 6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests,
\q and Samuel was among those who prayed to him.
\q They prayed to Yahweh, and he answered them.
\q and Samuel was among those who called on his name.
\q They called to Yahweh, and he answered them.
\q
\v 7 He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud.
\q They kept his solemn commands
@ -6971,7 +6971,7 @@
\s5
\c 102
\m
\d A prayer of the afflicted when he is overwhelmed and pours out his lament before Yahweh.
\d A prayer of the afflicted when he is faint and pours out his lament before Yahweh.
\q
\v 1 Hear my prayer, Yahweh;
\q hear my cry to you.
@ -7552,8 +7552,8 @@
\v 14 They had insatiable cravings in the wilderness,
\q and they challenged God in the desert.
\q
\v 15 He gave them their request,
\q but sent a disease that consumed their bodies.
\v 15 So he gave them what they requested,
\q2 but he sent a horrible disease upon them.
\s5
\q
@ -7922,7 +7922,7 @@
\s5
\q
\v 4 In return for my love they slander me,
\v 4 In return for my love they accuse me,
\q but I pray for them.
\q
\v 5 They repay me evil for good,
@ -8526,7 +8526,7 @@
\s5
\c 119
\m
\qa ALEPH.
\qa ALEPH
\m
\q
\v 1 Blessed are those whose ways are blameless,
@ -8560,7 +8560,7 @@
\q do not leave me alone.
\s5
\qa BETH.
\qa BETH
\q
\v 9 How can a young person keep his path pure?
\q By obeying your word.
@ -8593,7 +8593,7 @@
\q I will not forget your word.
\s5
\qa GIMEL.
\qa GIMEL
\q
\v 17 Be kind to your servant so that I may live
\q and keep your word.
@ -8626,7 +8626,7 @@
\q and they are my counselors.
\s5
\qa DALETH.
\qa DALETH
\q
\v 25 My life clings to the dust!
\q Give me life by your word.
@ -8659,7 +8659,7 @@
\q for you enlarge my heart to do so.
\s5
\qa HE.
\qa HE
\q
\v 33 Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes,
\q and I will keep them to the end.
@ -8692,7 +8692,7 @@
\q revive me in your righteousness.
\s5
\qa VAV.
\qa VAV
\q
\v 41 Yahweh, give me your unfailing love—
\q your salvation, according to your promise;
@ -8725,7 +8725,7 @@
\q I will meditate on your statutes.
\s5
\qa ZAYIN.
\qa ZAYIN
\q
\v 49 Call to mind your promise to your servant
\q because you have given me hope.
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\q because I have observed your instructions.
\s5
\qa HETH.
\qa HETH
\q
\v 57 Yahweh is my portion;
\q I have determined to observe your words.
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\q teach me your statutes.
\s5
\qa TETH.
\qa TETH
\q
\v 65 You have done good to your servant,
\q Yahweh, by means of your word.
@ -8824,7 +8824,7 @@
\q than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
\s5
\qa YOD.
\qa YOD
\q
\v 73 Your hands have made and fashioned me;
\q give me understanding so that I may learn your commandments.
@ -8858,7 +8858,7 @@
\q so that I may not be put to shame.
\s5
\qa KAPH.
\qa KAPH
\q
\v 81 I faint with longing that you might rescue me!
\q I hope in your word.
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\q so that I may obey your commands.
\s5
\qa LAMEDH.
\qa LAMEDH
\q
\v 89 Yahweh, your word stands forever;
\q your word is established firmly in heaven.
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\q but your commandments are broad, beyond limits.
\s5
\qa MEM.
\qa MEM
\q
\v 97 Oh how I love your law!
\q It is my meditation all day long.
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\q therefore I hate every false way.
\s5
\qa NUN.
\qa NUN
\q
\v 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet
\q and a light for my path.
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\q forever to the very end.
\s5
\qa SAMEKH.
\qa SAMEKH
\q
\v 113 I hate those who have a double mind,
\q but I love your law.
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\q and I am afraid of your righteous decrees.
\s5
\qa AYIN.
\qa AYIN
\q
\v 121 I do what is just and right;
\q do not abandon me to my oppressors.
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\q and I hate every path of falsehood.
\s5
\qa PE.
\qa PE
\q
\v 129 Your rules are wonderful,
\q that is why I obey them.
@ -9091,7 +9091,7 @@
\q because people do not observe your law.
\s5
\qa TSADHE.
\qa TSADHE
\q
\v 137 You are righteous, Yahweh,
\q and your decrees are fair.
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\q give me understanding that I may live.
\s5
\qa QOPH.
\qa QOPH
\q
\v 145 I cried out with my whole heart, "Answer me, Yahweh,
\q I will keep your statutes.
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\q that you had set them in place forever.
\s5
\qa RESH.
\qa RESH
\q
\v 153 Look on my affliction and help me,
\q for I do not forget your law.
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\q every one of your righteous decrees lasts forever.
\s5
\qa SHIN.
\qa SHIN
\q
\v 161 Princes persecute me without cause,
\q but my heart stands in awe of your word.
@ -9223,7 +9223,7 @@
\q for you are aware of everything I do.
\s5
\qa TAV.
\qa TAV
\q
\v 169 Listen to my cry for help, Yahweh;
\q give me understanding into your word.
@ -9473,7 +9473,7 @@
\v 5 Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
\q
\v 6 He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing,
\q will return again with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.
\q will return again with shouts of joy, bringing his bundles of grain with him.
\s5
@ -9560,7 +9560,7 @@
\q that withers before it grows up,
\q
\v 7 that cannot fill the reaper's hand
\q or the chest of the one who binds sheaves.
\q or the chest of the one who binds bundles of grain together.
\q
\v 8 May those who pass by not say,
\q "May the blessing of Yahweh be on you;
@ -10273,8 +10273,9 @@
\s5
\q
\v 3 The enemy has pursued my soul;
\q he has pushed me down to the ground;
\q he has made me to live in darkness like those who have been dead for ages.
\q he has crushed me to the ground;
\q he has made me to live in darkness
\q like those who have been dead a long time.
\q
\v 4 My spirit is overwhelmed within me;
\q my heart despairs.
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\q I meditate on all your deeds;
\q I reflect on your accomplishments.
\q
\v 6 I spread my hands out to you in prayer;
\v 6 I spread my hands out to you;
\q my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.
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\v 16 their feet run to evil
\q and they hurry to shed blood.
\q
\v 17 For it is useless to spread the net to trap a bird
\q while the bird is watching.
\v 17 For it is useless to spread the net in the sight of any bird.
\s5
\q
\v 18 These men lie in wait to kill themselves—
\q they set a trap for themselves.
\v 18 These men lie in wait for their own blood—
\q they set an ambush for their own lives.
\q
\v 19 So are the ways of everyone who gains riches by injustice;
\q unjust gain takes away the lives of those who hold on to it.
@ -787,7 +786,7 @@
\q
\v 22 He went after her suddenly
\q like an ox going to slaughter,
\q like a deer caught in a trap, \f + \fqa Deer \fqa* \ft could be a stag or an antelope. The Vulgate has: \fqa lamb\fqa*. The LXX has: \fqa like a dog to the muzzle.\f*
\q like a deer caught in a trap, \f + \ft \fqa Deer \fqa* could be a stag or an antelope. The Vulgate has: \fqa lamb \fqa*. The LXX has: \fqa like a dog to the muzzle \fqa* . \f*
\q
\v 23 until an arrow pierces through its liver.
\q He was like a bird rushing into a snare.
@ -866,8 +865,7 @@
\v 14 I have good advice and sound wisdom;
\q I am insight; strength belongs to me.
\q
\v 15 By me kings reign—
\q also noblemen, and all who govern justly.
\v 15 By me kings reign, and rulers make laws that are just.
\q
\v 16 By me princes rule,
\q nobles, and all who govern with justice.
@ -1245,8 +1243,8 @@
\v 23 The desires of righteous people result in good,
\q but wicked people can only hope for wrath.
\q
\v 24 There is one who sows seed—he will accumulate even more;
\q another does not sow—he comes to poverty.
\v 24 There is one who scatters—he will accumulate even more;
\q another withholds what he should give—he comes to poverty.
\s5
\q
\v 25 The generous person will prosper
@ -1438,8 +1436,9 @@
\s5
\q
\v 13 The one who scorns instruction will still be subject to it,
\q but the one who honors the command will be rewarded.
\v 13 Whoever despises instruction brings destruction on himself,
\q but he who respects the commandment will be rewarded.
\q
\v 14 The teaching of a wise person is a fountain of life,
\q turning you away from the snares of death.
@ -1724,7 +1723,7 @@
\s5
\q
\v 25 Yahweh tears down the legacy of the proud,
\v 25 Yahweh tears down the house of the proud,
\q but he protects the property of the widow.
\q
\v 26 Yahweh hates the thoughts of wicked people,
@ -2417,8 +2416,8 @@
\v 19 It is better to live in the desert
\q than with a quarreling and angry wife.
\q
\v 20 Precious treasure and oil are in the home of the wise,
\q but a foolish man wastes them.
\v 20 Desirable treasure and oil are kept in the dwelling of the wise,
\q but a foolish person swallows it all up.
\s5
\q
\v 21 The one who does right and is kind—
@ -3048,7 +3047,7 @@
\q and yet he has no strength to lift it up to his mouth.
\q
\v 16 The lazy person is wiser in his own eyes
\q than seven men with discernment.
\q than seven men who respond with good judgment.
\s5
\q
@ -3350,8 +3349,9 @@
\q
\s5
\v 7 The righteous person pleads the cause of poor people;
\v 7 The righteous person knows the rights of the poor;
\q the wicked person does not understand such knowledge.
\q
\v 8 Mockers set a city on fire,
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\v 12 I am the Teacher, and I have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
\v 13 I applied my mind to study and to search out by wisdom everything that is done under heaven. That search is a burdensome task that God has given to the children of mankind to be busy with.
\v 14 I have seen all the deeds that are done under the sun, and look, they all amount to vapor and an attempt to shepherd the wind.
\v 14 I have seen all the deeds that are done under the sun, and look, they all amount to vapor and chasing the wind.
\q1
\v 15 The twisted cannot be straightened!
\q1 The missing cannot be counted!
@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
\s5
\q1
\v 2 So I considered those who are already dead
\q2 more fortunate than the living who are still alive.
\q2 more fortunate than the living, who are still alive.
\q1
\v 3 However, more fortunate than both of them is the one who has not yet lived,
\q2 the one who has not seen any of the evil acts that are done under the sun.
@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
\v 14 This is true even if the young man becomes king from prison, or even if he was born poor in his kingdom.
\s5
\v 15 However, I saw everyone who was alive and walking around under the sun submitting themselves to another young man who rose up as king.
\v 15 I saw everyone who was alive and was walking around under the sun, along with a youth who was to rise up to take his place.
\v 16 There is no end to all the people who want to obey the new king, but later many of them will no longer praise him. Surely this situation is vapor and an attempt to shepherd the wind.
@ -364,7 +364,7 @@
\v 2 God might give riches, wealth, and honor to a man so that he lacks nothing that he desires for himself, but then God gives him no ability to enjoy it. Instead, someone else uses his things. This is vapor, an evil affliction.
\s5
\v 3 If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but if his heart is not satisfied with good and he is not buried with honor, then I say that a baby that is born dead is better off than he is.
\v 3 If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but if his heart is not satisfied with good and he is not buried, then I say that a baby that is born dead is better off than he is.
\v 4 Even such a baby is born in futility and passes away in darkness, and its name remains hidden.
\s5
@ -560,7 +560,7 @@
\s5
\v 10 So I saw the wicked buried publicly. They were taken from the holy area and buried and were praised by people in the city where they had done their wicked deeds. This also is uselessness.
\f + \ft Some modern versions have other interpretations of this difficult verse: \fqa I saw wicked people come and go into the holy place. They proudly spoke in the city about the things they had done. This also is uselessness. \fqa* Other versions have \fqa I saw wicked people come and go into the holy place. They were praised in the city for the things they had done. This also is uselessness. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Some modern versions have other interpretations of this difficult verse: \fqa I saw wicked people come and go into the holy place. They proudly spoke in the city about the things they had done. This also is uselessness \fqa* . Other versions have \fqa I saw wicked people come and go into the holy place. They were praised in the city for the things they had done. This also is uselessness \fqa* . \f*
\v 11 When a sentence against an evil crime is not executed quickly, it entices the hearts of human beings to do evil.
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\q the hair on your head is dark purple.
\q The king is held captive by its tresses.
\q
\v 6 How beautiful and lovely you are,
\q love, with your delights!
\v 6 How beautiful and how lovely you are,
\q my love, with delights!
\f + \ft Some versions read \fqa are, loved one, with \fqa* . \f*
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\v 5 House of Jacob, come, and let us walk in the light of Yahweh.
\q1
\v 6 For you have abandoned your people, the house of Jacob,
\q1 because they are filled with customs from the east and are omen readers like the Philistines,
\q1 because they are filled with customs from the east and they practice divination like the Philistines,
\q1 and they shake hands with sons of foreigners.
\s5
@ -235,12 +235,12 @@
\c 3
\m
\q1
\v 1 See, the Lord Yahweh of hosts, is about to take away from Jerusalem and from Judah
\q1 support and staff: the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water;
\v 1 See, the Lord Yahweh of hosts is about to take away from Jerusalem and from Judah
\q1 support and staff: the whole supply of bread and the whole supply of water,
\q1
\v 2 the mighty man, the warrior, the judge, the prophet, the omen reader, the elder;
\v 2 the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the one who practices divination and the elder,
\q1
\v 3 the captain of fifty, the respected citizen, the counselor, the expert craftsman, and the skillful enchanter.
\v 3 the captain of fifty and the respected citizen, the counselor, the expert craftsman and the skillful enchanter.
\s5
\q1
@ -289,11 +289,13 @@
\s5
\m
\q1
\v 16 Yahweh says that because the daughters of Zion are proud,
\q1 walk along with their heads high, and flirt with their eyes,
\q1 mincing along as they go and making a tinkling with their feet,
\q1
\v 17 therefore the Lord will form diseased scabs on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and Yahweh will make them bald.
\v 16 Yahweh says that because the daughters of Zion are proud,
\q they walk with their necks extended,
\q with flirting eyes, walking with tiny steps as they go,
\q making tinkling sounds from bracelets on their ankles.
\q
\v 17 Therefore the Lord will form scabs on the heads of the daughters of Zion,
\q and Yahweh will make them bald.
\s5
\q1
@ -496,7 +498,9 @@
\q1 "Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of hosts! The whole earth is full of his glory."
\s5
\p
\v 4 The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voices of those who were crying out, and the house was filled with smoke.
\p
\v 5 Then I said,
\q1 "Woe is me! For I am doomed because I am a man of unclean lips,
\q1 and I live among a people of unclean lips,
@ -509,6 +513,7 @@
\q1 "See, this has touched your lips; your guilt has been taken away, and your sin atoned for."
\s5
\p
\v 8 I heard the voice of the Lord say, "Whom shall I send; who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here I am; send me."
\q1
@ -539,7 +544,7 @@
\p
\v 1 During the days of Ahaz son of Jotham son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Aram, and Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it, but they could not prevail against it.
\v 2 It was reported to the house of David that Aram was allied with Ephraim. His heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest shake in the wind.
\f + \ft Instead of \fqa ... that Aram was allied with Ephraim \fqa* , some versions have \fqa ... that Aram had camped in Ephraim. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Instead of \fqa that Aram was allied with Ephraim \fqa* , some versions have \fqa that Aram had camped in Ephraim \fqa* . \f*
\s5
\p
@ -563,7 +568,7 @@
\s5
\p
\v 10 The Lord spoke again to Ahaz,
\f + \ft Instead of \fqa The Lord spoke \fqa* , some versions have \fqa Yahweh spoke. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Instead of \fqa The Lord spoke \fqa* , some versions have \fqa Yahweh spoke \fqa* . \f*
\v 11 "Ask a sign of Yahweh your God; ask for it in the depths or in the height above."
\v 12 But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, nor will I test Yahweh."
@ -865,8 +870,7 @@
\p
\v 26 Then Yahweh of hosts will wield a whip against them, as when he defeated Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise his rod over the sea and lift it up as he did in Egypt.
\p
\v 27 On that day, his burden is lifted from your shoulder and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke will be destroyed because of fatness.
\f + \ft The last line of this verse is difficult because it does not seem to fit the context. Some modern versions leave out \fqa because of fatness \fqa* . Other modern versions have \fqa and the yoke will be destroyed from off your neck. He has gone up from Rimmon. \fqa* Here \fqa He \fqa* means the Assyrian king and his army. \f*
\v 27 On that day, his burden is lifted from your shoulder and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke will be destroyed because of fatness. \f + \ft The last line of this verse is difficult because it does not seem to fit the context. Some modern versions leave out \fqa because of fatness \fqa* . Other modern versions have \fqa and the yoke will be destroyed from off your neck. He has gone up from Rimmon \fqa* . Here \fqa He \fqa* means the Assyrian king and his army. \f*
\s5
\p
@ -1050,8 +1054,8 @@
\v 17 Look, I am about to stir up the Medes to attack them,
\q1 who will not be concerned about silver, nor do they delight in gold.
\q1
\v 18 Their arrows will pierce the young men.
\q1 They will have no pity on babies and will not spare children.
\v 18 Their bows will strike down the young men;
\q1 they will have no mercy on infants and they will not look with pity on children.
\s5
\q1
@ -1215,8 +1219,10 @@
\q1 They go up the ascent of Luhith weeping;
\q1 on the road to Horonaim they loudly wail over their destruction.
\q1
\v 6 The waters of Nimrim have dried up;
\q1 the grass is withered away and the new grass dies; nothing is green.
\v 6 The waters of Nimrim are a desolation;
\q1 the grass is withered;
\q1 the vegetation has dried up;
\q1 there is no more green grass.
\q1
\v 7 The abundance they have grown and stored
\q1 they carry away over the brook of the poplars.
@ -1342,8 +1348,9 @@
\q1 and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!
\q1
\v 13 The nations will roar like the rushing of many waters,
\q1 but God will rebuke them. They will flee far away
\q1 and will be chased as the dead weeds on the mountains before the wind, and like weeds whirling before a storm.
\q1 but he will rebuke them and they will flee far away,
\q1 they will be chased before the wind like chaff on the mountains,
\q1 and like weeds whirling before a storm.
\q1
\v 14 In the evening, see, terror! Before the morning they will be gone!
\q1 This is the portion of those who loot us, the lot of those who rob us.
@ -1501,8 +1508,8 @@
\q1 pains like the pains of a woman in labor have taken hold of me;
\q1 I am bowed down by what I heard; I am disturbed by what I saw.
\q1
\v 4 My heart pounds, I shake with fear.
\q1 Early evening, my favorite time of day, has brought me terror.
\v 4 My heart pounds; I shake with fear.
\q1 Twilight was my desire, but it brought me terror.
\s5
\q1
@ -1601,7 +1608,7 @@
\s5
\q1
\v 10 You counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you tore down the houses to strengthen the wall.
\v 10 You counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you tore down the houses to fortify the wall.
\q1
\v 11 You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool.
\q1 But you did not consider the city's maker, who had planned it long ago.
@ -2581,7 +2588,7 @@
\q1
\v 18 Your heart will recall the terror; where is the scribe, where is he who weighed the money? Where is he who counted the towers?
\q1
\v 19 You will no longer see the defiant people, a people of a strange language, whom you do not comprehend.
\v 19 You will no longer see the defiant people, a people of a strange language that you do not understand.
\s5
\q1
@ -2634,7 +2641,7 @@
\s5
\q1
\v 7 Wild oxen will be slaughtered along with them, and young bulls with the older ones.
\v 7 Wild oxen will fall with them, and young bulls with the older ones.
\q1 Their land will be drunk with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
\s5
@ -2913,7 +2920,7 @@
\q1 I have rolled up my life like a weaver; you are cutting me off from the loom;
\q1 between day and night you are ending my life.
\q1
\v 13 I cried out\f + \ft The Hebrew could be read: \fqa I cried out \fqa* or \fqa I calmed myself. \f* until the morning;
\v 13 I cried out\f + \ft The Hebrew could be read: \fqa I cried out \fqa* or \fqa I calmed myself \fqa* . \f* until the morning;
\q1 like a lion he breaks all my bones.
\q1 Between day and night you are ending my life.
@ -2983,8 +2990,7 @@
\q1
\v 3 A voice cries out,
\q1 "In the wilderness prepare the way of Yahweh;
\q1 make straight in the Arabah a highway for our God."
\f + \ft Some older modern versions have \fqa A voice cries out in the wilderness ... \fqa* \f*
\q1 make straight in the Arabah a highway for our God." \f + \ft Some older modern versions have \fqa A voice cries out in the wilderness \fqa* . \f*
\q1
\v 4 Every valley will be lifted up, and every mountain and hill will be leveled;
\q1 and the rugged land will be made level, and the rough places a plain;
@ -3849,7 +3855,7 @@
\q1
\v 10 Look, I refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of affliction.
\q1
\v 11 For my own sake, for my own sake I will act; for how can I allow my name to be dishonored?
\v 11 For my own sake, for my own sake I will act; for how can I allow my name to be profaned?
\q1 I will not give my glory to anyone else.
\s5
@ -4164,7 +4170,7 @@
\q1
\v 19 These two troubles happened to you—who will grieve with you?—
\q1 desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword. Who will comfort you?
\f + \ft The Hebrew text and some modern versions have \fqa How will I comfort you? \fqa* , most modern versions correct this passage to \fqa Who will comfort you? \f*
\f + \ft The Hebrew text and some modern versions have \fqa How will I comfort you? \fqa* , most modern versions correct this passage to \fqa Who will comfort you? \fqa* \f*
\q1
\v 20 Your sons have fainted; they lie at every street corner, like an antelope in a net;
\q1 they are filled with the anger of Yahweh, the rebuke of your God.
@ -4200,12 +4206,11 @@
\s5
\q1
\v 4 For this is what the Lord Yahweh says, "In the beginning my people went down into Egypt to live temporarily;
\q1 Assyria has oppressed them recently.
\v 4 For this is what the Lord Yahweh says, "In the beginning my people went down to live temporarily in Egypt; and Assyria has oppressed them for no good reason.
\s5
\q1
\v 5 Now what do I have here—this is Yahweh's declaration—seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them mock—this is Yahweh's declaration—and my name is slandered continually all day long.
\v 5 Now what do I have here—this is Yahweh's declaration—seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them mock—this is Yahweh's declaration—and my name is blasphemed continually all day long.
\f + \ft Instead of \fqa mock \fqa* , some versions identify a different Hebrew word meaning \fqa wail \fqa* . \f*
\q1
\v 6 Therefore my people will know my name;
@ -4368,8 +4373,7 @@
\v 13 Then all your children will be taught by Yahweh;
\q1 and the peace of your children will be great.
\q1
\v 14 In righteousness I will reestablish you.
\q1 You will no longer experience persecution, for you will not be afraid, and nothing frightening will come near you.
\v 14 In righteousness you will be established, and you will be far from oppression, for you will not fear; and from terror, for it will not come near to you.
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\q
\v 19 As for me, I said, 'How I want to honor you as my son and give you a pleasant land,
\v 19 As for me, I said, 'How I want to treat you as my son and give you a pleasant land,
\q an inheritance more beautiful than what is in any other nation!' I would have said, 'You will call me "my father".'
\q I would have said that you would not turn from following me.
\q
@ -645,8 +645,7 @@
\s5
\q
\v 29 Cut off your hair and shave yourself, and throw away your hair. Sing a funeral song over the open places.
\q For Yahweh has rejected and abandoned this generation in his rage.
\v 29 Cut off your hair and shave yourself, and throw away your hair. Sing a funeral song over the open places. For Yahweh has rejected and abandoned this generation in his rage.
\v 30 For the sons of Judah have done evil in my eye—this is Yahweh's declaration—they have set their detestable things in the house that is called by my name, in order to defile it.
\s5
@ -961,6 +960,7 @@
\q
\v 20 Yet Yahweh of hosts is the righteous judge who examines the heart and the mind.
\q I will witness your vengeance against them, for I have presented my case to you.
\p
\s5
\v 21 Therefore Yahweh says this concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life, "They say, 'You must not prophesy in the name of Yahweh, or you will die by our hand.'
@ -1037,12 +1037,12 @@
\v 1 Yahweh said this to me, "Go and buy a linen undergarment and put it on around your waist, but do not put it in water first."
\v 2 So I bought an undergarment as Yahweh directed, and I put in on around my waist.
\v 3 Then the word of Yahweh came to me a second time, saying,
\v 4 "Take the undergarment that you purchased that is around your waist, get up and go now to Perath.\f + \ft Some transate \fqa Perath \fqa* as \fqa the Euphrates. \f* Hide it there in a rock crevice."
\v 4 "Take the undergarment that you purchased that is around your waist, get up and go now to Perath.\f + \ft Some transate \fqa Perath \fqa* as \fqa the Euphrates \fqa* . \f* Hide it there in a rock crevice."
\v 5 So I went and hid it in Perath, just as Yahweh had commanded me.
\s5
\v 6 After many days, Yahweh said to me, "Get up and go back to Perath. Take from there the undergarment that I had told you to hide."
\v 7 So I went back to Perath \f + \ft Some transate \fqa Perath \fqa* as \fqa the Euphrates. \f* and dug out the undergarment where I had hid it, and behold, it was destroyed and completely useless.
\v 7 So I went back to Perath \f + \ft Some transate \fqa Perath \fqa* as \fqa the Euphrates \fqa* . \f* and dug out the undergarment where I had hid it, and behold, it was destroyed and completely useless.
\s5
\p
@ -1071,8 +1071,8 @@
\s5
\q
\v 18 "Say to the king and to the queen mother, 'Humble yourselves and sit down,
\q for the crowns on your head, your pride and glory, have fallen off.'
\v 18 "Say to the king and to the queen mother, 'Come down from your thrones,
\q for your splendid crowns have fallen from your heads.'
\q
\v 19 The cities in the Negev will be shut up, with no one to open them. All Judah will be taken captive, completely taken captive.
@ -1191,13 +1191,13 @@
\q Those who are for famine should go to famine; and those who are for captivity should go to captivity.'
\s5
\p
\v 3 For I will assign them to four groups—this is Yahweh's declaration—the sword to slaughter some, the dogs to drag some away, the birds of the skies and the beast of the earth to consume and destroy some.
\v 4 I will make of them a horrifying thing to all the kingdoms of the earth, because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem.
\s5
\q
\v 5 For who will have compassion for you, Jerusalem? Who will grieve for you?
\q Who will turn to ask about your welfare?
\q
\v 6 You have forsaken me—this is Yahweh's declaration—you have gone back from me.
\q So I will strike you with my hand and destroy you. I am tired of having mercy on you.
@ -1877,7 +1877,7 @@
\s5
\p
\v 15 For Yahweh, God of Israel, said this to me, "Take this cup of the wine of fury from my hand and make all the nations to which I am sending you drink it.
\v 16 For they will drink and then stumble about and rant madly before the sword that I am sending out among them."
\v 16 For they will drink and then stagger about and rant madly before the sword that I am sending out among them."
\s5
\v 17 So I took the cup from Yahweh's hand, and I made all the nations to which Yahweh had sent me drink it:
@ -2062,7 +2062,7 @@
\v 7 However, listen to the word that I am proclaiming in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people.
\s5
\v 8 The prophets who existed before me and you from long ago also prophesied about many nations and against great kingdoms, about war, famine \f + \ft Some ancient copies have \fqa disaster \fqa* instead of \fqa famine. \f*, and plague.
\v 8 The prophets who existed before me and you from long ago also prophesied about many nations and against great kingdoms, about war, famine \f + \ft Some ancient copies have \fqa disaster \fqa* instead of \fqa famine \fqa* . \f* , and plague.
\v 9 So the prophet who prophesies that there will be peace—if his word comes true, then it will be known that he is indeed a prophet sent out by Yahweh."
\s5
@ -2327,7 +2327,7 @@
\s5
\p
\v 23 Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, says this, "When I bring back the people to their land, they will say this in the land of Judah and its cities, 'May Yahweh bless you, you righteous place where he lives, you holy mountain.'
\v 24 For Judah and all his cities will live together there, as will farmers and shepherds with their flocks.
\v 24 For Judah and all its cities will live together there, as will farmers and those who set out with flocks.
\v 25 For I will cause those who are weary to drink, and I fill up those who are faint."
\v 26 After this I awoke, and I realized that my sleep had been refreshing.
@ -2343,16 +2343,47 @@
\s5
\p
\v 31 Look, the days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
\v 32 It will not be like the covenant that I established with their fathers in the days when I took them by their hand to bring them out from the land of Egypt. Those were the days when they broke my covenant, although I was a husband for them—this is Yahweh's declaration.
\q
\v 31 Look, the days are coming
\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration—
\q when I will establish a new covenant
\q2 with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
\q
\v 32 It will not be like the covenant
\q2 that I established with their fathers in the days
\q when I took them by their hand
\q2 to bring them out from the land of Egypt,
\q because they broke my covenant,
\q2 although I was a husband for them.
\q —this is Yahweh's declaration.
\s5
\v 33 But this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after these days—this is Yahweh's declaration: I will place my law within them and will write it on their heart, for I will be their God, and they will be my people.
\v 34 Then each man will no longer teach his neighbor, or a man teach his brother and say, 'Know Yahweh!' For all of them, from the smallest of them to the greatest, will know me—this is Yahweh's declaration—for I will forgive their iniquity and will no longer call their sins to mind."
\q
\v 33 This is the covenant
\q2 that I will establish with the house of Israel
\q after these days
\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration.
\q I will place my law within them
\q2 and will write it on their heart,
\q for I will be their God,
\q2 and they will be my people.
\q
\v 34 Then each man will no longer teach his neighbor,
\q2 or a man teach his brother and say, 'Know Yahweh!'
\q For all of them will know me,
\q2 from the smallest of them to the greatest
\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration—
\q for I will forgive their iniquity
\q2 and will no longer call their sins to mind."
\s5
\q
\v 35 Yahweh says this—Yahweh, the one who makes the sun to shine by day and arranges the moon and stars to shine by night. He is the one who sets the sea in motion so that its waves roar. Yahweh of hosts is his name. He says this,
\v 35 Yahweh says this,
\q2 it is he who makes the sun to shine by day
\q2 and fixes the moon and stars to shine by night.
\q He is the one who sets the sea in motion
\q2 so that its waves roar—
\q Yahweh of hosts is his name.
\q
\v 36 "Only if these permanent things vanish from my sight—this is Yahweh's declaration—
\q will Israel's descendants ever stop from forever being a nation before me."
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\s5
\p
\v 9 It came about in the fifth year and ninth month of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, that all the people in Jerusalem and the people who came to Jerusalem from the cities of Judah proclaimed a fast in honor of Yahweh.
\v 9 It came about in the fifth year and ninth month of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, that all the people in Jerusalem and the people who came to Jerusalem from the cities of Judah proclaimed a fast before Yahweh.
\v 10 Baruch read aloud Jeremiah's words in the house of Yahweh, from the room of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper courtyard, by the gate of the entrance to the house of Yahweh. He did this in the hearing of all the people.
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\v 6 Woe, sword of Yahweh! How long will it be until you become silent?
\q Go back to your scabbard! Stop and be silent.
\q
\v 7 How can you be quiet, for Yahweh has commanded you.
\q He has summoned you to attack Ashkelon and against the coastlands along the sea."
\v 7 How can it rest when Yahweh has commanded it,
\q when he has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coastlands along the sea?"
\s5
\c 48
\p
\v 1 To Moab, Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this,
\q "Woe to Nebo, for it has been devastated. Kiriathaim has been captured and humiliated.
\q Her fortress has been crushed and disgraced.
\q "Woe to Nebo, for it has been devastated. Kiriathaim has been humiliated and captured.
\q Her fortress has been disgraced and crushed.
\q
\v 2 The honor of Moab is no more. Their enemies in Heshbon plotted disaster against her.
\q They said, 'Come and let us destroy her as a nation. Madmen will also perish—a sword will go after you.'
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\v 13 You people who live by many streams of water, you people who are rich with treasures,
\q your end has come. The thread of your life is now cut short.
\q
\v 14 Yahweh of hosts has sworn by his own life, 'I will fill you with your enemies, like a locust plague;
\q they will raise a battle cry against you.'
\v 14 Yahweh of hosts has sworn by his own life, 'I will fill you with men, like a swarm of locusts,
\q and they will raise a battle cry against you.'
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\q
\v 16 He crushed my teeth with gravel; he has pushed me down into the dust.
\v 16 He has made my teeth grind with gravel, and he made me cower in the ashes.
\q
\v 17 My soul is deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.
\q
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\v 3 Even the jackals offer the breast to nurse their cubs, but
\q the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the desert.
\s5
\q
\v 4 The tongue of the nursing baby sticks to the roof of his mouth by thirst;
\q the children ask for food, but there is none for them.
\q
\v 5 The ones who used to feast on expensive food now starve in the streets;
\q those who were brought up wearing purple clothing, now lie upon piles of garbage.
\v 5 Those who used to feast on the finest food now starve in the streets.
\q Those who were brought up wearing scarlet clothing now lie on piles of ashes.
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\q
\v 6 The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom,

