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\v 1 One day Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, went to visit some of the women in that area.
\v 2 Shechem was one of the sons of Hamor, and he was descended from the people of the Hivites. When he saw her, he took her and forced her to have sex with him.
\v 3 He was very much attracted to her, and he became attached to her. He loved her and he spoke very tenderly to the girl.
\v 3 He was very much attracted to her, and he became attached to her. He loved her and he spoke very tenderly to the girl.
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\v 4 So Shechem said to his father Hamor, "Please get this girl for me. I want her to become my wife!"
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\v 6 In the meantime, Shechem's father Hamor went to talk with Jacob.
\v 7 Jacob's sons came in from the field, and when they had found out what had happened, they were shocked and very angry, because Shechem had brought much shame to Israel by forcing himself on Jacob's daughter. She was their sister! This was a terrible crime that should never be done.
\v 7 Jacob's sons came in from the field, and when they had found out what had happened, they were shocked and very angry, because Shechem had brought much shame to Israel by forcing himself on Jacob's daughter. She was their sister! This was a terrible crime that should never be done.
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\v 5 So Jacob left Beersheba, and his sons took their father, their wives, and their children in the carts that the king had sent for them to travel in.
\v 6 In this way, Jacob and all his family went to Egypt. They took with them the livestock and all the other possessions that they had acquired in Canaan.
\v 7 Jacob went to Egypt with all his sons, his daughters, grandsons, and granddaughters—his whole family.
\v 7 Jacob went to Egypt with all his sons, his daughters, grandsons, and granddaughters—his whole family.
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\v 8 This is a list of the names of the members of Jacob's family who went with him to Egypt:
\li Reuben, Jacob's oldest son;
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\v 9 Reuben's sons Hanok, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi;
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\v 10 Simeon and his sons Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul, who was the son of a woman who came from the Canaanite people;
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\v 11 Levi and his sons Gershon, Kohath, and Merari;
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\v 12 Judah and his sons Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (his other sons, Er and Onan, had died in the land of Canaan);
\li the two sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul;
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\v 13 Issachar and his sons Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron;
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\v 14 Zebulun and his sons Sered, Elon, and Jahleel;
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\v 15 (These were the sons of Jacob and Leah, who were born in Paddan Aram, in addition to Dinah his daughter. There were thirty-three sons and daughters altogether.)
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\v 16 Gad and his sons Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli;
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\v 17 Asher and his sons Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah and their sister Serah;
\li Beriah's sons Heber and Malkiel;
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\v 18 (Those were the children and grandchildren of Jacob and Zilpah, the slave woman whom Laban had given to his daughter Leah. These were sixteen people altogether.)
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\v 19 Joseph and Benjamin, the sons of Jacob's wife Rachel;
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\v 20 (Ephraim and Manasseh were Joseph's two sons. They did not go down to Egypt because they had been born in Egypt. They were sons of Asenath, the daughter of On, who was the priest in the temple in the city of On.)
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\v 21 Benjamin and his sons Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard;
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\v 22 (These were the sons and grandsons of Rachel and Jacob. They were fourteen people altogether.)
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\v 23 Dan and his son Hushim;
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\v 24 Naphtali and his sons Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
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\v 25 (These were the sons and grandsons of Jacob and Bilhah, the slave girl whom Laban had given to his daughter Rachel. They were seven people altogether.)
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\v 10 They went to the east side of the Jordan River and arrived at Atad. There was a place there where people threshed the grain to separate the wheat from the chaff. There they mourned loudly for Jacob for a long time. Joseph performed mourning ceremonies for his father for seven days.
\v 11 When the Canaanite people who lived there saw them mourning like that, they said, "This is a sad mourning place for the people of Egypt!" So they named the place Abel Mizraim, which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean "mourning of the Egyptians."
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\v 12 Then Jacob's sons did for him what their father had commanded.
\v 13 They crossed the Jordan River and carried Jacob's body into the land of Canaan. They buried it in the cave in the field at Machpelah, east of Mamre town. That was the field that Abraham had bought from Ephron, who was one of the Heth people, to use as a burial place.

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\v 10 Tell the people to make a sacred chest from acacia wood. It is to be one hundred and fifteen centimeters long, sixty-nine centimeters wide and sixty-nine centimeters high.
\v 10 Tell the people to make a sacred chest from acacia wood. It is to be one hundred and fifteen centimeters long, sixty-nine centimeters wide and sixty-nine centimeters high.
\v 11 Cover the chest with pure gold inside and outside and put a gold border around the top of it.
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\v 1 Bezalel and Oholiab will take up this work, along with all the other gifted men to whom Yahweh had given skills and the understanding to do all the work needed to build up the sacred tent. These men followed all the instructions that Yahweh gave them.
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\v 2 So Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and all the other skilled men to whom Yahweh had given special ability and who wanted to do some of the work.
\v 3 Moses gave them all the things that the people had brought as offerings to Yahweh for making the sacred tent. But the people continued bringing more things every morning.
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\v 26 All the men who were at least twenty years old were counted, and they each paid the required amount. That was a total of 603,550 men.
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\v 27 They used 33 kilograms of silver for making each of the one hundred bases to put under the posts to support the curtains of the sacred tent, for a total of 3,300 kilograms in all.
\v 27 They used 33 kilograms of silver for making each of the one hundred bases to put under the posts to support the curtains of the sacred tent, for a total of 3,300 kilograms in all.
\v 28 Bezalel and his helpers used the twenty kilograms of silver that was not used for the bases to make the rods and the hooks for the posts and to cover the tops of the posts.
\v29 The bronze that the people contributed was 2,450 kilograms plus 28 kilograms of bronze coins.

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\v 6 You must remove the skin of the animal and cut the animal into pieces. You must wash the inner parts and the legs of the bull.
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\v 7 Then Aaron's sons will put fire on the altar and arrange the wood on the fire.
\v 7 Then Aaron's sons will put fire on the altar and arrange the wood on the fire.
\v 8 Then they will arrange the pieces, including the head and the fat, on the burning wood.
\v 9 Then one of the priests will completely burn all of it on the altar. And the good odor will be pleasing to Yahweh.
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\v 19 No man must sleep with the sister of either his father or his mother, because he would be disgracing someone who is a close relative. You must punish such a man, as well as the woman.
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\v 20 If a man sleeps with his uncle's wife, he has dishonored his uncle. For what they have done, they must be responsible for their actions. They will die, not having any children.
\v 20 If a man sleeps with his uncle's wife, he has dishonored his uncle. For what they have done, they must be responsible for their actions. They will die, not having any children.
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\v 21 If a man marries his brother's wife, it is a sin because he has dishonored his brother's marriage. The rights of inheritance would be stripped away from any children they would have received from their parents.

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\v 13 Suppose he thinks that she has slept with another man, but he does not know if this is true or not, because he did not see her do it. She was not caught in the act and the fact that she broke her vow to her husband could not be proved because no one saw her doing that.
\v 14 But if the woman's husband is jealous, and if he suspects that she has committed adultery, and he would want to know whether that is true or not, then there is a test whether she had been impure.
\v 14 But if the woman's husband is jealous, and if he suspects that she has committed adultery, and he would want to know whether that is true or not, then there is a test whether she had been impure.
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\v 15 To test whether she had committed adultery, he should take his wife to the priest. He must take along as an offering two liters of barley flour. The priest must not pour olive oil or incense on it, because this is an offering that the man has brought because he is jealous. It is an offering to find out if she is guilty or not.
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\v 2 They came to the entrance of the sacred tent and stood in front of Eleazar, Moses, the tribal leaders, and many other Israelite people.
\v 3 They said, "Our father died during the time that we were in the desert. But he was not among those who supported Korah, who rebelled against Yahweh, and he died because of his own sin. He did not have any sons.
\v 3 They said, "Our father died during the time that we were in the desert. But he was not among those who supported Korah, who rebelled against Yahweh, and he died because of his own sin. He did not have any sons.
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\v 4 Why should the name of his clan disappear because our father had no sons? So give us some land like our father's relatives will be getting!"
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\v 5 And if her father hears about her vow that she made before witnesses or the promise she had pledged, but even though he heard about them, he says nothing about what she has vowed or promised, then she must keep all her vows and all her promises, and they all will be in force and she must do what she promised to do.
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\v 6 If she marries a husband after she had made a vow or after she had made a careless promise by which she had obligated herself,
\v 7 and her husband hears about the vow or the promise that she had made, but on the day that he hears about it he does nothing, in that case the vows she had made will stand in force, and her promises that she had made will still be an obligation that she must fulfill.
\v 7 and her husband hears about the vow or the promise that she had made, but on the day that he hears about it he does nothing, in that case the vows she had made will stand in force, and her promises that she had made will still be an obligation that she must fulfill.
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\v 8 But if, on the day her husband hears about the vow she had given or the foolish promise she had made, he takes action to overrule her, then by overruling her he makes her pledges to be of no effect and he makes the promises that she had made to no longer be an obligation to her. Then Yahweh will set her free from the obligations that she had made when she had taken a vow or when she had made a foolish promise.
\v 8 But if, on the day her husband hears about the vow she had given or the foolish promise she had made, he takes action to overrule her, then by overruling her he makes her pledges to be of no effect and he makes the promises that she had made to no longer be an obligation to her. Then Yahweh will set her free from the obligations that she had made when she had taken a vow or when she had made a foolish promise.
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\v 18 When he becomes your king, he must appoint someone to copy these laws. He must copy them from the scroll that is kept by the priests descended from Levi.
\v 19 He must keep this new scroll near him and read from it every day of his life, in order that he may learn to have an awesome respect for Yahweh, and to faithfully obey all the rules and regulations that are written in these laws.
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\v 20 If he does that, he will not think that he is more important than his fellow Israelites, and he will completely obey Yahweh's commands. As a result, he and his descendants will rule as kings in Israel for many years."

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\v 18 So Saul said to Ahijah the priest, "Bring the sacred chest here." For the Israelite people had been carrying the sacred chest with them.
\v 18 So Saul said to Ahijah the priest, "Bring the sacred chest here." For the Israelite people had been carrying the sacred chest with them.
\v 19 But while Saul was talking to the priest, he saw that the Philistine soldiers were becoming more panicked. So Saul said to Ahijah, "Do not bring the sacred chest at this time."
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\v 21 David replied to Michal, "I was doing that to honor Yahweh, who chose me instead of your father and other members of his family, to be the king of the Israelite people, the people who belong to Yahweh. And I will continue to dance to honor Yahweh!
\v 21 David replied to Michal, "I was doing that to honor Yahweh, who chose me instead of your father and other members of his family, to be the king of the Israelite people, the people who belong to Yahweh. And I will continue to dance to honor Yahweh!
\v 22 Even though you think that what I did was disgraceful, I will continue to act in this way because I am willing to be made a fool in my own eyes. But the female servants whom you were talking about, they will give me honor!"
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\v 23 As a result, Saul's daughter never gave birth to any children.
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\v 23 However, two years later, Absalom hired men to shear his sheep at Baal Hazor, which is near the tribal land of Ephraim. They were going to celebrate when they finished shearing the sheep, so Absalom invited all the king's sons to come and celebrate with him.
\v 24 Absalom went to King David and said to him, "I, your servant, have been shearing my sheep. Let the king and his servants go with me."
\v 24 Absalom went to King David and said to him, "I, your servant, have been shearing my sheep. Let the king and his servants go with me."
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\v 1 Some time later, Absalom acquired a chariot and horses to pull it. He hired fifty men to run in front of him to honor him while he was riding around Jerusalem in the chariot.
\v 2 Furthermore, he always rose early each morning and stood by the city gate. Whenever someone came there with a dispute with someone that he wanted the king to decide, Absalom would call out to him, asking, "What city are you from?" The person would tell him, "Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel."
\v 2 Furthermore, he always rose early each morning and stood by the city gate. Whenever someone came there with a dispute with someone that he wanted the king to decide, Absalom would call out to him, asking, "What city are you from?" The person would tell him, "Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel."
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\v 3 Then Absalom would say to him, "Listen, I am sure that what you are saying is right. But there is no one whom the king has appointed to listen to people like you."

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\v 23 Inside the very holy place they made from olive tree wood large statues of two creatures with wings. Each one was four and one-half meters tall.
\v 24-26 They each were the same size and had the same shape. They each had two wings which were spread out. Each wing was two and one-third meters long, with the result that the distance between the outer ends of the two wings was four and one-half meters across. The height of each cherub was four and one-half meters.
\v 24-26 They each were the same size and had the same shape. They each had two wings which were spread out. Each wing was two and one-third meters long, with the result that the distance between the outer ends of the two wings was four and one-half meters across. The height of each cherub was four and one-half meters.
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\v 27 They put these statues next to each other in the very holy place so that the wing of the one touched the one wing of the other in the center of the room, and the outer wings touched the walls.
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\v 33 After Asa had been the king of Judah for almost three years, Baasha son of Ahijah, started to rule Israel at the city of Tirzah. He ruled for twenty-four years.
\v 34 Baasha did many things that Yahweh said were evil, and he lived a sinful life just like Jeroboam lived. Baasha's sinful life set an example for the people of Israel that encouraged them to commit sins that were like his sins.
\v 34 Baasha did many things that Yahweh said were evil, and he lived a sinful life just like Jeroboam lived. Baasha's sinful life set an example for the people of Israel that encouraged them to commit sins that were like his sins.
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\v 33 Jehu said to them, "Throw her down here!"
\p So they threw her down and Jehu ordered that his men drive their chariots and horses over her body, and that is how she was killed. Some of her blood splattered on the city wall and on the horses that were pulling the chariots.
\p So they threw her down and Jehu ordered that his men drive their chariots and horses over her body, and that is how she was killed. Some of her blood splattered on the city wall and on the horses that were pulling the chariots.
\v 34 Then Jehu went into the palace and ate and drank. Then he said to some of his men, "Take the corpse of that women whom Yahweh has cursed and bury it, because she is a king's daughter and therefore should be buried properly."
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\v 11 But Amaziah refused to pay attention to Jehoash's message. So Jehoash and Amaziah led their armies to Beth Shemesh in Judah, and it was there that their armies came together to fight each other.
\v 11 But Amaziah refused to pay attention to Jehoash's message. So Jehoash and Amaziah led their armies to Beth Shemesh in Judah, and it was there that their armies came together to fight each other.
\v 12 The Israelite army defeated the army of Judah, and all the soldiers of Judah fled and ran back home.
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\v 30 The people in Judah who remain alive will prosper
\q2 and have many children;
\q they will be like plants whose roots go deep down into the ground
\q they will be like plants whose roots go deep down into the ground
\q2 and which produce much fruit.
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\v 31 There will be many people in Jerusalem
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\v 14 So Hilkiah, Ahikam, Akbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to consult a woman whose name was Huldah, who was a prophetess who lived in the newer part of Jerusalem. Her husband Shallum son of Tikvah and grandson of Harhas, took care of the robes that were worn in the temple. Those five men told her about the scroll.
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\v 15 She then told them what Yahweh the God whom the Israelites worship says,
\v 15 She then told them what Yahweh the God whom the Israelites worship says,
"Yahweh has a message for the king who sent you to me, and this is what Yahweh says:
\v 16 'Listen to this carefully. I am going to bring a disaster on Jerusalem and all the people who live here, which is what was written in the scroll that the king has read.

