And He Shall Be Called: Advent Devotionals, Week 5

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When God Says “Wait”

Ruins to Royalty

From PlayGrounds to Psychwards

War Against Babylon

The Judas in Your Life: 5 Days on Betrayal

Lies & Truth Canvas

When God Doesn't Make Sense

Blessed Are the Spiraling: 7-Days to Finding True Significance When Life Sends You Spiraling

The Listener’s Bible®: NIV Edition

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         <div class="label">21</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 21</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 21:1-13 is numbered 21:2-14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The king rejoices in your strength, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.21.1"><span class="content">How great is his joy in the victories you give!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.21.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You have granted him his heart&#8217;s desire</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.21.2"><span class="content">and have not withheld the request of his lips.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.21.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You came to greet him with rich blessings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.21.3"><span class="content">and placed a crown of pure gold on his head.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.21.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He asked you for life, and you gave it to him&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.21.4"><span class="content">length of days, for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.21.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Through the victories you gave, his glory is great;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.21.5"><span class="content">you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.21.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Surely you have granted him unending blessings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.21.6"><span class="content">and made him glad with the joy of your presence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.21.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For the king trusts in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.21.7"><span class="content">through the unfailing love of the Most High</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.21.7"><span class="content">he will not be shaken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.21.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.21.8"><span class="content">your right hand will seize your foes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.21.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When you appear for battle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.21.9"><span class="content">you will burn them up as in a blazing furnace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.21.9"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will swallow them up in his wrath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.21.9"><span class="content">and his fire will consume them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.21.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You will destroy their descendants from the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.21.10"><span class="content">their posterity from mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.21.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Though they plot evil against you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.21.11"><span class="content">and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.21.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You will make them turn their backs</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.21.12"><span class="content">when you aim at them with drawn bow.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.21.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Be exalted in your strength, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.21.13"><span class="content">we will sing and praise your might.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests dishonest scales,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.11.1"><span class="content">but accurate weights find favor with him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.11.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When pride comes, then comes disgrace,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.11.2"><span class="content">but with humility comes wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.11.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The integrity of the upright guides them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.11.3"><span class="content">but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.11.4"><span class="content">but righteousness delivers from death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.11.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.11.5"><span class="content">but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.11.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The righteousness of the upright delivers them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.11.6"><span class="content">but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Hopes placed in mortals die with them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.11.7"><span class="content">all the promise of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:7 </span><span class="ft">Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum </span><span class="fqa">When the wicked die, their hope perishes; / all they expected from</span></span></span><span class="content"> their power comes to nothing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.11.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The righteous person is rescued from trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.11.8"><span class="content">and it falls on the wicked instead.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.11.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.11.9"><span class="content">but through knowledge the righteous escape.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.11.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.11.10"><span class="content">when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.11.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.11.11"><span class="content">but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.11.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Whoever derides their neighbor has no sense,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.11.12"><span class="content">but the one who has understanding holds their tongue.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.11.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A gossip betrays a confidence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.11.13"><span class="content">but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.11.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For lack of guidance a nation falls,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.11.14"><span class="content">but victory is won through many advisers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.11.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Whoever puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.11.15"><span class="content">but whoever refuses to shake hands in pledge is safe.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.11.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">A kindhearted woman gains honor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.11.16"><span class="content">but ruthless men gain only wealth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.11.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Those who are kind benefit themselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.11.17"><span class="content">but the cruel bring ruin on themselves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.11.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">A wicked person earns deceptive wages,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.11.18"><span class="content">but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.11.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Truly the righteous attain life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.11.19"><span class="content">but whoever pursues evil finds death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.11.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests those whose hearts are perverse,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.11.20"><span class="content">but he delights in those whose ways are blameless.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.11.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.11.21"><span class="content">but those who are righteous will go free.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.11.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.11.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Like a gold ring in a pig&#8217;s snout</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.11.22"><span class="content">is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.11.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.11.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The desire of the righteous ends only in good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.11.23"><span class="content">but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.11.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.11.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">One person gives freely, yet gains even more;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.11.24"><span class="content">another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.11.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">A generous person will prosper;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.11.25"><span class="content">whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.11.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.11.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">People curse the one who hoards grain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.11.26"><span class="content">but they pray God&#8217;s blessing on the one who is willing to sell.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.11.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.11.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Whoever seeks good finds favor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.11.27"><span class="content">but evil comes to one who searches for it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.11.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.11.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Those who trust in their riches will fall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.11.28"><span class="content">but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.11.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.11.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.11.29"><span class="content">and the fool will be servant to the wise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.11.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.11.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.11.30"><span class="content">and the one who is wise saves lives.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.11.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.11.