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\v 18 I said to their sons and daughters in the wilderness, "Do not walk according to the statutes of your parents; do not keep their decrees or profane yourselves with idols.
\v 18 I said to their children in the wilderness, "Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, or keep their rules, or defile yourselves with their idols.
\v 19 I am Yahweh your God, walk in my statutes; keep my decrees and obey them.
\v 20 Keep my Sabbaths holy so that they will be a sign between me and you, so that you will know that I am Yahweh your God."
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\s5
\p
\v 5 But Oholah acted as a prostitute even when she was mine; she lusted for her lovers, for the Assyrians who were dominant,
\v 6 the governor who wore violet, and for his officials, who were strong and handsome, all of them men riding on horses.
\v 6 the governor who wore blue, and for his officials, who were strong and handsome, all of them men riding on horses.
\v 7 So she gave herself as a prostitute to them, to all the best of Assyria's men, and she made herself unclean with everyone she lusted for—and with all their idols.
\s5
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\q The ones living in her once spread a terror about themselves upon everyone who lived near them.
\q
\v 18 Now the coasts tremble on the day of your downfall.
\q The islands in the sea are terrified, because you have died.'
\q The islands in the sea are terrified, because you are no longer in your place.'
\s5
\p
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\s5
\v 27 You will say this to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: As I live, surely the ones in the ruins will fall by the sword, and I will give those in the fields to the living creatures as food, and those in fortresses and in caves will die of plagues.
\v 28 Then I will turn the land into a desolation and a horror, and the pride of its might will end, for the mountains of Israel will be deserted, and there will be no one to pass through them.'
\v 29 So they will know that I am Yahweh, when I make the land a desolation and a horror because of all the abominations that they have done.
\v 29 So they will know that I am Yahweh, when I make the land a desolation and a waste because of all the abominations that they have done.
\s5
\p
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\p
\v 1 Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
\v 2 "Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it.
\v 3 Say to it, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will strike you with my hand and make you a desolation and a horror.
\v 3 Say to it, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will strike you with my hand and make you a desolation and a waste.
\s5
\v 4 I will make your cities ruins, and you yourself will become desolate; then you will know that I am Yahweh.
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\v 12 I will bring men, my people Israel, to walk on you. They will possess you, and you will be their inheritance, and you will no longer cause their children to die.
\s5
\v 13 The Lord Yahweh says this: Because they are saying to you, "You devour people, and your nation's children have died,"
\v 13 The Lord Yahweh says this: Because they are saying to you, "You devour men, bereaving your nation of children,"
\v 14 therefore you will not consume people any longer, and you will no longer make your nation mourn their deaths. This is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.
\v 15 Nor will I allow you to hear the insults of the nations any longer; you will no longer have to bear the shame of the peoples or cause your nation to fall—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.'"
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\v 3 Then I will knock your bow out of your left hand and make the arrows fall from your right hand.
\s5
\v 4 You will fall dead on the mountains of Israel—you and all your troops and the soldiers who are with you. I will give you to the birds of prey and the wild beasts of the fields for food.
\v 5 You will fall dead on the surface of the field, for I myself declare it—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.
\v 4 You will fall on the mountains of Israel—you and all your troops and the soldiers who are with you. I will give you to the birds of prey and the wild beasts of the fields for food.
\v 5 You will fall on the open field, for I myself declare it—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.
\v 6 Then I will send out fire on Magog and on those living in safety on the coasts, and they will know that I am Yahweh.
\s5
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\s5
\v 4 A passage ten cubits in width and one hundred cubits in length ran in front of the rooms. The rooms' doors were toward the north.
\f + \ft Some ancient versions and many modern versions read \fqa one hundred cubits \fqa* . Ancient Hebrew copies and some modern versions read \fqa one cubit.\f*
\f + \ft Some ancient versions and many modern versions read \fqa one hundred cubits \fqa* . Ancient Hebrew copies and some modern versions read \fqa one cubit \fqa* . \f*
\v 5 But the upper halls were smaller, for the walkways took away from them more space than they did in the lowest and middle levels of the building.
\v 6 For the halls on the third story had no columns, unlike the courtyards, which did have columns. So the highest level's rooms were smaller in size compared to the rooms in the lowest and middle levels.
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\v 2 Behold! The glory of the God of Israel came from the east; his voice was like the sound of many waters, and the earth shone with his glory.
\s5
\v 3 It was according to the appearance of the vision that I saw, according to the vision that I saw when he had come\f + \ft Instead of \fqa when he had come,\fqa* which some Hebrew copies and some ancient and many modern versions read, the Hebrew reads \fqa when I came. \f* to destroy the city, and the visions were like the vision that I saw at the Kebar Canal—and I fell to my face.
\v 3 It was according to the appearance of the vision that I saw, according to the vision that I saw when he had come \f + \ft Instead of \fqa when he had come,\fqa* which some Hebrew copies and some ancient and many modern versions read, the Hebrew reads \fqa when I came \fqa* . \f* to destroy the city, and the visions were like the vision that I saw at the Kebar Canal—and I fell to my face.
\v 4 So the glory of Yahweh came to the house by way of the gate that opened to the east.
\v 5 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court. Behold! The glory of Yahweh was filling the house.