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\v 54 Salma's descendants were the people of Bethlehem, the clan of Netophath, the clan of Atroth Beth Joab, and the half the clan of Manahath, who were also Zorites.
\v 54 Salma's descendants were the people of Bethlehem, the clan of Netophath, the clan of Atroth Beth Joab, and the half the clan of Manahath, who were also Zorites.
\v 55 Salma's descendants also included the families in the city of Jabez who wrote and copied important documents. These were the clan of Tirath, the clan of Shimeath, and the clan of Sucath. They were all from the Kenite people who descended from Hammath, the ancestor of the family of Rekab.
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\v 10 Be glad that you belong to him.
\q2 Those who want to know Yahweh better should rejoice.
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\v 11 Ask Yahweh to help you and give you his strength,
\q2 and always seek to be with him!
\v 11 Ask Yahweh to help you and give you his strength,
\q2 and always seek to be with him!
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\v 20 Other descendants of Levi were in charge of the chests that contained the money that was dedicated to God, money that the people brought to the temple.
\v 21 One of those men was Ladan, a descendant of Gershon. He was the ancestor of several family groups. Jehiel was the leader of one of those family groups.
\v 20 Other descendants of Levi were in charge of the chests that contained the money that was dedicated to God, money that the people brought to the temple.
\v 21 One of those men was Ladan, a descendant of Gershon. He was the ancestor of several family groups. Jehiel was the leader of one of those family groups.
\v 22 Others who were in charge of the chests in the temple of the Lord were Zetham and his younger brother Joel, who were the sons of Jehiel.
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\v 7 They covered the ceiling beams, doorframes, walls and doors of the temple with very thin sheets of gold. They also carved statues of winged creatures on the walls.
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\v 8 They also built the very holy place inside the temple. It was nine meters long, the same as the temple's width. The width of the very holy place was the same. They covered its walls with sheets of pure gold that altogether weighed about twenty thousand kilograms.
\v 8 They also built the very holy place inside the temple. It was nine meters long, the same as the temple's width. The width of the very holy place was the same. They covered its walls with sheets of pure gold that altogether weighed about twenty thousand kilograms.
\v 9 Each gold nails weighed about one-half a kilogram. They also covered the walls of the upper rooms with thin sheets of gold.
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\v 4 "The Sea" was set on twelve large figures of bulls, with the bulls facing outward. Three bulls faced north, three faced west, three faced south, and three faced east.
\v 5 The sides of the tank were eight centimeters thick. The tank's brim was fashioned like the brim of a cup; it resembled a lily blossom. The tank held sixty-six cubic meters of water.
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\v 6 The craftsmen also made ten basins for washing the articles that were to be used in making offerings, and they set five on the south side, and five on the north side. In them the utensils used for the burnt offering were washed, and the priests washed themselves in the large bronze tank that was called "The Sea."
\v 6 The craftsmen also made ten basins for washing the articles that were to be used in making offerings, and they set five on the south side, and five on the north side. In them the utensils used for the burnt offering were washed, and the priests washed themselves in the large bronze tank that was called "The Sea."
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\v 20 the pure gold lampstands and the pure gold lamps, in which the priests put oil to burn in front of the very holy place (as God had told Moses that the priests should do),
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\v 21 the pure gold decorations that resembled flowers,
\v 21 the pure gold decorations that resembled flowers,
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\v 17 Then some of Solomon's men went to the cities of Ezion Geber and Elath on the coast of the Sea of Reeds, next to a region that belonged to the Edom people.
\v 18 King Hiram sent him from the city of Tyre some ships that were commanded by his officers. They were men who were experienced sailors. These men went in the ships with Solomon's men to the region of Ophir and brought back about fifteen thousand kilograms of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
\v 18 King Hiram sent him from the city of Tyre some ships that were commanded by his officers. They were men who were experienced sailors. These men went in the ships with Solomon's men to the region of Ophir and brought back about fifteen thousand kilograms of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
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\v 10-12 King Solomon gave to the queen from Sheba everything that she wanted. He gave her more than she had given to him. Then she and those who came with her returned to her own land.
\p The men of Hiram worked with the men of Solomon to bring gold from Ophir. They also brought a large amount of algum wood. The wood was used to make steps for the house of Yahweh, and they also used the wood to make harps and lyres for those who played music. No one in all the land of Judah had ever seen anything like the quality of the algum wood that was used to make the steps and the instruments.
\p The men of Hiram worked with the men of Solomon to bring gold from Ophir. They also brought a large amount of algum wood. The wood was used to make steps for the house of Yahweh, and they also used the wood to make harps and lyres for those who played music. No one in all the land of Judah had ever seen anything like the quality of the algum wood that was used to make the steps and the instruments.
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\v 17 His workers also made for him a large throne. Part of it was covered with ivory and part of it was covered with very fine gold.
\v 18 There were six steps in front of the throne. There was a gold footstool that was attached to the throne. At each side of the throne there was an armrest, and alongside each armrest there was a statue of a lion.
\v 18 There were six steps in front of the throne. There was a gold footstool that was attached to the throne. At each side of the throne there was an armrest, and alongside each armrest there was a statue of a lion.
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\v 19 So there were twelve statues of lions. No throne like that had ever existed in any other kingdom.
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\v 12 When Asa had been ruling for almost thirty-nine years, he was afflicted with a disease in his feet. The disease was very severe, but in spite of that, he did not request help from Yahweh. Instead he sought help only from doctors.
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\v 13 Asa had been ruling for about forty-one years when he died.
\v 13 Asa had been ruling for about forty-one years when he died.
\v 14 People buried him in the tomb that his workers had made for him in the part of Jerusalem called "the city of David." They laid his corpse on a bed covered with spices and various perfumes that had been mixed together. They also lit a huge fire to honor him.
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\v 1 All the people took Uzziah and made him their king, in the place of his father Amaziah. Uzziah was sixteen years old at that time.
\v 2 While he was the king, after his father King Amaziah had died, he had his workers rebuild the city of Elath and brought that city under the protection of Judah.
\v 1 All the people took Uzziah and made him their king, in the place of his father Amaziah. Uzziah was sixteen years old at that time.
\v 2 While he was the king, after his father King Amaziah had died, he had his workers rebuild the city of Elath and brought that city under the protection of Judah.
\p
\v 3 Uzziah ruled in Jerusalem for fifty-two years. His mother was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
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\c 27
\p
\v 1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became the king of Judah. He ruled from Jerusalem for sixteen years. His mother was Jerushah, the daughter of the priest Zadok.
\v 2 Jotham obeyed Yahweh and did what Yahweh approved. He followed the example of his father Uzziah in everything he did. (He did not, however, go into the Temple of Yahweh to burn incense as his father had done.) Yet the people of Judah continued to do the things that showed how sinful they had become.
\v 2 Jotham obeyed Yahweh and did what Yahweh approved. He followed the example of his father Uzziah in everything he did. (He did not, however, go into the Temple of Yahweh to burn incense as his father had done.) Yet the people of Judah continued to do the things that showed how sinful they had become.
\s5
\p
@ -1738,7 +1738,7 @@ hundred male lambs to be completely burned on the altar.
\s5
\p
\v 30 Hezekiah was the one who told his workers to block the place where the water flows out of the spring of Gihon, and to build a tunnel through which the water flowed to the west side of the area called the city of David. He was able to do everything that he wanted to do.
\v 31 But when messengers who were sent by the rulers of Babylon came and asked about the miracle that God had performed in the land, it was then that God left Hezekiah alone in order to test him. God tested him so that he would know everything that was in Hezekiah's heart.
\v 31 But when messengers who were sent by the rulers of Babylon came and asked about the miracle that God had performed in the land, it was then that God left Hezekiah alone in order to test him. God tested him so that he would know everything that was in Hezekiah's heart.
\s5
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\s5
\v 66 The Israelites brought with them from Babylonia 736 horses, 245 mules,
\v 67 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
\v 67 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
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\s5
\p
\v 70 Some of the leaders of the clans gave gifts for the work of rebuilding the temple. The governor gave eight and one-half kilograms of gold, fifty bowls to be used in the temple, and 530 robes for the priests.
\v 71 The other leaders gave to the treasury 170 kilograms of gold, and the leaders of the clans gave a total of one and 1,200 kilograms of silver.
\v 72 The rest of the people gave 170 kilograms of gold, and 1,100 kilograms of silver, and sixty-seven robes for the priests.
\v 71 The other leaders gave to the treasury 170 kilograms of gold, and the leaders of the clans gave a total of one and 1,200 kilograms of silver.
\v 72 The rest of the people gave 170 kilograms of gold, and 1,100 kilograms of silver, and sixty-seven robes for the priests.
\s5
\p
\v 73 So the priests, the Levites who helped the priests, the temple guards, the musicians, the temple workers, and many ordinary people, who were all Israelites, started to live in the towns and cities of Judea where their ancestors had lived.
\p By the seventh month the people of Israel had gone to their cities and they were living in them.
\p By the seventh month the people of Israel had gone to their cities and they were living in them.
\s5
\c 8
@ -849,13 +849,13 @@ These are from the relatives of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechari
\q
\v 7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah.
\m All those men were leaders of the priests and their associates during the time that Jeshua was the leader of all the priests.
\s5
\p
\v 8 Here is a list of the descendants of Levi who returned: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah. Mattaniah and his brothers led the people in singing songs to thank God.
\v 9 Bakbukiah and Unni, their associates, formed a choir that stood across from the other group when they sang.
\s5
\p
@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ These are from the relatives of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechari
\q
\v 14 Jonathan, of the family of Malluk,
\q Joseph, of the family of Shecaniah.
\s5
\q
@ -898,13 +898,13 @@ These are from the relatives of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechari
\q
\v 21 Hashabiah, of the family of Hilkiah,
\q and Nethanel, of the family of Jedaiah.
\s5
\p
\v 22 During time when Eliashib led the Levites, this is a list of them all: Elisahib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua were the leaders of all the priests. They wrote the names of the families who were descendants of Levi. When Darius was king of Persia, the priests were responsible for recording the names of those who were the heads of families.
\v 23 They wrote the names of the leaders of the families who were descendants of Levi in the book of the annals until the time that Eliashib's grandson Johanan was the leader of all the priests.
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\v 20 Mordecai wrote down all the things that had happened. Then he sent letters to the Jews who lived throughout the empire of King Ahasuerus.
\v 21 He called them to observe the fourteenth and the fifteenth day of Adar every year,
\v 22 because those were the days when the Jews got victory over their enemies. It was in that month that their sorrow was turned to joy. Mordecai's letter told them that they should celebrate on those days by feasting and giving gifts of food to each other and especially to the poor people.
\v 22 because those were the days when the Jews got victory over their enemies. It was in that month that their sorrow was turned to joy. Mordecai's letter told them that they should celebrate on those days by feasting and giving gifts of food to each other and especially to the poor people.
\s5
\v 23 So the Jews agreed to do what Mordecai wrote. They agreed to celebrate on those days every year.
@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
\s5
\v 30 These letters were sent to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus—words of peace and truth—
\v 31 to establish these days of Purim at their appointed times, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established, just as the Jews had established for themselves and their descendants, matters that included their times of fasting and lamenting.
\v 31 to establish these days of Purim at their appointed times, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established, just as the Jews had established for themselves and their descendants, matters that included their times of fasting and lamenting.
\v 32 The command of Esther confirmed these regulations that explained how they should celebrate the Purim festival. The instructions about the feast and the account of these events were written down in the book of history.
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\s5
\q1
\v 5 The spirits of dead people tremble with fear,
\q2 those who are under the waters
\q1 and everyone who dwells with them.
\q2 those who are under the waters
\q1 and everyone who dwells with them.
\q1
\v 6 God knows all about those who are in the place of the dead;
\q2 there is nothing down there that prevents God from seeing what is there.
\s5
\q1
\v 7 God stretches out heaven
\q1 over the empty spaces,
\v 7 God stretches out heaven
\q1 over the empty spaces,
\q2 and he places the earth in that huge empty space, but it is not resting on anything.
\q1
\v 8 He fills the thick clouds with water
@ -3454,8 +3454,8 @@ All my life I have never given the widowed mothers a reason to lose hope.
\q2 God has judged you very rightly.
\q1
\v 18 Do not let your anger give you an excuse to mock other people,
\q2 and do not let a large amount of money paid as a bribe
\q1 compel you to ruin your life.
\q2 and do not let a large amount of money paid as a bribe
\q1 compel you to ruin your life.
\s5
\q1
@ -3579,7 +3579,7 @@ All my life I have never given the widowed mothers a reason to lose hope.
\q1
\v 17 No, you just sweat there in your hot clothing
\q2 because even the clothes you wear become very hot.
\q1 Your clothing becomes hot because the heat builds up
\q1 Your clothing becomes hot because the heat builds up
\q2 when the wind comes from the south.
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\s5
\q1
\v 8 God rules over the nations;
\q2 God sits on his sacred throne.
\v 8 God rules over the nations;
\q2 God sits on his sacred throne.
\q1
\v 9 The rulers of those peoples gather in front of God's people, the people descended from Abraham.
\q1 God has more power than the weapons of all the kings on the earth;
@ -4441,7 +4441,7 @@
\q1 the women who were at home divided up those things among themselves and among their families.
\q2 They got statues of pigeons whose wings were covered with silver
\q2 and whose feathers were covered with pure yellow gold.
\q1 But some of the people stayed with the sheep and did not go to fight in the battle.
\q1 But some of the people stayed with the sheep and did not go to fight in the battle.
\q2 Why did you not go?
\s5
@ -5804,7 +5804,7 @@
\v 4 Do that because that is a decree for us Israelite people;
\q2 it is a command that God made for the descendants of Jacob.
\q2
\v 5 He made it a law under at the time when God led the descendants of Joseph out of the land of Egypt.
\v 5 He made it a law under at the time when God led the descendants of Joseph out of the land of Egypt.
\q1 I heard a voice I did not recognize, and it said:
\s5
@ -6170,16 +6170,16 @@
\s5
\q1
\v 4 And Yahweh said, "I will talk of Rahab and Babylon
\v 4 And Yahweh said, "I will talk of Rahab and Babylon
\q2 and the people there who know me.
\q2 There are also Philistia and Tyre, along with Ethiopia,
\q2 and they will say, 'This one was born in Zion.'"
\q2 and they will say, 'This one was born in Zion.'"
\s5
\q1
\v 5 Concerning Zion, people will say,
\q2 "All of these people who were born far away,
\q2 they call Jerusalem their home,
\q2 "All of these people who were born far away,
\q2 they call Jerusalem their home,
\q2 and Almighty God will cause that city to remain strong."
\q1
\v 6 Yahweh will write a list of the names of the people of various groups who belong to him,
@ -6884,7 +6884,7 @@
\v 5 All the gods the other peoples worship are only idols,
\q2 but Yahweh is truly great; he created the skies!
\q1
\v 6 God shows his splendor and majesty; they shine out from where he rules.
\v 6 God shows his splendor and majesty; they shine out from where he rules.
\q2 Strength and beauty are in his holy house.
\s5
@ -9290,7 +9290,7 @@
\q2 and your regulations are just.
\q1
\v 138 You did what was right when you gave us the laws of your covenant promise,
\q2 and you can be trusted when you made those promises to us.
\q2 and you can be trusted when you made those promises to us.
\s5
\q1
@ -9530,7 +9530,7 @@
\q1
\v 3 We can see that Jerusalem was a carefully built city.
\q2 Every part of the city was built to fit together
\q2 within the city as a whole.
\q2 within the city as a whole.
\s5
\q1
@ -9541,7 +9541,7 @@
\q1
\v 5 There are the thrones,
\q2 the thrones where the kings of Israel sat
\q2 when they ruled Israel.
\q2 when they ruled Israel.
\q2 These are the thrones of the descendants of King David.
\s5
@ -10155,7 +10155,7 @@
\s5
\q1
\v 7 Yahweh, punish the people of the Edom people
\v 7 Yahweh, punish the people of the Edom people
\q2 for what they did on the day that the army of Babylon captured Jerusalem.
\q1 Do not forget that they said,
\q2 "Tear down all the buildings! Destroy them completely! Leave only the foundations!"

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\s5
\q1
\v 18 Those who enter her house are taken to their death,
\q2 because the way to her house takes them where dead people are buried.
\q2 because the way to her house takes them where dead people are buried.
\q1
\v 19 All who go to her to sleep with her have no way to get out of her house;
\q2 they will be so lost they will never find the way back to life.
@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ your storerooms will be so full that they will overflow,
\s5
\q1
\v 24 Make it your aim to keep away from you any lying speech,
\v 24 Make it your aim to keep away from you any lying speech,
\q2 and put any deceptive talk far away.
\q1
\v 25 Look straight ahead because you are focused on what is good and right,
@ -784,16 +784,16 @@ your storerooms will be so full that they will overflow,
\q2 because of her smooth and convincing talk, he gave in to what she wanted to do.
\s5
\q1
\v 22 All at once he follows her inside
\q2 like an ox going to the place
\q2 where it is killed and cut up into pieces,
\q1 or like a deer that is caught in a trap
\q2
\v 23 until the hunter comes and shoots an arrow
\q2 that strikes the animal and kills it,
\q1 or like a bird that flies into a trap
\q2 but the bird does not know it will die there
\q1
\v 22 All at once he follows her inside
\q2 like an ox going to the place
\q2 where it is killed and cut up into pieces,
\q1 or like a deer that is caught in a trap
\q2
\v 23 until the hunter comes and shoots an arrow
\q2 that strikes the animal and kills it,
\q1 or like a bird that flies into a trap
\q2 but the bird does not know it will die there
\q2 because it cannot get out of the trap.
\s5
@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ your storerooms will be so full that they will overflow,
\q1
\v 15 When kings are wise, they rule well;
\q2 and when rulers are wise, they make laws that are just.
\q
\q
\v 16 By me princes rule, and also noblemen and all who govern with justice.
\s5
@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ your storerooms will be so full that they will overflow,
\v 16 "Any of you who have no experience, come here,"
\q2 she says to those who have no good judgment.
\q1
\v 17 "If you sleep with me, it will be as sweet as drinking water that you have stolen,
\v 17 "If you sleep with me, it will be as sweet as drinking water that you have stolen,
\q2 or eating delicious food all by yourself."
\q1
\v 18 Any man who accepts her invitation does not know that the dead are in her home,
@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ your storerooms will be so full that they will overflow,
\v 23 Those who do what is right desire things that result in good,
\q2 but the reward of the wicked is that they will experience Yahweh's wrath.
\q1
\v 24 Some people are generous and yet they become more wealthy;
\v 24 Some people are generous and yet they become more wealthy;
\q1 other people hold back more than they should and they become poor.
\s5
@ -2412,8 +2412,8 @@ your storerooms will be so full that they will overflow,
\q2 than inside a house with a wife who always wants to argue with you.
\q1
\v 10 The wicked man craves evil more than anything,
\q2 and when he looks at his neighbor,
\q2 the wicked man's eyes reveal
\q2 and when he looks at his neighbor,
\q2 the wicked man's eyes reveal
\q2 that he is not going to be kind to his neighbor.
\s5
@ -2928,7 +2928,7 @@ your storerooms will be so full that they will overflow,
\s5
\q1
\v 7 It is better if someone important invites you, saying, "Come up and sit closer to the king,"
\q2 than to embarrass you in front of an important nobleman by making you move so that you now sit far away from the king.
\q2 than to embarrass you in front of an important nobleman by making you move so that you now sit far away from the king.
\q When you witness something that gives you concern,
\q1
\v 8 you should not quickly bring the matter to trial

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\q1
\v 2 Do not speak too quickly without thinking about the words you say;
\q2 and do not be too quick in your heart to complain about something to God.
\q1 Remember that God is very different from you and he is in heaven.
\q1 Remember that God is very different from you and he is in heaven.
\q2 You, however, are very limited and you must live all your life here on earth.
\q1 So think carefully about what you say to God, and do not speak without thinking about how you should speak to him.
\q1 So think carefully about what you say to God, and do not speak without thinking about how you should speak to him.
\q1
\v 3 If you are continually thinking and worrying about things,
\q2 you will have bad dreams about them and not rest well.
@ -430,7 +430,7 @@
\q1
\v 2 It is better to go to a house where people are mourning about someone who has died
\q2 than to go to a house where people are feasting,
\q1 everyone will have a day in which they die,
\q1 everyone will have a day in which they die,
\q2 and people who are alive should think about the day when they will die.
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\q2 Your long hair is shiny and black;
\q2 it is as though I, your king, am captured by your tresses.
\q1
\v 6 My love, you are so beautiful and lovely
\v 6 My love, you are so beautiful and lovely
\q2 with all your delights.
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\s5
\c 1
\p
\v 1 The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, that Yahweh showed him about Judah and Jerusalem during the years of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
\v 1 The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, that Yahweh showed him about Judah and Jerusalem during the years of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
\s5
\p
@ -489,19 +489,19 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\s5
\q1
\v 8 Terrible things will happen to those who keep acquiring houses and fields
\v 8 Terrible things will happen to those who keep acquiring houses and fields
\q1 without paying attention to the laws about who owns the land.
\q1 You use your riches to gain more and more property,
\q2 and soon there is no more property for others to buy,
\q2 and you would be the only landowners there are in that place.
\p
\v 9 But I heard Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, solemnly declare this:
\q1 "The day will come when many houses will have no one to live in them,
\q1 "The day will come when many houses will have no one to live in them,
\q2 even the large and beautiful homes will be empty.
\q1
\v 10 The land that grows vines in this place should require ten pairs of oxen to work them,
\v 10 The land that grows vines in this place should require ten pairs of oxen to work them,
\q1 but this land would not produce enough grapes to make even twenty-two liters of wine.
\q2 When two hundred and twenty liters of seed are sown on that land,
\q2 When two hundred and twenty liters of seed are sown on that land,
\q1 that land will only produce twenty-two liters of grain at harvest time."
\s5
@ -658,9 +658,9 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q1
\v 10 I will cause you people to be unable to care;
\q2 and I will cause you people to not be able to hear,
\q2 and I will cause you people to not be able to see.
\q2 and I will cause you people to not be able to see.
\q1 Otherwise you would see with your eyes and you would recognize what it is you are looking at,
\q2 and you would hear with your ears and be able to understand what you have heard,
\q2 and you would hear with your ears and be able to understand what you have heard,
\q2 and you would care deeply and with understanding,
\q2 and you would turn to me so I might save you and not punish you."
@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\v 10 When that happens, none of the stars will shine.
\q2 When the sun rises, it will be dark,
\q1 and there will be no light from the moon at night.
\s5
\q1
@ -1443,10 +1443,10 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q1
\v 18 All the kings of the earth who have died were greatly honored when they were buried.
\q1
\v 19 Someone will cast you aside, but not into a grave, like a branch that they throw away.
\v 19 Someone will cast you aside, but not into a grave, like a branch that they throw away.
\q1 The dead cover you like a garment, those pierced by the sword, who go down to be among the stones where the dead rest.
\q1
\v 20 Your dead body will not be buried with them
\v 20 Your dead body will not be buried with them
\q1 because you have destroyed your land
\q2 and have caused your own people to be killed.
\q1 The descendants of wicked people like you will never be spoken of again."
@ -1748,9 +1748,9 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q2 "I will watch quietly from where I live.
\q1 I will watch quietly like the heat that shimmers as it rises on a summer day.
\q2 I will work effectively like the cloud of mist that settles during the heat of harvest.
\v 5 Before the harvest, the farmer sees the grapevines making blossoms and the flowers growing into grapes,
\v 5 Before the harvest, the farmer sees the grapevines making blossoms and the flowers growing into grapes,
\q2 and he knows that the time is right to cut off the new growth and spreading branches that keep the tree from growing strong.
\q1 In the same way I know when the time is right to take action against that nation, and I will send an army to attack it.
\q1 In the same way I know when the time is right to take action against that nation, and I will send an army to attack it.
\s5
\q1
@ -1899,7 +1899,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q2 I am shocked.
\q1
\v 4 My heart shakes within me, and I tremble with fear.
\q2 Early evening is my favorite time of day,
\q2 Early evening is my favorite time of day,
\q2 but now terror has taken over and I am afraid.
\s5
@ -2437,7 +2437,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q1
\v 18 We were pregnant and had severe pain,
\q2 but nothing good resulted from it.
\q1 We have not rescued any people or kept their enemies from conquering them,
\q1 We have not rescued any people or kept their enemies from conquering them,
\q2 and those in the world who were our enemies did not fall in battle.
\s5
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\s5
\q1
\v 14 Listen to the word that Yahweh says,
\v 14 Listen to the word that Yahweh says,
\q2 you who rule over the people of Jerusalem,
\q2 you who mock and make fun of me!
\q1
\v 15 You boast and say,
\q1 "We made a promise with death to ensure that the power of death, when it passes over us, it cannot get to us.
\q2 We tried to turn our lying words into a shelter in which we could hide.
\q2 We tried to turn our lying words into a shelter in which we could hide.
\s5
\p
@ -2638,11 +2638,11 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\s5
\q1
\v 18 I will cancel the covenant that you made with death,
\q2 and I will bring to an end the covenant you made with the place where the dead dwell.
\q1 But when the vast flood comes, it will pour over you;
\q2 and I will bring to an end the covenant you made with the place where the dead dwell.
\q1 But when the vast flood comes, it will pour over you;
\q2 and day after day it will pass over you.
\q1
\v 19 When the flood comes, it will pass through and over you like the river when it overflows its banks and causes flooding everywhere.
\v 19 When the flood comes, it will pass through and over you like the river when it overflows its banks and causes flooding everywhere.
\q1 When you finally understand the message of Yahweh, it will cause you to be terrified, not comforted.
\s5
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\s5
\q1
\v 27 Moreover, the caraway seed is not threshed with a sledge,
\v 27 Moreover, the caraway seed is not threshed with a sledge,
\q2 nor is a cartwheel rolled over the cumin;
\q2 but caraway is beaten with a stick, and the cumin with a rod.
\q1
@ -3367,7 +3367,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
\v 17 He has decided what parts of the land of Edom each will live in,
\q2 and those are the places where each bird or animal will live.
\q1 Their descendants will possess those areas forever,
\q2 throughout all generations.
\q2 throughout all generations.
\s5
\c 35
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\p
\v 9 When King Hezekiah was almost well again, he wrote this:
\q1
\v 10 I said to myself, "In the middle of my life I am about to walk through the gates of death, and Yahweh is taking from me the rest of my years.
\v 10 I said to myself, "In the middle of my life I am about to walk through the gates of death, and Yahweh is taking from me the rest of my years.
\q1
\v 11 I said, "I will not see Yahweh again
\q2 in this world where people are alive.
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\s5
\q1
\v 9 All of you who bring good news to Zion,
\v 9 All of you who bring good news to Zion,
\q2 shout it from the high mountain!
\q1 Every one of you who brings good news to the people who live in Jerusalem,
\q2 shout out loud the message you have to tell!
@ -3913,8 +3913,8 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
\v 2 Who has raised up this king to come from the east?
\q1 He is the one who does what is right with every step. He hands nations over to him and he defeats them,
\q2 and he tramples their kings under his feet.
\q1 He cuts their enemies and they are destroyed so they are like the dust,
\q2 and his army shoots them with bows and arrows so that they are like the chaff when the wind blows.
\q1 He cuts their enemies and they are destroyed so they are like the dust,
\q2 and his army shoots them with bows and arrows so that they are like the chaff when the wind blows.
\s5
\q1
@ -5323,7 +5323,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
\v 8 because on that day they will be destroyed
\q2 like clothing that moths have eaten,
\q1 like wool garments that have been eaten by worms.
\q2 Everyone will know what I do and I will always do what is right;
\q2 Everyone will know what I do and I will always do what is right;
\q2 and I will save you, and you will be saved forever."
\s5
@ -5387,10 +5387,10 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
\q2 You have experienced Yahweh severely punishing you.
\q1 Yahweh has caused you to suffer much
\q2 and to experience disaster.
\q1 Yahweh gave you this cup to drink, but this was Yahweh's cup!
\q1 Yahweh gave you this cup to drink, but this was Yahweh's cup!
\q2 He forced you to drink every drop out of that large cup, down to the bottom of the bowl. And that drink made you stagger like you had drunk strong wine. This strong wine represents the anger of God, and you are to drink all of it!
\q1
\v 18 Now you do not have any children
\v 18 Now you do not have any children
\q1 who are able to take your hand and guide you. You cannot help yourself.
\s5
@ -5410,14 +5410,14 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
\s5
\q1
\v 21 So now, you people who have suffered much,
\q1 you who were acting as if you were drunk because you were drinking from his cup.
\q2 But in truth, it is not because you have drunk out of a cup filled with wine, but because of something else that Yahweh will do.
\q1 you who were acting as if you were drunk because you were drinking from his cup.
\q2 But in truth, it is not because you have drunk out of a cup filled with wine, but because of something else that Yahweh will do.
\q1
\v 22 Yahweh, your Lord and your God,
\q2 the one who argues your case to defend you, he says this:
\q1 "I have away taken that cup that holds my anger toward you,
\q1 and I made you experience my anger when I made you drink from that cup.
\q1 But now I have taken it from you so that you will never drink of it again.
\q1 "I have away taken that cup that holds my anger toward you,
\q1 and I made you experience my anger when I made you drink from that cup.
\q1 But now I have taken it from you so that you will never drink of it again.
\s5
\q1
@ -5462,7 +5462,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
\q1 and the other peoples in the world despise the mention of my name.
\q1
\v 6 But after that, my people will love me and honor me;
\q2 when that happens, they will know that I am the one who said that this would happen. I am the one who speaks, and I say,
\q2 when that happens, they will know that I am the one who said that this would happen. I am the one who speaks, and I say,
\q2 'Yes, this is Yahweh who is speaking to you.'
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\q1 They worshiped worthless idols,
\q2 and they themselves became worthless.
\q1
\v 6 They should have said,
\v 6 They should have said,
\q2 'We need Yahweh. He is the one who brought us safely out of Egypt
\q1 and led us through a desert plain where there were a lot of pits.
\q2 We need Yahweh. He is the one who led us
\q2 We need Yahweh. He is the one who led us
\q1 where there was no water and where it was very dangerous,
\q2 through a land where no one lives or even travels.'
@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
\q1 Instead, you worship idols that are under trees on the top of every hill.
\q2 You love and worship those idols instead of me just like an unfaithful man loves a prostitute instead of his wife.
\q1
\v 21 It is as though you were the best grapevine that I could plant,
\v 21 It is as though you were the best grapevine that I could plant,
\q2 and I planted you so you would grow from the very best seed.
\q1 So how could you change yourself from the best grapevine into becoming like a vine that is disgusting and rotten?
\q1
@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
\v 24 You are like wild female donkeys that live in the desert.
\q2 They sniff the air to find where the male donkeys are,
\q2 and there is no one who can restrain their lust.
\q1 The male donkeys that want to mate with them only wear themselves out chasing after them;
\q1 The male donkeys that want to mate with them only wear themselves out chasing after them;
\q2 because at mating time they find them easily.
\q1
\v 25 You constantly run here and there to find idols to worship, with the result that your sandals are worn out,
@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
\q2 in the way a prostitute gives herself to her lovers.
\q1 You sat along the roadsides like an Arab nomad who is always waiting in the desert for someone to come;
\q2 but you are waiting to have sex with those who pass by.
\q1 Your unfaithfulness is the worship of idols,
\q1 Your unfaithfulness is the worship of idols,
\q2 and your prostitution is just like your idol worship.
\q1 The whole land is made unacceptable to Yahweh,
\q2 and your worship of idols is your prostitution and your wickedness is what made you unclean.
@ -368,8 +368,8 @@
\s5
\q1
\v 23 When we worshiped idols on the mountains, we did not get any help.
\q2 Even though we shouted very loudly in our worship, every promise we believed turned out to be lies and only lies.
\v 23 When we worshiped idols on the mountains, we did not get any help.
\q2 Even though we shouted very loudly in our worship, every promise we believed turned out to be lies and only lies.
\q1 We now know that trusting in Yahweh our God is the only way Israel will be rescued!
\q1
\v 24 From the time when we were young, the shameful god Baal has taken away from us everything that our ancestors worked hard to acquire.
@ -386,10 +386,10 @@
\q2 If you get rid of those detestable idols,
\q2 if you do not go away from me again,
\q1
\v 2 and if you declare, 'Just as surely as Yahweh lives,'
\q1 when you take your oaths,
\q2 and if you are truthful, just, and righteous,
\q1 then the people in the other nations of the world
\v 2 and if you declare, 'Just as surely as Yahweh lives,'
\q1 when you take your oaths,
\q2 and if you are truthful, just, and righteous,
\q1 then the people in the other nations of the world
\q1 will ask me to bless them as I have blessed you,
\q1 and they will all come and honor me."
\p
@ -438,7 +438,7 @@
\s5
\p
\v 11 When that happens, Yahweh will say to the people of Jerusalem,
\v 11 When that happens, Yahweh will say to the people of Jerusalem,
\q1 "A huge army will come to attack you.
\q2 They will not be like a gentle breeze that separates the wheat from the chaff.
\q1 They will be like a very hot wind that blows in from the desert.
@ -659,10 +659,10 @@
\q1
\v 20 Yahweh instructed me to proclaim this message to the people of Israel and Judah,
\q1
\v 21 "Listen to this, you people who so are foolish, and you who have no understanding!
\v 21 "Listen to this, you people who so are foolish, and you who have no understanding!
\q2 You have eyes, but you cannot see.
\q1 Yes, you have ears, but you cannot hear anything.
\q1
\v 22 Why do you not have any awesome respect for me?
\q2 You should tremble when you are in my presence!
@ -762,9 +762,9 @@
\q1 Their soldiers will seize the possessions of those who remain in Israel after the others have been exiled
\q2 like farmers go to the vines again to pick any grapes that were left.
\q1
\v 10 Who can I, Jeremiah, speak to? Who would listen to me, even if I spoke to them?
\v 10 Who can I, Jeremiah, speak to? Who would listen to me, even if I spoke to them?
\q2 The ears of the Israelite people are unable to hear what I have to tell them.
\q1 See! the message Yahweh gave me to tell them is offensive to them.
\q1 See! the message Yahweh gave me to tell them is offensive to them.
\q2 When they hear the message of Yahweh, they hate what I tell them!"
\s5
@ -850,8 +850,8 @@
\q1 because the enemy soldiers have swords and they are everywhere;
\q2 they are coming from all directions, and we are extremely afraid."
\q1
\v 26 So I, Jeremiah, say to you,
\q "My dear people, put on rough clothes and sit in ashes
\v 26 So I, Jeremiah, say to you,
\q "My dear people, put on rough clothes and sit in ashes
\q to show how much you are grieving.
\q1 Mourn loudly and cry very much,
\q2 as a mother would cry when her only son has died.
@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ do not give them to me; eat them yourselves!
\q Charging into sinful behavior with the excitement of a horse that is running into a battle.
\q
\v 7 Even the stork knows when the seasons change,
\q and the dove, the swallow, and the crane understanding the time of their migration!
\q and the dove, the swallow, and the crane understanding the time of their migration!
\q But my people do not know what I, Yahweh, require them to do.
\s5
@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ do not give them to me; eat them yourselves!
\q Because they sinned by rejecting what I told them. Truly, they were not very wise to do that!
\q
\v 10 So, I will give their wives to other men; I will give their fields to the enemy soldiers who conquer them.
\q All the people, including those who are least important and those who are most important, they all are trying to get money by tricking others
\q All the people, including those who are least important and those who are most important, they all are trying to get money by tricking others
\q Even my prophets and priests, they all lie to get what they want.
\s5
@ -1353,8 +1353,8 @@ I will enable their enemies to strike them with swords until I have destroyed th
\q1
\v 3 But Yahweh, you know me very well.
\q2 You see what I do and you are able to know what I am thinking.
\q1 Set them apart like we separate the sheep out of the herd so
\q2 that on the day of slaughter they will be butchered.
\q1 Set them apart like we separate the sheep out of the herd so
\q2 that on the day of slaughter they will be butchered.
\q1
\v 4 This land is becoming very dry and even the grass is withering.
\q1 Even the wild animals and the birds have all died
@ -1698,8 +1698,8 @@ I will enable their enemies to strike them with swords until I have destroyed th
\q1 And at times when you have the most troubles,
\q2 I will come on your behalf and protect you from your enemy.
\q1
\v 12 People of Judah, you know how strong iron is when it is mixed with bronze,
\q2 it is very hard and good for weapons.
\v 12 People of Judah, you know how strong iron is when it is mixed with bronze,
\q2 it is very hard and good for weapons.
\q1 That iron mixed with bronze metal is just like the strength of your enemies when they attack Judah from the north,
\q2 no one will be able to stop them.
@ -2546,7 +2546,7 @@ I will enable their enemies to strike them with swords until I have destroyed th
\q1 'Yahweh will shout to them from from the highest places like a lion roars!
\q2 He will call out with a shout from the holy place where he lives!
\q1 He will roar like a lion against his people because of their sins!
\q2 Like those who shout so loudly when they are treading the grapes,
\q2 Like those who shout so loudly when they are treading the grapes,
\q1 he will shout so that everyone who lives on the earth can hear him!
\q1
\v 31 Even people in very remote places around the earth will hear him shouting,
@ -2793,7 +2793,7 @@ I will enable their enemies to strike them with swords until I have destroyed th
\s5
\c 30
\p
\v 1 Yahweh gave Jeremiah another message. He said,
\v 1 Yahweh gave Jeremiah another message. He said,
\v 2 "I, Yahweh, the God of Israel am telling you to write down everything that I have said to you.
\v 3 I want you to know that I will free my people, the people of Israel and Judah, from being slaves in Babylon. I will bring them back to this land that I gave to their ancestors, and this land will belong to them again. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it."
@ -3804,7 +3804,7 @@ I will enable their enemies to strike them with swords until I have destroyed th
\s5
\p
\v 29 And Yahweh also says, 'I will do something that will prove to you that everything that I have said will happen, and that I will punish you here in this place.
\v 30 I will cause Hophra, the king of Egypt, to be captured by his enemies who want to kill him, just like I caused King Zedekiah of Judah to be captured by the soldiers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.'"
\v 30 I will cause Hophra, the king of Egypt, to be captured by his enemies who want to kill him, just like I caused King Zedekiah of Judah to be captured by the soldiers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.'"
\s5
\c 45
@ -3854,7 +3854,7 @@ I will enable their enemies to strike them with swords until I have destroyed th
\v 7 What group is this that will be covering the land
\q2 like the water of the Nile River covers the land when it floods and its waves surge?
\q1
\v 8 The kingdom of Egypt rises and falls
\v 8 The kingdom of Egypt rises and falls
\q2 like the Nile that surging with a flood of water,
\q1 and Egypt will boast that they will cover the earth
\q2 and will destroy cities and the people who live in them.
@ -4140,9 +4140,9 @@ I will enable their enemies to strike them with swords until I have destroyed th
\q1 You people of Moab will wallow in your own vomit
\q2 and be ridiculed.
\q1
\v 27 Did you not ridicule the people of Israel?
\q1 Did you think they were nothing but thieves,
\q2 so that you shook your head at them with scorn,
\v 27 Did you not ridicule the people of Israel?
\q1 Did you think they were nothing but thieves,
\q2 so that you shook your head at them with scorn,
\q1 and despised them every time you spoke about them?
\s5
@ -4273,7 +4273,7 @@ I will enable their enemies to strike them with swords until I have destroyed th
\q1 run back and forth in confusion inside the city walls,
\q2 because your god Molech, along with its priests and officials, will be taken away in exile.
\q1
\v 4 Why do you brag about your valleys,
\v 4 Why do you brag about your valleys,
\q your valleys that are so fruitful, you faithless daughter?
\q You think that your wealth will bring you protection against your enemies
\q and so you dare to ask, "Who is there who can come against me?'