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">If the righteous receive their due on earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.11.31"><span class="content">how much more the ungodly and the sinner!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After this the Lord appointed seventy-two</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:1 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">seventy</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 17</span></span></span><span class="content"> others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He told them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When you enter a house, first say, &#8216;Peace to this house.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.10.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Heal the sick who are there and tell them, &#8216;The kingdom of God has come near to you.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;Even the dust of your town we wipe from our feet as a warning to you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God has come near.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.10.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:15 </span><span class="ft">That is, the realm of the dead</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.10.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.10.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The seventy-two returned with joy and said, &#8220;Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.10.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.10.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.10.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.10.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.10.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.10.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.10.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.10.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.10.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then he turned to his disciples and said privately, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.10.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Good Samaritan</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.10.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.10.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. &#8220;Teacher,&#8221; he asked, &#8220;what must I do to inherit eternal life?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.10.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.10.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What is written in the Law?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he replied. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;How do you read it?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.10.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.10.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:27 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 6:5</span></span></span><span class="content">; and, &#8216;Love your neighbor as yourself.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:27 </span><span class="ft">Lev. 19:18</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.10.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.10.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You have answered correctly,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus replied. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do this and you will live.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.10.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.10.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, &#8220;And who is my neighbor?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.10.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.10.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">In reply Jesus said: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.10.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.10.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.10.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.10.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.10.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The next day he took out two denarii</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:35 </span><span class="ft">A denarius was the usual daily wage of a day laborer (see Matt. 20:2).</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and gave them to the innkeeper. &#8216;Look after him,&#8217; he said, &#8216;and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.10.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.10.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.10.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.10.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">The expert in the law replied, &#8220;The one who had mercy on him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.10.37"><span class="content">Jesus told him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go and do likewise.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">At the Home of Martha and Mary</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.10.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.10.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.10.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord&#8217;s feet listening to what he said. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.10.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, &#8220;Lord, don&#8217;t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.10.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LUK.10.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Martha, Martha,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> the Lord answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;you are worried and upset about many things,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.10.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">but few things are needed&#8212;or indeed only one.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:42 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">but only one thing is needed</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkACT">
      <div class="chapter ch23" data-usfm="ACT.23">
         <div class="label">23</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.23.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin and said, &#8220;My brothers, I have fulfilled my duty to God in all good conscience to this day.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.23.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">At this the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.23.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then Paul said to him, &#8220;God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit there to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.23.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.23.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Those who were standing near Paul said, &#8220;How dare you insult God&#8217;s high priest!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.23.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.23.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Paul replied, &#8220;Brothers, I did not realize that he was the high priest; for it is written: &#8216;Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:5 </span><span class="ft">Exodus 22:28</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.23.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.23.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, &#8220;My brothers, I am a Pharisee, descended from Pharisees. I stand on trial because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.23.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.23.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">(The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, and that there are neither angels nor spirits, but the Pharisees believe all these things.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.23.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.23.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">There was a great uproar, and some of the teachers of the law who were Pharisees stood up and argued vigorously. &#8220;We find nothing wrong with this man,&#8221; they said. &#8220;What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.23.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The dispute became so violent that the commander was afraid Paul would be torn to pieces by them. He ordered the troops to go down and take him away from them by force and bring him into the barracks.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.23.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.23.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Plot to Kill Paul</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.23.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.23.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The next morning some Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.23.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">More than forty men were involved in this plot. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.23.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They went to the chief priests and the elders and said, &#8220;We have taken a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.23.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him before you on the pretext of wanting more accurate information about his case. We are ready to kill him before he gets here.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.23.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.23.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But when the son of Paul&#8217;s sister heard of this plot, he went into the barracks and told Paul.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.23.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.23.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, &#8220;Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.23.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">So he took him to the commander.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.23.18"><span class="content">The centurion said, &#8220;Paul, the prisoner, sent for me and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.23.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.23.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside and asked, &#8220;What is it you want to tell me?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.23.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.23.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He said: &#8220;Some Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul before the Sanhedrin tomorrow on the pretext of wanting more accurate information about him. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.23.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Don&#8217;t give in to them, because more than forty of them are waiting in ambush for him. They have taken an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him. They are ready now, waiting for your consent to their request.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.23.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.23.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The commander dismissed the young man with this warning: &#8220;Don&#8217;t tell anyone that you have reported this to me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul Transferred to Caesarea</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.23.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.23.