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\v 48 Then the king made Daniel highly honored and gave him many wonderful gifts. He made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon. Daniel became chief governor over the wisest men of Babylon.
\v 49 Daniel made a request of the king, and the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to be administrators over the province of Babylon. But Daniel remained in the king's palace.
\v 49 Daniel made a request of the king, and the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to be administrators over the province of Babylon. But Daniel remained at the king's court.
\s5
\c 3
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\s5
\c 4
\p
\v 1 King Nebuchadnezzar sent this decree to all peoples, nations, and languages who lived on the earth: "May your peace increase.
\v 1 King Nebuchadnezzar sent this decree to all peoples, nations, and languages who lived on the earth: May your peace increase.
\v 2 It has seemed good to me to tell you about the signs and wonders that the Most High has done for me.
\q
\v 3 How great are his signs,

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\q His teeth are the teeth of a lion,
\q and he has the teeth of a lioness.
\q
\v 7 He has made my vineyard into a terrifying place
\v 7 He has made my vineyard into a desolate place
\q and has stripped my fig tree bare.
\q He has stripped its bark and thrown it away;
\q the branches are bare white.

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\q and the young men will faint from thirst.
\q
\v 14 Those who swear by the sin of Samaria
\f + \ft Instead of \fqa the sin of Samaria \fqa* , some versions have \fqa Ashimah of Samaria. Ashimah was the name of a pagan goddess worshiped in some parts of Syria \f*
\f + \ft Instead of \fqa the sin of Samaria \fqa* , some versions have \fqa Ashimah of Samaria. Ashimah was the name of a pagan goddess worshiped in some parts of Syria \fqa* . \f*
\q and say, 'As your god lives, Dan,'
\q and, 'As the way to Beersheba exists'—
\f + \ft The Hebrew text has \fqa As the way to Beersheba exists \fqa* , where this might refer to what people going to worship Beersheba's idols might have said. However, some versions want to change the Hebrew text to read \fqa As the loved one of Beersheba lives. \fqa* Here "loved one" stands for an idol worshiped in Beersheba. \f*
\q and, 'As the way to Beersheba exists'— \f + \ft The Hebrew text has \fqa As the way to Beersheba exists \fqa* , where this might refer to what people going to worship Beersheba's idols might have said. However, some versions want to change the Hebrew text to read \fqa As the loved one of Beersheba lives \fqa* . Here "loved one" stands for an idol worshiped in Beersheba. \f*
\q they will fall and never rise again."

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\q
\v 12 They do not know Yahweh's thoughts,
\q neither do they understand his plans,
\q for he has gathered them like sheaves for the threshing floor.
\q for he has gathered them like bundles of grain prepared for the threshing floor.
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\v 1 The message that Habakkuk the prophet received,
\q
\v 2 "Yahweh, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear?
\q I have cried out to you in horror, 'Violence!' but you will not save me.
\v 2 "Yahweh, how long will I cry for help, and you will not hear?
\q I cry out to you, 'Violence!' but you will not save.
\s5
\q
@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
\q For the wicked surround the righteous; therefore false justice goes out."
\s5
\p
\m
\sp Yahweh replies to Habakkuk
\q
\v 5 "Look at the nations and examine them; be amazed and astonished!
@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
\v 11 Then the wind will rush on; it will move past—guilty men, those whose might is their god."
\s5
\p
\m
\sp Habakkuk asks Yahweh another question
\q
\v 12 "Are you not from ancient times, Yahweh my God, my Holy One? We will not die.
@ -84,13 +84,14 @@
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\c 2
\m
\q
\v 1 I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the watchtower, and I will watch carefully
\q to see what he will say to me and how I should turn from my complaint.
\v 1 I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the watchtower,
\q and I will watch carefully to see what he will say to me
\q and how I should turn from my complaint.
\f + \ft Instead of \fqa how I should turn from my complaint \fqa* , which is what the Hebrew text has, some modern versions have \fqa how I should answer when he replies to my complaint \fqa* or \fqa how I should answer when he rebukes me \fqa* . \f*
\s5
\m
\v 2 Yahweh answered me and said,
\q "Record this vision, and write plainly on the tablets so that the one reading them might run.
\q
@ -138,7 +139,7 @@
\s5
\q
\v 15 'Woe to the one who forces his neighbors to drink—
\q you express your anger \f + \ft There is some question about whether the Hebrew should be translated as \fqa anger \fqa* or as \fqa wineskin.\f* over and you make them drunk
\q you express your anger \f + \ft There is some question about whether the Hebrew should be translated as \fqa anger \fqa* or as \fqa wineskin \fqa* . \f* over and you make them drunk
\q in order to look at their nakedness.'
\q2
\v 16 You will be filled with shame instead of glory.
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\s5
\c 3
\p
\m
\v 1 The prayer of Habakkuk the prophet:
\f + \ft The Hebrew text adds the expression \fqa on shigionoth \fqa* , which may refer to musical directions for singers. \f*
\q
@ -174,7 +175,8 @@
\s5
\q
\v 3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. \qs Selah. \qs*
\v 3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran.
\qs Selah \qs*
\q His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
\s5
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\s5
\q
\v 9 You have brought out your bow without a cover; you put arrows to your bow! \qs Selah. \qs*
\v 9 You have brought out your bow without a cover; you put arrows to your bow!
\qs Selah \qs*
\q You divided the earth with rivers.
\q
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\s5
\q
\v 13 You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed one.
\q You shatter the head of the house of the wicked to lay bare from the base up to the neck. \qs Selah. \qs*
\q You shatter the head of the house of the wicked to lay bare from the base up to the neck.
\qs Selah\qs*
\s5
\q
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\q as I wait quietly for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.
\s5
\q2
\v 17 Though the fig tree does not bud and there is no produce from the vines;
\q2 and though the produce of the olive tree disappoints and the fields yield no food;
\q2 and though the flock is cut off from the fold and there are no cattle in the stalls, this is what I will do.
\q
\v 17 Though the fig tree does not bud
\q2 and there is no produce from the vines;
\q2 and though the produce of the olive tree disappoints
\q2 and the fields yield no food;
\q2 and though the flock is cut off from the fold
\q2 and there are no cattle in the stalls, this is what I will do.
\s5
\q
\v 18 Still, I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful because of the God of my salvation.
\v 18 Still, I will rejoice in Yahweh.
\q2 I will be joyful because of the God of my salvation.
\q
\v 19 The Lord Yahweh is my strength
\q and he makes my feet like the deer's.
\q He makes me go forward on my high places.
\q2 and he makes my feet like the deer's.
\q2 He makes me go forward on my high places.
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\v 3 They spoke to the priests who were at the house of Yahweh of hosts and to the prophets; they said, "Should I mourn in the fifth month by means of a fast, as I have done these many years?"
\s5
\q
\p
\v 4 So the word of Yahweh of hosts came to me, saying,
\q
\v 5 "Speak to all the people of the land and to the priests and say, 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, were you truly fasting for me?
@ -389,7 +389,7 @@
\s5
\p
\v 8 I will camp around my land against enemy armies,\f + \ft Most interpreters translate the Hebrew words as \fqa against enemy armies \fqa* and some translate the Hebrew \fqa as a guard,\fqa* and so translate the phrase, \fqa I will surround my temple as a guard. \f* so no one can pass through or return, for no oppressor will overrun them, for now I see with my own eyes!
\v 8 I will camp around my land against enemy armies,\f + \ft Most interpreters translate the Hebrew words as \fqa against enemy armies \fqa* and some translate the Hebrew \fqa as a guard,\fqa* and so translate the phrase, \fqa I will surround my temple as a guard \fqa* . \f* so no one can pass through or return, for no oppressor will overrun them, for now I see with my own eyes!
\s5
\q
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\s5
\v 7 So I became the shepherd of the flock marked for slaughter, for those who dealt in sheep. I took two staffs; one staff I called "Favor" and the other I called "Unity." In this way I shepherded the flock.
\v 8 In one month I destroyed the three shepherds, for I ran out of patience with them, and they hated me as well.
\v 8 In one month I destroyed the three shepherds. I became impatient with them, and they also hated me.
\v 9 Then I said to the owners, "I will not work as a shepherd for you any longer. The sheep that are dying—let them die; the sheep that are being destroyed—let them be destroyed. Let the sheep that remain each eat the flesh of its neighbor."
\s5
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\v 3 On that day, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. Anyone trying to lift that stone will hurt himself very much, and all the nations of the earth will gather against that city.
\s5
\v 4 On that day—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will strike every horse with terror and every rider with madness. I will look with favor on the house of Judah and will strike every horse of the armies blind.
\v 4 On that day—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will strike every horse with confusion and its rider with madness. Over the house of Judah I will open my eyes, but every horse of the peoples I will strike with blindness.
\v 5 Then the leaders of Judah will say in their hearts, 'The inhabitants of Jerusalem are our strength because of Yahweh of hosts, their God.'
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\v 22 All this happened to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,
\q
\v 23 "Behold, the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son,
\q and they will call his name Immanuel"—
\q which means, "God with us."
\v 23 "Behold, the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call his name Immanuel"—which means, "God with us."
\s5
\v 24 Joseph woke up from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and he took her as his wife.
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\v 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with very great joy.
\s5
\v 11 They went into the house and saw the young child with Mary his mother. They bowed down and worshiped him. They opened their treasures and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
\v 11 They went into the house and saw the young child with Mary his mother. They fell down and worshiped him. They opened their treasures and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
\v 12 God warned them in a dream not to return to Herod, so they departed to their own country by another way.
\s5
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\s5
\v 7 Jesus said to him, "Again it is written, 'You must not test the Lord your God.'"
\v 8 Again, the devil took him up to a high place and showed him all the kingdoms of the world along with all their splendor.
\v 9 He said to him, "All these things I will give you, if you bow down and worship me."
\v 8 Again, the devil took him up to a very high hill and showed him all the kingdoms of the world along with all their splendor.
\v 9 He said to him, "All these things I will give you, if you fall down and worship me."
\s5
\v 10 Then Jesus said to him, "Go away from here, Satan! For it is written,
\q 'You will worship the Lord your God,
\q and you will serve only him.'"
\q 'You will worship the Lord your God, and you will serve only him.'"
\p
\v 11 Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.
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\p
\v 43 You have heard that it was said, 'You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'
\v 44 But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
\f + \ft The best ancient copies omit \fqa Bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you. \f*
\f + \ft The best ancient copies omit \fqa Bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you \fqa* . \f*
\v 45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
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\q2 as we also have forgiven our debtors.
\q2
\v 13 Do not bring us into temptation,
\q2 but deliver us from the evil one.'
\f + \ft The best ancient copies omit \fqa For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen \f*
\q2 but deliver us from the evil one.' \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit \fqa For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen \fqa* . \f*
\m
\s5
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\s5
\p
\v 16 Moreover, when you fast, do not have a mournful face as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces so that they may appear to people as fasting. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward.
\v 16 When you fast, do not have a mournful face as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces so that they may appear to people as fasting. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward.
\v 17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
\v 18 so that it would not appear to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret, will reward you.
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\s5
\v 4 Jesus answered and said to them, "Go and report to John what you see and hear.
\v 5 Blind people are receiving sight, lame people are walking, lepers are being cleansed, deaf people are hearing again, people who had died are being raised back to life, and needy people are being told the good news.
\v 5 Blind people are receiving sight, lame people are walking, lepers are being cleansed, deaf people are hearing again, people who have died are being raised back to life, and needy people are being told the good news.
\v 6 Blessed is anyone who is not offended by me."
\s5
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\s5
\p
\v 25 At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you concealed these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to those who are untaught, like little children.
\v 25 At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you concealed these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children.
\v 26 Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.
\v 27 All things have been entrusted to me from my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father and no one knows the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
\s5
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\s5
\v 7 Other seeds fell among the thorn plants. The thorn plants grew up and choked them.
\v 8 Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.
\v 8 Other seeds fell on good soil and produced a crop, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.
\v 9 He who has ears, let him listen."
\s5
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\v 36 Then Jesus left the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field."
\v 37 Jesus answered and said, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
\v 38 The field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,
\v 39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the world, and the reapers are angels.
\v 39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
\s5
\v 40 Therefore, as the weeds are gathered up and burned with fire, so will it be at the end of the world.
\v 40 Therefore, as the weeds are gathered up and burned with fire, so will it be at the end of the age.
\v 41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all the things that cause sin and those who commit iniquity.
\v 42 They will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.
\v 43 Then will the righteous people shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him listen.
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\v 48 When it was filled, the fishermen drew it up on the beach. Then they sat down and gathered the good things into containers, but the worthless things they threw away.
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\v 49 It will be this way at the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the wicked from among the righteous.
\v 49 It will be this way at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from among the righteous.
\v 50 They will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.
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\p
\v 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?"
\v 20 Jesus said to them, "Because of your small faith. For I truly say to you, if you have faith even as small as a grain of mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.
\v 21 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit v. 21. \fqa But this kind of demon does not go out except with prayer and fasting."\f*
\v 21 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit v. 21, \fqa But this kind of demon does not go out except with prayer and fasting \fqa* . \f*
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\p
@ -1281,7 +1277,7 @@
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\p
\v 7 Woe to the world because of times of stumbling! For it is necessary that those times come, but woe to the person through whom those times come!
\v 7 Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! For it is necessary that those stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom those stumbling blocks come!
\v 8 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or lame than to be thrown into the eternal fire having two hands or two feet.
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\v 10 See that you do not despise any of these little ones. For I say to you that in heaven their angels always look on the face of my Father who is in heaven.
\v 11 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit the phrase that appears as v. 11. \fqa For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.\f*
\v 11 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit the sentence that some versions include at v. 11. \fqa For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost \fqa* . \f*
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\v 12 What do you think? If anyone has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the hillside and go off seeking the one that went astray?
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\v 15 Do I not have the right to do as I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?'
\v 16 So the last will be first, and the first last."
\f + \ft The best ancient copies omit \fqa Many are called, but few are chosen. \f*
\v 16 So the last will be first, and the first last." \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit \fqa Many are called, but few are chosen \fqa* . \f*
\s5
\p
@ -1691,7 +1686,7 @@
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\p
\v 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven against people. For you do not enter it yourselves, and neither do you allow those about to enter to do so.
\v 14 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit verse 14 (some copies add the verse after verse 12). \fqa Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, while you make a show of long prayers. You will therefore receive greater condemnation. \f*
\v 14 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit verse 14 (some copies add the verse after verse 12). \fqa Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, while you make a show of long prayers. You will therefore receive greater condemnation \fqa* . \f*
\v 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you go over sea and land to make one convert, and when he has become one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you.
\s5
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\v 51 Behold, the curtain of the temple was split in two from the top to the bottom, and the earth shook, and the rocks split apart.
\v 52 The tombs were opened, and the bodies of many godly people who had fallen asleep were raised.
\v 52 The tombs were opened, and the bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
\v 53 They came out of the tombs after his resurrection, entered the holy city, and appeared to many.
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\v 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations. Baptize them into the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
\s5
\v 20 Teach them to obey all the things that I have commanded you. See, I am with you always, even to the end of the world."
\v 20 Teach them to obey all the things that I have commanded you. See, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."