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\v 64 Yahweh, give them what they deserve!
\q2 Pay them back for what they have done to me!
\q1
\v 65 You permit them to do whatever they want,
\v 65 You permit them to do whatever they want,
\q2 and you punish them by taking away their shame.
\q2 That is why your curse is upon them.
\q1
@ -691,7 +691,7 @@
\q1 No one will touch them
\q2 because their clothes are stained with the blood of those innocent people.
\q1
\v 15 These people shouted at the priests and prophets, saying,
\v 15 These people shouted at the priests and prophets, saying,
\q2 "Stay away from us! Do not touch us!"
\q1 So the priests and prophets have fled from Israel,
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\q1
\v 9 They pulled him with hooks in his flesh and put him into an iron cage,
\q2 then they took him to the king of Babylon.
\q1 There they locked him up so that the sound of his voice
\q1 There they locked him up so that the sound of his voice
\q2 could never be heard echoing on the hills of Israel.'
\p
\p
\s5
\q1
@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@
\v 29 Your Ammonite prophets have given you false visions about what will happen to you,
\q2 and they have held useless ceremonies that give you false messages.
\q1 So swords will strike the necks of those wicked people.
\q2 The day when I punish them has come,
\q2 The day when I punish them has come,
\q2 because they have not been loyal to me.'
\s5
@ -2150,7 +2150,7 @@
\v 12 A foreign army, one that has caused people of other nations to be terrified, cut it down and left it. Its branches fell on the mountains and in the valleys. Some of its branches lay broken in all the ravines in the land. All the people of other nations came out from being under its shade and left it.
\s5
\v 13 Birds of the sky settled on the fallen tree, and wild animals lived among its branches.
\v 13 Birds of the sky settled on the fallen tree, and wild animals lived among its branches.
\v 14 As a result, no other tree, even if the tree has plenty of water, will ever grow to such great height, or lift its top above the branches higher than other trees. They will all certainly die and decay; they will go to the place of the dead; they will go to the grave.'"
\s5
@ -2655,7 +2655,7 @@
\s5
\p
\v 7 I will enable my Israelite people to know that I am holy. I will no longer allow them to mock me, and the peoples in the other lands will know that I am Yahweh, the God whom Israel worships and honors.
\v 8 That day is fast approaching. I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that those things will happen soon.
\v 8 That day is fast approaching. I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that those things will happen soon.
\s5
\p
@ -2774,7 +2774,7 @@
\p
\v 32 Then the man led me to the east side of the inner courtyard, and he measured the gate. It had the same measurements as the other gates.
\v 33 Its alcoves, walls, and portico measured the same as the others. The gate and its portico had windows all around. The gate and its portico measured twenty-seven meters long and thirteen and one-half wide.
\v 34 Its portico faced the outer courtyard. It also had carvings of palm trees decorating the walls, and it had eight steps leading up to it.
\v 34 Its portico faced the outer courtyard. It also had carvings of palm trees decorating the walls, and it had eight steps leading up to it.
\s5
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\v 28 So Daniel was very successful all during the time that Darius ruled and during the time that Cyrus, the king of Persia, ruled.
\s5
\c 7
\c 7
\p
\v 1 In the first year that Belshazzar was the king of Babylonia, Daniel had a dream one night as he lay in bed. He saw certain things that he wrote down the next morning. This is what he said:
\p
@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ to those who understand.
\v 10 That horn became very strong, with the result that it attacked some of the soldiers of the army of heaven and some of the stars in the sky. It threw some of them to the earth and trampled on them.
\s5
\v 11 It set itself up to be as great as the commander of the army of heaven, and it took away the daily offerings of sacrifices from him, and it also defiled the place of his temple.
\v 11 It set itself up to be as great as the commander of the army of heaven, and it took away the daily offerings of sacrifices from him, and it also defiled the place of his temple.
\v 12 Because of rebellion, the army of heaven will falter, and the constant burnt offerings will be taken away. It will throw truth to the ground. The bad things it does will succeed.
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\q2 You love me for just as long as the dew stays before the warm sun shines on it.
\q1
\v 5 I sent my prophets to you,
\q2 and it was as though I had cut you into pieces when they spoke the messages I gave them.
\q2 and it was as though I had cut you into pieces when they spoke the messages I gave them.
\q1 You were devastated by what they said to you.
\q2 It was as though I had killed you with the words I spoke to you.
\q1 I spoke about how I would punish you.
@ -623,8 +623,8 @@ they will die because they have insulted me.
\v 6 Look! If you escape and the Assyrians do not kill you,
\q2 the army of Egypt will capture you.
\q2 You will die there, and the people in the city of Memphis will bury you.
\q1 All your wealth in silver will be covered up
\q1 and lost when the desert plants grow into your homes and take them over.
\q1 All your wealth in silver will be covered up
\q1 and lost when the desert plants grow into your homes and take them over.
\s5
\q1
@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ they will die because they have insulted me.
\q1 They will be successful like a field of grain that grows well, like grapevines that are growing well.
\q2 They will become as famous as the wine that people produce in the land of Lebanon.
\q1
\v 8 You people of Israel, I will completely stop you from worshiping idols.
\v 8 You people of Israel, I will completely stop you from worshiping idols.
\q2 It is I, Yahweh, who will take care of you. No idol can do that.
\q1 I am like a cypress tree that grows and stays fresh the entire year;
\q2 all your good gifts come from me."

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\q1 That is certainly true because I, Yahweh, have said it!
\q1
\v 9 Many times I struck your crops with disease and mildew.
\q2 The locusts devoured your gardens and vineyards,
\q2 The locusts devoured your gardens and vineyards,
\q2 your fig trees and olive trees, yet you did not return to me
\q1 —this is Yahweh's declaration."

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\s5
\q1
\v 20 The great number of the people of Israel who were captured and taken away, they will return to the land,
\v 20 The great number of the people of Israel who were captured and taken away, they will return to the land,
\q2 and they will capture the land that was ruled by the people of Canaan, and they will take possession of the land as far north as Zarephath.
\q1 Those people of Israel who were captured and taken away from Jerusalem, and who live in Sepharad, they will take possession of the cities in the Negev, which is the southern Judean wilderness.
\q1 Those people of Israel who were captured and taken away from Jerusalem, and who live in Sepharad, they will take possession of the cities in the Negev, which is the southern Judean wilderness.
\q1
\v 21 The army of Jerusalem will attack Edom and conquer it,
\q2 and Yahweh will be their king.

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\v 1 I am Nahum, from the village of Elkosh. This is a message about the city of Nineveh, a message that Yahweh gave me in a vision.
\s5
\q1
\q1
\v 2 Yahweh our God tolerates no rival gods to himself.
\q2 He is very angry with those who worship other gods,
\q2 and he continues to be angry with his enemies.
\q1
\q1
\v 3 Yahweh does not quickly become angry;
\q2 but he is very powerful,
\q2 and he will never say that his enemies are innocent.
\q2 Wherever he walks, there are whirlwinds and storms,
\q2 and clouds are like the dust stirred up by his feet.
\q1
\q1
\s5
\v 4 When he commands oceans and rivers to become dry, they dry up.
\q2 He causes the grass to wither
\q2 He causes the grass to wither
\q2 in the fields in the region of Bashan and on the slopes of Mount Carmel,
\q2 and he causes the flowers in Lebanon to fade.
\q1
\q1
\v 5 When he appears, it is as though the mountains shake and the hills melt;
\q2 the earth quakes, and the people on the earth tremble.
@ -39,13 +39,13 @@
\q2 there is no one who can survive when his anger is very hot.
\q2 When he is very angry, it is as though his anger is like a blazing fire,
\q2 and it is as though mountains are shattered into pieces.
\q1
\q1
\s5
\v 7 But he is good;
\q2 he protects us, his people, when we experience troubles.
\q2 He takes care of those who trust in him.
\q1
\q1
\v 8 But he will get rid of his enemies;
\q2 he will be to them like a flood that destroys everything.
\q2 He will chase his enemies
@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
\v 9 So it is useless for you people of Nineveh to plot against Yahweh.
\q2 He will not need to strike you two times to destroy you;
\q2 he will destroy you by striking you only once.
\q1
\q1
\v 10 It will be as though his enemies are tangled in thorns
\q2 and they will stagger like people who have drunk a lot of wine.
\q2 It will be as though they will be burned up like dry stubble.
@ -64,14 +64,14 @@
\v 11 In Nineveh there was a man who advised people to do very wicked things against Yahweh.
\s5
\v 12 But this is what Yahweh says to you Israelites:
\q1 "Although the people of Assyria have very many people
\v 12 But this is what Yahweh says to you Israelites:
\q1 "Although the people of Assyria have very many people
\q2 and their army is very powerful,
\q2 they will be destroyed and they will disappear.
\q1 I say to my people in Judah,
\q2 I have already punished you,
\q2 but I will not punish you again.
\q1
\q1
\v 13 Now I will cause the people of Assyria to no longer enslave you;
it will be as though I will tear off the shackles on your hands and feet."
@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
\v 15 You people of Judah. Look! A messenger will come across the mountains,
\q2 and he will bring good news to you.
\q1 He will declare that you will now have peace.
\q2 So celebrate your festivals, and do what you solemnly promised
\q2 So celebrate your festivals, and do what you solemnly promised
\q2 to do when your enemies were threatening to attack you,
\q1 because your wicked enemies will not invade your country again,
\q2 because they will be completely destroyed.
@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
\q2 and they will wear bright red uniforms.
\q2 The metal of their chariot wheels will flash when they line up before the battle,
\q2 and their soldiers will lift up their cypress spear and wave them.
\q1
\q1
\v 4 Their chariots dash through the streets of Nineveh
\q2 and rush furiously through the plazas.
\q2 Going as quickly as lightning,
@ -117,12 +117,12 @@
\q2 and they come to him so quickly that they stumble.
\q2 They run up the city wall to attack it,
\q2 and they set up a large wooden shield above the soldiers to protect them.
\q1
\q1
\s5
\v 6 The enemy soldiers will force open the city gates on the rivers;
\q2 the palace will collapse.
\q1
\q1
\v 7 The queen will have her clothes stripped off her by enemy soldiers,
\q2 and her slave girls will moan like doves
\q2 and beat their breasts to show that they are very sad.
@ -132,13 +132,13 @@
\q2 like water rushes from a broken dam.
\q2 The officials will shout, "Stop! Stop!"
\q2 but the people will not even look back as they run away.
\q1
\v 9 The enemy attackers say to each other,
\q1
\v 9 The enemy attackers say to each other,
\q2 "Seize the silver!
\q2 Grab the gold!
\q1 There is a huge amount of very valuable things in the city,
\q2 more valuable things than anyone can count!"
\q1
\q1
\v 10 Soon everything valuable in the city will be seized or ruined.
People will be trembling, with the result that they will not be able to fight.
Their faces will all become pale with fear.
@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
\q2 I will cause your chariots to burn in fire and go up in smoke.
\q2 Your young men will be killed with swords.
\q2 I will make all the valuable things you stole from other nations disappear.
\q2 Your messengers will never again take messages to other nations, demanding that
\q2 Your messengers will never again take messages to other nations, demanding that
\q2 their armies surrender to them."
\s5
@ -180,16 +180,16 @@
\s5
\v 5 So Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says to the people of Nineveh:
\q2 "I am your enemy, and I will cause the people
\q2 "I am your enemy, and I will cause the people
\q2 in other nations to see you completely humiliated;
\q2 like women who have committed adultery are humiliated
\q2 like women who have committed adultery are humiliated
\q2 by having their skirts lifted high,
\q2 with the result that people can see their naked bodies.
\q1
\q1
\v 6 I will cause others to throw garbage at you;
\q2 I will show others that I despise you very much,
\q2 and I will cause everyone to ridicule you in public.
\q1
\q1
\v 7 All those who see you will turn their backs to you and say,
\q2 'Nineveh is ruined,
\q2 but absolutely no one will mourn for it.'
@ -203,28 +203,28 @@
\q1
\v 9 The rulers of Ethiopia and Egypt helped Thebes;
there was no limit to their power.
\q2 The governments of the nearby countries of Put and Libya
\q2 The governments of the nearby countries of Put and Libya
\q2 were also allies of Thebes.
\q1
\q1
\s5
\v 10 Nevertheless, Thebes was captured,
\q2 and its people were exiled.
\q2 Their babies were dashed to pieces in the streets of the city.
\q2 Enemy soldiers cast lots to decide who would get
\q2 Enemy soldiers cast lots to decide who would get
\q2 each official in Thebes to become his slave.
\q2 All the leaders of Thebes were fastened by chains.
\q1
\v 11 You people of Nineveh will similarly become dazed and drunk,
\q2 and you will search for places to hide
\q2 to escape from your enemies.
\q1
\q1
\s5
\v 12 Your enemies will cause the walls around your city to fall down
\q2 like the first figs that fall right into your mouths when you shake the tree.
\q2 This is how easily your city will be captured.
\q1
\q1
\v 13 Look at your soldiers!
\q2 They will be like weak women!
\q2 The gates of your city will be opened wide
@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ there was no limit to their power.
\q2 Repair the forts!
\q2 Dig up clay and trample it to make it soft,
\q2 and put it into molds to make bricks to repair the walls!
\q1
\q1
\v 15 Nevertheless, your enemies will burn your city;
\q2 they will kill you with their swords;
\q2 they will kill you as locusts destroy crops.
@ -246,10 +246,10 @@ there was no limit to their power.
\s5
\v 16 In your city there are now very many merchants;
\q2 more than stars.
\q2 But when your city is being destroyed,
\q2 But when your city is being destroyed,
\q2 those merchants will take the valuable things and disappear
\q2 like locusts that strip the leaves from plants and then fly away.
\q1
\q1
\v 17 Your leaders are also like a swarm of locusts
\q2 that crowd together on the fences on a cold day,
\q2 and then fly away when the sun comes up,
@ -264,5 +264,5 @@ there was no limit to their power.
\v 19 You are like someone who has a wound that cannot be healed;
\q2 it will be a wound that causes him to die.
\q2 And all those who hear about what has happened to you will clap their hands joyfully.
\q2 They will say, "Everyone has suffered because he continually acted very cruelly
\q2 They will say, "Everyone has suffered because he continually acted very cruelly
\q2 toward us."