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then he called two of his centurions and ordered them, &#8220;Get ready a detachment of two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:23 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Greek for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> to go to Caesarea at nine tonight. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.23.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Provide horses for Paul so that he may be taken safely to Governor Felix.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.23.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.23.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He wrote a letter as follows:</span></span></div><div class="pmo"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.23.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.23.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Claudius Lysias,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pmo"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.23.26"><span class="content">To His Excellency, Governor Felix:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pmo"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.23.26"><span class="content">Greetings.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.23.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ACT.23.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, but I came with my troops and rescued him, for I had learned that he is a Roman citizen. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ACT.23.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">I wanted to know why they were accusing him, so I brought him to their Sanhedrin. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ACT.23.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">I found that the accusation had to do with questions about their law, but there was no charge against him that deserved death or imprisonment. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ACT.23.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">When I was informed of a plot to be carried out against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also ordered his accusers to present to you their case against him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ACT.23.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ACT.23.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">So the soldiers, carrying out their orders, took Paul with them during the night and brought him as far as Antipatris. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ACT.23.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The next day they let the cavalry go on with him, while they returned to the barracks. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ACT.23.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">When the cavalry arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and handed Paul over to him. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ACT.23.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">The governor read the letter and asked what province he was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia, </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ACT.23.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">he said, &#8220;I will hear your case when your accusers get here.&#8221; Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod&#8217;s palace.</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkEZK">
      <div class="chapter ch17" data-usfm="EZK.17">
         <div class="label">17</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Two Eagles and a Vine</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.17.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.17.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, set forth an allegory and tell it to the Israelites as a parable. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.17.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Say to them, &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: A great eagle with powerful wings, long feathers and full plumage of varied colors came to Lebanon. Taking hold of the top of a cedar, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.17.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">he broke off its topmost shoot and carried it away to a land of merchants, where he planted it in a city of traders.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.17.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.17.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;He took one of the seedlings of the land and put it in fertile soil. He planted it like a willow by abundant water, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.17.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and it sprouted and became a low, spreading vine. Its branches turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and produced branches and put out leafy boughs.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.17.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.17.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;But there was another great eagle with powerful wings and full plumage. The vine now sent out its roots toward him from the plot where it was planted and stretched out its branches to him for water. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.17.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">It had been planted in good soil by abundant water so that it would produce branches, bear fruit and become a splendid vine.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.17.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.17.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Say to them, &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: Will it thrive? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it withers? All its new growth will wither. It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by the roots. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.17.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">It has been planted, but will it thrive? Will it not wither completely when the east wind strikes it&#8212;wither away in the plot where it grew?&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.17.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.17.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.17.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Say to this rebellious people, &#8216;Do you not know what these things mean?&#8217; Say to them: &#8216;The king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and carried off her king and her nobles, bringing them back with him to Babylon. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.17.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then he took a member of the royal family and made a treaty with him, putting him under oath. He also carried away the leading men of the land, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.17.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to rise again, surviving only by keeping his treaty. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.17.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But the king rebelled against him by sending his envoys to Egypt to get horses and a large army. Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the treaty and yet escape?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.17.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.17.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, he shall die in Babylon, in the land of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose treaty he broke. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.17.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Pharaoh with his mighty army and great horde will be of no help to him in war, when ramps are built and siege works erected to destroy many lives. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.17.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Because he had given his hand in pledge and yet did all these things, he shall not escape.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.17.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.17.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Therefore this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: As surely as I live, I will repay him for despising my oath and breaking my covenant. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.17.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I will spread my net for him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment on him there because he was unfaithful to me. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.17.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">All his choice troops will fall by the sword, and the survivors will be scattered to the winds. Then you will know that I the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> have spoken.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.17.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.17.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: I myself will take a shoot from the very top of a cedar and plant it; I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots and plant it on a high and lofty mountain. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.17.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">On the mountain heights of Israel I will plant it; it will produce branches and bear fruit and become a splendid cedar. Birds of every kind will nest in it; they will find shelter in the shade of its branches. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.17.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">All the trees of the forest will know that I the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> bring down the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.17.24"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;I the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> have spoken, and I will do it.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch18" data-usfm="EZK.18">
         <div class="label">18</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The One Who Sins Will Die</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.18.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.18.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.18.2"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The parents eat sour grapes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.18.2"><span class="content">and the children&#8217;s teeth are set on edge&#8217;?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.18.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.18.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.18.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For everyone belongs to me, the parent as well as the child&#8212;both alike belong to me. The one who sins is the one who will die.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.18.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.18.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Suppose there is a righteous man</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.18.5"><span class="content">who does what is just and right.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.18.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.18.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He does not eat at the mountain shrines</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.18.6"><span class="content">or look to the idols of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.18.6"><span class="content">He does not defile his neighbor&#8217;s wife</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.18.6"><span class="content">or have sexual relations with a woman during her period.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.18.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.18.