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\v 44 He said to him, "Be sure to say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."
\s5
\v 45 But he went out and began to tell everyone and spread the word so much that Jesus could no longer freely enter into any town. So he stayed out in solitary places and people came to him from everywhere.
\v 45 But he went out and began to spread the news widely, so much that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but he stayed out in remote places. Yet people were still coming to him from everywhere.
\s5
\c 2
\p
@ -244,10 +245,10 @@
\s5
\v 6 But when the sun rose, the plants were scorched, and because they had no root, they dried up.
\v 7 Other seed fell among the thorn plants. The thorn plants grew up and choked it, and it did not produce any grain.
\v 7 Other seed fell among the thorn plants. The thorn plants grew up and choked it, and it did not produce a crop.
\s5
\v 8 Other seed fell into good soil and it produced grain while growing up and increasing, and some brought forth thirty times as much, and some sixty, and some a hundred."
\v 8 Other seed fell into good soil and it produced a crop growing up and increasing thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times."
\v 9 Then he said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear!"
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\v 26 He also said, "The kingdom of God is like a man who sows his seed on the ground.
\v 27 He sleeps at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
\v 28 The earth bears grain by itself: First the blade, then the ear, then the mature grain in the ear.
\v 29 When the grain is ripe he immediately sends out the sickle, because the harvest has come."
\v 29 When the crop is ripe, he immediately sends in the sickle because the harvest has come."
\s5
\p
@ -538,7 +539,7 @@
\s5
\v 14 He called the crowd again and said to them, "Listen to me, all of you, and understand.
\v 15 There is nothing from outside of a person that can defile him when it enters into him. It is what comes out of the person that defiles him."
\v 16 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit vs. 16. \fqa If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.\f*
\v 16 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit vs. 16. \fqa If any man has ears to hear, let him hear \fqa* . \f*
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\v 17 Now when Jesus left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.
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\v 42 Whoever causes one of these little ones who believes in me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea.
\v 43 If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed than to have two hands and to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.
\v 44 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit this phrase from verses 44 and 46, \fqa where their worm does not die, and the fire is not put out \f*
\v 43 If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed than to have two hands and to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.
\v 44 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit this phrase from verses 44 and 46, \fqa where their worm does not die, and the fire is not put out \fqa* . \f*
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\v 45 If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame than to have your two feet and be thrown into hell.
\v 46 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit this phrase from verses 44 and 46, \fqa where their worm does not die, and the fire is not put out \f*
\v 46 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit this phrase from verses 44 and 46, \fqa where their worm does not die, and the fire is not put out \fqa* . \f*
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\v 47 If your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out. It is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and to be thrown into hell,
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\q
\v 7 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,
\q
\v 8 and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
\m
\v 8 and the two shall become one flesh.'
\m So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
\v 9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no man tear apart."
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\v 51 Jesus answered him and said, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man said, "Rabbi, I want to receive my sight."
\v 52 Then Jesus said to him, "Go. Your faith has healed you." Immediately he could see again, and he followed him on the road.
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\v 17 He taught them and said, "Is it not written,
\q 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations'?
\q
But you have made it a den of robbers."
\m
\m But you have made it a den of robbers."
\p
\v 18 The chief priests and the scribes heard what he had said, and they looked for a way to kill him. For they feared him because the entire crowd was amazed at his teaching.
\v 19 When evening came, they left the city.
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\v 24 Therefore I say to you: Everything you pray and ask for, believe that you received it, and it will be yours.
\v 25 When you stand and pray, you must forgive whatever you have against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your trespasses."
\v 26 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit this verse (See: Mt. 6:15). Mk. 11:26
\fqa But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses. \f*
\v 26 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit this verse (See: Mt. 6:15) Mk. 11:26 \fqa But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses \fqa* . \f*
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\p
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\p
\v 33 Be alert! Watch, because you do not know what time it is.
\f + \ft Some ancient authorities read:
\fqa Be alert! Watch and pray, because ... \f*
\v 33 Be alert! Watch, because you do not know what time it is. \f + \ft Some ancient authorities read: \fqa Be alert! Watch and pray \fqa* . \f*
\v 34 It is like a man who goes on a journey—he leaves his house and puts his servants in charge of the house, each one with his work, and he commands the watchman to stay awake.
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\v 25 It was the third hour when they crucified him.
\v 26 On a sign they wrote the charge against him, "The king of the Jews."
\v 27 With him they crucified two robbers, one on the right of him and one on his left.
\v 28 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit MRK 15:28, \fqa The scripture was fulfilled that says, 'He was counted with the lawless ones.' (compare LUK 22:37)\f*
\v 28 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit Mrk. 15:28, \fqa The scripture was fulfilled that says, 'He was counted with the lawless ones,' \fqa* (compare LUK 22:37) . \f*
\s5
\v 29 Those who passed by insulted him, shaking their heads and saying, "Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
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\v 4 When they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away, for it was very large.
\s5
\v 5 They entered the tomb and saw a young man dressed in a white robe, sitting on the right side, and they were astonished.
\v 6 He said to them, "Do not be afraid. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. Look at the place where they had laid him.
\v 5 They entered the tomb and saw a young man dressed in a white robe, sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
\v 6 He said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. Look at the place where they had laid him.
\v 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He is going ahead of you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.'"
\s5
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\v 8 They went out and ran from the tomb; they were trembling and amazed. They said nothing to anyone because they were so afraid.
\s5
\v 9 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit Mark 16:9-20. \f* Early on the first day of the week, after he arose, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
\v 9 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit Mrk. 16:9-20. \f* Early on the first day of the week, after he arose, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
\v 10 She went and told those who were with him, while they were mourning and weeping.
\v 11 They heard that he was alive and that he had been seen by her, but they did not believe.
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\p
\v 12 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit Mark 16:9-20. \f* After these things he appeared in a different form to two of them, as they were walking out into the country.
\v 12 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit Mrk. 16:9-20. \f* After these things he appeared in a different form to two of them, as they were walking out into the country.
\v 13 They went and told the rest of the disciples, but they did not believe them.
\s5
\p
\v 14 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit Mark 16:9-20. \f* Jesus later appeared to the eleven as they were reclining at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who saw him after he rose from the dead.
\v 14 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit Mrk. 16:9-20. \f* Jesus later appeared to the eleven as they were reclining at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who saw him after he rose from the dead.
\v 15 He said to them, "Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to the entire creation.
\v 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved, and he who does not believe will be condemned.
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\v 17 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit Mark 16:9-20. \f* These signs will go with those who believe: In my name they will cast out demons. They will speak in new languages.
\v 17 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit Mrk. 16:9-20. \f* These signs will go with those who believe: In my name they will cast out demons. They will speak in new languages.
\v 18 They will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will get well."
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\p
\v 19 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit Mark 16:9-20. \f* After the Lord had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
\v 19 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit Mrk. 16:9-20. \f* After the Lord had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
\v 20 The disciples left and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word by the signs that went with them.

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\v 33 His father and mother \f + \ft Some ancient copies add to the text the name of his father, \fqa Joseph \fqa* ; and some omit the mention of the mother. The most reliable copies have \fqa his father and mother. \f* were amazed at what was said about him.
\v 33 His father and mother \f + \ft Some ancient copies add to the text the name of his father, \fqa Joseph \fqa* ; and some omit the mention of the mother. The most reliable copies have \fqa his father and mother \fqa* . \f* were amazed at what was said about him.
\v 34 Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, "Behold, this child is appointed for the downfall and rising up of many people in Israel and for a sign that is rejected—
\v 35 and a sword will pierce your own soul—so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."
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\v 48 When they saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, "Son, why have you treated us this way? Listen, your father and I have been anxiously searching for you."
\v 49 He said to them, "Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that I had to be about my Father's business? \f + \ft Some scholars translate "about my Father’s business" as \fqa in my Father's house. \fqa* \f*
\v 49 He said to them, "Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that I had to be about my Father's business? \f + \ft Some scholars translate "about my Father's business" as \fqa in my Father's house \fqa . \f*
\v 50 But they did not understand what he meant by those words.
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\v 4 Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Man does not live on bread alone.'"
\s5
\v 5 Then the devil was leading Jesus up to a high place and he showed him all the kingdoms of the world in an instant of time.
\v 5 Then the devil led Jesus up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in an instant of time.
\v 6 The devil said to him, "I will give to you all this authority and all their splendor, for they have been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want.
\v 7 So then, if you will bow down and worship me, it will be yours."
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\v 21 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
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\v 22 Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you because of the Son of Man.
\v 22 Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.
\v 23 Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because you will surely have a great reward in heaven, for their ancestors treated the prophets in the same way.
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\v 21 In that hour he healed many people from sicknesses and afflictions and from evil spirits, and to many blind people he gave sight.
\v 22 Jesus answered and said to them, "After you have gone on your way, report to John what you have seen and heard. Blind people are receiving sight, lame people are walking, lepers are being cleansed, deaf people are hearing, people who had died are being raised back to life, and needy people are being told the good news.
\v 22 Jesus answered and said to them, "After you have gone on your way, report to John what you have seen and heard. Blind people are receiving sight, lame people are walking, lepers are being cleansed, deaf people are hearing, people who have died are being raised back to life, and needy people are being told the good news.
\v 23 The person who does not stop believing in me because of my actions is blessed."
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\v 24 After John's messengers had gone away, Jesus began to say to the crowds about John, "What did you go out into the desert to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
\v 25 But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothes? Look, those who wear expensive clothing and who live in luxury are in kings' palaces.
\v 26 But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.
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\v 27 This is he of whom it is written,
\q 'See, I am sending my messenger before your face,
\v 27 This is he of whom it is written,
\q 'See, I am sending my messenger before your face,
\q2 who will prepare your way before you.'
\m
\v 28 I say to you, among those born of women none is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he is."
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\v 29 (When all the people heard this, including the tax collectors, they declared that God is righteous, because they had been baptized with the baptism of John.
\v 30 But the Pharisees and the experts in Jewish law rejected God's purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)
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\v 14 When he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." As they went away they were cleansed.
\v 15 When one of them saw that he was healed, he turned back, with a loud voice glorifying God.
\v 16 He bowed down at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. He was a Samaritan.
\v 16 He fell down at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. He was a Samaritan.
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\v 17 Then Jesus said, "Were not the ten cleansed? Where are the nine?
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\v 34 I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. One will be taken, and the other will be left.
\v 35 There will be two women grinding together. One will be taken, and the other will be left."
\v 36 \f + \ft Luke 17:36 the best ancient copies omit, vs. 36 \fqa There will be two in the field; one will be taken and the other left. \f*
\v 36 \f + \ft Luke 17:36 the best ancient copies omit, vs. 36 \fqa There will be two in the field; one will be taken and the other left \fqa* . \f*
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\v 37 They asked him, "Where, Lord?" and he said to them, "Where there is a body, there will the vultures also be gathered together."
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\v 12 I fast two times every week. I give tithes of all that I get.'
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\v 13 But the tax collector, standing at a distance, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but hit his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner.'
\v 13 But the tax collector, standing at a distance, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but hit his breast, saying, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'
\v 14 I say to you, this man went back down to his house justified rather than the other, because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but everyone who humbles himself will be exalted."
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\v 23 But when the ruler heard these things, he became extremely sad, for he was very rich.
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\v 24 Then Jesus, seeing him, became very sad \f + \ft Scholars are divided whether the phrase: \fqa "[he] became very sad," should be included here. Compare vs 23. \fqa* \f* and said, "How difficult it is for those who are rich to enter the kingdom of God!
\v 24 Then Jesus, seeing him, became very sad \f + \ft Scholars are divided whether the phrase: \fqa [he] became very sad \fqa* should be included here. Compare vs 23. \f* and said, "How difficult it is for those who are rich to enter the kingdom of God!
\v 25 For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."
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\v 15 No, nor does Herod, for he sent him back to us, and see, nothing worthy of death has been done by him.
\v 16 I will therefore punish him, and release him."
\v 17 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit Luke 23:17, \fqa Now Pilate was obligated to release to the Jews one prisoner at the feast. \f*
\v 17 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit Luk. 23:17, \fqa Now Pilate was obligated to release to the Jews one prisoner at the feast \fqa* . \f*
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\v 18 But they cried out all together, saying, "Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas!"

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\v 19 This is the testimony of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites to him from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"
\v 20 He confessed, he did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ."
\v 20 He confessed—he did not deny, but confessed—"I am not the Christ."
\v 21 So they asked him, "What are you then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." They said, "Are you the prophet?" He answered, "No."
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\v 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him will not die but have eternal life.
\v 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
\v 17 For God did not send the Son into the world in order to condemn the world, but in order to save the world through him.
\v 18 He who believes in him is not condemned, but he who does not believe is already condemned because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.
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\v 19 This is the reason for the judgment: The light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.
\v 20 For everyone who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light so that his deeds will not be exposed.
\v 20 For everyone who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, so that his deeds will not be exposed.
\v 21 However, he who practices the truth comes to the light so that it may be plainly seen that his deeds have been done in God."
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\v 66 Because of this, many of his disciples went away and no longer walked with him.
\v 67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, "You do not want to go away also, do you?"
\v 68 Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life,
\v 69 and we have believed and come to know that you are the Holy One of God \f + \ft The phrase \fqa the Holy One of God \fqa* is in the best ancient copies. Some later copies add an additional description and they read: \fqa the Christ, the Holy One of God. \f*."
\v 69 and we have believed and come to know that you are the Holy One of God." \f + \ft The phrase \fqa the Holy One of God \fqa* is in the best ancient copies. Some later copies add an additional description and they read: \fqa the Christ, the Holy One of God \fqa* . \f*
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\v 70 Jesus said to them, "Did not I choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?"
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\p
\v 53 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit John 7:53-8:11 \f* [Then everyone went to his own house.
\v 53 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit Jhn. 7:53-8:11 \f* [Then everyone went to his own house.
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\c 8
\p
\v 1 \f + \ft See the note about John 7:53-8:11 above \f* Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
\v 1 \f + \ft See the note about Jhn. 7:53-8:11 above \f* Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
\v 2 Early in the morning he came to the temple again, and all the people came; he sat down and taught them.
\v 3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in the act of adultery. They placed her in the middle.
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\v 6 They said this in order to trap him so that they might have something to accuse him about, but Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger.
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\v 7 \f + \ft See the note about John 7:53-8:11 above \f* When they continued asking him questions, he stood up and said to them, "The one among you who has no sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."
\v 7 \f + \ft See the note about Jhn. 7:53-8:11 above \f* When they continued asking him questions, he stood up and said to them, "The one among you who has no sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."
\v 8 Again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger.
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\v 9 \f + \ft See the note about John 7:53-8:11 above \f* When they heard it, they left one by one, beginning with the oldest. Finally Jesus was left alone, with the woman who had been in the middle.
\v 9 \f + \ft See the note about Jhn. 7:53-8:11 above \f* When they heard it, they left one by one, beginning with the oldest. Finally Jesus was left alone, with the woman who had been in the middle.
\v 10 Jesus stood up and said to her, "Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?"
\v 11 She said, "No one, Lord." Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more."]
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\v 12 This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
\v 13 No one has a love greater than this, that he lays down his life for his friends.
\v 13 No one has greater love than this—that he lay down his life for his friends.
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\v 14 You are my friends if you do the things that I command you.
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\v 20 I pray not only for these, but also for those who will believe in me through their word
\v 21 so that they will all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I am in you. I pray that they will also be in us so that the world will believe that you have sent me.
\v 21 so that they will all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world will believe that you have sent me.
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\v 22 The glory that you gave me, I have given to them, so that they will be one, just as we are one:
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\v 16 He said to him again a second time, "Simon son of John, do you love me?" Peter said to him, "Yes Lord, you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Take care of my sheep."
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\v 17 He said to him a third time, "Simon son of John, do you love me?" Peter was sad because Jesus had said to him a third time, "Do you love me?" He said to him, "Lord, you know all things, you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep.
\v 18 Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you used to clothe yourself and walk wherever you wanted, but when you become old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will clothe you and carry you where you will not want to go."