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@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ He will encourage the people of Jerusalem again, and he will again choose Jerusa
\s5
\p
\v 23 Yahweh, the Commander of the angel armies, also says this: "At that time, this is what will happen everywhere: For every Jewish person, there will be ten foreigners, people who speak a different language, who will come and grab the fringe of his robe. They will say to him, 'We have heard people say that God is with you. So allow us to go with you to Jerusalem to worship him.' People from every nation and language will do this."
\s5
\c 9
@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ He will encourage the people of Jerusalem again, and he will again choose Jerusa
\q he will be gentle,
\q and he will be riding on a donkey,
\q on a young female donkey.
\v 10 I will destroy the chariots in the region of Ephraim that are used in war and all the horses in Jerusalem that they take into battle. I will break all the bows they use in wars.
\v 10 I will destroy the chariots in the region of Ephraim that are used in war and all the horses in Jerusalem that they take into battle. I will break all the bows they use in wars.
\q Your king will proclaim that he will cause things to go well and peacefully among the nations. He will rule the area from the Mediterranean Sea to the Dead Sea, and from the Euphrates River to the most distant places on the earth.
\s5
@ -475,8 +475,8 @@ May his enemies strike his arm and his right eye with their swords. May he have
\s5
\p
\v 7 Yahweh, the Commander of angel armies, says,
\q "Someone must attack and kill the one who is like a shepherd working for me,
\q the man who is my close companion.
\q "Someone must attack and kill the one who is like a shepherd working for me,
\q the man who is my close companion.
\q You with the sword! When you kill my shepherd, my people will run away like sheep.
\q And I myself will attack my ordinary people, those who are like little sheep."

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@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ He was preaching to the people who came there. He kept saying,
\v 5 Then the devil took Jesus to Jerusalem, the city that was especially for God. He set him on the highest part of the temple
\v 6 and said to him, "If you are truly the Son of God, jump down to the ground. You will, of course, not be hurt, because God has said in the scriptures,
\q 'God will command his angels to protect you.
\q They will lift you up in their hands when you are falling,
\q They will lift you up in their hands when you are falling,
\q and they will keep you from even hitting your foot on a stone.'"
\s5
@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ He was preaching to the people who came there. He kept saying,
\q he will regard them as his own children.
\q
\v 10 God is pleased with people who live righteously; he is honored when their righteous lives are the reason why evil people insult them and treat them badly.
\q God rules over these righteous people from heaven.
\q God rules over these righteous people from heaven.
\s5
\q
@ -628,8 +628,8 @@ So I am telling you to take the difficult road and enter the narrow gate to live
\s5
\p
\v 27 As Jesus went away from there, two blind men followed him and shouted, "Have mercy on us and heal us, you descendant of King David!"
\v 28 Jesus went into the house, and then the blind men went in also.
\p Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to heal you?"
\v 28 Jesus went into the house, and then the blind men went in also.
\p Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to heal you?"
\p They said to him, "Yes, Lord!"
\s5
@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ So I am telling you to take the difficult road and enter the narrow gate to live
\s5
\v 2 Here is a list of the twelve disciples, whom he called apostles. They were Simon, to whom he gave the new name Peter; Andrew, Peter's younger brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, the younger brother of James;
\v 3 Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew, the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus;
\v 4 Simon the Zealot; and Judas Iscariot, who was disloyal to Jesus and pointed him out to the authorities so they could arrest him.
\v 4 Simon the Zealot; and Judas Iscariot, who was disloyal to Jesus and pointed him out to the authorities so they could arrest him.
\s5
\p
@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ So I am telling you to take the difficult road and enter the narrow gate to live
\s5
\v 21 They will take you to the authorities to die because you believe in me. For example, people will do that to their brothers, and fathers will do that to their children. Children will rebel against their parents and cause them to be killed.
\v 22 Many people will hate you because you trust in me. But anyone who faithfully trusts in me until they die, God will save that person.
\v 22 Many people will hate you because you trust in me. But anyone who faithfully trusts in me until they die, God will save that person.
\v 23 When people in one city cause you to suffer, escape to another city. Note this: I, the Son of Man, will certainly return to earth before you have finished going from one town to another town throughout Israel and telling people about me.
\s5
@ -959,8 +959,8 @@ If I had done these same miracles in Sodom of long ago, those wicked people woul
\s5
\p
\v 15 God also said to Isaiah,
\q 'These people are able to hear what I say, but they will never understand the message.
\q They have eyes that can see, but they will never see clearly what it is they are looking at. They have closed their eyes so they cannot see.
\q 'These people are able to hear what I say, but they will never understand the message.
\q They have eyes that can see, but they will never see clearly what it is they are looking at. They have closed their eyes so they cannot see.
\q They cannot see with their eyes, they cannot hear with their ears, and they cannot understand.
\q If they could see and hear and understand, then they would turn to me,' God says, 'and I would heal them.'
@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ because you understand what I say.
\s5
\v 27 So the servants of the landowner came and said to him, 'Sir, you gave us good seeds and those are the ones we sowed in your field. So where did the weeds come from?'
\p
\v 28 "The landowner said to them, 'My enemy did this.'
\v 28 "The landowner said to them, 'My enemy did this.'
\p His servants said to him, 'Do you want us to pull up the weeds?'
\s5
@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ because you understand what I say.
\s5
\p
\v 51 Then Jesus asked the disciples, "Do you understand all these parables I have told you?"
\v 51 Then Jesus asked the disciples, "Do you understand all these parables I have told you?"
\p They said to him, "Yes, we understand them."
\p
\v 52 Then he said, "Those teachers and interpreters who understand these parables and act accordingly under the rule of God from heaven are like a house owner who shares both new things and old things out of his storage room."
@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ because you understand what I say.
\v 32 Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, "This crowd of people has been with me for three days and have nothing left to eat. I feel sorry for them. I do not want to send them away while they are still hungry, because if I did that, they might faint on the way home."
\p
\v 33 The disciples said to him, "In this place where nobody lives, we cannot possibly obtain enough food to feed such a large crowd!"
\v 34 Jesus asked them, "How many loaves do you have?"
\v 34 Jesus asked them, "How many loaves do you have?"
\p They answered him, "Seven small loaves and a few small cooked fish."
\p
\v 35 Then Jesus told the people to sit on the ground.
@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@ because you understand what I say.
\p
\v 7 They tried to make sense out of what Jesus had told them, and they said to each other, "He must have said that because we forgot to bring anything to eat!"
\p
\v 8 But Jesus knew what they were saying and answered them, "You believe only a little about what I am able to do for you. Why are you discussing about why there is no bread for you to eat?
\v 8 But Jesus knew what they were saying and answered them, "You believe only a little about what I am able to do for you. Why are you discussing about why there is no bread for you to eat?
\s5
\v 9 Do not think I am worried about having food. Have you really forgotten how I fed the five thousand with five loaves, or how many baskets of leftover food you gathered up?
@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ because you understand what I say.
\p
\v 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to trust me and go where I am going, he must put away his own desires and purposes, and he must take up his own cross, and go where I go.
\v 25 Whoever tries to save his own life will find that instead of saving his life, he will lose it. But whoever loses his life for me, he will find his life.
\v 26 What good would it be for a person to get everything he wants in this world but then for him to lose his life? What will a man gain in his possessions that would be as valuable as his own life?
\v 26 What good would it be for a person to get everything he wants in this world but then for him to lose his life? What will a man gain in his possessions that would be as valuable as his own life?
\s5
\v 27 Listen carefully. I, the Son of Man, will leave this earth, but I will return, and the angels of heaven will accompany me. At that time I will have the glorious light that my Father has, and I will reward everyone according to what they did when they were alive in this world.
@ -1348,12 +1348,12 @@ because you understand what I say.
\s5
\p
\v 24 When Jesus and the disciples came to the city of Capernaum, the men who collected taxes for the temple approached Peter and said to him, "Your teacher pays the temple tax, does he not?"
\v 25 He answered them, "Yes, he does pay it."
\v 25 He answered them, "Yes, he does pay it."
\p When the disciples came into Jesus's house, before Peter began to speak, Jesus said to him, "Simon, from whom do you think rulers collect revenue or taxes? Do they collect taxes from the citizens of their own country, or from citizens of countries they have conquered?"
\s5
\p
\v 26 Peter answered him, "From citizens of other countries."
\v 26 Peter answered him, "From citizens of other countries."
\p Then Jesus said to him, "So citizens of their own country do not need to pay taxes.
\v 27 But go ahead and pay the tax for us so that the temple tax collectors will not become angry with us. In order to get the money to pay it, go to the Sea of Galilee, cast your fish line and hook, and take the first fish that you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a silver coin that is worth enough to pay the tax for you and me. Take that coin and give it to the temple tax collectors."
@ -1478,7 +1478,7 @@ because you understand what I say.
\s5
\p
\v 18 The man asked Jesus, "Which commandments must I keep?"
\v 18 The man asked Jesus, "Which commandments must I keep?"
\p Jesus answered him, "Do not murder anyone, do not commit adultery, do not steal things, do not testify falsely,
\v 19 honor your father and your mother, and love every other person as much as you love yourself."
@ -1525,7 +1525,7 @@ because you understand what I say.
\v 5 At noon and at three o'clock he again went to the marketplace and found other laborers whom he promised to pay a fair wage.
\v 6 At five o'clock he went to the marketplace once again and saw other men standing there who were not working. He said to them, 'Why are you standing here all day and not working?'
\p
\v 7 "They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.'
\v 7 "They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.'
\p "He said to them, 'I will hire you. Go to my vineyard, as other men have done, and work there.' So they went.
\s5
@ -1558,12 +1558,12 @@ because you understand what I say.
\s5
\p
\v 20 Then the mother of James and John, the sons of Zebedee, brought her two sons to Jesus. She bowed down before Jesus and asked him to do her a favor.
\v 21 Jesus said to her, "What do you want me to do for you?"
\v 21 Jesus said to her, "What do you want me to do for you?"
\p She said to him, "Permit these two sons of mine to sit in the places of most honor when you become king, one on your right hand and the other on your left."
\s5
\p
\v 22 Jesus said to her and her sons, "You do not understand what you are asking for. Can you suffer like I am about to suffer?"
\v 22 Jesus said to her and her sons, "You do not understand what you are asking for. Can you suffer like I am about to suffer?"
\p James and John answered him, "Yes, we are able to do that."
\p
\v 23 Then Jesus said to them, "Yes, you will suffer as I will suffer. But I am not the one who chooses the ones who will sit next to me and rule with me. God my Father will give those places to the ones whom he appoints."
@ -1625,7 +1625,7 @@ because you understand what I say.
\p
\v 15 The high priests and the men who taught the people the Jewish laws saw the marvelous deeds that Jesus did. But when they saw the children shouting in the temple, "Praise to the descendant of King David!" they were very angry.
\p
\v 16 They asked him, "How can you tolerate this? Do you hear what these people are shouting?"
\v 16 They asked him, "How can you tolerate this? Do you hear what these people are shouting?"
\p Then Jesus said to them, "Yes, I hear them, but if you remembered what you have read in the scriptures about children praising me, you would know that God is pleased with them. The psalmist wrote, saying to God, 'You have taught infants and other children to praise you perfectly.'"
\p
\v 17 Then Jesus left the city. The disciples went with him to the village of Bethany, and they stayed there that night.
@ -1649,10 +1649,10 @@ because you understand what I say.
\v 24 Jesus said to them, "I also will ask you a question, and if you answer me, I will tell you who authorized me to do these things.
\s5
\v 25 Where did John the Baptizer get his authority to baptize those who came to him? Did he get it from God or from people?'
\v 25 Where did John the Baptizer get his authority to baptize those who came to him? Did he get it from God or from people?'
\p The chief priests and elders debated among themselves about what they should answer. They said to each other, "If we say, 'It was from God,' he will say to us, 'Then you should have believed his message!'
\v 26 But if we say, 'It was from people,' the crowd might react violently against us, because all the people believe that John was a prophet whom God had sent."
\v 27 So they answered Jesus, "We do not know where John got his authority from."
\v 27 So they answered Jesus, "We do not know where John got his authority from."
\p Then Jesus said to them, "Because you did not answer my question, I will not tell you who gave me the right to do the things I did here yesterday.
\s5
@ -1664,9 +1664,9 @@ because you understand what I say.
\v 30 "Then the father approached his younger son and said what he had said to his older son. That son said, 'Sir, I will go and work in the vineyard today.' But he did not go there.
\s5
\v 31 So which of the man's two sons did what their father desired?"
\p They answered, "The older son."
\p Then Jesus said to them, "So think about this: God will be kind to the tax collectors and prostitutes by agreeing to rule over them much sooner than he will agree to rule over you.
\v 31 So which of the man's two sons did what their father desired?"
\p They answered, "The older son."
\p Then Jesus said to them, "So think about this: God will be kind to the tax collectors and prostitutes by agreeing to rule over them much sooner than he will agree to rule over you.
\p "This is true, even though you condemn those people because they ignore the law of Moses.
\v 32 "I say this to you because, even though John the Baptizer explained to you how to live in the right way, you did not believe his message. But tax collectors and prostitutes believed his message, and they turned away from their sinful behavior. In contrast, even though you saw that they changed, you refused to stop sinning, and you did not believe John's message.
@ -1747,7 +1747,7 @@ because you understand what I say.
\s5
\v 20 He said to them, "Whose picture is on this coin? And whose name is on it?"
\p
\v 21 They answered, "It has the picture and name of Caesar, the head of the Roman government."
\v 21 They answered, "It has the picture and name of Caesar, the head of the Roman government."
\p Then he said to them, "So give to the government what they require, and give to God what he requires."
\v 22 When those men heard Jesus say that, they marveled that his answer did not enable anyone to accuse him. Then they left Jesus.
@ -1791,7 +1791,7 @@ because you understand what I say.
\s5
\p
\v 41 While the Pharisees were still gathered together near Jesus, he asked them,
\v 42 "What do you think about the Christ? Whose descendant is he?"
\v 42 "What do you think about the Christ? Whose descendant is he?"
\p They said to him, "He is the descendant of King David."
\s5
@ -1941,7 +1941,7 @@ because you understand what I say.
\v 29 "Immediately after people have suffered during that time, the sun will become dark. The moon will not shine. The stars will fall from the sky. And God will shake all things in the sky loose from their place.
\s5
\v 30 After that, everyone will see me, the Son of Man, appear in the sky. Then unbelieving people from all peoples on earth will wail because they will be afraid. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds with power and great glory.
\v 30 After that, everyone will see me, the Son of Man, appear in the sky. Then unbelieving people from all peoples on earth will wail because they will be afraid. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds with power and great glory.
\v 31 He will send his angels to the earth from everywhere in the heavens. When they hear the trumpet's loud blast, they will gather together God's people—the ones he has chosen—from across the whole earth.
\s5
@ -1950,7 +1950,7 @@ because you understand what I say.
\v 33 Similarly, when you see all these things happening, you will know that the time for him to return is very close.
\s5
\v 34 Keep this in mind: Some of the people of this generation will still be alive when these things happen.
\v 34 Keep this in mind: Some of the people of this generation will still be alive when these things happen.
\v 35 You can be certain that these things I have told you about will happen. The earth and sky will disappear one day, but what I say will always be true.
\s5
@ -1996,7 +1996,7 @@ because you understand what I say.
\s5
\v 7 So all the girls got up and adjusted their lamps for burning.
\p
\p
\v 8 "The foolish girls said to the wise ones, 'Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are about to go out!'
\v 9 The wise girls replied, 'No, because there might not be enough oil for our lamps and yours. Go to the sellers and buy some for yourselves!'
@ -2132,7 +2132,7 @@ because you understand what I say.
\p
\v 23 He replied, "The one who will enable my enemies to arrest me is the one of you who is dipping bread into the sauce in the dish along with me.
\v 24 It is certain that I, the Son of Man, will die, because that is what the scriptures say about me. But there will be terrible punishment for the man who enables my enemies to arrest me! It would be better for that man if he had never been born!"
\v 25 Then Judas, the one who was going to betray him, said, "Teacher, surely it is not I!"
\v 25 Then Judas, the one who was going to betray him, said, "Teacher, surely it is not I!"
\p Jesus replied, "Yes, you are admitting it."
\s5
@ -2156,7 +2156,7 @@ because you understand what I say.
\s5
\p
\v 33 Peter replied, "Perhaps all the other disciples will desert you when they see what happens to you, but I certainly will never leave you!"
\p
\p
\v 34 Jesus replied to him, "The truth is that this very night, before the rooster crows, you will say three times that you do not know me!"
\p
\v 35 Peter said to him, "Even if they kill me while I am defending you, I will never say that I do not know you!" All the rest of the disciples also said the same thing.
@ -2225,7 +2225,7 @@ because you understand what I say.
\s5
\p
\v 65 The high priest was so upset that he tore his outer garment. Then he said, "This man has insulted God! He claims to be equal with God! We certainly do not need anyone else to testify against this man! You heard what he said!
\v 66 What do you think?"
\v 66 What do you think?"
\p The Jewish leaders replied, "According to our laws, he is guilty and deserves to be executed!"
\s5
@ -2262,7 +2262,7 @@ because you understand what I say.
\p
\v 3 Then Judas, the one who had betrayed Jesus, realized that they had decided that Jesus must die. So Judas was very sorry about what he had done, and he took the thirty coins and gave them back to the chief priests and elders.
\p
\v 4 He said, "I have sinned. I have betrayed a man who is innocent."
\v 4 He said, "I have sinned. I have betrayed a man who is innocent."
\p They replied, "That means nothing to us! That is your problem!"
\v 5 So Judas took the money and threw it into the temple courtyard. Then he went away and hanged himself.
@ -2279,7 +2279,7 @@ because you understand what I say.
\s5
\p
\v 11 Then Jesus stood in front of the governor. The governor asked him, "Do you say you are the king of the Jews?"
\v 11 Then Jesus stood in front of the governor. The governor asked him, "Do you say you are the king of the Jews?"
\p Jesus replied, "Yes, it is as you have just said."
\p
\v 12 But when the chief priests and elders accused Jesus of doing various wrong things, he did not answer.
@ -2302,14 +2302,14 @@ because you understand what I say.
\s5
\p
\v 20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowd to ask Pilate to release Barabbas and to order that Jesus be executed.
\v 21 So when the governor asked them, "Which of the two men do you want me to release for you?"
\v 21 So when the governor asked them, "Which of the two men do you want me to release for you?"
\p they replied, "Barabbas!"
\p
\v 22 Pilate asked them, "So what should I do with Jesus, whom you called the Christ?"
\v 22 Pilate asked them, "So what should I do with Jesus, whom you called the Christ?"
\p They all answered, "Command that your soldiers crucify him!"
\s5
\v 23 Pilate replied, "Why? What crime has he committed?"
\v 23 Pilate replied, "Why? What crime has he committed?"
\p But they shouted even louder, "Have him crucified!"
\p
\v 24 Pilate realized that he was accomplishing nothing. He saw that instead, the people were starting to riot. So he took a basin of water and washed his hands as the crowd was watching. He said, "By washing my hands I am showing you that if this man dies, it is your fault, not mine!"
@ -2362,7 +2362,7 @@ because you understand what I say.
\s5
\v 48 Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with sour wine. Then he put the sponge on the tip of a reed and held it up in order that Jesus could suck out the wine that was in it.
\p
\p
\v 49 But the other people there said, "Wait! Let us see if Elijah comes to save him!"
\v 50 Then after Jesus shouted out loudly again, he died, giving his spirit over to God.