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He does not oppress anyone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.18.7"><span class="content">but returns what he took in pledge for a loan.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.18.7"><span class="content">He does not commit robbery</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.18.7"><span class="content">but gives his food to the hungry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.18.7"><span class="content">and provides clothing for the naked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.18.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.18.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He does not lend to them at interest</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.18.8"><span class="content">or take a profit from them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.18.8"><span class="content">He withholds his hand from doing wrong</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.18.8"><span class="content">and judges fairly between two parties.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.18.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.18.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He follows my decrees</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.18.9"><span class="content">and faithfully keeps my laws.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.18.9"><span class="content">That man is righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.18.9"><span class="content">he will surely live,</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.18.9"><span class="content">declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.18.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.18.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Suppose he has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these other things</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">things to a brother</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.18.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">(though the father has done none of them):</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.18.11"><span class="content">&#8220;He eats at the mountain shrines.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.18.11"><span class="content">He defiles his neighbor&#8217;s wife.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.18.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.18.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He oppresses the poor and needy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.18.12"><span class="content">He commits robbery.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.18.12"><span class="content">He does not return what he took in pledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.18.12"><span class="content">He looks to the idols.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.18.12"><span class="content">He does detestable things.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.18.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.18.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He lends at interest and takes a profit.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.18.13"><span class="content">Will such a man live? He will not! Because he has done all these detestable things, he is to be put to death; his blood will be on his own head.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.18.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.18.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;But suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father commits, and though he sees them, he does not do such things:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.18.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.18.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;He does not eat at the mountain shrines</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.18.15"><span class="content">or look to the idols of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.18.15"><span class="content">He does not defile his neighbor&#8217;s wife.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.18.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.18.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He does not oppress anyone</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.18.16"><span class="content">or require a pledge for a loan.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.18.16"><span class="content">He does not commit robbery</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.18.16"><span class="content">but gives his food to the hungry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.18.16"><span class="content">and provides clothing for the naked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.18.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.18.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He withholds his hand from mistreating the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.18.17"><span class="content">and takes no interest or profit from them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.18.17"><span class="content">He keeps my laws and follows my decrees.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.18.17"><span class="content">He will not die for his father&#8217;s sin; he will surely live. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.18.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But his father will die for his own sin, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother and did what was wrong among his people.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.18.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.18.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yet you ask, &#8216;Why does the son not share the guilt of his father?&#8217; Since the son has done what is just and right and has been careful to keep all my decrees, he will surely live. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.18.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The one who sins is the one who will die. The child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.18.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.18.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;But if a wicked person turns away from all the sins they have committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, that person will surely live; they will not die. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.18.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">None of the offenses they have committed will be remembered against them. Because of the righteous things they have done, they will live. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.18.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.18.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.18.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;But if a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin and does the same detestable things the wicked person does, will they live? None of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness they are guilty of and because of the sins they have committed, they will die.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.18.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.18.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yet you say, &#8216;The way of the Lord is not just.&#8217; Hear, you Israelites: Is my way unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust? </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.18.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin, they will die for it; because of the sin they have committed they will die. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.18.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But if a wicked person turns away from the wickedness they have committed and does what is just and right, they will save their life. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.18.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Because they consider all the offenses they have committed and turn away from them, that person will surely live; they will not die. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.18.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Yet the Israelites say, &#8216;The way of the Lord is not just.&#8217; Are my ways unjust, people of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.18.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.18.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore, you Israelites, I will judge each of you according to your own ways, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.18.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, people of Israel? </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.18.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. Repent and live!</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="REV.13">
         <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Beast out of the Sea</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The dragon</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:1 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">And I</span></span></span><span class="content"> stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was filled with wonder and followed the beast. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">People worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, &#8220;Who is like the beast? Who can wage war against it?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise its authority for forty-two months. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">It opened its mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It was given power to wage war against God&#8217;s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast&#8212;all whose names have not been written in the Lamb&#8217;s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">written from the creation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was slain</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.13.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Whoever has ears, let them hear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.13.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;If anyone is to go into captivity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.13.10"><span class="content">into captivity they will go.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.13.10"><span class="content">If anyone is to be killed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:10 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">anyone kills</span></span></span><span class="content"> with the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.13.10"><span class="content">with the sword they will be killed.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:10 </span><span class="ft">Jer. 15:2</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.13.10"><span class="content">This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of God&#8217;s people.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Beast out of the Earth</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.13.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">It exercised all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Because of the signs it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived the inhabitants of the earth. It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.13.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">is humanity&#8217;s number</span></span></span><span class="content"> That number is 666.</span></span></div>
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