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\v 32 This Jesus—God raised him up, of which we all are witnesses.
\v 33 Therefore having been raised up to the right hand of God and having received the promised Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you see and hear.
\v 33 Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God and having received the promised Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you see and hear.
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\v 45 and they sold their property and possessions and distributed them to all, according to the needs anyone had.
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\v 46 So day after day they continued with one purpose in the temple, and they broke bread in homes, and they shared food with joy and humility of heart;
\v 47 they praised God and had favor with all the people. Every day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.
\v 46 So day after day they continued with one purpose in the temple, and they broke bread in homes, and they shared food with glad and humble hearts,
\v 47 praising God and having favor with all the people, and every day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.
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\v 19 Yet during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and led them out, and said,
\v 20 "Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life."
\v 20 "Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this life."
\v 21 When they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and taught. But the high priest came, and those who were with him, and called the council together, all the elders of the people of Israel, and sent to the jail to have the apostles brought.
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\v 17 As the time of the promise approached, the promise that God had made to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
\v 18 until there arose another king over Egypt, a king who did not know about Joseph.
\v 19 This same king deceived our people and treated our fathers so badly, they had forced our fathers to leave their newborn children outside so they would die.
\v 19 He deceived our people and forced our fathers to expose their newborn infants so they would not be kept alive.
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\v 20 At that time Moses was born; he was very beautiful before God and was nourished for three months in his father's house.
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\v 36 As they went on the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, "Look, there is water here. What prevents me from being baptized?"
\v 37 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit Acts 8:37, \fqa Philip said, "If you believe with all your heart, you may be baptized." The Ethiopian answered, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." \f*
\v 37 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit Acts 8:37, \fqa Philip said, "If you believe with all your heart, you may be baptized." The Ethiopian answered, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God" \fqa* . \f*
\v 38 So the Ethiopian commanded the chariot to stop. They went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and Philip baptized him.
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\v 24 On the following day they came to Caesarea. Cornelius was waiting for them; he had called together his relatives and his close friends.
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\v 25 It came about that when Peter entered, Cornelius met him and bowed down at his feet to worship him.
\v 25 It came about that when Peter entered, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet to worship him.
\v 26 But Peter helped him up, saying, "Stand up! I too am a man."
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\v 30 Cornelius said, "Four days ago at this very hour, I was praying at the ninth hour in my house; and see, a man stood before me in bright clothing.
\v 31 He said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard by God, and your gifts to the poor have reminded God about you.
\v 32 So send someone to Joppa, and call to you a man named Simon who is called Peter. He is staying in the house of a tanner named Simon, by the seaside.'
\f + \ft Some ancient copies add:
\fqa When he comes, he will speak to you. \f*
\v 33 So at once I sent for you. You are kind to have come. Now then, we are all here present in the sight of God, to hear everything that you have been instructed by the Lord to say."
\f + \ft Instead of \fqa instructed by the Lord to say, \fqa* some ancient copies have, \fqa instructed by God to say. \f*
\v 32 So send someone to Joppa, and call to you a man named Simon who is called Peter. He is staying in the house of a tanner named Simon, by the seaside.' \f + \ft Some ancient copies add: \fqa When he comes, he will speak to you \fqa* . \f*
\v 33 So at once I sent for you. You are kind to have come. Now then, we are all here present in the sight of God, to hear everything that you have been instructed by the Lord to say." \f + \ft Instead of \fqa instructed by the Lord to say, \fqa* some ancient copies have, \fqa instructed by God to say \fqa* . \f*
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\v 34 Then Peter opened his mouth and said,
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\v 19 Now those who had been scattered because of the persecution that started with the death of Stephen were spread as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, but they told the message about Jesus only to Jews.
\v 19 Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that arose over Stephen spread as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word only to Jews.
\v 20 But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, came to Antioch and spoke also to Greeks, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus.
\v 21 The hand of the Lord was with them; a great number believed and turned to the Lord.
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\v 22 News about them came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas as far as Antioch.
\v 23 When he came and saw the gift of God, he was glad; and he encouraged them all to remain with the Lord with all their heart.
\v 23 When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad; and he encouraged them all to remain with the Lord with all their heart.
\v 24 For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and many people were added to the Lord.
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\v 24 But the word of God increased and multiplied.
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\v 25 So when Barnabas and Saul had completed their mission, they returned from \f + \ft Some ancient copies read, \fqa they returned to \f* Jerusalem, bringing with them John, also called Mark.
\v 25 So when Barnabas and Saul had completed their mission, they returned from \f + \ft Some ancient copies read, \fqa they returned to Jerusalem \fqa* . \f* Jerusalem, bringing with them John, also called Mark.
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\v 16 So Paul stood up and motioned with his hand; he said, "Men of Israel and you who honor God, listen.
\v 17 The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people numerous when they stayed in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm he led them out of it.
\v 18 For about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.
\f + \ft Some ancient copies read, \fqa For about forty years he cared for them in the wilderness. \f*
\v 18 For about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness. \f + \ft Some ancient copies read, \fqa For about forty years he cared for them in the wilderness \fqa* . \f*
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\v 19 After he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave our people their land for an inheritance.
\v 20 All these events took place over four hundred and fifty years. After all these things, God gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.
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\v 17 so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord,
\q including all the Gentiles called by my name.'
\q
\v 18 This is what the Lord says, who has done these things that have been known from ancient times.
\f + \ft Some older versions read, \fqa This is what the Lord says, to whom are known all his deeds from ancient times. \f*
\v 18 This is what the Lord says, who has done these things that have been known from ancient times. \f + \ft Some older versions read, \fqa This is what the Lord says, to whom are known all his deeds from ancient times \fqa* . \f*
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\v 33 After they had spent some time there, they were sent away in peace from the brothers to those who had sent them.
\v 34 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit verse 34 (See: Acts 15:40): \fqa But it seemed good to Silas to remain there.\f*
\v 34 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit verse 34 (See: Acts 15:40), \fqa But it seemed good to Silas to remain there \fqa* . \f*
\v 35 But Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch along with many others, where they taught and proclaimed the word of the Lord.
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\v 11 God was doing mighty deeds by the hands of Paul,
\v 12 so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits came out of them.
\v 12 so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick and their illnesses left them and the evil spirits came out of them.
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\v 13 But there were Jewish exorcists traveling through the area. They called on the name of the Lord Jesus so they could have power over evil spirits when they said, "By the Jesus whom Paul proclaims, I command you to come out."
\v 14 The Jewish high priest, whose name was Sceva, had seven sons who were doing this.
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\v 27 For I did not hold back from declaring to you the whole will of God.
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\v 28 Therefore be careful about yourselves, and about all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be careful to shepherd the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.
\f + \ft Instead of \fqa with his own blood \fqa* , some ancient copies read, \fqa with the blood of his own Son. \f*
\v 28 Therefore be careful about yourselves, and about all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be careful to shepherd the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood. \f + \ft Instead of \fqa with his own blood \fqa* , some ancient copies read, \fqa with the blood of his own Son \fqa* . \f*
\v 29 I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
\v 30 I know that from even among you some men shall come and distort the truth in order to draw away the disciples after them.
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\v 4 So that I detain you no more, I ask you to briefly listen to me with kindness.
\v 5 For we have found this man to be a pest and one who causes all the Jews throughout the world to rebel. He is a leader of the Nazarene sect.
\v 6 He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him. \f + \ft Some ancient copies add, \fqa "We wanted to judge him according to our our law. \f*
\v 6 He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him. \f + \ft Some ancient copies add, \fqa "We wanted to judge him according to our our law \fqa* . \f*
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\v 7 \f + \ft Some ancient copies have vs 7: \fqa But Lysias, the officer, came and took him by force out of our hands. \f*
\v 7 \f + \ft Some ancient copies have vs 7, \fqa But Lysias, the officer, came and took him by force out of our hands \fqa* . \f*
\v 8 When you question Paul about all these matters, you will be able to learn about these charges we are bringing against him."
\f + \ft Some ancient copies add to the first part of vs 8, \fqa sending us to you.\fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Some ancient copies add to the first part of vs 8, \fqa sending us to you \fqa* . \f*
\v 9 The Jews also joined in the accusation, affirming that these charges were true.
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\v 3 and asked him for a favor that would put Paul in danger—that Festus might summon Paul to Jerusalem so that they could kill him along the way.
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\v 4 But Festus answered that Paul was a prisoner in Caesarea, and that he himself was soon to return there.
\v 4 Festus answered that Paul was being held at Caesarea, and that he himself was going there soon.
\v 5 "Therefore, those who can," he said, "should go there with us. If there is something wrong with the man, you should accuse him."
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\v 8 Why should any of you think it is unbelievable that God raises the dead?
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\v 9 At one time I thought to myself that I should do many things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
\v 10 I did these in Jerusalem. I locked up many of the believers in prison by the authority I received from the chief priests, and when they were killed, I cast my vote against them.
\v 9 Now indeed, I myself thought that I should do many things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
\v 10 I did these in Jerusalem. I locked up many of the saints in prison by the authority I received from the chief priests, and when they were killed, I cast my vote against them.
\v 11 I punished them many times in all the synagogues and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was furiously enraged against them and I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
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\v 28 Therefore, you should know that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen."
\v 29 \f + \ft Acts 28:29 - Some ancient copies have vs. 29: \fqa When he had said these things, the Jews went away. They were having a great dispute among themselves. \f*
\v 29 \f + \ft Acts 28:29 - Some ancient copies have vs. 29: \fqa When he had said these things, the Jews went away. They were having a great dispute among themselves \fqa* . \f*
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\v 30 Paul lived for two whole years in his own rented house, and he welcomed all who came to him.

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\v 1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God.
\v 2 This is the gospel—that he promised beforehand by his prophets in the holy scriptures
\v 3 —which is about his Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh.
\v 1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God,
\v 2 which he promised beforehand by his prophets in the holy scriptures,
\v 3 concerning his Son who was a descendant of David according to the flesh.
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\v 4 Through the Spirit of holiness he was declared to be the Son of God by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.
\v 4 Through the Spirit of holiness he was declared with power to be the Son of God by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.
\v 5 Through him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience of faith among all the nations, for the sake of his name.
\v 6 Among these nations, you also have been called to belong to Jesus Christ.
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\v 26 Because of this, God gave them over to dishonorable passions, for their women exchanged natural relations for those that were unnatural.
\v 27 Likewise, the men also left their natural relations with women and burned in their lust for one another. These were men who committed shameless acts with men and received in themselves the penalty they deserved for their perversion.
\v 27 Likewise, the men also left their natural relations with women and burned in their lust for one another. These were men who committed shameless acts with men and received in themselves the penalty they deserved for their error.
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\v 28 Because they did not approve of having God in their awareness, he gave them up to a depraved mind, for them to do those things that are not proper.
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\v 29 They have been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, and malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and evil intentions.
\v 30 They are gossips, slanderers, and God-haters. They are violent, arrogant, and boastful. They are inventors of evil things, and they are disobedient to their parents.
\v 31 They have no understanding; they are untrustworthy, without natural affections, and unmerciful.
\v 29 They have been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, and malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and evil intentions. They are gossips,
\v 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventing ways of doing evil; they are disobedient to parents.
\v 31 They are senseless, faithless, heartless, and unmerciful.
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\v 32 They understand the regulations of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death. But not only do they do these things, they also approve of others who do them.
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\v 5 But it is to the extent of your hardness and unrepentant heart that you are storing up for yourself wrath on the day of wrath, that is, the day of the revelation of God's righteous judgment.
\v 6 He will pay back to every person the same measure of his actions:
\v 6 He will pay back to every person according to his actions:
\v 7 to those who according to consistent, good actions have sought praise, honor, and incorruptibility, he will give eternal life.
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\v 10 But praise, honor, and peace will come to everyone who practices good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
\v 11 For there is no partiality with God.
\v 11 For there is no favoritism with God.
\v 12 For as many as have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and as many as have sinned with respect to the law will be judged by the law.
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\v 23 You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?
\v 24 For "the name of God is dishonored among the Gentiles because of you," just as it has been written.
\v 24 For "the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you," just as it has been written.
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\v 25 For circumcision indeed benefits you if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.
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\v 8 But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live together with him.
\v 9 We know that Christ has been raised from the dead, and that he is no longer dead. Death no longer rules over him.
\v 9 We know that since Christ has been raised from the dead he cannot die again; death no longer has authority over him.
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\v 10 For in regard to the death that he died to sin, he died once for all. However, the life that he lives, he lives it for God.
\v 10 For in regard to the death that he died to sin, he died once for all. However, the life that he lives, he lives for God.
\v 11 In the same way, you also must consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
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\v 15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be.
\v 16 Do you not know that the one to whom you present yourselves as servants is the one to which you are obedient, the one you must obey? This is true whether you are servants to sin which leads to death, or servants to obedience which leads to righteousness.
\v 16 Do you not know that the one to whom you present yourselves as slaves is the one to which you are obedient, the one you must obey? This is true whether you are slaves to sin which leads to death, or slaves to obedience which leads to righteousness.
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\v 17 But thanks be to God! For you were servants of sin, but you have obeyed from the heart the pattern of teaching that you were given.
\v 18 You have been made free from sin, and you have been made servants of righteousness.
\v 17 But thanks be to God! For you were slaves of sin, but you have obeyed from the heart the pattern of teaching that you were given.
\v 18 You have been made free from sin, and you have been made slaves of righteousness.
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\v 19 I speak like a man because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented the parts of your body as slaves to uncleanness and to evil, in the same way now, present the parts of your body as slaves to righteousness for sanctification.
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\v 26 In the same way, the Spirit also helps in our weakness. For we do not know how we should pray, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groans.
\v 27 He who searches the hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because he intercedes on behalf of the believers according to the will of God.
\v 27 He who searches the hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because he intercedes on behalf of the saints according to the will of God.
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\v 28 We know that for those who love God, he works all things together for good, \f + \ft Instead of \fqa he works all things together for good \fqa* , some older versions read, \fqa all things work together for good. \f* for those who are called according to his purpose.
\v 28 We know that for those who love God, he works all things together for good, \f + \ft Instead of \fqa he works all things together for good \fqa* , some older versions read, \fqa all things work together for good \fqa* . \f* for those who are called according to his purpose.
\v 29 Because those whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
\v 30 Those whom he predestined, these he also called. Those whom he called, these he also justified. Those whom he justified, these he also glorified.
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\v 9 For this is the word of promise: "At this time I will come, and a son will be given to Sarah."
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\v 10 Not only this, but after Rebecca also had conceived by one man, our father Isaac—
\v 10 Not only this, but after Rebekah also had conceived by one man, our father Isaac—
\v 11 for the children were not yet born and had not yet done anything good or bad, so that the purpose of God according to choice might stand, not because of actions, but because of him who calls—
\v 12 it was said to her, "The older will serve the younger."
\v 13 It is just as had been written: "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."
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\v 6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer by works. Otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
\f + \ft Some old copies read, \fqa But if it is by works, then is it no more grace; otherwise work is no more work. \f*
\f + \ft Some old copies read, \fqa But if it is by works, then is it no more grace; otherwise work is no more work \fqa* . \f*
\v 7 What then? The thing that Israel was seeking, it did not obtain, but the chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
\v 8 It is just as it is written: "God has given them a spirit of dullness, eyes so that they should not see, and ears so that they should not hear, to this very day."
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\v 3 For I say, because of the grace that was given to me, that everyone who is among you should not think more highly of themselves than they ought to think. Instead, they should think in a wise way, just as God has given out to each one a certain amount of faith.
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\v 4 For we have many members in one body, but not all the members have the same function.
\v 5 In the same way, we who are many are one body in Christ, and are individually members of each other.
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\v 11 Concerning diligence, do not be hesitant. Concerning the spirit, be eager. Concerning the Lord, serve him.
\v 12 Rejoice in certain hope, be patient in suffering, be faithful in prayer.
\v 13 Share in the needs of the believers. Find many ways to show hospitality.
\v 13 Share in the needs of the saints. Find many ways to show hospitality.
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\v 14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
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\v 14 I myself am also convinced about you, my brothers. I am convinced that also you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge. I am convinced that you are also able to exhort one another.
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\v 15 But I am writing more boldly to you about some things in order to remind you again, because of the gift that was given me by God.
\v 15 But I am writing more boldly to you about some things in order to remind you again, because of the grace given me by God.
\v 16 This gift was that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus sent to the Gentiles, to offer as a priest the gospel of God. I should do this so that the offering of the Gentiles might become acceptable, consecrated by the Holy Spirit.
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\v 25 But now I am going to Jerusalem, bringing aid to the believers.
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\v 26 For it was the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution to the poor among the believers who are in Jerusalem.
\v 26 For it was the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution to the poor among the saints who are in Jerusalem.
\v 27 Yes, it was their good pleasure, and, indeed, they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to serve them in material things.
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\v 1 I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is in Cenchrea,
\v 2 in order that you may receive her in the Lord. Do this in a manner worthy of the believers, and stand by her in whatever matter she may have need of you. For she herself as well has become a helper of many, and of myself as well.
\v 2 in order that you may receive her in the Lord. Do this in a manner worthy of the saints, and stand by her in whatever matter she may have need of you. For she herself as well has become a helper of many, and of myself as well.
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\v 23 Gaius, the host for me and for the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, with Quartus the brother.
\v 24 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit this verse. (See: Rom. 16:20). v. 24 \fqa May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. \f*
\v 24 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit this verse. (See: Rom. 16:20). v. 24 \fqa May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen \fqa* . \f*
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\v 1 When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence of speech or wisdom as I proclaimed hidden truths about God.
\f + \ft Many other versions read, \fqa as I proclaimed the testimony about God. \f*
\f + \ft Many other versions read, \fqa as I proclaimed the testimony about God \fqa* . \f*
\v 2 For I decided to know nothing when I was among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
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\v 7 Instead, we speak God's wisdom in hidden truth, the hidden wisdom that God predestined before the ages for our glory.
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\v 8 None of the rulers of this age knew this wisdom, for if they had understood it at that time, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
\v 8 None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had understood it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
\v 9 But as it is written,
\q "Things that no eye has seen,
\q1 no ear has heard,
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\c 6
\p
\v 1 When one of you has a dispute with another, does he dare to go to the civil court before an unbelieving judge, rather than before the believers?
\v 1 When one of you has a dispute with another, does he dare to go to the civil court before an unbelieving judge, rather than before the saints?
\v 2 Do you not know that the believers will judge the world? If then, you will judge the world, are you not able to settle matters of little importance?
\v 3 Do you not know that we will judge the angels? How much more, then, can we judge matters of this life?
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\v 19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives within you, whom you have from God? Do you not know that you are not your own?
\v 20 For you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
\f + \ft Some older copies read, \fqa Therefore glorify God with your body and in your spirit, which belong to God. \fqa* But the best copies do not have this reading. \f*
\f + \ft Some older copies read, \fqa Therefore glorify God with your body and in your spirit, which belong to God \fqa* . But the best copies do not have this reading. \f*
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\v 26 Therefore, I think that because of the disaster that is coming, it is good for a man to remain as he is.
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\v 27 Are you bound to a woman? Do not seek to be free of her. Are you free of a wife? Do not seek a wife.
\v 28 But if you do marry, you have not committed a sin. If an unmarried woman marries, she has not committed a sin. Yet those who marry will have many kinds of trouble while living, and I would like to spare you from them.
\v 27 Are you married to a wife? Do not seek a divorce. If you are unmarried, do not seek a wife.
\v 28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned, and if an unmarried woman marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will have many kinds of worldly trouble, and I want to spare you from this.
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\v 29 But this I say, brothers: The time is short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none.
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\v 35 I say this for your own benefit, and not to put any constraint on you. I say this for what is right, so that you may be devoted to the Lord without any distraction.
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\v 36 But if anyone thinks that he is not treating his fiancée with respect—if she is beyond the age of marriage and it must be so—he should do what he wants. He is not sinning. They should marry.
\v 37 But if he is standing firm in his heart, if he is not under pressure but can control his own will, and if he has decided in his own heart to do this, to keep his own fiancée a virgin, he will do well.
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\v 19 For though I am free from all, I became a servant to all, in order that I might win more.
\v 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law, I became like one under the law in order to win those under the law. I did this even though I myself was not under the law.
\f + \ft The ULB and UDB read, \fqa I did this even though I was not under the law myself. \fqa* Some older versions leave this passage out. \f*
\f + \ft The ULB and UDB read, \fqa I did this even though I was not under the law myself \fqa* . Some older versions leave this passage out. \f*
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\v 21 To those outside the law, I became like one outside the law, although I was not outside the law of God myself, but under the law of Christ. I did this so that I may win those outside the law.
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\v 27 If an unbeliever invites you to eat a meal, and you wish to go, eat whatever is set before you without asking questions of conscience.
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\v 28 But if someone says to you, "This food was from a pagan sacrifice," do not eat it. This is for the sake of the one who informed you, and for the sake of conscience.
\f + \ft Some older copies add, \fqa For the earth and everything in it belong to the Lord. \fqa* But the best copies do not have this. \f*
\v 29 I do not mean your own conscience, but the other person's conscience. For why should my freedom be judged by another's conscience?
\v 28 But if someone says to you, "This has been offered in sacrifice," then do not eat it, both for the sake of the one who informed you, and for the sake of conscience— \f + \ft Some older copies add, \fqa For the earth and everything in it belong to the Lord \fqa* . But the best copies do not have this. \f*
\v 29 the conscience of the other man, I mean, and not yours. For why should my freedom be judged by another's conscience?
\v 30 If I partake of the meal with gratitude, why am I being insulted for that for which I gave thanks?
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\v 1 Suppose that I speak with the tongues of men and of angels. But if I do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
\v 2 Suppose that I have the gift of prophecy and understand all hidden truths and knowledge, and that I have all faith so as to remove mountains. But if I do not have love, I am nothing.
\v 3 Suppose that I give all I own to feed the poor, and that I give my body to be burned. But if I do not have love, I gain nothing.
\f + \ft The ULB and UDB, together with most versions, read, \fqa I give my body to be burned. \fqa* Some older versions read, \fqa I give my body so that I might boast. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft The ULB and UDB, together with most versions, read, \fqa I give my body to be burned \fqa* . Some older versions read, \fqa I give my body so that I might boast \fqa* . \f*
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\v 4 Love is patient and kind. Love does not envy or boast. It is not arrogant
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\v 33 For God is not a God of confusion, but of peace.
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\p This is the rule in all the churches of the believers.
\p This is the rule in all the churches of the saints.
\v 34 The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak. Instead, they should be in submission, as also the law says.
\v 35 If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.
\v 36 Did the word of God come from you? Are you the only ones it has reached?
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\p
\v 37 If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I write to you are a command of the Lord.
\v 38 But if anyone does not recognize this, let him not be recognized.
\f + \ft Most versions, including the ULB and UDB, read, \fqa But if anyone does not recognize this, let him not be recognized. \fqa* Some older versions read, \fqa But if anyone is ignorant of this, let him be ignorant. \f*
\v 38 But if anyone does not recognize this, let him not be recognized. \f + \ft Most versions, including the ULB and UDB, read, \fqa But if anyone does not recognize this, let him not be recognized \fqa* . Some older versions read, \fqa But if anyone is ignorant of this, let him be ignorant \fqa* . \f*
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\v 22 If anyone does not love the Lord, may he be accursed. Our Lord, come!
\v 23 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.
\v 24 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus.
\f + \ft Some older versions add, \fqa Amen. \fqa* But many newer ones, including the ULB and UDB, leave it out. \f*
\f + \ft Some older versions add, \fqa Amen \fqa* . But many newer versions, including the ULB and UDB, leave it out. \f*