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\s5
\p
\v 9 During the time when John was preaching, Jesus came from Nazareth, a town in the district of Galilee. He went to where John was preaching, and John baptized him in the Jordan River.
\v 10 Immediately after Jesus came up out of the water, he saw heaven open up and the Spirit of God descending on himself. The Spirit of God came down like a dove.
\v 10 Immediately after Jesus came up out of the water, he saw heaven open up and the Spirit of God descending on himself. The Spirit of God came down like a dove.
\v 11 God spoke from heaven and said, "You are my Son, the one whom I love dearly. I am very pleased with you."
\s5
@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
\v 42 Immediately the man was healed! He was no longer a leper!
\s5
\v 43 Jesus gave the man a warning as he was sending him away.
\v 43 Jesus gave the man a warning as he was sending him away.
\v 44 He said, "Do not tell anyone what just happened. Instead, go to a priest and show yourself to him in order that he may examine you and see that you no longer have leprosy. Then make the offering that Moses commanded for people whom God has healed from leprosy. This will be the testimony to the community that you do not have leprosy."
\s5
@ -270,10 +270,10 @@
\v 10 Later, when only the twelve disciples and other close followers were with him, they asked him about the parables.
\v 11 He said to them, "To you I will explain the message about how God reveals himself as king, but to the others I will speak in parables.
\q
\v 12 'When they see what I am doing, they will not learn.
\q When they hear what I say, they will not understand.
\q If they learned or understood,
\q they would turn to God,
\v 12 'When they see what I am doing, they will not learn.
\q When they hear what I say, they will not understand.
\q If they learned or understood,
\q they would turn to God,
\q and God would forgive them.'"
\s5
@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
\s5
\p
\v 24 "Consider carefully what you hear me say to you. For whatever size container you use, it will be filled for you.
\v 24 "Consider carefully what you hear me say to you. For whatever size container you use, it will be filled for you.
\v 25 For if a person has some understanding, he will receive even more. But if a person does not have understanding, even what little he has, he will lose."
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\v 6 When he saw Jesus in the distance getting out of the boat, he ran over to him and knelt before him.
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\v 7-8 Jesus had been saying to the evil spirit, "You evil spirit, come out of this man!"
\p
\v 7-8 Jesus had been saying to the evil spirit, "You evil spirit, come out of this man!"
\p
But the demon did not leave quickly. It shouted very loudly, "Jesus, I know that you are the Son of God, so we have nothing in common. Leave me alone! In God's name, I beg you. Do not torture me!"
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\p
\v 9 Jesus asked him, "What is your name?"
\v 9 Jesus asked him, "What is your name?"
\p
He replied, "My name is Legion because there are many of us evil spirits in this man."
\v 10 Then the evil spirits kept asking Jesus fervently that he not send them out of the region.
@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ He replied, "My name is Legion because there are many of us evil spirits in this
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\v 23 He also said to her, "Whatever you ask, I will give it to you! I will give you up to half of what I own and rule, if you ask for it."
\p
\v 24 The girl left the room and went to her mother. She told her what the king had said and asked her, "What should I ask for?"
\v 24 The girl left the room and went to her mother. She told her what the king had said and asked her, "What should I ask for?"
\p
Her mother replied, "Ask the king to give you the head of John the Baptizer!"
\p
@ -510,11 +510,11 @@ Her mother replied, "Ask the king to give you the head of John the Baptizer!"
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\p
\v 37 But he replied to them, "No, you yourselves give them something to eat!"
\v 37 But he replied to them, "No, you yourselves give them something to eat!"
\p
They replied to him, "We could not buy enough bread to feed this crowd, even if we had as much money as a man earns by working 200 days!
\p
\v 38 But he replied to them, "How many loaves of bread do you have? Go and find out!"
\v 38 But he replied to them, "How many loaves of bread do you have? Go and find out!"
\p
They went and found out and then they told him, "We have only five flat loaves and two cooked fish!"
@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ For example, they refuse to eat until they first wash their hands with a special
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\p
\v 5 Jesus asked them, "How many loaves of bread do you have?"
\v 5 Jesus asked them, "How many loaves of bread do you have?"
\p
They replied, "We have seven flat loaves."
\p
@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ They replied, "We have seven flat loaves."
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\v 18 You have eyes, but you do not understand what you see! You have ears, but you do not understand what I say!" Then he asked, "Do you not remember what happened
\v 19 when I broke only five loaves and fed the five thousand people? Not only was everyone satisfied, but there was food left over! How many baskets of pieces of bread that were left over did you collect?"
\v 19 when I broke only five loaves and fed the five thousand people? Not only was everyone satisfied, but there was food left over! How many baskets of pieces of bread that were left over did you collect?"
\p
They replied, "We collected twelve baskets full."
@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ They replied, "We collected twelve baskets full."
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\p
\v 29 He asked them, "What about you? Who do you say that I am?"
\v 29 He asked them, "What about you? Who do you say that I am?"
\p
Peter replied to him, "You are the Christ."
\p
@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ Peter replied to him, "You are the Christ."
\v 7 Then a shining cloud appeared that covered them. God spoke to them from the cloud, saying, "This is my Son. He is the one whom I love. Therefore, listen to him!"
\v 8 When the three disciples looked around, they saw that suddenly Jesus was alone with them, and that there was no longer anyone else there.
\p
\p
\v 9 While they were coming down the mountain, Jesus told them that they should not tell anyone yet what had just happened to him. He said, "You may tell them after I, the Son of Man, rise from the dead after I die."
\v 10 So they did not tell others about it for a long time. But they discussed among themselves what it meant when he said that he would rise from the dead.
@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ Peter replied to him, "You are the Christ."
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\v 20 So they brought the boy to Jesus. As soon as the evil spirit saw Jesus, it shook the boy severely, and the boy fell on the ground. He rolled around and foamed at the mouth.
\v 21 Jesus asked the boy's father, "How long has he been like this?"
\v 21 Jesus asked the boy's father, "How long has he been like this?"
\p
He replied, "This started to happen when he was a child.
\v 22 The spirit does not only do this, but he also often throws him into the fire or into the water in order to kill him. Pity us and help us, if you can!"
@ -825,11 +825,11 @@ He replied, "This started to happen when he was a child.
\p
\v 42 Jesus also said, "But if you cause someone who believes in me to sin, God will severely punish you, even if that person is socially unimportant like this little child. If someone tied a heavy stone around your neck and threw you into the sea, it would be better for you than if God punished you for causing a person who believes in me to sin.
\v 43 So if you are wanting to use one of your hands to sin, do not use it! Even if you have to cut your hand off and throw it away to avoid sinning, do it! It is good if you live eternally even though you lack one of your hands while you are here on earth. But it is not good if you sin and as a result God throws your whole body into hell.
\v 44 \f + \ft The best ancient copies do not have this text, and verse 44 is not included in the UDB. \fqa In that place the worms that eat their decaying bodies never die, and the fire that burns them is never put out. \fqa* This text does occur in verse 48. \f*
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\v 45 If you are wanting to use one of your feet to sin, do not use it! Even if you have to cut off your foot to avoid sinning, do it! It is good if you live eternally even though you lack one of your feet while you are here on earth. But it is not good if you sin and as a result God throws your whole body into hell.
\v 46 \f + \ft The best ancient copies do not have this text, and verse 46 is not included in the UDB. \fqa In that place the worms that eat their decaying bodies never die, and the fire that burns them is never put out. \fqa* This text does occur in verse 48. \f*
\v 44 \f + \ft The best ancient copies do not have this text, and verse 44 is not included in the UDB. \fqa In that place the worms that eat their decaying bodies never die, and the fire that burns them is never put out. \fqa* This text does occur in verse 48. \f*
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\v 45 If you are wanting to use one of your feet to sin, do not use it! Even if you have to cut off your foot to avoid sinning, do it! It is good if you live eternally even though you lack one of your feet while you are here on earth. But it is not good if you sin and as a result God throws your whole body into hell.
\v 46 \f + \ft The best ancient copies do not have this text, and verse 46 is not included in the UDB. \fqa In that place the worms that eat their decaying bodies never die, and the fire that burns them is never put out. \fqa* This text does occur in verse 48. \f*
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\v 47 If because of what you see you are tempted to sin, stop looking at those things! Even if you have to gouge out your eye and throw it away to avoid sinning, do it! It is better to have only one eye and be one of God's people than for him to throw you with two eyes into hell.
@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ He replied, "This started to happen when he was a child.
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\v 29 Jesus replied, "I want you to know this: Those who have left their houses, their brothers, their sisters, their father, their mother, their children, or their plots of ground for me and for the good news,
\v 29 Jesus replied, "I want you to know this: Those who have left their houses, their brothers, their sisters, their father, their mother, their children, or their plots of ground for me and for the good news,
\v 30 they will receive in this life a hundred times as much as they left behind. That will include houses and people as dear as brothers and sisters and mothers and children, and plots of ground. Furthermore, although people will persecute them here on earth because they believe in me, in the future age they will have eternal life.
\v 31 But I warn you all: Many who now consider themselves to be very important will be unimportant at that future time, and many who now consider themselves to be unimportant will be very important at that future time!"
@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ He replied, "This started to happen when he was a child.
\p
\v 38 But Jesus said to them, "You do not understand what you are asking for." Then he asked them, "Can you endure suffering like I am about to suffer? Can you die the kind of death I am about to die?"
\p
\v 39 They said to him, "Yes, we are able to do that!"
\v 39 They said to him, "Yes, we are able to do that!"
\p
Then Jesus said to them, "It is true that you will endure suffering like I will suffer, and others will kill you as they will kill me.
\v 40 But I am not the one who chooses who will sit next to me. God will give those places to the ones whom he chooses in advance."
@ -949,14 +949,14 @@ Then Jesus said to them, "It is true that you will endure suffering like I will
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\p
\v 49 Jesus stopped and said, "Call him to come over here!"
\v 49 Jesus stopped and said, "Call him to come over here!"
\p
They called the blind man, saying, "Jesus is calling you! So cheer up and get up and come!"
\v 50 He threw aside his cloak as he jumped up, and he came to Jesus.
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\p
\v 51 Jesus asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?"
\v 51 Jesus asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?"
\p
The blind man said to him, "Teacher, I want to be able to see again!"
\p
@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ The blind man said to him, "Teacher, I want to be able to see again!"
\p
\v 31 They debated among themselves as to what they should answer. They said to each other, "If we say that it was God who authorized him, he will say to us, 'Then you should have believed what John said!'
\v 32 On the other hand, if we say that it was people who authorized John, then what will happen to us?" They were afraid to say that about John, because they knew that the people would be very angry with them. They knew that all the people truly believed that John was a prophet whom God had sent.
\v 33 So they answered Jesus, "We do not know from whom John received his authority."
\v 33 So they answered Jesus, "We do not know from whom John received his authority."
\p
Then Jesus said to them, "Because you did not answer my question, I will not tell you who authorized me to do those things here yesterday."
@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ Then Jesus said to them, "Because you did not answer my question, I will not tel
\v 15 Jesus knew that they did not really want to know what God wanted them to do. So he said to them, "I know that you are just trying to make me say something wrong for which you can accuse me. But I will answer your question anyway. Bring me a coin so that I might look at it."
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\v 16 After they had brought him a coin, he asked them, "Whose picture is on this coin? And whose name is on it?"
\v 16 After they had brought him a coin, he asked them, "Whose picture is on this coin? And whose name is on it?"
\p
They replied, "It is a picture and the name of Caesar."
\p
@ -1334,15 +1334,15 @@ They replied, "It is a picture and the name of Caesar."
\v 60 Then the high priest himself stood up in front of them and said to Jesus, "Are you not going to reply? What do you say about all the things that they are saying in order to accuse you?"
\v 61 But Jesus was silent and did not reply. Then the high priest tried again. He asked him, "Are you the Christ? Do you say that you are the Son of the only God that we should praise?"
\p
\v 62 Jesus said,
\q1 "I am. Furthermore, you will see me, the Son of Man,
\q2 ruling beside the Almighty, the one who has complete power.
\q1 You will also see me coming with the clouds of heaven,
\v 62 Jesus said,
\q1 "I am. Furthermore, you will see me, the Son of Man,
\q2 ruling beside the Almighty, the one who has complete power.
\q1 You will also see me coming with the clouds of heaven,
\q2 as the scriptures predicted that the Christ would return!"
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\p
\v 63 When Jesus said this, the high priest tore his own outer garment in protest, and the high priest said, "Do we need more witnesses to testify against this man?
\v 63 When Jesus said this, the high priest tore his own outer garment in protest, and the high priest said, "Do we need more witnesses to testify against this man?
\v 64 You have heard his blasphemy! He claims to be God!" They all agreed that Jesus was guilty and that he deserved to be put to death.
\p
\v 65 Then some of them began spitting on Jesus. They put a blindfold on him, and then they began striking him and saying to him, "If you are a prophet, tell us who hit you!" And those who were guarding Jesus struck him with their hands.
@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ They replied, "It is a picture and the name of Caesar."
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\p
\v 14 Then Pilate said to them, "Why? What crime has he committed?"
\v 14 Then Pilate said to them, "Why? What crime has he committed?"
\p
But they shouted even louder, "Crucify him!"
\v 15 So because Pilate wanted to please the crowd, he released Barabbas to them. Then his soldiers flogged Jesus; after that, Pilate told them to take him away and crucify him.
@ -1481,7 +1481,7 @@ But they shouted even louder, "Crucify him!"
\v 8 The women went outside and ran from the tomb. They were trembling because they were afraid, and they were astonished. But they did not say anything to anyone about this because they were afraid.
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\p
\p
\v 9 When Jesus became alive again early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary from Magdala. She was the woman from whom he had previously forced out seven evil spirits.
\v 10 She went to those who had been with Jesus, while they were mourning and crying. She told them what she had seen.
\v 11 But when she told them that Jesus was alive again and that she had seen him, they refused to believe it.

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\v 26 When Elizabeth had been pregnant for almost six months, God sent the angel Gabriel to the town of Nazareth in the district of Galilee.
\v 26 When Elizabeth had been pregnant for almost six months, God sent the angel Gabriel to the town of Nazareth in the district of Galilee.
\v 27 He went there to speak to a virgin who was engaged to be married to a man named Joseph, who was a descendant of King David. The virgin's name was Mary.
\v 28 The angel said to her, "Greetings! The Lord is with you and has shown great kindness to you!"
\v 29 But Mary felt very troubled when she heard his greeting. She wondered what the angel meant by these words.
@ -337,7 +337,7 @@
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\p
\v 14 Some soldiers asked him, "And us? What should we do?"
\v 14 Some soldiers asked him, "And us? What should we do?"
\p
He said to them, "Do not force people to give you money by threatening them, and do not falsely accuse anyone of doing something wrong! Be content with the amount of money you earn."
@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ He said to them, "Do not force people to give you money by threatening them, and
\q1 He has sent me here to proclaim that the captives will go free,
\q1 and I will tell those who are blind that they will see again.
\q1 I will free people who have been oppressed.
\q1
\q1
\v 19 He sent me here to declare that now is the time when the Lord will act favorably toward people."
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@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ He said to them, "Do not force people to give you money by threatening them, and
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\p
\v 42 The next morning Jesus went out to an uninhabited place. Crowds of people were looking for him and when they came to where he was, they tried to keep him from leaving them.
\v 42 The next morning Jesus went out to an uninhabited place. Crowds of people were looking for him and when they came to where he was, they tried to keep him from leaving them.
\v 43 But he said to them, "I must tell people in other cities also the message about how God is going to rule everyone, because that is what I was sent to do."
\v 44 So he kept preaching in the synagogues in various towns in the province of Judea.
@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ He said to them, "Do not force people to give you money by threatening them, and
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\v 39 When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw what the woman was doing, he thought, "If this man were really a prophet, he would have known who this woman is who is touching him, and what kind of person she is, that she is a sinner. "
\p
\v 40 In response, Jesus said to him, "Simon, there is something I want to tell you."
\v 40 In response, Jesus said to him, "Simon, there is something I want to tell you."
\p
He replied, "Teacher, what is it?"
@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ He replied, "Teacher, what is it?"
\v 41 Jesus told him this story: "Two people owed money to a man who had a business lending money to people. One of these people owed him five hundred silver coins, and the other one owed him fifty silver coins.
\v 42 Neither of them was able to pay back what he owed, so the man very kindly said that they did not have to pay back anything. So, which of those two men will love that man more?"
\p
\v 43 Simon replied, "I assume that the one who had owed him the most money will love him more."
\v 43 Simon replied, "I assume that the one who had owed him the most money will love him more."
\p
Jesus said to him, "You are correct."
@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ Jesus said to him, "You are correct."
\p
\v 24 So Jesus's disciples came to him and woke him up. They said to him, "Master! Master! We are going to die!" He then woke up and commanded the wind and the violent waves to be still, and they became still. Everything became calm.
\p
\v 25 Then he said to them, "Why is your faith so weak?"
\v 25 Then he said to them, "Why is your faith so weak?"
\p
The disciples were alarmed and amazed because of what had just happened. They kept saying to one another, "Who is this, that he is able to command even the winds and the water, and they obey him?"
@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ The disciples were alarmed and amazed because of what had just happened. They ke
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\p
\v 30 Then Jesus asked him, "What is your name?"
\v 30 Then Jesus asked him, "What is your name?"
\p
He replied, "My name is Thousands." He said that because many demons had entered that man.
\v 31 The demons kept begging Jesus not to command them to go into the deep pit where God punishes demons.
@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ He replied, "My name is Thousands." He said that because many demons had entered
\v 37 Then many people from the surrounding region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave their area because they were very afraid. So Jesus and the disciples got into the boat to go back across the lake.
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\v 38 Before they left, the man from whom the demons had gone out begged Jesus saying, "Please, let me go with you!"
\v 38 Before they left, the man from whom the demons had gone out begged Jesus saying, "Please, let me go with you!"
\p
But instead, Jesus sent him away by saying to him,
\v 39 "No, go back to your house and tell people how much God has done for you!" So the man went away and told people throughout the town how much Jesus had done for him.
@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ But instead, Jesus sent him away by saying to him,
\v 44 She came behind Jesus and touched the edge of his robe. At once her bleeding stopped.
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\v 45 Jesus said, "Who touched me?"
\v 45 Jesus said, "Who touched me?"
\p
As everyone around Jesus was saying they had not touched him, Peter said, "Master, there are many people crowding around you and pressing up against you, so any one of them might have touched you!"
\p
@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ As everyone around Jesus was saying they had not touched him, Peter said, "Maste
\p
\v 12 Now it was getting late in the day, so the twelve disciples came to him and said, "Please send this large crowd of people away so that they can go to the surrounding villages and farms to get some food and find places to stay, since we are out here in this isolated place."
\p
\v 13 But he said to them, "You must give them something to eat!"
\v 13 But he said to them, "You must give them something to eat!"
\p
They replied, "All we have are five small loaves of bread and two small fish. We could never go buy enough food for all these people!"
\p
@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ They replied, "All we have are five small loaves of bread and two small fish. We
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\p
\v 20 He asked them, "What about you? Who do you say that I am?"
\v 20 He asked them, "What about you? Who do you say that I am?"
\p
Peter replied, "You are the Christ who belongs to God."
\p
@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ Peter replied, "You are the Christ who belongs to God."
\v 58 Jesus replied, "Foxes have holes in the ground to live in, and birds have nests, but I, the Son of Man, do not have a home to sleep in!"
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\v 59 Jesus told a different person, "Follow me!"
\v 59 Jesus told a different person, "Follow me!"
\p
But that person said, "Lord, let me first go home and bury my father after he dies."
\p
@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ But that person said, "Lord, let me first go home and bury my father after he di
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\v 36 Then Jesus said, "Three people saw the man whom bandits attacked. Which one of them showed he was a true neighbor to the man?"
\p
\v 37 The teacher of the law replied, "The one who acted mercifully toward him."
\v 37 The teacher of the law replied, "The one who acted mercifully toward him."
\p
Jesus said to him, "Yes, so now you should go and act like that toward everyone whom you can help!"
@ -1476,13 +1476,13 @@ Jesus said to him, "Yes, so now you should go and act like that toward everyone
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\v 22 Jesus continued traveling toward Jerusalem. He stopped in all the towns and villages along the way and taught the people.
\v 23 Someone asked him, "Lord, will God only save a few people?"
\v 23 Someone asked him, "Lord, will God only save a few people?"
\p
Jesus replied,
\v 24 "You need to try hard to enter the narrow doorway. I tell you that many people will try some other way, but they will not be able to get in.
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\v 25 After the owner of the house gets up and locks the door, you will stand outside and you will knock on the door. And you will beg the owner and say to him, 'Lord, open the door for us!'
\v 25 After the owner of the house gets up and locks the door, you will stand outside and you will knock on the door. And you will beg the owner and say to him, 'Lord, open the door for us!'
\p
But he will reply, 'No, I will not open it, because I do not know you, and I do not know where you are from!'
\p
@ -1666,11 +1666,11 @@ But he will reply, 'No, I will not open it, because I do not know you, and I do
\s5
\v 5 So one by one he asked everyone who owed his master money to come to him. He asked the first one, 'How much do you owe my master?'
\p
\v 6 The man replied, '2,200 liters of olive oil.'
\v 6 The man replied, '2,200 liters of olive oil.'
\p
The manager said to him, 'Take your bill, sit down, and quickly change it to 1,100 liters!'
\p
\v 7 He said to another man, 'How much do you owe?'
\v 7 He said to another man, 'How much do you owe?'
\p
The man replied, 'I owe you 22,000 liters of wheat.' The manager said to him, 'Take your bill and change it to 17,600 liters!'
@ -1678,7 +1678,7 @@ The man replied, 'I owe you 22,000 liters of wheat.' The manager said to him, 'T
\v 8 When the master heard what his manager had done, he praised the dishonest manager for being so shrewd. The truth is, the people who belong to this world are wiser than the people who belong to God in how they relate to the people around them.
\v 9 I tell you, use the money you have in this world to make friends for yourself. Then when the money is gone, you will have friends who will welcome you into the eternal homes.
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\v 10 People who faithfully manage only small amounts of money can also be trusted with much more. People who are dishonest in the way they handle unimportant duties will be dishonest in the way they handle important matters.
\v 11 So if you have not faithfully handled the money God has given you from this world, he will certainly not let you have the true riches of heaven.
\v 12 If you have not faithfully managed property that belongs to other people, you should not expect anyone to give you property of your own.
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\p
\v 37 His disciples said to him, "Lord, where will this happen?"
\v 37 His disciples said to him, "Lord, where will this happen?"
\p
He replied to them, "Wherever there is a dead body, the vultures will gather to eat it."
He replied to them, "Wherever there is a dead body, the vultures will gather to eat it."
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@ -1904,7 +1904,7 @@ He replied to them, "Wherever there is a dead body, the vultures will gather to
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\p
\v 40 Jesus stopped walking and commanded the people to bring the man to him. When the blind man came near, Jesus asked him,
\v 41 "What do you want me to do for you?"
\v 41 "What do you want me to do for you?"
\p
He replied, "Lord, I want you to enable me to see!"
@ -2064,7 +2064,7 @@ He replied, "Lord, I want you to enable me to see!"
\s5
\v 15 So they dragged him outside the vineyard and killed him. So I will tell you what the owner of the vineyard will do to them!
\v 16 He will come and kill those men who were taking care of the vineyard. Then he will arrange for other people to take care of it."
\v 16 He will come and kill those men who were taking care of the vineyard. Then he will arrange for other people to take care of it."
\p
When the people listening to Jesus heard this, they said, "May a situation like this never happen!"
@ -2086,9 +2086,9 @@ When the people listening to Jesus heard this, they said, "May a situation like
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\p
\v 23 But he knew that they were trying to trick him to get him into trouble, either with the Jews, who hated to pay those taxes, or with the Roman government.
\v 23 But he knew that they were trying to trick him to get him into trouble, either with the Jews, who hated to pay those taxes, or with the Roman government.
So he said to them,
\v 24 "Show me a Roman coin. Then tell me whose picture is on it. And tell me whose name is on it."
\v 24 "Show me a Roman coin. Then tell me whose picture is on it. And tell me whose name is on it."
\p
So they showed him a coin and said, "It has the picture and name of Caesar, the head of the Roman government."
@ -2302,7 +2302,7 @@ So they showed him a coin and said, "It has the picture and name of Caesar, the
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\v 35 Then Jesus asked the disciples, "When I sent you out to the villages, and you went without any money, food, or sandals, was there anything you needed but could not get?"
\v 35 Then Jesus asked the disciples, "When I sent you out to the villages, and you went without any money, food, or sandals, was there anything you needed but could not get?"
\p
They replied, "Nothing!"
\p
@ -2311,7 +2311,7 @@ They replied, "Nothing!"
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\v 37 I tell you this because what a prophet wrote about me in the scriptures must happen: 'People considered him to be a criminal.' Everything that is written about me in the scriptures is happening.
\p
\v 38 The disciples said, "Lord, look! We have two swords!"
\v 38 The disciples said, "Lord, look! We have two swords!"
\p
He replied, "Enough. Do not talk like this any longer."
@ -2357,7 +2357,7 @@ He replied, "Enough. Do not talk like this any longer."
\p
\v 57 But he denied it, saying, "Woman, I do not know him!"
\p
\v 58 A little later someone else saw Peter and said, "You also are one of those who were with the man they arrested!"
\v 58 A little later someone else saw Peter and said, "You also are one of those who were with the man they arrested!"
\p
But Peter said, "Man, I am not one of them!"
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\p
\v 66 At dawn the next morning, many of the Jewish leaders gathered together. In this group were the chief priests and the men who taught the Jewish laws. They took Jesus to the Jewish council chamber. There they said to him,
\v 67 "If you are the Christ, tell us!"
\v 67 "If you are the Christ, tell us!"
\p
But he replied, "If I say that I am he, you will not believe me.
\v 68 If I ask you a question, you will not give me an answer.
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\v 69 But from now on, I, the Son of Man, will be sitting next to almighty God and ruling!"
\p
\v 70 Then they all asked, "If that is so, are you saying that you are the Son of God?"
\v 70 Then they all asked, "If that is so, are you saying that you are the Son of God?"
\p
He answered, "Yes, it is just as you say."
\v 71 Then they said to each other, "We certainly do not need any more people to testify against him! We ourselves have heard him say that he is equal to God!"
@ -2402,7 +2402,7 @@ He answered, "Yes, it is just as you say."
\s5
\p
\v 3 Pilate then asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"
\v 3 Pilate then asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"
\p
Jesus replied, "Yes, it is just as you have asked me."
\p
@ -2559,7 +2559,7 @@ Jesus replied, "Yes, it is just as you have asked me."
\s5
\p
\v 19 He said to them, "What events?"
\v 19 He said to them, "What events?"
\p
They replied, "The things that happened to Jesus, the man from Nazareth, who was a prophet. God enabled him to perform great miracles and to teach wonderful messages. The people thought he was wonderful.
\v 20 But our chief priests and leaders handed him over to the Roman authorities. The authorities sentenced him to die, and they killed him by nailing him to a cross.