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\v 12 A door was opened to me by the Lord when I came to the city of Troas to preach the gospel of Christ there.
\v 13 Even so, I had no peace of mind, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I left them and returned to Macedonia.
\v 13 I had no relief in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I left them and went on to Macedonia.
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\p
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\v 4 For indeed while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened. We do not want to be unclothed. Instead, we want to be clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
\v 5 The one who prepared us for this very thing is God, who gave us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.
\v 5 The one who prepared us for this very thing is God, who gave us the Spirit as a guarantee of what is to come.
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\v 6 Therefore always be confident. Be aware that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.
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\p
\v 11 We have spoken the whole truth to you, Corinthians, and our heart is wide open.
\v 12 Your hearts are not restrained by us, but you are restrained by your own feelings.
\v 13 Now in fair exchange—I speak as to children—open your hearts wide.
\v 12 You are not restrained by us, but you are restrained in your own hearts.
\v 13 Now in fair exchange—I speak as to children—open yourselves wide also.
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\v 14 Do not be tied together with unbelievers. For what association does righteousness have with lawlessness? For what fellowship does light have with darkness?
@ -307,9 +307,9 @@
\v 5 This did not happen as we had expected. Instead, they first gave themselves to the Lord. Then they gave themselves to us by the will of God.
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\v 6 So we urged Titus, who had already begun this task, to bring to completion this act of generosity on your part.
\v 7 But you abound in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us. So also make sure that you abound in this generous deed.
\f + \ft The ULB and UDB, together with many other versions, read, \fqa and in your love for us. \fqa* Some other versions read, \fqa and in our love for you. \fqa* \f*
\v 6 So we urged Titus, who had already begun this task, to complete among you this act of grace.
\v 7 But you abound in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us. So also make sure that you excel in this act of grace.
\f + \ft The ULB and UDB, together with many other versions, read, \fqa and in your love for us \fqa* . Some other versions read, \fqa and in our love for you \fqa* . \f*
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\v 8 I say this not as a command. Instead, I say this in order to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it to the eagerness of other people.
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\v 18 We have sent with him the brother who is praised among all of the churches for his work in proclaiming the gospel.
\v 19 Not only this, but he also was selected by the churches to travel with us in our carrying out this act of generosity. This is for the honor of the Lord himself and for our eagerness to help.
\v 19 Not only this, but he also was selected by the churches to travel with us in our carrying out this act of grace. This is for the honor of the Lord himself and for our eagerness to help.
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\v 20 We are avoiding the possibility that anyone should complain about us concerning this generosity that we are carrying out.
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\v 7 Let each one give as he has planned in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
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\v 8 And God is able to make every blessing multiply for you, so that, always, in all things, you may have all you need. This will be so that you may multiply every good deed.
\v 8 And God is able to make all grace overflow for you, so that, always, in all things, you may have all you need. This will be so that you may multiply every good deed.
\v 9 It is as it is written:
\q "He has distributed his riches and given them to the poor.
\q1 His righteousness lasts forever."
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\v 11 You will be enriched in every way so you can be generous. This will bring about thanksgiving to God through us.
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\v 12 For carrying out this service not only meets the needs of the believers. It also multiplies into many acts of thanksgiving to God.
\v 12 For carrying out this service not only meets the needs of the saints but is also overflowing into many acts of thanksgiving to God.
\v 13 Because of your being tested and proved by this service, you will also glorify God by obedience to your confession of the gospel of Christ. You will also glorify God by the generosity of your gift to them and to everyone.
\v 14 They long for you, and they are praying for you. They do this because of the very great grace of God that is on you.
\v 15 May thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!
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\v 19 Do you think all of this time we have been defending ourselves to you? In the sight of God, we have in Christ been saying everything for your strengthening.
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\v 20 For I fear that when I come I may not find you as I wish. I fear that you might not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be arguments, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, gossip, pride, and disorder.
\v 20 For I fear that when I come I may not find you as I wish. I fear that you might not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, rivalries, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
\v 21 I fear that when I come back, my God might humble me before you. I fear that I might be grieved by many of those who have sinned before now, and who did not repent of the impurity and sexual immorality and lustful indulgence that they practiced.
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\v 3 May the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ be praised, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.
\v 4 God chose us in him from the beginning of the world, that we may be holy and blameless in his sight in love \f + \ft Some interpreters place the phrase \fqa in love \fqa* with the next sentence, EPH 1:5 \fqa In love God chose us ... \f*.
\v 4 God chose us in him from the beginning of the world, that we may be holy and blameless in his sight in love \f + \ft Some interpreters place the phrase \fqa in love \fqa* with the next sentence, Eph. 1:5 \fqa In love God chose us \fqa* . \f*.
\s5
\v 5 \f + \ft Some interpreters place the last phrase of EPH 1:4 \fqa in love \fqa* with verse 5 so that it reads, \fqa In love God chose us ... \f* God chose us beforehand for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will.
\v 5 \f + \ft Some interpreters place the last phrase of Eph. 1:4 \fqa in love \fqa* with verse 5 so that it reads, \fqa In love God chose us \fqa* . \f* God chose us beforehand for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will.
\v 6 Our adoption results in the praise of his glorious grace that he has freely given us in the One he loves.
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\v 7 so that in the ages to come he might show to us the immeasurably great riches of his grace expressed in his kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
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\v 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this did not come from you, it is the gift of God.
\v 9 Grace is not from works and so no one may boast.
\v 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this did not come from you, it is the gift of God,
\v 9 not from works and so no one may boast.
\v 10 For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good deeds that God planned long ago for us, so that we would walk in them.
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\v 18 For through Jesus we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
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\v 19 So then, now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. Instead you are fellow citizens with God's holy people and members of God's household.
\v 19 So then, now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. Instead you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household.
\v 20 You have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, and Christ Jesus himself was the cornerstone.
\v 21 In him the whole building fits together and grows as a temple in the Lord.
\v 22 It is in him that you also are being built together as a dwelling place for God in the Spirit.
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\v 7 For I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God's grace given to me through the working of his power.
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\v 8 God gave this gift to me, although I am the least of all God's holy people. This gift is that I should proclaim to the Gentiles the gospel of the unsearchable riches of Christ.
\v 9 God's gift to me is that I will bring to light to everyone what God's plan is. This plan had been hidden for ages in the past by God, who created all things.
\v 8 This grace was given to me, although I am the least of all the saints, that I should proclaim to the Gentiles the gospel of the unsearchable riches of Christ,
\v 9 so that I will bring to light for everyone the plan—the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things.
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\v 10 This plan was made known through the church so the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places would come to know the many-sided nature of the wisdom of God.
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\v 11 Christ gave some to be apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers.
\v 12 He gave these offices to equip his holy people for the work of service, for the building up of the body of Christ.
\v 12 He gave these offices to equip the saints for the work of service, for the building up of the body of Christ.
\v 13 He continues to build up his body until we all reach the unity of faith and knowledge of the Son of God, and that we become mature and so reach the measure of the fullness of Christ.
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\v 11 Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the scheming plans of the devil.
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\v 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood. Instead, it is against the governments and spiritual authorities and rulers of the realm of evil darkness, against the evil spirits in heavenly places.
\v 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
\v 13 Therefore put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand in this time of evil, and after you have done everything, to stand firm.
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\v 17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
\v 18 With every prayer and request, pray at all times in the Spirit. To this end, always be watching with all perseverance, as you offer prayers for all God's holy people.
\v 18 With every prayer and request, pray at all times in the Spirit. To this end, always be watching with all perseverance, as you offer prayers for all the saints.
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\v 19 And pray for me, that a message might be given to me when I open my mouth. Pray that I might make known with boldness the hidden truth about the gospel.
\v 20 It is for the gospel that I am an ambassador who is kept in chains, so that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.
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\p
\v 23 Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
\v 24 May grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with a love that never dies.
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\v 1 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. For me to write these same things again to you is no trouble for me, and it keeps you safe.
\v 2 Watch out for the dogs, those evil workers, those who mutilate the flesh.
\v 3 For we are the circumcision. It is we who worship by the Spirit of God. It is we who take pride in Christ Jesus, and who have no confidence in the flesh.
\v 3 For it is we who are the circumcision. It is we who worship by the Spirit of God. It is we who take pride in Christ Jesus, and who have no confidence in the flesh.
\s5
\v 4 Even so, I myself could have confidence in the flesh. If anyone thinks he has confidence in the flesh, I could have even more.
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\v 6 As for zeal, I persecuted the church; as for righteousness under the law, I was blameless.
\v 7 But whatever things were a profit for me, I considered them as loss because of Christ.
\v 7 But whatever things were a profit for me, I have considered them as loss because of Christ.
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\v 8 In fact, now I count all things to be loss because of the surpassing value of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For him I have given up all things—and I consider them rubbish—so that I may gain Christ
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\v 22 All the believers here greet you, especially those of Caesar's household.
\p
\v 23 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
\f + \ft Some versions add, \fqa Amen. \fqa* \f*
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\p
\v 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
\v 2 to the believers and faithful brothers in Christ who are at Colossae. May grace be to you, and peace from God our Father.
\f + \ft Some versions add, \fqa and the Lord Jesus Christ. \fqa* \f*
\v 2 to the believers and faithful brothers in Christ who are at Colossae. May grace be to you, and peace from God our Father. \f + \ft Some versions add, \fqa and the Lord Jesus Christ \fqa* . \f*
\p
\v 3 We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and we always pray for you.
@ -21,7 +20,7 @@
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\v 7 This is the gospel as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf.
\f + \ft Some versions read, \fqa on your behalf. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Some versions read, \fqa on your behalf \fqa* . \f*
\v 8 Epaphras has made known to us your love in the Spirit.
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\v 11 We pray you may be strengthened in every ability according to the power of his glory into all perseverance and patience.
\v 12 We pray that you will joyfully give thanks to the Father, who has made you able to have a share in the inheritance of the believers in light.
\f + \ft Some versions read, \fqa who has made us able to have a share. \fqa* \f*
\v 12 We pray that you will joyfully give thanks to the Father, who has made you able to have a share in the inheritance of the saints in light.
\f + \ft Some versions read, \fqa who has made us able to have a share \fqa* . \f*
\s5
\v 13 He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son.
\v 14 In his Son we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
\f + \ft Some versions read, \fqa In his Son we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Some versions read, \fqa In his Son we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins \fqa* . \f*
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\v 15 The Son is the image of the invisible God. He is the firstborn of all creation.
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\p
\v 6 As you received Christ the Lord, walk in him.
\v 7 Be firmly planted in him, be built on him, be established in faith just as you were taught, and abound in thanksgiving.
\v 7 Be rooted in him, be built on him, be established in faith just as you were taught, and abound in thanksgiving.
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\p
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\v 13 When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he made you alive together with him and forgave us all of our trespasses.
\f + \ft Some older versions read, \fqa and forgave you all of your trespasses. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Some older versions read, \fqa and forgave you all of your trespasses \fqa* . \f*
\v 14 He canceled the written record of debts that stood against us with its regulations. He took it away by nailing it to the cross.
\v 15 He disarmed the powers and authorities and made a public spectacle of them, by being victorious over them by the cross.
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\v 2 Think about the things above, not about the things on earth.
\v 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
\v 4 When Christ appears, who is your life, then you will also appear with him in glory.
\f + \ft Some versions read, \fqa When Christ appears, who is our life, then you will also appear with him in glory. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Some versions read, \fqa When Christ appears, who is our life, then you will also appear with him in glory \fqa* . \f*
\s5
\p
\v 5 Put to death, then, the members that are on earth—sexual immorality, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
\v 6 It is for these things that the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
\f + \ft Some versions read, \fqa It is for these things that the wrath of God is coming. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Some versions read, \fqa It is for these things that the wrath of God is coming \fqa* . \f*
\v 7 It is in these things that you also once walked when you lived in them.
\v 8 But now you must get rid of all these things—wrath, anger, evil intentions, insults, and obscene speech from your mouth.
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\v 22 Slaves, obey your masters according to the flesh in all things, not with eyeservice as people pleasers, but with a sincere heart. Fear the Lord.
\v 23 Whatever you do, work from the soul as to the Lord and not as to people.
\v 24 You know that you will receive from the Lord the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.
\v 25 For anyone who does unrighteousness will receive the penalty for the unrighteousness that he did, and there is no partiality.
\v 25 For anyone who does unrighteousness will receive the penalty for the unrighteousness that he did, and there is no favoritism.
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\p
\v 7 As for the things concerning me, Tychicus will make them known to you. He is a beloved brother, a faithful servant, and fellow slave in the Lord.
\v 8 I sent him to you for this, that you might know the matters about us, and so that he may encourage your hearts.
\f + \ft Some older versions read, \fqa I sent him to you for this, that he might know the matters about you, and that he may encourage your hearts. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Some older versions read, \fqa I sent him to you for this, that he might know the matters about you, and that he may encourage your hearts \fqa* . \f*
\v 9 I sent him together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will tell you everything that has happened here.
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\c 1
\p
\v 1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be to you.
\f + \ft Some older versions read, \fqa May grace and peace be to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. \fqa* \f*
\v 1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be to you. \f + \ft Some older versions read, \fqa May grace and peace be to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ \fqa* . \f*
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\v 7 Instead, we were as gentle among you as a mother comforting her own children.
\f + \ft Some other versions read, \fqa Instead, we were like babies among you, as when a mother comforts her own children. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Some other versions read, \fqa Instead, we were like babies among you, as when a mother comforts her own children \fqa* . \f*
\v 8 In this way we had affection for you. We were pleased to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives. For you had become very dear to us.
\v 9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil. Night and day we were working so that we might not weigh down any of you. During that time, we preached to you the gospel of God.
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\v 18 For we wished to come to you—I, Paul, wished to come to you once and again—but Satan stopped us.
\v 19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of pride in front of our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you just as much as others?
\v 20 For you are our glory and our joy.
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\c 3
\p
\v 1 Therefore, when we could no longer bear it, we thought it was good to be left behind at Athens alone.
\v 2 We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and comfort you regarding your faith.
\f + \ft Some other versions read, \fqa We sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the gospel of Christ. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Some other versions read, \fqa We sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the gospel of Christ \fqa* . \f*
\v 3 We did this so that no one would be shaken by these sufferings. For yourselves know that for this we have been appointed.
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\p
\v 11 May our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.
\v 12 May the Lord make you increase and abound in love one for another and toward all people, as we also do for you.
\v 13 May he strengthen your hearts, so that they will be blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his holy ones.
\v 13 May he strengthen your hearts, so that they will be blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
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\p
\v 13 We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who sleep, so that you do not grieve like the rest who do not have confidence in the future promise.
\v 13 We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who sleep, so that you do not grieve like the rest who do not have hope.
\v 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.
\v 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left at the coming of the Lord, will surely not go before those who have fallen asleep.