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\v 16 We have all benefited very much from what he has done. Again and again, he has acted very kindly toward us.
\v 17 God gave Moses his law. That law showed us our failures and sin. But how much greater is the person and work of Jesus Christ. He was kind and forgiving to us when we had broken God's law, and he forgave us, and he taught us the truth about God.
\v 17 God gave Moses his law. That law showed us our failures and sin. But how much greater is the person and work of Jesus Christ. He was kind and forgiving to us when we had broken God's law, and he forgave us, and he taught us the truth about God.
\v 18 No one has ever seen God. But Jesus Christ, the Only Son, who himself is God, is always close to the Father. Christ has shown us what God is like.
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@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ John answered, "No."
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\v 34 Jesus said, "I will tell what I am most hungry for: It is to do what my Father who sent me wants and to complete all his work.
\v 35 At this time of the year you usually say, 'There are four months left, and then we will harvest the crops.' Yet look all around you! The fields are ready for harvest at this moment.
\v 35 At this time of the year you usually say, 'There are four months left, and then we will harvest the crops.' Yet look all around you! The fields are ready for harvest at this moment.
\v 36 The one who believes this and is ready to work in this kind of harvest is already receiving his payment and is gathering much fruit for eternal life. Those who sow the seed and those who reap the harvest will be glad together.
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@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ John answered, "No."
\p
\v 1 Then the time came for another Jewish festival, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem for it.
\v 2 There is in Jerusalem, beside one of the gates going into the city, a place called the Sheep Gate. At that gate there is a pool called Bethesda (as it said in Aramaic). Next to the pool are five roofed porches or colonnades.
\v 3-4 A great number of people were there who could not take care of themselves. There, next to the pool, were people who were blind, people who could not walk, and even people who were paralyzed.
\v 3-4 A great number of people were there who could not take care of themselves. There, next to the pool, were people who were blind, people who could not walk, and even people who were paralyzed.
\s5
\v 5 One man was there next to the pool who had been sick for thirty-eight years.
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\p
\v 41 Isaiah wrote those words long ago because, as a prophet, he could see and understand the glory of Christ and he wrote about him in his prophecy.
\v 41 Isaiah wrote those words long ago because, as a prophet, he could see and understand the glory of Christ and he wrote about him in his prophecy.
\p
\v 42 Although this was true, many of the leaders of the Jewish people put their trust in Jesus. Nevertheless, they greatly feared that the Pharisees would ban them from the synagogues, so they did not speak out about trusting in Jesus.
\v 43 They preferred that other people honor and respect them rather than that God would honor them.
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\v 12 While I was with them, I kept them safe and watched over them by your own power. Not one of them was lost, except the one whom you had destined for destruction, as the scriptures foretold long ago.
\p
\v 13 "Now I am coming to you, Father. I have said these things while I am here in the world so that I may give them my complete joy.
\v 13 "Now I am coming to you, Father. I have said these things while I am here in the world so that I may give them my complete joy.
\v 14 I have spoken your messages to them, and the world has hated them and would not listen to your message. The world hated them because, like me, they do not belong to this world, but they have another home.
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@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ John answered, "No."
\p
\v 4 Pilate came outside again and said to the people, "Look, I am bringing him out to you so that you can know that I find no reason to punish him."
\v 5 So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Look, here is the man!"
\p
\p
\v 6 When the chief priests and temple guards saw him, they shouted, "Crucify him! Crucify him!"
\p Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and crucify him! As for me, I find no reason to punish him."
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\v 10 So Pilate said to him, "Will you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you, and I also have authority to crucify you?"
\q
\q
\v 11 Jesus answered him, "You would have no authority over me at all, if God had not given it to you. So the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a worse sin."
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@ -1657,12 +1657,12 @@ John answered, "No."
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\v 14 Now it was the day before the Passover Festival, the day of preparation. It was almost noontime when Pilate said to the Jews, "See, here is your king!"
\p
\v 15 They shouted, "Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!"
\p Pilate said to them, "Should I crucify your king?"
\v 15 They shouted, "Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!"
\p Pilate said to them, "Should I crucify your king?"
\p The chief priests replied, "We have no king but Caesar!"
\p
\v 16 So Pilate handed Jesus over to them, and they took him away.
\q
\q
\p
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@ -1692,7 +1692,7 @@ John answered, "No."
\v 25 The soldiers did those things.
\p Jesus's mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene were all standing near his cross.
\v 26 When Jesus saw his mother standing there and John, the disciple whom he especially loved, standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Mother, here is the one who will act like a son to you."
\q
\q
\v 27 And he said to the disciple, "Here is your mother!" So from that very moment, that disciple took her to live in his home.
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\s5
\v 40 They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in strips of linen cloth, and they packed the wrappings full with all the spices.
\v 41 Now in the place where Jesus was crucified was a garden, and at the edge of the garden was a new tomb in which no one had been buried.
\v 42 The Passover was about to begin that evening, and they chose the tomb where they would bury Jesus because it was close at hand. That is where they laid the body of Jesus.
\v 42 The Passover was about to begin that evening, and they chose the tomb where they would bury Jesus because it was close at hand. That is where they laid the body of Jesus.
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\c 20
@ -1753,20 +1753,20 @@ John answered, "No."
\v 11 Mary was left standing just outside the tomb, weeping. As she wept, she bent down and looked into the tomb.
\v 12 She saw two angels dressed in white robes sitting on the very place where Jesus's body had been, one at the head, the other at the feet.
\p
\v 13 They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?"
\v 13 They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?"
\q She said to them, "They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have put him!"
\s5
\v 14 After she said that, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was he.
\q
\v 15 He said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? For whom are you looking?"
\q
\v 15 He said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? For whom are you looking?"
\q She thought the man speaking to her was the gardener, and she said to him, "Sir, if you carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him."
\p
\s5
\v 16 Jesus said to her, "Mary."
\v 16 Jesus said to her, "Mary."
\q She turned and said to him in Aramaic, "Rabboni!" (which means "Teacher").
\q
\q
\v 17 Jesus said to her, "Do not touch me, for I have not yet gone up to heaven to be with my Father. Go to my disciples and tell them, 'I am about to return to heaven to be with my Father and your Father, to the one who is my God and your God.'"
\q
\v 18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples and announced, "I have seen the Lord"—and she reported to them what Jesus had said to her.
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\s5
\p
\v 24 Now Thomas, one of the twelve, who was called "The Twin," was not with the other disciples when Jesus came to them.
\v 25 The other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord."
\v 25 The other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord."
\q However, he said to them, "Unless I see the marks of the nails in his hands and put my fingers in the holes made by the nails, and unless I put my hand into the gaping wound in his side, I will never put my trust in him."
\s5
@ -1793,11 +1793,11 @@ John answered, "No."
\v 26 Eight days later, his disciples were again inside the house, and this time Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them, and he said to them all, "May God give you peace."
\q
\v 27 Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands, and put out your hand and place it in my side! Stop doubting that it is I; put your trust in me."
\q
\q
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\v 28 Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"
\q
\q
\v 29 Jesus said to him, "Now you believe that I have risen because you see me. Yet God gives great happiness to those who have not seen me and still believe."
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@ -1810,20 +1810,20 @@ John answered, "No."
\p
\v 1 After that, Jesus appeared to the disciples by Lake Tiberias (also known as the Sea of Galilee). He made himself known in this way:
\v 2 Simon Peter, Thomas (called "The Twin"), Nathaniel of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee (James and John), and two other disciples were together.
\v 3 Simon Peter said to the others, "I am going fishing."
\v 3 Simon Peter said to the others, "I am going fishing."
\q They said, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.
\p
\s5
\v 4 In the morning as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.
\q
\v 5 Jesus said to them, "My friends, do you have any fish?"
\q
\v 5 Jesus said to them, "My friends, do you have any fish?"
\q They said, "No."
\q
\q
\v 6 He said to them, "Throw your net out off the right side of the boat and you will find some." They cast it as he told them, and they caught so many fish in the net that they were unable to pull the net into the boat!
\s5
\v 7 John, the disciple whom Jesus especially loved, said to Peter, "It is the Lord!"
\v 7 John, the disciple whom Jesus especially loved, said to Peter, "It is the Lord!"
\q When Simon Peter heard him say this, he tucked up his outer garment around himself (he had worn almost nothing while working), and jumped into the water.
\v 8 The other disciples came to shore in the boat, pulling behind the net full of fish. They were not far from shore, only ninety meters away.
\v 9 When they got to shore, they saw a charcoal fire ready and hot, with fish cooking on it, and there was some bread.
@ -1841,20 +1841,20 @@ John answered, "No."
\s5
\p
\v 15 When they finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these others love me?"
\q Peter said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know I love you."
\v 15 When they finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these others love me?"
\q Peter said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know I love you."
\q Jesus said, "Feed my lambs."
\p
\v 16 Jesus said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?"
\q He replied, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."
\v 16 Jesus said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?"
\q He replied, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."
\q Jesus said to him, "Be a shepherd to my sheep."
\p
\p
\s5
\v 17 Jesus said to him a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?"
\q Peter was grieved because Jesus asked him three times, "Do you love me?" Peter said, "Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you."
\v 17 Jesus said to him a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?"
\q Peter was grieved because Jesus asked him three times, "Do you love me?" Peter said, "Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you."
\q Jesus said, "Feed my sheep.
\p
\p
\v 18 "I am telling you the truth: When you were young, you put your own clothes on and you walked about wherever you wanted to go. However, when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone will dress you and will lead you where you do not want to go."
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\v 15 Some of you think that we are drunk, but we are not drunk. It is only nine o'clock in the morning, and people here never get drunk at this time of the day!
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\v 16 Instead, what has happened to us is the miraculous thing that the prophet Joel wrote about long ago. He wrote:
\p
\v 16 Instead, what has happened to us is the miraculous thing that the prophet Joel wrote about long ago. He wrote:
\p
\v 17 "'During the last days, God says, I will give my Holy Spirit to all people, and your sons and daughters will tell people my messages, and I will give visions to the young men and I will give dreams to the old men.
\s5
@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
\v 1 One day Peter and John were going to the temple courtyard. It was three o'clock in the afternoon, at the time when people prayed there.
\v 2 There was a man who had not been able to walk from the time he was born. People were carrying him to the temple gate called Beautiful. Every day they put him there so he could ask people who were going into the temple courtyard to give him some money.
\p
\v 3 As Peter and John were about to enter the temple courtyard, he began to ask them to give him some money.
\v 3 As Peter and John were about to enter the temple courtyard, he began to ask them to give him some money.
\s5
\v 4 As Peter and John looked directly at him, Peter said to him, "Look at us!"
@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
\s5
\p
\v 8 As the Holy Spirit gave Peter power, Peter said to them, "You rulers of the people of Israel, and all of you who are elders, listen to me!
\v 9 Today you are questioning us about a good deed we did for a man who could not walk, and you ask us how he became healed.
\v 9 Today you are questioning us about a good deed we did for a man who could not walk, and you ask us how he became healed.
\v 10 It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth that this man was healed, so that he is now able to stand before you. It was you who nailed Jesus to a cross and killed him, but God caused him to become alive again.
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@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
\v 24 When the believers heard this, they all agreed as they prayed to God together, "O Lord! You made the sky, the earth and the oceans, and everything in them.
\v 25 The Holy Spirit caused our ancestor King David, who served you, to write these words:
\q 'Why did the nations of the world become angry
\q and why do people make their foolish plans?
\q and why do people make their foolish plans?
\q
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@ -474,7 +474,7 @@
\v 22 Moses was taught all the learning that the people in Egypt knew, and when he grew up, he spoke and did things powerfully.
\p
\v 23 "One day, when Moses was about forty years old, he decided that he would go and visit his relatives, the children of Israel.
\v 24 He saw an Egyptian mistreating one of the Israelites, and he went and helped the Israelite, and he took revenge on the Egyptian and killed him.
\v 24 He saw an Egyptian mistreating one of the Israelites, and he went and helped the Israelite, and he took revenge on the Egyptian and killed him.
\v 25 Moses thought his own people would understand that God had sent him to free them from being slaves. But they did not understand.
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\p
\v 1 There was a man who lived in the city of Caesarea whose name was Cornelius. He was an officer who commanded one hundred men in a large group of Roman soldiers from Italy.
\v 1 There was a man who lived in the city of Caesarea whose name was Cornelius. He was an officer who commanded one hundred men in a large group of Roman soldiers from Italy.
\v 2 He always tried to do what would please God; he and his entire household worshiped God. He sometimes gave much money to help poor people, and he prayed to God regularly.
\s5
\p
\v 3 One day, at about three o'clock in the afternoon, Cornelius saw a vision. He clearly saw an angel whom God had sent. He saw the angel coming into his room and saying to him, "Cornelius!"
\p
\v 4 Cornelius stared at the angel and became terrified. Then he asked fearfully, "Sir, what do you want?"
\v 4 Cornelius stared at the angel and became terrified. Then he asked fearfully, "Sir, what do you want?"
\p The angel who was sent from God answered him, "You have pleased God because you have been praying regularly to him and you often give money to help poor people. Those things have been like a memorial offering to God.
\v 5 So now command some men to go to Joppa and tell them to bring back a man named Simon, whose other name is Peter.
\v 6 He is staying with a man, also named Simon, who makes leather. His house is near the ocean."
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\v 30 Cornelius replied, "About this time three days ago, I was praying to God in my house, as I regularly do at three o'clock in the afternoon. Suddenly a man whose clothes shone brightly stood in front of me
\v 31 and said, 'Cornelius, God has heard your prayer. He has also noticed that you have often given money to help poor people, and he is pleased with that.
\v 32 So now, send messengers to go to the city of Joppa in order to ask Simon, whose other name is Peter, to come here. He is staying near the ocean in a house that belongs to another man named Simon, who makes leather.'
\v 33 So I immediately sent some men who asked you to come here, and I certainly thank you for coming.
\v 33 So I immediately sent some men who asked you to come here, and I certainly thank you for coming.
\p Now we all are gathered here, knowing that God is with us, in order to hear all the things that the Lord has commanded you to say. So please speak to us."
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\v 18 Even though they repeatedly disobeyed him, he endured their behavior for about forty years while they were in the wilderness.
\s5
\v 19 After God destroyed the seven peoples who were then living in the region of Canaan, he gave that land to the people of Israel to possess it and live in it.
\v 19 After God destroyed the seven peoples who were then living in the region of Canaan, he gave that land to the people of Israel to possess it and live in it.
\v 20 All of these things happened about 450 years after their ancestors had gone to Egypt.
\s5
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\p
\v 23 "From among David's descendants, God brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, just as he had promised.
\v 23 "From among David's descendants, God brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, just as he had promised.
\v 24 Before Jesus began his work, John the Baptizer preached to all the people of Israel who came to him. He told them that they should turn away from their sinful behavior and ask God to forgive them. Then he would baptize them.
\v 25 When John was about to finish the work that God gave him to do, he was saying, 'Do you think that I am the Christ? No, I am not. But listen! The Christ will soon come. He is coming after me, and I am not good enough to untie the sandals on his feet.'
@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@
\p
\v 14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about that, they were very upset, so they tore their own clothes. They rushed among the people, shouting,
\v 15 "Men, you must not kill those bulls to worship us! We are not gods! We are just human beings with the same feelings as you! We have come to tell you some good news! We have come to tell you about the God who is all-powerful. He wants you to stop worshiping other gods, because they cannot help you. This true God made the heavens, the earth, the oceans, and everything in them.
\v 16 In the past, all of you people worshiped whatever gods that you wanted to. God let them live as they wanted to live.
\v 16 In the past, all of you people worshiped whatever gods that you wanted to. God let them live as they wanted to live.
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\v 17 But he has shown us that he acts kindly toward us. He is the one who causes it to rain and causes crops to grow. He is the one who gives you plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy."
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\p
\v 19 James continued to speak. He said, "Therefore I think that we should stop bothering the Gentiles who are turning away from their sins and are turning to God.
\v 19 James continued to speak. He said, "Therefore I think that we should stop bothering the Gentiles who are turning away from their sins and are turning to God.
\v 20 Instead, we should write a letter to them, requiring only four things: They should not eat meat that people have offered to idols, they should not sleep with someone to whom they are not married, they should not eat meat from animals that have been killed by being strangled, and they should not eat the blood of animals.
\v 21 In many cities, for a very long time, people have been proclaiming the laws that Moses wrote, laws prohibiting those things. And every Sabbath those laws are read in the Jewish meeting places. So if the Gentiles want to know more about those laws, they can find out in our meeting houses."
@ -1452,12 +1452,12 @@
\c 19
\p
\v 1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul left Phrygia and Galatia and went through Asia, and he came back to Ephesus. He met some people who said that they were believers.
\v 2 He asked them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed God's message?"
\v 2 He asked them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed God's message?"
\p They answered, "No, we did not. We have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."
\p
\p
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\v 3 So Paul asked, "So when you were baptized, what did you know?"
\v 3 So Paul asked, "So when you were baptized, what did you know?"
\p They replied, "We believed what John the Baptizer taught."
\p
\v 4 Paul said, "John's baptism was a sign that people were turning to God and away from their evil thoughts and deeds. He also told them to believe in someone else, one who is coming after him, and that person is Jesus."
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\p
\v 37 As Paul was about to be taken into the fortress, he said in Greek to the commander, "May I speak to you?"
\v 37 As Paul was about to be taken into the fortress, he said in Greek to the commander, "May I speak to you?"
\p The commander said, "I am surprised that you can speak Greek!
\v 38 I thought that you were that fellow from Egypt who wanted to rebel against the government not long ago, and who took four thousand violent men with him out into the desert, so that we could not catch him."
\p
@ -1721,13 +1721,13 @@
\v 6 "So I went to Damascus. About noon, as I got near to Damascus, suddenly a bright light from the sky flashed all around me.
\v 7 The light was so bright that I fell to the ground. Then I heard the voice of someone speaking to me from up in the sky, saying, 'Saul! Saul! Why do you do things to hurt me?'
\p
\v 8 "I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?'
\v 8 "I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?'
\p "He replied, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, the one whom you are hurting.'
\p
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\v 9 "The men who were traveling with me saw the bright light, but they did not understand what the voice said.
\v 10 Then I asked, 'Lord, what do you want me to do?'
\v 10 Then I asked, 'Lord, what do you want me to do?'
\p "The Lord told me, 'Get up and go into Damascus. A man there will tell you all that I have planned for you to do.'
\v 11 After that, I could not see, because the bright light had caused me to become blind. So the men who were with me took me by the hand and led me to Damascus.
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\p
\v 27 The commander was surprised when he heard that. He himself went into the prison and said to Paul, "Tell me, are you really a Roman citizen?"
\v 27 The commander was surprised when he heard that. He himself went into the prison and said to Paul, "Tell me, are you really a Roman citizen?"
\p Paul answered, "Yes, I am."
\p
\v 28 Then the commander said, "I am also a Roman citizen. I paid a lot of money to become a Roman citizen." Paul said, "But I was born a Roman citizen."
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\p
\v 9 They began shouting at one another as they argued. Some of the teachers of the laws who were Pharisees stood up. One of them said, "We think that this man has done nothing wrong. Maybe an angel or some other spirit spoke to him and what he says is true."
\v 10 The argument became so great that the Pharisees and Sadducees began to fight with one another. Seeing this, the commander of the Roman soldiers was afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces, so he told the men under his command to go down to the place where Paul was, and to take a number of soldiers who could be able to safely bring him from there and to take him to the place where the soldiers were staying.
\v 10 The argument became so great that the Pharisees and Sadducees began to fight with one another. Seeing this, the commander of the Roman soldiers was afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces, so he told the men under his command to go down to the place where Paul was, and to take a number of soldiers who could be able to safely bring him from there and to take him to the place where the soldiers were staying.
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\p
\v 34 The governor read the letter and then he said to Paul, "What province are you from?"
\v 34 The governor read the letter and then he said to Paul, "What province are you from?"
\p Paul answered, "I am from Cilicia."
\p
\v 35 Then the governor said, "When the people who have accused you arrive, I will listen to what each of you says and then I will judge your case." Then he commanded that Paul be guarded in the palace that King Herod the Great had built.
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\p
\v 15 "Then I said, 'Who are you, Lord?'
\v 15 "Then I said, 'Who are you, Lord?'
\p "He said, 'I am Jesus! I am the one you are fighting against.
\v 16 But get up and stand on your feet! I have appeared to you in order to make you into a servant and a witness both of what you have seen of what you know about me now and of what I will show you later.
\v 17 I will protect you from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I will send you,
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\v 30 Then the king stood. The governor, Bernice, and all the others also got up
\v 31 and left the room.
\v 31 and left the room.
\p After they left, they said to each other, "This man has done nothing deserving death or his chains."
\p
\v 32 Agrippa said to Festus, "If this man had not appealed to Caesar, he could have been released."
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\v 11 But the Roman captain did not believe Paul. Instead, he believed what the pilot and the owner of the ship said, and he decided to do what they advised.
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\v 12 The harbor was not a good place to remain during the winter, so most of the sailors advised going to sea from there. They hoped that they could reach Phoenix and spend the winter there. Phoenix is a town on the island of Crete. Its harbor faced both the southwest and the northwest.
\v 12 The harbor was not a good place to remain during the winter, so most of the sailors advised going to sea from there. They hoped that they could reach Phoenix and spend the winter there. Phoenix is a town on the island of Crete. Its harbor faced both the southwest and the northwest.
\v 13 Because there was only a gentle wind blowing from the south, the ship's crew thought that they could travel like they wanted to. So they lifted the anchor up out of the sea, and the ship sailed close along the coastline of the island of Crete.
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\v 16 I am not ashamed of proclaiming the good news of what Christ has done for us, because this good news is the powerful way in which God saves those who trust in what Christ has done for them. Specifically, God first saves the Jews who believe the good news, and then he saves the Gentiles.
\v 16 I am not ashamed of proclaiming the good news of what Christ has done for us, because this good news is the powerful way in which God saves those who trust in what Christ has done for them. Specifically, God first saves the Jews who believe the good news, and then he saves the Gentiles.
\v 17 By means of this good news, God reveals how he puts people right with himself. This is like what a prophet wrote long ago in the scriptures: "Those whom God puts right with himself will live because they trust him."
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\v 12 Those who do not have the laws that God gave to Moses and still sin without having a law, God will bring them to ruin forever. And he will also punish all the Jews who have disobeyed his law, because he will judge them according to what the law says.
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\v 13 God does not consider people to be righteous if they only listen to the law being read; they must do what God commands in the law.
\v 13 God does not consider people to be righteous if they only listen to the law being read; they must do what God commands in the law.
\v 14 Whenever the Gentiles, who do not have the law of God, follow those laws because they obeyed them by the light of nature, they prove that they have a law within themselves, even though they never had the laws that God gave to Moses.
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\v 24 Our record of sins has been erased by his acting kindly to forgive our sins, without our doing anything to earn it. Christ Jesus accomplished this by redeeming us.
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\v 25 God showed that Christ, by shedding his blood for us, made it so we could come to God. The forgiveness he bought for us by his death becomes our forgiveness when we put our trust in what he did. The sacrifice of Christ shows that God acted in a just manner. Otherwise, one might not have thought he was just, because he did not punish us for the sins we had committed before.
\v 25 God showed that Christ, by shedding his blood for us, made it so we could come to God. The forgiveness he bought for us by his death becomes our forgiveness when we put our trust in what he did. The sacrifice of Christ shows that God acted in a just manner. Otherwise, one might not have thought he was just, because he did not punish us for the sins we had committed before.
\v 26 But God was just because he appointed Christ to die in our place. By doing that, he now shows that he is just, and he shows that he is justly able to erase the record of sins for everyone who trusts in Jesus.
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\v 2 I tell you that I grieve very greatly and I cannot stop the pain in my heart.
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\v 3 I personally would be willing to let God curse me and keep me apart from Christ forever if that would help my natural kinsmen, those who are the people of Israel.
\v 3 I personally would be willing to let God curse me and keep me apart from Christ forever if that would help my natural kinsmen, those who are the people of Israel.
\v 4 They, like me, are Israelites. God chose them to be his children. It is to them that he showed how wonderful he is. It is with them that he made the covenants. It is to them that he gave the law. They are the ones whom he taught to worship him in the right way. They are the ones to whom God promised many things.
\v 5 It was our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob whom God chose to begin our nation. And, most importantly, it was from the people of Israel that the Christ was born as a human being. He is God, the one who is worthy for us to praise him forever! This is true!
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\v 6 Since it is because he acts kindly toward those whom he chooses, it is not because they have done good things that he has chosen them. If God chose people because they did good deeds, then he would not need to act kindly toward them.
\p
\v 7 So though the people of Israel hoped for the things that God had promised, most of them did not receive those things. Only those whom God had chosen received them. But the rest of the people of Israel became stubborn.
\v 8 This is exactly what the prophet Isaiah had written about: "God caused them to be stubborn. They should have been able to see what was true, but they would not to pay attention. They should have been able to hear what was spoken to them, but they would not pay attention to the message they were given. It has been like this until this very day."
\v 8 This is exactly what the prophet Isaiah had written about: "God caused them to be stubborn. They should have been able to see what was true, but they would not to pay attention. They should have been able to hear what was spoken to them, but they would not pay attention to the message they were given. It has been like this until this very day."
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\v 9 The Jews remind me of what King David said when he asked God to cause his enemies' senses to be dull: "Make them stupid, like animals that fall into nets or traps! May they feel as safe as if they were at their banquets, but let those feasts be times when you will catch them, and they will sin, with the result that you will destroy them.
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\p
\v 19 My fellow believers, whom I love, do not do evil deeds in return when people do evil deeds to you. Instead, allow God to punish them. The scriptures say, "'I will pay back those who do evil deeds. It is my right to pay them back,' says the Lord."
\v 20 Instead of doing evil deeds to those who have done evil deeds to you, do as the scriptures teach: "If your enemies are hungry, feed them. If they are thirsty, give them something to drink. By doing that, you will cause them to feel the pain of shame and perhaps they will change their attitude toward you."
\v 21 Do not sin because of the evil deeds that others do to you. Instead do good to them so that they will learn to do good.
\v 21 Do not sin because of the evil deeds that others do to you. Instead do good to them so that they will learn to do good.
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\v 11 Do what I have just told you, especially since you know how important the time is in which we are now living. You know that it is time for you to be fully alert and active, like people who have awakened from sleeping, because the time when Christ will finally deliver us from this world's sin and sorrow is near. That time is closer now than when we first believed in Christ.
\v 12 Our time to live in this world has almost ended. It is nearly time for the daylight to shine! So we must stop doing the wicked deeds that people do when they live in the darkness, and we must put on the armor of light that shines with the power of God and his gospel.
\v 12 Our time to live in this world has almost ended. It is nearly time for the daylight to shine! So we must stop doing the wicked deeds that people do when they live in the darkness, and we must put on the armor of light that shines with the power of God and his gospel.
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\v 13 We must behave properly, because we are living in the daytime, when God sees everything we do. We must not get drunk and do evil things with other people. We must live our lives without any kind of sexual immorality or wild, excessive sensuality. We must not quarrel. We must not be jealous of other people.
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\v 7 So I say to all of you believers in Rome, accept each other. If you do that, people will praise God as they see you behave like Christ. Accept each other just like Christ accepted you.
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\v 8 I want you to remember that Christ helped us Jews to know the truth about God. When Christ came, he confirmed the truth of all the promises that God made to our ancestors long ago.
\v 8 I want you to remember that Christ helped us Jews to know the truth about God. When Christ came, he confirmed the truth of all the promises that God made to our ancestors long ago.
\v 9 But he also came to help the Gentiles, so they would praise God for his mercy. God's mercy has produced what is written in the scriptures that David said to God: "So I will praise you among the Gentiles; I will sing and praise you."
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\v 26 The believers in the provinces of Macedonia and Achaia decided to contribute money to help the believers in Jerusalem, God's own people, who are poor.
\v 27 They themselves decided to give this gift to you. For if the Gentiles have been able to share in the spiritual blessings that had been given to the Jews, they owe it to the Jews to share with them their material blessings.
\v 27 They themselves decided to give this gift to you. For if the Gentiles have been able to share in the spiritual blessings that had been given to the Jews, they owe it to the Jews to share with them their material blessings.
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\v 28 When I finish this task of delivering all this money that the believers in Macedonia and Achaia have given, I will leave Jerusalem and visit you in Rome while I am on my way to Spain.