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\v 3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not come until after the falling away comes, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.
\f + \ft Some older versions read, \fqa and the man of sin is revealed. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Some older versions read, \fqa and the man of sin is revealed \fqa* . \f*
\v 4 This is he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped. As a result, he sits in the temple of God and exhibits himself as God.
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\p
\v 13 But we should always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord. For God chose you as the firstfruits for salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth.
\f + \ft Some other versions read, \fqa For God chose you from the first for salvation. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Some other versions read, \fqa For God chose you from the first for salvation \fqa* . \f*
\v 14 He called you to this through our gospel, that you might obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
\v 15 So then, brothers, stand firm and hold tightly to the traditions that you were taught, whether by word or by our letter.
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\v 12 Now such ones we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that they should work with quietness and eat their own food.
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\v 13 But you, brothers, do not lose heart in doing what is right.
\v 13 But you, brothers, do not become tired of doing what is right.
\v 14 If anyone does not obey our word in this letter, take note of him and have no association with him, so that he may be ashamed.
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\v 15 Care for these things. Be in them, so that your progress may be evident to all people.
\v 16 Give careful attention to yourself and to the teaching. Continue in these things. For by doing so, you will save yourself and those who listen to you.
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\c 5
\p
\v 1 Do not scold an older man. Instead, exhort him as if he were a father. Exhort younger men as if they were brothers.
\v 2 Exhort older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters in all purity.
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\v 3 Honor widows, the real widows.
\v 4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show honor in their own household. Let them repay their parents, because this is pleasing to God.
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\v 6 However, the woman who lives for pleasure is dead, even though she is still alive.
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\v 7 Preach these things so that they may be without reproach.
\v 7 Give these instructions as well, so that they may be blameless.
\v 8 But if someone does not provide for his own relatives, especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
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\v 9 Let a woman be enrolled as a widow who is not younger than sixty, a wife of one husband.
\v 10 She must be known for good deeds, whether it is that she has cared for children, or has been hospitable to strangers, or has washed the feet of the believers, or has relieved the afflicted, or has been devoted to every good work.
\v 10 She must be known for good deeds, whether it is that she has cared for children, or has been hospitable to strangers, or has washed the feet of the saints, or has relieved the afflicted, or has been devoted to every good work.
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\v 11 But as for younger widows, refuse to enroll them in the list. For when they give in to bodily desires against Christ, they want to marry.
\v 12 In this way they incur guilt because they revoke their first commitment.
\v 13 At the same time, they also become accustomed to being lazy and going around from house to house. Not only do they become those who are lazy, but they also become gossips and busybodies, talking about things they should not say.
\v 13 At the same time, they also learn to be lazy and they go around from house to house. They not only become lazy, but they also talk nonsense and are busybodies, saying things they should not say.
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\v 14 I therefore want younger women to marry, to bear children, to manage the household, and to give no opportunity for the enemy to slander us.
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\v 13 I give you this command before God, who causes all things to live, and before Christ Jesus, who spoke what is true to Pontius Pilate:
\v 14 Keep the commandment perfectly, without reproach, until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ.
\v 14 Keep the commandment without spot or blame until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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\v 15 God will reveal his appearing at the right time—God, the Blessed One, the only power, the King who reigns, the Lord who rules.
\v 15 God will reveal Christ's appearing at the right time—God, the blessed and only Sovereign, the King who reigns and the Lord who rules.
\v 16 Only he has immortality and dwells in inapproachable light. No man sees him or is able to view him. To him be honor and eternal power. Amen.
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\v 9 It is God who saved us and called us with a holy calling. He did this, not according to our works, but according to his own plan and grace. He gave us these things in Christ Jesus before times ever began.
\v 10 But now God's salvation has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. It is Christ who put an end to death and brought life that never ends to light through the gospel.
\v 11 Because of this, I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.
\f + \ft Some older versions add, \fqa to the Gentiles. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Some older versions add, \fqa to the Gentiles \fqa* . \f*
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\v 12 For this cause I also suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed. I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have entrusted to him until that day.
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\p
\v 14 Keep reminding them of these things. Warn them before God against quarreling about words; it is of no value, and only ruins those who listen. \f + \ft Some versions read, \fqa Warn them before the Lord.\f*
\v 14 Keep reminding them of these things. Warn them before God against quarreling about words; it is of no value, and only ruins those who listen. \f + \ft Some versions read, \fqa Warn them before the Lord \fqa* . \f*
\v 15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no reason to be ashamed, who accurately teaches the word of truth.
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\v 16 Avoid profane talk, which leads to more and more godlessness.
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\c 3
\p
\v 1 But know this: In the last days there will be difficult times.
\v 2 For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, and unholy.
\v 2 For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, and unholy.
\v 3 They will be without natural affection, unable to reconcile, slanderers, without self-control, violent, not lovers of good.
\v 4 They will be betrayers, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.
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\c 4
\p
\v 1 I give this solemn command before God and Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and because of his appearing and his kingdom:
\v 2 Preach the Word. Be ready when it is convenient and when it is not. Reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all patience and teaching.
\v 2 Preach the word; be ready when it is convenient and when it is not. Reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all patience and teaching.
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\v 3 For the time will come when people will not endure sound teaching. Instead, they will heap up for themselves teachers according to their own desires, who say what their itching ears want to hear.

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\v 5 For this purpose I left you in Crete, that you might set in order things not yet complete and ordain elders in every city as I directed you.
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\v 6 An elder must be without blame, the husband of one wife, with faithful children not accused of reckless behavior or undisciplined.
\v 6 An elder must be without blame, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who do not have the reputation of being reckless or undisciplined.
\v 7 It is necessary for the overseer, as God's household manager, to be blameless. He must not be arrogant, not be easily angered, not addicted to wine, not a brawler, and not a greedy man.
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\p
\v 10 For there are many rebellious people, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision.
\v 11 It is necessary to stop them. They are breaking up whole families by teaching for shameful profit what they should not teach.
\v 11 It is necessary to stop them. They are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful profit what they should not teach.
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\v 4 I always thank my God. I mention you in my prayers.
\v 5 I have heard of the love and the faith that you have in the Lord Jesus and for all the believers.
\v 6 I pray that the fellowship of your faith may be effective for the knowledge of everything good that is among us in Christ.
\v 7 For I have had much joy and comfort because of your love, because the hearts of the believers have been refreshed by you, brother.
\v 7 For I have had much joy and comfort because of your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.
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\q until I make your enemies a stool for your feet"?
\p
\v 14 Are not all angels spirits who serve, and who are sent to care for those who will inherit salvation?
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\p
@ -78,8 +79,7 @@
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\q
\v 7 You made man a little lower than the angels;
\q you crowned him with glory and honor.
\f + \ft Some older version add, \fqa and you have put him over the works of your hands. \fqa* \f*
\q you crowned him with glory and honor. \f + \ft Some older version add, \fqa and you have put him over the works of your hands \fqa* . \f*
\q
\v 8 You put everything in subjection under his feet."
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\v 16 For of course it is not with angels that he is concerned; instead, it is with the seed of Abraham that he is concerned.
\v 17 So it was necessary for him to become like his brothers in all ways, so that he would be a merciful and faithful high priest in relation to the things of God, and so that he would bring about the pardon of the people's sins.
\v 18 Because Jesus himself has suffered and was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.
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\c 3
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\q and when, during forty years, they saw my deeds.
\q
\v 10 Therefore I was displeased with that generation.
\q I said, 'They are always being led astray in their hearts.
\q I said, 'They have always gone astray in their hearts.
\q They have not known my ways.'
\q
\v 11 It is just as I swore in my anger:
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\v 17 With whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness?
\v 18 To whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, if it was not to those who disobeyed him?
\v 19 We see that they were not able to enter his rest because of unbelief.
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\c 4
\p
\v 1 Therefore, let us be very careful so that none of you might seem to have failed to reach the promise left behind for you to enter God's rest.
\v 2 For we were told the good news just as they were. But that message did not benefit those who did not unite in faith with those who obeyed.
\f + \ft Other versions read, \fqa But that message did not benefit those who heard it without joining faith to it. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Other versions read, \fqa But that message did not benefit those who heard it without joining faith to it \fqa* . \f*
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\v 3 For we who have believed enter that rest, just as he said,
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\v 14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us firmly hold to our beliefs.
\v 15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot feel sympathy for our weaknesses. Instead, we have someone who has in all ways been tempted as we are, except that he is without sin.
\v 16 Let us then go with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
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\c 5
\p
\v 1 For every high priest, chosen from among people, is appointed to act on the behalf of people in the things concerning God, so that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
\v 2 He can deal gently with the ignorant and the wayward because he himself also is surrounded with weakness.
\v 2 He can deal gently with those who are ignorant and who have been deceived, because he himself is subject to weakness.
\v 3 Because of this, he also is required to offer sacrifices for his own sins, just as he does for the people's sins.
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\v 8 For when God found fault with the people, he said,
\q "See, the days are coming—says the Lord—
\q when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
\q when I will make a new covenant
\q2 with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
\q
\v 9 It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors
\q on the day that I took them by their hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt.
\q For they did not continue in my covenant,
\q and I disregarded them—says the Lord.
\v 9 It will not be like the covenant
\q2 that I made with their ancestors
\q on the day that I took them by their hand
\q2 to lead them out of the land of Egypt.
\q For they did not carefully obey my covenant,
\q2 and I disregarded them
\q —says the Lord.
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\q
\v 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
\q after those days—says the Lord.
\v 10 This is the covenant
\q2 that I will make with the house of Israel
\q after those days
\q2 —says the Lord.
\q I will put my laws into their minds,
\q and I will also write them on their hearts.
\q I will be their God,
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\q
\v 11 They will not teach each one his neighbor
\q and each one his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord.'
\q For all will know me,
\q from the least to the greatest of them.
\q For they will all know me,
\q from the least of them to the greatest.
\q
\v 12 For I will be merciful to their acts of unrighteousness,
\q and I will not remember their sins any longer."
\v 12 For I will be merciful toward their evil deeds,
\q and their sins I will not remember any longer."
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\p
\v 11 Christ came as a high priest of the good things that have come. He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that was not made by human hands, one not belonging to this created world.
\f + \ft Other versions read, \fqa Christ came as a high priest of the good things that are to come. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Other versions read, \fqa Christ came as a high priest of the good things that are to come \fqa* . \f*
\v 12 It was not by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood that he entered into the most holy place once for all and secured our eternal redemption.
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\v 25 He did not go there in order to offer himself many times, as does the high priest, who enters the most holy place year by year with the blood of another.
\v 26 If that had been the case, then it would have been necessary for him to suffer many times since the world's foundation. But now it is just one time at the end of the ages that he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
\v 26 If that had been the case, then he would have had to suffer many times since the beginning of the world. But now he has appeared at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself.
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\v 27 Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that comes judgment,
\v 28 in the same way, Christ also, who was offered once to take away the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but for the salvation of those who are waiting patiently for him.
\v 28 so also, Christ was offered once to take away the sins of many, and will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but for the salvation of those who are waiting for him.
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\v 5 When Christ came into the world, he said,
\q "It was neither sacrifices nor offerings that you desired.
\q Instead, it is a body that you have prepared for me.
\q "Sacrifices and offerings
\q2 you did not desire,
\q2 but a body you have prepared for me;
\q
\v 6 In neither whole burnt offerings nor sacrifices for sin did you take pleasure.
\v 6 with burnt offerings and sin offerings
\q2 you did not take pleasure.
\q
\v 7 Then I said, 'See, here I am, as it is written about me in the scroll, to do your will.'"
\v 7 Then I said, 'See, here I am—
\q2 as it is written about me in the scroll—
\q to do your will.'"
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\v 8 First he said, "It was neither sacrifices, nor offerings, nor whole burnt offerings, nor sacrifices for sin that you desired. Nor did you take pleasure in them." These are sacrifices that are offered according to the law.
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\v 14 For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
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\v 15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us. For first he said,
\v 15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us. First he said,
\q
\v 16 "This is the covenant that I will make with them
\q after those days, says the Lord.
\q2 after those days, says the Lord.
\q I will put my laws in their hearts,
\q and I will write them on their minds.
\q2 and I will write them on their minds.
\s5
\q
\v 17 No more will I remember their sins and lawless deeds."
\v 17 Their sins and lawless deeds
\q2 I will remember no longer."
\p
\v 18 Now where there is forgiveness for these, there is no longer any sacrifice for sin.
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\p
\v 32 But remember the former days, after you were enlightened, how you endured a great struggle in suffering.
\v 33 You were exposed to public ridicule by insults and persecution, and you were sharing with those who went through such suffering.
\v 34 For you had compassion on those who were prisoners, and you accepted with joy the seizure of your possessions. You knew that you yourselves had a better and everlasting possession.
\f + \ft Some older versions read, \fqa For you had compassion on me in my chains. \fqa* \f*
\v 34 For you had compassion on those who were prisoners, and you accepted with joy the seizure of your possessions. You knew that you yourselves had a better and everlasting possession. \f + \ft Some older versions read, \fqa For you had compassion on me in my chains \fqa* . \f*
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\v 35 So do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
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\v 10 For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
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\v 11 It was by faith, even though Sarah herself was barren, that Abraham received ability to father a child. This happened even though he was too old, since he considered as faithful the one who had given the promise.
\f + \ft There is some question about whether it was Abraham's faith or Sarah's faith that was in view. \fqa By faith Sarah, though she was old, received the power to have a child, even though she was too old to bear a child, since she considered the one who gave the promise to be faithful. \f*
\v 11 It was by faith, even though Sarah herself was barren, that Abraham received ability to father a child. This happened even though he was too old, since he considered as faithful the one who had given the promise. \f + \ft There is some question about whether it was Abraham's faith or Sarah's faith that was in view. \fqa By faith Sarah, though she was old, received the power to have a child, even though she was too old to bear a child, since she considered the one who gave the promise to be faithful \fqa* . \f*
\v 12 Therefore, from this one man—and he was almost dead—were born descendants as many as the stars in the sky and as countless as sand by the seashore.
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\v 35 Women received back their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, not accepting release, so that they might experience a better resurrection.
\v 36 Others had testing in mocking and whippings, and even chains and imprisonment.
\v 37 They were stoned. They were sawn in two. They were killed with the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins. They were destitute, oppressed, mistreated.
\f + \ft Some older versions read, \fqa They were stoned. They were sawn in two. They were put to the test. They were killed with the sword. \fqa* \f*
\v 38 The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in wildernesses, mountains, caves, and in the holes in the ground.
\v 37 They were stoned. They were sawn in two. They were killed with the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins. They were destitute, oppressed, mistreated. \f + \ft Some older versions read, \fqa They were stoned. They were sawn in two. They were put to the test. They were killed with the sword \fqa* . \f*
\v 38 The world was not worthy of them. They were always wandering about in the deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.
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\v 39 Although all these people were approved by God because of their faith, they did not receive the promise.
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\p
\v 18 For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched, a mountain of burning fire, darkness, gloom, and storm.
\v 19 You have not come to a trumpet blast, nor to a voice that speaks words whose hearers begged that not another word be spoken to them.
\v 20 For they could not endure what was commanded: "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned."
\f + \ft Some older versions read, \fqa If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned or shot with an arrow. \fqa* \f*
\v 20 For they could not endure what was commanded: "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned." \f + \ft Some older versions read, \fqa If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned or shot with an arrow \fqa* . \f*
\v 21 So fearful was this sight that Moses said, "I am terrified and am trembling."
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\v 21 Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope would be in God.
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\v 22 You made your souls pure by obedience to the truth. This was for the purpose of sincere brotherly love; so love one another earnestly from the heart.
\f + \ft Some older versions read, \fqa You made your souls pure by obedience to the truth through the Spirit ... \fqa* \f*
\v 22 You made your souls pure by obedience to the truth. This was for the purpose of sincere brotherly love; so love one another earnestly from the heart. \f + \ft Some older versions read, \fqa You made your souls pure by obedience to the truth through the Spirit \fqa* . \f*
\v 23 You have been born again, not from perishable seed, but from imperishable seed, through the living and remaining word of God.
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\p
\v 7 In the same way, you husbands should live with your wives according to understanding, as with a weaker container, a woman. You should give them honor as fellow heirs of the gift of life. Do this so that your prayers will not be hindered.
\v 7 In the same way, you husbands should live with your wives according to understanding, as with a weaker container, a woman. You should give them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. Do this so that your prayers will not be hindered.
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\v 4 For God did not spare the angels who sinned. Instead he handed them down to Tartarus to be kept in chains of lower darkness until the judgment.
\f + \ft Some other versions read, \fqa to be kept in pits of lower darkness until the judgment. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Some other versions read, \fqa to be kept in pits of lower darkness until the judgment \fqa* . \f*
\v 5 Also, he did not spare the ancient world. Instead, he preserved Noah, who was a herald of righteousness, along with seven others, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly.
\v 6 God also reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes and condemned them to destruction, as an example of what is to happen to the ungodly.
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\v 12 But these unreasoning animals are naturally made for capture and destruction. They do not know what they insult. They will be destroyed.
\v 13 They will receive the reward of their wrongdoing. They think that luxury during the day is a pleasure. They are stains and blemishes. They enjoy their deceitful actions while they are feasting with you.
\f + \ft Other versions read, \fqa They enjoy their actions while they are feasting with you in love feasts. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Other versions read, \fqa They enjoy their actions while they are feasting with you in love feasts \fqa* . \f*
\v 14 They have eyes full of adultery, they are never satisfied with sin. They entice unstable souls into wrongdoing, and they have their hearts trained in covetousness. They are cursed children!
\s5
@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
\s5
\v 10 However, the day of the Lord will come as a thief: The heavens will pass away with a loud noise. The elements will be burned with fire, and the earth and the deeds in it will be revealed.
\f + \ft Some versions read, \fqa The elements will be burned with fire, and the earth and the deeds in it will be burned up. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Some versions read, \fqa The elements will be burned with fire, and the earth and the deeds in it will be burned up \fqa* . \f*
\s5
\v 11 Since all these things will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people should you be? You should live holy and godly lives.

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\s5
\v 3 That which we have seen and heard we declare also to you, so you also will have fellowship with us. Our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
\v 4 Also, we are writing these things to you so that our joy will be complete.
\f + \ft Some older versions read, \fqa And we are writing these things to you so that your joy will be complete. \f*
\v 4 Also, we are writing these things to you so that our joy will be complete. \f + \ft Some older versions read, \fqa And we are writing these things to you so that your joy will be complete \fqa* . \f*
\s5
\p
@ -67,7 +66,7 @@
\s5
\v 20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know the truth.
\f + \ft Some other modern versions read, \fqa and you have all knowledge. \fqa* Some older versions read, \fqa and you know all things. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Some other modern versions read, \fqa and you have all knowledge \fqa* . Some older versions read, \fqa and you know all things \fqa* . \f*
\v 21 I did not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it and because no lie is from the truth.
\s5
@ -89,7 +88,7 @@
\c 3
\p
\v 1 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God, and this is what we are. For this reason, the world does not know us, because it did not know him.
\f + \ft Some older versions leave out, \fqa and this is what we are. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Some older versions leave out, \fqa and this is what we are \fqa* . \f*
\v 2 Beloved, we are now children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we will be. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like him, for we will see him just as he is.
\v 3 Everyone who has this hope fixed on him purifies himself just as he is pure.
@ -129,13 +128,13 @@
\s5
\v 23 This is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he gave us this commandment.
\v 24 The one who keeps God's commandments remains in him, and God remains in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit whom he gave to us.
\s5
\c 4
\p
\v 1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit. Instead, test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
\v 2 By this you will know the Spirit of God—every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
\v 3 and every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now is already in the world.
\f + \ft Some older versions read, \fqa and every spirit that does not acknowledge that Jesus has come in the flesh is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now is already in the world. \f*
\v 3 and every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now is already in the world. \f + \ft Some older versions read, \fqa and every spirit that does not acknowledge that Jesus has come in the flesh is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now is already in the world \fqa* . \f*
\s5
\v 4 You are from God, dear children, and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
@ -185,7 +184,7 @@
\v 6 This is the one who came by water and blood: Jesus Christ. He came not only by water, but also by water and blood.
\v 7 For there are three who bear witness:
\v 8 the Spirit, the water, and the blood. These three are in agreement.
\f + \ft Some older versions read, \fqa For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit. These three are one; and there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three are as one. \fqa* However, the best copies do not have this reading. \f*
\f + \ft Some older versions read, \fqa For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit. These three are one; and there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three are as one \fqa* . However, the best copies do not have this reading. \f*
\s5
\v 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater. For the testimony of God is this, that he has borne witness concerning his Son.

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\p
\v 3 Beloved, while I was making every effort to write to you about our common salvation, I had to write to you to exhort you to struggle earnestly for the faith that was handed down once for all to the believers.
\v 4 For certain men have slipped in secretly among you. These are men who were marked out for condemnation. They are ungodly men who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality, and who deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
\v 3 Beloved, while I was making every effort to write to you about our common salvation, I had to write to you to exhort you to struggle earnestly for the faith that was entrusted once for all to the holy people.
\v 4 For certain men have slipped in secretly among you. These are men who were marked out for condemnation. They are ungodly men who have changed the grace of our God into sensuality, and who deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
\s5
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\c 1
\p
\v 1 This is the revelation of Jesus Christ that God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John.
\v 2 John testified about the word of God and about the testimony given about Jesus Christ, all the things that he saw.
\v 2 John testified about the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ, all the things that he saw.
\v 3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud this prophecy, and those who listen to the words of this prophecy and who obey what is written in it, because the time is near.
\s5
@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
\m Yes, Amen.
\p
\v 8 "I am the alpha and the omega," says the Lord God, "the one who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty."
\f + \ft Some versions read, \fqa I am the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end, says the Lord God. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Some versions read, \fqa I am the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end, says the Lord God \fqa* . \f*
\s5
\p
@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
\s5
\v 3 Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard. Obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come against you.
\v 4 But there are a few names of the people in Sardis who did not make their clothes dirty. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy.
\v 4 But you have a few names in Sardis who have not stained their clothes, and they will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy.
\s5
\v 5 The one who conquers will be clothed in white garments, and I will never wipe his name out of the Book of Life, and I will speak his name before my Father, and before his angels.
@ -201,8 +201,8 @@
\m
\s5
\v 9 Whenever the living creatures gave glory, honor, and thanks to the one who was seated on the throne, the one who lives forever and ever,
\v 10 the twenty-four elders prostrated themselves before the one seated on the throne. They bowed down to the one living forever and ever, and they threw down their crowns before the throne, saying,
\v 9 Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, the one who lives forever and ever,
\v 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before the one seated on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne, saying,
\q
\v 11 "Worthy are you, our Lord and our God,
\q2 to receive glory and honor and power,
@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
\v 7 He went and took hold of the scroll out of the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne.
\s5
\v 8 When the Lamb took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders prostrated themselves before him. Each of them had a harp and a golden bowl full of incense, which are the prayers of the believers.
\v 8 When he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each of them had a harp and a golden bowl full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
\s5
\v 9 They sang a new song:
@ -248,8 +248,8 @@
\v 13 I heard every created thing that was in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea—everything in them—saying,
\pi "To the one who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise, honor, glory, and the power to rule, forever and ever."
\p
\v 14 The four living creatures said, "Amen!" and the elders prostrated themselves and worshiped.
\f + \ft Some older versions read, \fqa the twenty-four elders prostrated themselves and worshiped the one who lives forever and ever. \fqa* \f*
\v 14 The four living creatures said, "Amen!" and the elders fell down and worshiped.
\f + \ft Some older versions read, \fqa the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped the one who lives forever and ever \fqa* . \f*
\s5
@ -359,16 +359,15 @@
\s5
\p
\v 3 Another angel came, holding a golden incense bowl, standing at the incense altar. Much incense was given to him so that he would offer it with the prayers of all the believers on the golden incense altar before the throne.
\v 4 The smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the believers, rose up before God from the angel's hand.
\v 3 Another angel came, holding a golden incense bowl, standing at the incense altar. Much incense was given to him so that he would offer it with the prayers of all the saints on the golden incense altar before the throne.
\v 4 The smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the angel's hand.
\v 5 The angel took the incense bowl and filled it with fire from the altar. Then he threw it down to the earth, and there were crashes of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
\s5
\p
\v 6 The seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.
\p
\v 7 The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there was hail and fire mixed with blood. It was thrown down onto the earth so that a third of it was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.
\f + \ft Some older versions leave out, \fqa so that a third of it was burned up. \fqa* \f*
\v 7 The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there was hail and fire mixed with blood. It was thrown down onto the earth so that a third of it was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up. \f + \ft Some older versions leave out, \fqa so that a third of it was burned up \fqa* . \f*
\s5
\p
@ -386,7 +385,7 @@
\s5
\p
\v 13 I looked, and I heard an eagle \f + \ft Some copies have the word \fqa angel \fqa* instead of \fqa eagle.\f* that was flying overhead calling out with a loud voice, "Woe, woe, woe, to those who live on the earth, because of the remaining trumpet blasts that are about to be sounded by the three angels."
\v 13 I looked, and I heard an eagle \f + \ft Some copies have the word \fqa angel \fqa* instead of \fqa eagle \fqa* .\f* that was flying overhead calling out with a loud voice, "Woe, woe, woe, to those who live on the earth, because of the remaining trumpet blasts that are about to be sounded by the three angels."
\s5
@ -537,8 +536,8 @@
\s5
\v 10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven:
\q "Now have come the salvation, the power,
\q2 the kingdom of our God,
\q "Now have come the salvation and the power
\q2 and the kingdom of our God,
\q2 and the authority of his Christ.
\q For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down,
\q2 the one who accused them before our God day and night.
@ -580,7 +579,7 @@
\v 6 So the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God—blaspheming his name, the place where he lives, and those who live in heaven.
\s5
\v 7 The beast was permitted to wage war with the believers and to conquer them. Also, authority was given to it over every tribe, people, language, and nation.
\v 7 The beast was permitted to wage war with the saints and to conquer them. Also, authority was given to it over every tribe, people, language, and nation.
\v 8 All who live on the earth will worship it, everyone whose name was not written, since the creation of the world, in the Book of Life, which belongs to the Lamb, who had been slaughtered.
\s5
@ -590,7 +589,7 @@
\q2 into captivity he will go.
\q If anyone is to be killed with the sword,
\q2 with the sword he will be killed.
\m Here is a call for patient endurance and faith for those who are holy.
\m Here is a call for the patient endurance and faith of the saints.
\s5
\p
@ -619,8 +618,7 @@
\s5
\v 3 They sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except for the 144,000 who had been bought from the earth.
\v 4 These are the ones that have not defiled themselves with women, for they have kept themselves sexually pure. It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were bought out of mankind as firstfruits for God and for the Lamb.
\v 5 No lie was found in their mouth; they are blameless.
\f + \ft Some older copies add, \fqa before the throne of God.\f*
\v 5 No lie was found in their mouth; they are blameless. \f + \ft Some older copies add, \fqa before the throne of God \fqa* .\f*
\s5
\p
@ -638,7 +636,7 @@
\s5
\v 11 The smoke from their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest day or night—these worshipers of the beast and his image, and everyone who receives the mark of his name.
\v 12 Here is a call for the patient endurance of those who are holy, those who obey the commandments of God and faith in Jesus."
\v 12 Here is a call for the patient endurance of the saints, those who obey the commandments of God and faith in Jesus."
\s5
\p
@ -710,9 +708,9 @@
\v 5 I heard the angel of the waters say,
\q "You are righteous—the one who is and who was, the Holy One—
\q2 because you have judged these things.
\f + \ft Some older copies read, \fqa You are righteous, Lord—the one who is and who was and who is to be, because you have judged these things. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Some older copies read, \fqa You are righteous, Lord—the one who is and who was and who is to be, because you have judged these things \fqa* . \f*
\q
\v 6 Because they poured out the blood of the believers and prophets,
\v 6 Because they poured out the blood of the saints and prophets,
\q2 you have given them blood to drink;
\q it is what they deserve."
\m
@ -762,7 +760,7 @@
\v 5 On her forehead was written a name having a secret meaning: "Babylon the great, the mother of prostitutes and of the detestable things of the earth."
\s5
\v 6 I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the believers and with the blood of the martyrs for Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.
\v 6 I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs for Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.
\v 7 But the angel said to me, "Why are you astonished? I will explain to you the meaning of the woman and of the beast that is carrying her, the beast that has the seven heads and the ten horns.
\s5
@ -900,7 +898,7 @@
\q for your merchants were the princes of the earth,
\q2 and the nations were deceived by your sorcery.
\q
\v 24 In her the blood of prophets and believers was found,
\v 24 In her the blood of prophets and saints was found,
\q2 and the blood of all who have been killed on the earth."
@ -924,7 +922,7 @@
\q "Hallelujah!
\q The smoke rises from her forever and ever."
\m
\v 4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures prostrated themselves and worshiped God who was seated on the throne. They were saying,
\v 4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who was seated on the throne. They were saying,
\q "Amen. Hallelujah!"
\s5
@ -950,12 +948,12 @@
\q
\v 8 She was permitted to be dressed
\q2 in bright and clean fine linen"
\q (for fine linen is the righteous acts of holy people).
\q (for fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints).
\s5
\p
\v 9 The angel said to me, "Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb." He also said to me, "These are true words of God."
\v 10 I prostrated myself before his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "Do not do this! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold the testimony about Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."
\v 10 I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "Do not do this! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold the testimony about Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."
\s5
\p
@ -1003,7 +1001,7 @@
\v 8 He will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to bring them together for the battle. They will be as many as the sand of the sea.
\s5
\v 9 They went up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the believers, the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them.
\v 9 They went up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints, the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them.
\v 10 The devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
\s5
@ -1064,8 +1062,7 @@
\s5
\v 23 The city had no need of the sun or the moon in order to shine on it because the glory of God shone on it, and its lamp is the Lamb.
\v 24 The nations will walk by the light of that city. The kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.
\f + \ft Some older copies read, \fqa The nations that are saved will walk by the light of that city. \f*
\v 24 The nations will walk by the light of that city. The kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. \f + \ft Some older copies read, \fqa The nations that are saved will walk by the light of that city \fqa* . \f*
\v 25 Its gates will not be shut during the day, and there will be no night there.
\s5
@ -1091,7 +1088,7 @@
\s5
\p
\v 8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw them, I prostrated myself before the feet of the angel to worship him, the angel who showed me these things.
\v 8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing me these things.
\v 9 He said to me, "Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you, with your brothers the prophets, and with those who obey the words of this book. Worship God!"
\s5
@ -1105,7 +1102,7 @@
\s5
\v 14 Blessed are those who wash their robes so that they will have the right to eat from the tree of life and to enter the city through the gates.
\f + \ft Instead of, \fqa Blessed are those who wash their robes, \fqa* some older copies read, \fqa Blessed are those who do his commandments. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Instead of, \fqa Blessed are those who wash their robes, \fqa* some older copies read, \fqa Blessed are those who do his commandments \fqa* . \f*
\v 15 Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
\s5
@ -1120,7 +1117,7 @@
\p
\v 18 I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues that are written about in this book.
\v 19 If anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city that are written about in this book.
\f + \ft Some older copies read, \fqa God will take away his share in the Book of Life and in the holy city that are written about in this book. \fqa* \f*
\f + \ft Some older copies read, \fqa God will take away his share in the Book of Life and in the holy city that are written about in this book \fqa* . \f*
\s5
\p

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description: "An open-licensed update of the ASV, intended to provide a 'form-centric' understanding of the Bible. It increases the translator's understanding of the lexical and grammatical composition of the underlying text by adhering closely to the word order and structure of the originals."
format: 'text/usfm'
identifier: 'ulb'
issued: '2017-10-03'
issued: '2017-11-29'
language:
direction: 'ltr'
identifier: 'en'
title: 'English'
modified: '2017-10-03'
modified: '2017-11-29'
publisher: 'unfoldingWord'
relation:
- 'en/tw'
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subject: 'Bible'
title: 'Unlocked Literal Bible'
type: 'bundle'
version: '11'
version: '12'
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version: '{latest}'
contributor: []
url: 'https://cdn.door43.org/en/ulb/v{latest}/pdf/en_ulb_01-GEN_v{latest}.pdf'
url: 'https://cdn.door43.org/en/ulb/v{latest}/pdf/en_ulb_02-GEN_v{latest}.pdf'
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version: '{latest}'