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\v 18 For those who are dead to the things of God cannot understand him. Christ died for them on the cross, but this message is pointless to them. However, for those of us whom God has rescued and brought to life, this message allows God to powerfully work in us.
\v 19 A prophet wrote in the scriptures:
\q "The wisdom of those who think they are wise
\q "The wisdom of those who think they are wise
\q I will destroy,
\q and I will make the brilliant plans of the intelligent
\q and I will make the brilliant plans of the intelligent
\q to be utter failures."
\m
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\v 7 Let me say it again: The ones who plant the seeds and water them, we do not matter in the least. God is the one who gives the growth. You are like a garden that he has planted.
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\v 8 The one who plants and the one who waters are working on the same job. But each one individually will be paid according to the work he has done.
\v 8 The one who plants and the one who waters are working on the same job. But each one individually will be paid according to the work he has done.
\v 9 We are working together with God and we both belong to God. But as for you, God is growing you in his field. It is as if he were constructing a building out of you.
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\v 1 People have even told us that there is someone in your church who is living in sexual immorality, a kind of immorality that even the unbelievers do not allow. A man has a sexual relationship with his father's wife!
\v 1 People have even told us that there is someone in your church who is living in sexual immorality, a kind of immorality that even the unbelievers do not allow. A man has a sexual relationship with his father's wife!
\v 2 And you, you remain arrogant! Rather, you should have wept over this sin and should have expelled this man from your congregation.
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\v 3 I am not with you physically, but I am very concerned for you all, and I am with you in my spirit. And I have already judged the one who did this, just as if I were with you.
\v 4 When you gather together for worship under the authority of the Lord Jesus, and I am worshiping with you in spirit,
\v 4 When you gather together for worship under the authority of the Lord Jesus, and I am worshiping with you in spirit,
\v 5 you should hand this man over to the control of Satan so that his physical body might be destroyed, but God may save his spirit on the day of the Lord's return.
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\v 4 And if you can settle matters that are important in this life, you should not find it necessary to hand off disputes between Christians to be settled by unbelievers.
\v 5 I say this to show how you have disgraced yourselves. There certainly must be someone in the church who is sensible enough to settle these disputes when these sorts of cases come up between Christian brothers and sisters.
\v 6 But instead, some believers among you accuse other believers in a civil court. But when you do, unbelievers will see your failure to settle the matter within the church.
\v 6 But instead, some believers among you accuse other believers in a civil court. But when you do, unbelievers will see your failure to settle the matter within the church.
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\v 7 The fact that you are taking one another to court means that you have not done what you should have done. You should have worked out the conflict within the church. You should not have gone to court at all. Rather, you should allow a brother or sister to take advantage of you, and if they have stolen anything from you, let them keep what they stole.
\v 7 The fact that you are taking one another to court means that you have not done what you should have done. You should have worked out the conflict within the church. You should not have gone to court at all. Rather, you should allow a brother or sister to take advantage of you, and if they have stolen anything from you, let them keep what they stole.
\v 8 Instead, you have wronged and cheated others, and the ones you cheated are your own brothers and sisters.
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\v 3 This is how I answer those who say that I am not a true apostle:
\v 3 This is how I answer those who say that I am not a true apostle:
\v 4 "Don't we have the right to receive financial support from those we serve?
\v 5 Don't we have the right to travel with a believing wife, like the other apostles do—like the Lord's brother and Cephas?"
\v 6 No one made a rule that only Barnabas and I must take on work in order to support ourselves.
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\p
\v 1 And now let me teach you about spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters. I want you to know how to use them.
\v 2 You may recall that time before you were believers in Christ, when you worshiped idols—idols that could not even speak a word, and you may remember how worshiping those idols led you astray.
\v 3 And so I want you to know that no one who is filled with the Spirit of God would ever say, "Jesus is accursed!" And no one can say, "Jesus Christ is Lord" except when he is guided by the Holy Spirit.
\v 3 And so I want you to know that no one who is filled with the Spirit of God would ever say, "Jesus is accursed!" And no one can say, "Jesus Christ is Lord" except when he is guided by the Holy Spirit.
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\p
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\c 13
\p
\v 1 If I could speak with all the languages of humans and angels, but if I did not have love, all my talking would be like the sound of a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
\v 1 If I could speak with all the languages of humans and angels, but if I did not have love, all my talking would be like the sound of a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
\v 2 If I could proclaim messages for God, and if I could explain secret truths about God, and if I trusted in God so much that I could move a mountain, but if I did not have love, I would be worth nothing.
\v 3 If I gave away all I own to feed the poor, or if I sacrificed myself to be burned to rescue someone else, but if I did not have love, I would gain nothing.
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\v 6 If I come to you and am only speaking in languages given by the Spirit, how can that help you? That cannot help you unless I speak to you and help you know matters that were hidden from you, or unless I help you understand facts you did not know, or unless I proclaim to you some message you did not hear before, or unless I teach you some rule that you never learned before.
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\v 7 If someone is playing the flute or harp (which are not living things), and if the notes on the flute or harp sounded no different from each other, no one would be able to tell which tune is being played.
\v 7 If someone is playing the flute or harp (which are not living things), and if the notes on the flute or harp sounded no different from each other, no one would be able to tell which tune is being played.
\v 8 And if a soldier blows the trumpet poorly, the army will not know whether or not to get ready for battle.
\v 9 This is what it is like when you say words that no one can understand: No one will know what you have said.

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\v 12 We can very happily say that we have we lived toward all people in an honest and sincere way. We lived in the world as God's own people and we have deep trust in God; that was a gift from him. We do not live in any way that the world values. We do not listen to the world's wisdom when we choose what we will do. Instead, God has made us honest and holy in how we live.
\v 13 You have read my letters. I have written them so you can understand them.
\v 14 You know a little about us already, but on the day when the Lord Jesus returns, I hope that you will be very proud of us in his presence, and we will be very proud of you.
\v 14 You know a little about us already, but on the day when the Lord Jesus returns, I hope that you will be very proud of us in his presence, and we will be very proud of you.
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\c 5
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\v 1 We know that these bodies are only temporary dwelling places, like tents that do not last very long. But we know that when we die, God gives us a permanent place in which we will live, a body that lasts forever, a body that God has made.
\v 2 While we live in our physical bodies, we groan with longing for God to put our new bodies on us,
\v 2 While we live in our physical bodies, we groan with longing for God to put our new bodies on us,
\v 3 because when he puts them on us, we will not be without our bodies.
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\v 8 Because we have put our trust in him, we would much rather give up our present bodies so we could be at home with the Lord.
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\v 9 Therefore we make it our goal to obey him, whether we are here or in heaven.
\v 9 Therefore we make it our goal to obey him, whether we are here or in heaven.
\v 10 For we will all stand before Christ when he sits as the judge of all. He will judge what we did when we were in this life. Christ will give us what we deserve, and he will judge what was good or bad.
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\v 4 We have proved again and again that we are God's true servants. We endure great suffering, we face with courage people who hurt us, and we live through hard times.
\v 5 People have beaten us very badly, people have locked us up in prisons, we were the cause for people to riot, we have done hard physical labor, we have endured many long nights without sleep, and many times we have had only a little food to eat.
\v 5 People have beaten us very badly, people have locked us up in prisons, we were the cause for people to riot, we have done hard physical labor, we have endured many long nights without sleep, and many times we have had only a little food to eat.
\v 6 But in all this our lives are pure, our knowledge is deep, and we are able to wait until God ends our suffering. We know how kind Christ is to us, we are filled with the Holy Spirit, and we love others.
\v 7 We live according to God's true Word, and we have God's power. By means of Christ, God has put us right with himself. This is the truth that we continuously believe; it is like armor that a soldier wears and like weapons for both of his hands.

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\v 6 As you know, Christ called you in his kindness to trust in him. But now I am amazed that you have stopped trusting in him! Now you believe a different message, which some people say is the true good news about God.
\v 7 The message that they preached to you was not the good news at all! Those people are upsetting you and they want to tell you another message about Christ that is not true.
\v 7 The message that they preached to you was not the good news at all! Those people are upsetting you and they want to tell you another message about Christ that is not true.
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\v 8 But even if we apostles or an angel from heaven should tell you another good news message different from what we told you before, God will punish him forever.
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\v 11 But later while I was in the city of Antioch, after Peter came there, I looked into his eyes and told him that what he was doing was wrong.
\v 12 This is what happened. James sent some people to Antioch. These people were willing to eat meals with the Gentiles. But later, they changed their minds and they would not eat with them and they separated themselves from the Gentiles. They thought that circumcision must be practiced by all believers, Jews and Gentiles, and they refused to have fellowship with Gentiles who were not circumcised.
\v 12 This is what happened. James sent some people to Antioch. These people were willing to eat meals with the Gentiles. But later, they changed their minds and they would not eat with them and they separated themselves from the Gentiles. They thought that circumcision must be practiced by all believers, Jews and Gentiles, and they refused to have fellowship with Gentiles who were not circumcised.
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\v 13 Also, the rest of the Jews in Antioch joined in Peter's hypocrisy by separating themselves from the Gentile believers. Even Barnabas thought he had to stop associating with the Gentiles!
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\v 3 You are very foolish! You first became Christians because God's Spirit enabled you. But now you think you will continue until you die by trying as hard as possible to obey the law.
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\v 4 All the difficult things you have experienced after you believed in Christ would have been of no value at all if you had not been trusting in him.
\v 4 All the difficult things you have experienced after you believed in Christ would have been of no value at all if you had not been trusting in him.
\v 5 When God now generously gives to you his Spirit and performs mighty deeds among you, do you think that it is because you obey God's law? Surely you know it is because when you heard the good news about Christ, you trusted in him!
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\v 26 I say this because you are all God's children because you have trusted in Christ Jesus.
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\v 27 All of you who trust in Christ and were baptized so that you are joined to him—you have taken on the characteristics of Christ's life.
\v 27 All of you who trust in Christ and were baptized so that you are joined to him—you have taken on the characteristics of Christ's life.
\v 28 If you are believers, it does not matter to God if you are Jews or Gentiles, slaves or free persons, males or females, because all of you are together joined to Christ Jesus.
\v 29 Furthermore, since you belong to Christ, he makes you into descendants of Abraham, and you will receive everything that God has promised him and us.
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\v 26 But there is a new Jerusalem in heaven, and that city is like a mother of all of us who believe in Christ, and that city is free!
\v 27 It is like what the prophet Isaiah wrote:
\q "Be glad, you women who have no children!
\q Shout out loud and cry out,
\q Shout out loud and cry out,
\q2 you who have never had labor pains!
\q You will have more children than
\q2 any woman with a husband could have borne."
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\v 19 What sinful people do can be seen by anyone: immoral, offensive, and indecent actions.
\v 19 What sinful people do can be seen by anyone: immoral, offensive, and indecent actions.
\v 20 They also worship false gods and things that represent those gods. They try to get evil spirits to act for them. People are hostile to others. People quarrel with each other. People are jealous. People behave angrily. People try to get others to think highly of them and do not consider what others want. People do not associate with others. People associate only with those who agree with them.
\v 21 People want what others have. People get drunk. People get drunk and riot. And they do other things like these. I warn you now, just like I warned you previously, that the ones who constantly act and think like this will not receive what God has for his own people when he reveals himself to everyone as king.

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\v 7 We have been set free because Christ died for us, and he gave his blood as payment for our sins. The blood he shed and the death he died are the way that God gives us forgiveness for all of our sins. All that Christ has done shows to everyone how great is God's undeserved love for us.
\v 8 God shows us his wisdom and understanding by displaying his love for us in many, many ways through Christ’s life and by Christ’s death for us.
\v 8 God shows us his wisdom and understanding by displaying his love for us in many, many ways through Christ’s life and by Christ’s death for us.
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\v 9 God has now explained the secret of his plan. He has helped us to know the great work of Christ that he had planned. He did that because he chose to do it in that way, and he showed us what Christ would do for us.
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\v 11 Long ago God chose to unite us to Christ. He planned to do this, and he always does exactly what he wishes to do.
\v 12 God did that so that we who believe in Christ would live to give praise to God's glory. We were the first ones to trust in Christ.
\v 12 God did that so that we who believe in Christ would live to give praise to God's glory. We were the first ones to trust in Christ.
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\v 13 After you had heard the word of truth, the good news of your salvation, it was in Christ that you also have believed and were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit.
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\v 22 God has put everything under the rule of Christ and appointed Christ to be the head—the ruler—over everything in the church,
\v 23 which is also called his body. And the church is filled by Christ who fills all things in every way.
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\p
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\v 4 All believers form one group, and there is only one Holy Spirit, and you were chosen to confidently wait for God to fulfill His promises to you.
\v 5 There is only one Lord, Jesus Christ; and there is one faith, that is the trust we have in God; and there is only one true Christian baptism.
\v 6 There is one God, the true Father of all. He rules over everyone, and he is working through all events, and he is working within everything that happens.
\v 6 There is one God, the true Father of all. He rules over everyone, and he is working through all events, and he is working within everything that happens.
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\v 20 But when you learned about Christ, you did not learn to live like that.
\v 20 But when you learned about Christ, you did not learn to live like that.
\v 21 Now that you have heard about Jesus and he has taught you, you know that his way is the true way to live.
\v 22 Jesus taught that you must stop living the way you used to live. You were like corpses that were decaying because you were deceiving yourselves with what you desired.
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\v 2 Live by loving others, just like Christ loved us when he gave himself up on the cross as the offering and sacrifice to God for our sins, which was very pleasing to God.
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\v 3 Do not do any kind of immoral sexual act. Do not do anything that is offensive to God. Do not desire anything other people have. These are sins that should never be done by any of God's people, because we are set apart for God, and our lives should bring him honor as we obey him.
\v 3 Do not do any kind of immoral sexual act. Do not do anything that is offensive to God. Do not desire anything other people have. These are sins that should never be done by any of God's people, because we are set apart for God, and our lives should bring him honor as we obey him.
\v 4 Do not tell obscene stories to others or say foolish things or joke about committing sins. Such things are not what people who belong to God talk about. Instead, thank God for his love when you talk to others.
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\v 12 because the evil things people do in the secret of darkness are too shameful to describe in the light.
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\v 13 The light that shines makes it so everything can be seen in that light.
\v 14 When the light shines, it shows what it is you are looking at. That is why some have said,
\v 13 The light that shines makes it so everything can be seen in that light.
\v 14 When the light shines, it shows what it is you are looking at. That is why some have said,
\q "Wake up from your sleep
\q and do not act like dead people.
\q Christ will shine his light on you."
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\v 16 As the soldier takes up a shield for protection, so you take up the shield of faith, and that shield will put out the flaming darts that the evil one will shoot at you. Your shield will protect you.
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\v 17 As the soldier puts on a helmet to protect his head, your helmet of protection is your salvation. The soldier has a sword, but your sword is the word of God, which is "the sword of the Spirit."
\v 17 As the soldier puts on a helmet to protect his head, your helmet of protection is your salvation. The soldier has a sword, but your sword is the word of God, which is "the sword of the Spirit."
\v 18 And let God's Spirit direct you in how you pray and what you pray for. Keep praying to God at all times and keep asking God to meet the needs that other people have. If you are going to be effective in your prayers, you must keep spiritually alert. Take special care to pray for all God's holy people.
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\v 15 Some people are proclaiming the good news because they are jealous and they want people to honor them rather than me. But others are proclaiming the good news because they want to help people.
\v 15 Some people are proclaiming the good news because they are jealous and they want people to honor them rather than me. But others are proclaiming the good news because they want to help people.
\v 16 Those who want to help people proclaim the good news because they love Christ and because they know that God put me to here to explain why the good news is true.
\v 17 But those who are proclaiming the good news about Christ for selfish reasons do not have good reasons for doing so. They believe they are causing me more suffering while I am here in prison.
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\v 3 Never try to make yourselves more important than others nor boast about what you are doing. Instead, be humble, and, in particular, honor one another more than you honor yourselves.
\v 4 Each one of you should not only be concerned about your own needs. You should also be concerned about other people and help them when they have needs.
\v 4 Each one of you should not only be concerned about your own needs. You should also be concerned about other people and help them when they have needs.
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\v 5 Think the same way as Christ Jesus thinks:
\q
\v 6 Although he is deserving of all the honors that God should receive,
\v 6 Although he is deserving of all the honors that God should receive,
\q he took his honors and laid them down and did not hold onto them.
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\v 7 Instead, he gave up everything,
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\q and he became a human being.
\q
\v 8 And he humbled himself by taking on human form,
\q and in his humility he obeyed God
\q and in his humility he obeyed God
\q even though obedience to God meant he had to die,
\q and he died a terrible death, the death of a criminal, death on a cross.
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\q everyone will bow down to honor him—
\q people who are in heaven, on earth, and under the earth—
\q
\v 11 so that everyone will say the same praises,
\v 11 so that everyone will say the same praises,
\q that Jesus Christ is Lord,
\q and they will praise God the Father because of him.
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\v 21 All the others whom I might send to you are concerned only about their own matters. They are not concerned enough about what Jesus Christ considers important.
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\v 22 But you know Timothy's proven character because as a son with a father he served me in the good news.
\v 22 But you know Timothy's proven character because as a son with a father he served me in the good news.
\v 23 I confidently expect to send Timothy to you as soon as I know what will happen to me.
\v 24 And because I believe that the Lord wants this to happen, I am confident that they will soon release me and that I will come to you myself.

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\v 13 God our Father has rescued us from the evil power of Satan and has brought us into the kingdom of his dear Son.
\v 13 God our Father has rescued us from the evil power of Satan and has brought us into the kingdom of his dear Son.
\v 14 The Son has set us free from that evil, and when he set us free he also forgave our sins.
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\v 17 The Son himself existed before anything else, and he holds everything together.
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\v 18 He is the head of his body, which is the church—like a person's head rules over every part of the body. He was the first person to come back to life with a perfect body, and so he has the highest honor of all.
\v 18 He is the head of his body, which is the church—like a person's head rules over every part of the body. He was the first person to come back to life with a perfect body, and so he has the highest honor of all.
\v 19 God the Father was pleased to make his full nature live in Christ.
\v 20 It also pleased God to bring everything back to himself in peace through Jesus. God offered peace to all people and all things everywhere on earth and in heaven. He did this by causing the Son to die on the cross as a sacrifice, shedding his blood as he died.
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\v 21 Before you believed in Christ, God considered you his enemies, and you were unfriendly to God because you thought evil thoughts and because you did evil deeds.
\v 22 But now God has offered peace between yourselves and himself and has made you his friends. He did this when Jesus gave up his body and life for us by dying. This made it possible for us to belong to God; he finds nothing wrong in us now, nothing to blame us for.
\v 23 But you must continue to trust Christ completely. If you do, you will be like a house that they built on solid rock. You must not allow yourselves to be shaken from the hope you had when you first heard the good news. I, Paul, have become a servant of this good news that is being proclaimed to everyone on the earth.
\v 23 But you must continue to trust Christ completely. If you do, you will be like a house that they built on solid rock. You must not allow yourselves to be shaken from the hope you had when you first heard the good news. I, Paul, have become a servant of this good news that is being proclaimed to everyone on the earth.
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\v 8 But we know that the law is good if we know how to use it according to what the law says.
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\v 9 We know that the law is not made for people who are right with God, but it condemns lawbreakers and those who are rebellious, it condemns those who are ungodly and those who are sinners, it condemns those who are worldly and profane, and it condemns those who would kill their fathers or their mothers and also those who would commit murder.
\v 9 We know that the law is not made for people who are right with God, but it condemns lawbreakers and those who are rebellious, it condemns those who are ungodly and those who are sinners, it condemns those who are worldly and profane, and it condemns those who would kill their fathers or their mothers and also those who would commit murder.
\v 10 The law condemns those who practice improper sexual relations, including those who practice homosexuality. It also condemns those who take away people and sell them as slaves, it condemns those who lie and those who give false witness before a court, and it condemns anything that is against what we teach according to the scriptures.
\v 11 All of this agrees with the wonderful good news that God whom we praise has taught us and that he trusts me to announce to others.
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\v 12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord because he strengthened me and appointed me to serve him since he judged that he could rely on me.
\v 13 Not too long ago, I had insulted and persecuted those who believed in Christ. I acted with terrible violence against them, but God had mercy on me. At that time I did not know the truth of the gospel and I did not believe that Christ was the Savior.
\v 13 Not too long ago, I had insulted and persecuted those who believed in Christ. I acted with terrible violence against them, but God had mercy on me. At that time I did not know the truth of the gospel and I did not believe that Christ was the Savior.
\v 14 God showed me his love—a wonderful love that I did not deserve—and he made me able to trust in Christ as my Savior and to love him because of the love that was in Christ.
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\v 5 The widow who has many needs that she cannot meet depends on God. She continues asking him and praying to him at all times that he might meet her needs.
\v 6 But a widow who lives to please herself is dead to the things of God even though she is still alive.
\v 6 But a widow who lives to please herself is dead to the things of God even though she is still alive.
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\v 7 You should announce these things so that these widows and their families will not do anything wrong.
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\v 11 But you, the man who serves God, keep completely away from loving money like this. Decide that you will do what is right and that you will honor God. Trust God, and love others. Endure difficult circumstances. Always be gentle with people.
\v 12 Fight a good fight for that faith that saves you! Take hold of this great gift of eternal life and cling to it through everything you experience, no matter where you go. Remember that God chose you to live with him forever. These gifts of God are in you, and you made a good confession about them when you stood before many people.
\v 12 Fight a good fight for that faith that saves you! Take hold of this great gift of eternal life and cling to it through everything you experience, no matter where you go. Remember that God chose you to live with him forever. These gifts of God are in you, and you made a good confession about them when you stood before many people.
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\v 3 I thank God and I serve Him because I truly want to do what he wants, just as my ancestors did. I have always remembered to pray for you, Timothy, night and day.
\v 3 I thank God and I serve Him because I truly want to do what he wants, just as my ancestors did. I have always remembered to pray for you, Timothy, night and day.
\v 4 I really want to see you because I remember how you cried for me. If I see you again, I will be completely joyful.
\v 5 I remember that you truly believe in Jesus! First, your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice trusted their lives to Jesus Christ, and I am sure that you also trust in Jesus Christ just like they did!
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\v 8 Do not be ashamed when you tell others about our Lord Jesus. And do not be ashamed of me because I am in prison for putting my trust in Jesus. But you also should be willing to suffer hardship with me. And so we are telling the good news to many people, even while we are suffering together. We are enduring this suffering because God gives us the strength we need.
\v 8 Do not be ashamed when you tell others about our Lord Jesus. And do not be ashamed of me because I am in prison for putting my trust in Jesus. But you also should be willing to suffer hardship with me. And so we are telling the good news to many people, even while we are suffering together. We are enduring this suffering because God gives us the strength we need.
\v 9 God saved us and called us to be his own people. He did not save us because of any good works we did. No, God planned to save us and he is kind to us! God did all of this through the life and work of Christ Jesus, a plan that God had made long before the beginning of time.
\v 10 Now everyone can see that God can save them because our Savior Christ Jesus came and destroyed death and showed everyone the good news, the truth that he causes people to live forever.
\v 11 It was for this reason that God decided to send me to be an apostle, preacher, and teacher.

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\v 1 I, Paul, write this letter to you, Titus.
\v 1 I, Paul, write this letter to you, Titus.
\p I am a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. God sent me to teach the people whom he has chosen as his own to trust him more. I work to help his people know what is true so that they can live in a way that pleases God.
\v 2 His people can learn how to live like this because they are confident that God will cause them to live forever. God tells no lies. Even before the world began, he promised to cause us to live forever.
\v 3 Then, at the right time, he communicated his plan through this message that he trusted me to preach. I do this in order to obey the command of God, who saves us.
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\v 11 The believers should behave in these good ways because God is offering to save everyone as a gift that no one deserves.
\v 12 When God saves us as a free gift, he also trains us to stop doing what is wrong and what people of the world want to do. He teaches us to be sensible, do what is right, and obey God while we live during this present time.
\v 12 When God saves us as a free gift, he also trains us to stop doing what is wrong and what people of the world want to do. He teaches us to be sensible, do what is right, and obey God while we live during this present time.
\v 13 At the same time, God teaches us to wait for what he will certainly do in the future, which is something that will make us very happy: Our great God and Savior Jesus Christ will return to us in great splendor.
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\v 15 Titus, speak about these things. Urge our brothers and sisters to live as I have described and correct them when they do not, using your right to command them if necessary. Make sure that everyone pays attention to what you say.
\v 15 Titus, speak about these things. Urge our brothers and sisters to live as I have described and correct them when they do not, using your right to command them if necessary. Make sure that everyone pays attention to what you say.
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\v 1 Titus, be sure to remind our people that, as much as possible, they should comply with the rules and laws that govern our society. They need to be obedient and ready to do good at every opportunity.
\v 2 They should not say disrespectful things about anyone or argue with people. They should treat everyone gently and as more important than themselves.
\v 2 They should not say disrespectful things about anyone or argue with people. They should treat everyone gently and as more important than themselves.
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\q "You who are God will rule forever,
\q and you will reign justly over your kingdom.
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\v 9 You have loved people's righteous deeds and you have hated people's sinful deeds.
\v 9 You have loved people's righteous deeds and you have hated people's sinful deeds.
\q Therefore God, your God, has caused you to be more joyful than anyone else.
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\v 20 Furthermore, when God appointed Christ as a priest, he solemnly declared it. When God appointed former priests, he did not do this.
\v 21 But when he appointed Christ to be a priest, it was by these words that the psalmist wrote in scripture:
\v 21 But when he appointed Christ to be a priest, it was by these words that the psalmist wrote in scripture:
\q "The Lord has solemnly declared
\q and he will not change his mind,
\q 'You will be a priest forever!'"
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\v 12 When a high priest goes into the inner room in the tent each year, he takes goats' blood and calves' blood to offer as a sacrifice. But Christ did not do that. It was as though he went into that very holy place only once because he gave his own blood on the cross, just one time. By doing that, he redeemed us forever, because his blood flowed from himself.
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\v 13 The priests sprinkle on the people the blood of goats and bulls with the ashes of the calf that was burned in offering. This act of worship, this sprinkling of blood, was the way they were made pure so they could worship God.
\v 14 Since all this was true, we see now how much more God has accomplished by the blood of Christ! By the power of God's eternal Spirit, Christ offered himself to God as the perfect sacrifice for our sins. Now we can serve the living God and no longer do the things that lead to death.
\v 13 The priests sprinkle on the people the blood of goats and bulls with the ashes of the calf that was burned in offering. This act of worship, this sprinkling of blood, was the way they were made pure so they could worship God.
\v 14 Since all this was true, we see now how much more God has accomplished by the blood of Christ! By the power of God's eternal Spirit, Christ offered himself to God as the perfect sacrifice for our sins. Now we can serve the living God and no longer do the things that lead to death.
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\v 15 By dying for us, Christ made for God a new covenant with us. We were trying to please God by means of the first covenant, but we were still guilty of having sinned. When he died, he freed us from having to die for our own sins. As a result, all of us whom God has called to know him will receive what he has promised to give us forever.
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\v 28 Everyone who rejected the laws that God gave Moses had to die without mercy when at least two or three people testified against him.
\v 29 That was a severe punishment. But how much greater punishment would there be for a person who despises the Son of God? If anyone despises the covenant made with the blood of Christ—the blood that purified them from all their sin—what will happen to them? If a person rejects the gracious Spirit of God, who acted so kindly toward him, how much worse would God punish that person?
\v 29 That was a severe punishment. But how much greater punishment would there be for a person who despises the Son of God? If anyone despises the covenant made with the blood of Christ—the blood that purified them from all their sin—what will happen to them? If a person rejects the gracious Spirit of God, who acted so kindly toward him, how much worse would God punish that person?
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\v 30 We can be sure of this since we know that God said, "The right and power to give people what they deserve for having sinned belongs to me. I will punish them as they deserve." And Moses wrote, "The Lord will judge his people."
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\v 38 But those who belong to me, who act righteously,
\v 38 But those who belong to me, who act righteously,
\q will continue to live by trusting in me.
\q If they are cowards and stop trusting in me,
\q I will not be pleased with them."
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\v 1 When we trust in God, we are sure that we will receive what we hope for. When we trust in God, he gives us proof about things we cannot see.
\v 1 When we trust in God, we are sure that we will receive what we hope for. When we trust in God, he gives us proof about things we cannot see.
\v 2 Because our ancestors trusted in God, he approved of them.
\v 3 Because we trust in God, we understand that God formed the universe by commanding it to exist. So the things we see were not made from things that already existed.
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\v 10 Abraham was waiting to live in the permanent city that God himself would design and build.
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\v 11 And even though Sarah was unable to have children because of her old age, Abraham received the ability to father a child because he considered Yahweh to be faithful because he had made the promise to him that he would have a son.
\v 11 And even though Sarah was unable to have children because of her old age, Abraham received the ability to father a child because he considered Yahweh to be faithful because he had made the promise to him that he would have a son.
\v 12 So, although Abraham was too old to have children, from that one man descended people who are as many in number as the stars in the sky and are as countless as the grains of sand along the shore, just as God promised him.
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\v 39 Although God approved of all these people because they trusted him, he had not yet given them all that he had promised for them to have.
\v 40 God had an even better plan for us. His purpose was that when we are brought together with those who trusted in God before, and we are all gathered together in heaven, then they will receive everything that God had promised to all who trust him, and we also will receive every promise together with them.
\v 40 God had an even better plan for us. His purpose was that when we are brought together with those who trusted in God before, and we are all gathered together in heaven, then they will receive everything that God had promised to all who trust him, and we also will receive every promise together with them.
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\v 3 Remember to help those who are in prison because they are believers as though you were in prison with them and were suffering physically as they are doing.
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\v 4 Men and women who are married to each other must respect each other, and they must be faithful to each other. God will surely condemn those who act immorally or commit adultery.
\v 4 Men and women who are married to each other must respect each other, and they must be faithful to each other. God will surely condemn those who act immorally or commit adultery.
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\v 6 But when you ask God, trust him to answer you. Do not doubt that he will answer and always help you because a person who keeps doubting God cannot follow him, like a wave of the sea that is blown back and forth by the wind and thus cannot continue in the same direction.
\v 7 Indeed, a person who doubts should not think that the Lord will do anything that they request him to do.
\v 8 For he is a person who cannot decide whether he will follow Jesus or not follow Jesus. That is a person who does not do what he promised he would to do.
\v 8 For he is a person who cannot decide whether he will follow Jesus or not follow Jesus. That is a person who does not do what he promised he would to do.
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\v 8 no one is able to control what he says. The words we speak are an uncontrolled evil. Our words can do great harm, just like poison that kills.
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\v 9 We use our tongues to praise our Lord and Father, but we also use our same tongues to curse other people whom God had made to be like him in so many ways.
\v 9 We use our tongues to praise our Lord and Father, but we also use our same tongues to curse other people whom God had made to be like him in so many ways.
\v 10 Out of the same mouth we give honor to our Lord and Father and we speak curse words to others. My brothers and sisters, this should not be!
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\v 13 Are any of you wise and understanding? That person should show his wisdom and understanding by the way he lives his life. He should show his good life by demonstrating the humility that comes when a person has wisdom.
\v 13 Are any of you wise and understanding? That person should show his wisdom and understanding by the way he lives his life. He should show his good life by demonstrating the humility that comes when a person has wisdom.
\v 14 But if you are very envious of other people and tell lies about them and do them wrong, you should not pretend that you are wise. By boasting like that, you are saying that what is true is actually false.
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\v 11 The prophets wanted to know to what person and time Christ's Spirit within them was referring. They also wanted to know about how the Christ would suffer and die and about the glorious things that would come after his suffering and death.
\v 12 God told the prophets long ago that it was not for their own sakes that he was revealing these things to them, but that he was also revealing these things to you who lived must later than the prophets. The prophets were telling you ahead of time about the gospel, the same gospel that has been preached to you by the Holy Spirit whom God sent from heaven. Even angels desired to know about this message that the prophets, and now the apostles, have proclaimed to you.
\v 12 God told the prophets long ago that it was not for their own sakes that he was revealing these things to them, but that he was also revealing these things to you who lived must later than the prophets. The prophets were telling you ahead of time about the gospel, the same gospel that has been preached to you by the Holy Spirit whom God sent from heaven. Even angels desired to know about this message that the prophets, and now the apostles, have proclaimed to you.
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\v 20 God chose Christ even before he created the world. But it was not until now, in these last days, that God revealed him to you.
\v 21 Because of what Christ has done, you are trusting in God. It is God who caused him to become alive again after he had died, and then God greatly honored him for what he did on the cross. As a result, God is the one in whom you are trusting, and he gives you hope that he will keep all his promises.
\v 21 Because of what Christ has done, you are trusting in God. It is God who caused him to become alive again after he had died, and then God greatly honored him for what he did on the cross. As a result, God is the one in whom you are trusting, and he gives you hope that he will keep all his promises.
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\v 19 They tell them that they are free to do whatever they want to do. But they themselves are slaves who must obey whatever their evil minds tell them to do. Certainly a person is a slave to whatever controls him.
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\v 20 They had been set freed from the filthy things of this world when they came to know our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, but then they were caught up again by these filthy things so that now they are worse off than they were before.
\v 20 They had been set freed from the filthy things of this world when they came to know our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, but then they were caught up again by these filthy things so that now they are worse off than they were before.
\v 21 It would have been better for them if they had never learned how to live in the right way than to know what was right for them to do and reject the holy commands that God had given to them.
\v 22 The way they are living is like the saying that people may have heard: "They are like dogs that return to eat their own vomit," and, "They are like pigs that have washed themselves and then roll again in the mud."

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\v 4 But everyone who continues to sin is refusing to obey God's laws because that is what sin is—refusing to obey God's laws.
\v 5 You know that Christ came in order to completely remove the guilt of our sins. You know also that he never sinned.
\v 6 Those who stay close to Christ cannot continue to sin over and over again. But those who repeatedly sin have not come to see all that Christ does for those he loves, and they do not know him as their Savior.
\v 6 Those who stay close to Christ cannot continue to sin over and over again. But those who repeatedly sin have not come to see all that Christ does for those he loves, and they do not know him as their Savior.
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\v 13 When I began to write this letter, I had much more that I intended to tell you. But now I do not want to say it in a letter.
\v 14 Instead, I expect to come and see you soon. Then we will talk directly with one another.
\v 15 May God give his peace to you. The friends here send you greetings. Please give our greetings to all our friends there, personally and by name.
\v 15 May God give his peace to you. The friends here send you greetings. Please give our greetings to all our friends there, personally and by name.

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\v 14 Enoch, the seventh person in the line of people who descended from Adam, said this about those teachers of false doctrine: "Listen carefully to this: The Lord will certainly come with a countless number of his holy angels.
\v 14 Enoch, the seventh person in the line of people who descended from Adam, said this about those teachers of false doctrine: "Listen carefully to this: The Lord will certainly come with a countless number of his holy angels.
\v 15 They will judge everyone and will punish all wicked people, and all who dishonor God. The angels will do this because of all the harsh things that these people have spoken against God."
\v 16 These teachers of false doctrine grumble about the things that God does. They complain about what happens to them. They do the evil things because they want to do them. They talk boastfully. They praise people in order to get things from them.

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\v 13 I know that you live where Satan's power is strong and his influence is everywhere. I know that you firmly believe, and you hold onto what I love and what is important to me—even when they killed my faithful servant Antipas, who had kept telling people who I am and what I did for them.
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\v 14 But, even so, I see some matters that are hurting your testimony and weakening your obedience. Some of your members teach things that Balaam taught long ago. He taught Balak to persuade God's people to eat food that had been offered to idols and to be sexually immoral.
\v 14 But, even so, I see some matters that are hurting your testimony and weakening your obedience. Some of your members teach things that Balaam taught long ago. He taught Balak to persuade God's people to eat food that had been offered to idols and to be sexually immoral.
\v 15 Also, some of your members believe what the Nicolaitans teach. They teach the lie that God permits his people to be sexually immoral.
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\v 7 God also allowed the beast to fight against his people and conquer them. It had authority to rule over every tribe, people, language, and nation.
\v 8 All the people living on earth will worship it. Those who worship it are the ones whose names are not in the Book of Life. That is the book that God wrote and it belongs to the Lamb who was killed and whose death was known before the world was made.
\v 8 All the people living on earth will worship it. Those who worship it are the ones whose names are not in the Book of Life. That is the book that God wrote and it belongs to the Lamb who was killed and whose death was known before the world was made.
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\v 9 Everyone who wants to understand must listen carefully to this message from God.
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\v 2 I saw what looked like an ocean made of glass mixed with fire. I also saw the people who had defeated the beast and its image and the number that represents the beast's name. They were standing by the ocean (that was as clear as glass), and they were holding the harps that God gave them.
\v 2 I saw what looked like an ocean made of glass mixed with fire. I also saw the people who had defeated the beast and its image and the number that represents the beast's name. They were standing by the ocean (that was as clear as glass), and they were holding the harps that God gave them.
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\v 3 They were singing a song like God's servant Moses sang long ago. They sang this to praise the Lamb in this way:
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\v 22 In your city, there will never again be anyone playing harps, singing, playing flutes, or blowing trumpets. There will no longer be any skilled workers making things. There will never again be people grinding grain at the mills.
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\v 23 No lamp will ever again shine there. There will never again be the happy voices of any bridegroom and his bride. God will destroy your city because your merchants were the most important men in the world. You used witchcraft to deceive all the people of the nations.
\v 23 No lamp will ever again shine there. There will never again be the happy voices of any bridegroom and his bride. God will destroy your city because your merchants were the most important men in the world. You used witchcraft to deceive all the people of the nations.
\v 24 You are also responsible for killing the prophets and others of God's people. Indeed, you are guilty of every murder committed on the earth!"
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