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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.6.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Prayer</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.6.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.6.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;This, then, is how you should pray:</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.6.9"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Our Father in heaven,</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.6.9"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">hallowed be your name,</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.6.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">your kingdom come,</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.6.10"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">your will be done,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.6.10"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">on earth as it is in heaven.</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.6.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Give us today our daily bread.</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.6.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And forgive us our debts,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.6.12"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">as we also have forgiven our debtors.</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.6.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And lead us not into temptation,</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">6:13 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fq">temptation </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">can also mean </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fqa">testing.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.6.13"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">but deliver us from the evil one.</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">6:13 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fqa">from evil</span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">; some late manuscripts </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fqa">one, / for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.6.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.6.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.6.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Fasting</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.6.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.6.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.6.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.6.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Treasures in Heaven</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.6.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.6.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.6.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.6.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.6.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.6.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy,</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">6:22 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fq">healthy </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">here implies generous.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">your whole body will be full of light.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.6.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But if your eyes are unhealthy,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:23 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">unhealthy </span><span class="ft">here implies stingy.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.6.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.6.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">71</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 71</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.71.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I have taken refuge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.71.1"><span class="content">let me never be put to shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.71.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.71.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.71.2"><span class="content">turn your ear to me and save me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.71.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.71.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Be my rock of refuge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.71.3"><span class="content">to which I can always go;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.71.3"><span class="content">give the command to save me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.71.3"><span class="content">for you are my rock and my fortress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.71.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.71.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.71.4"><span class="content">from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.71.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.71.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For you have been my hope, Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.71.5"><span class="content">my confidence since my youth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.71.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.71.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">From birth I have relied on you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.71.6"><span class="content">you brought me forth from my mother&#8217;s womb.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.71.6"><span class="content">I will ever praise you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.71.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.71.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I have become a sign to many;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.71.7"><span class="content">you are my strong refuge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.71.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.71.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">My mouth is filled with your praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.71.8"><span class="content">declaring your splendor all day long.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.71.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.71.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do not cast me away when I am old;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.71.9"><span class="content">do not forsake me when my strength is gone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.71.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.71.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For my enemies speak against me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.71.10"><span class="content">those who wait to kill me conspire together.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.71.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.71.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They say, &#8220;God has forsaken him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.71.11"><span class="content">pursue him and seize him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.71.11"><span class="content">for no one will rescue him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.71.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.71.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Do not be far from me, my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.71.12"><span class="content">come quickly, God, to help me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.71.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.71.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">May my accusers perish in shame;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.71.13"><span class="content">may those who want to harm me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.71.13"><span class="content">be covered with scorn and disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.71.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.71.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">As for me, I will always have hope;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.71.14"><span class="content">I will praise you more and more.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.71.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.71.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">My mouth will tell of your righteous deeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.71.15"><span class="content">of your saving acts all day long&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.71.15"><span class="content">though I know not how to relate them all.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.71.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.71.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.71.16"><span class="content">I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.71.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.71.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Since my youth, God, you have taught me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.71.17"><span class="content">and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.71.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.71.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Even when I am old and gray,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.71.18"><span class="content">do not forsake me, my God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.71.18"><span class="content">till I declare your power to the next generation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.71.18"><span class="content">your mighty acts to all who are to come.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.71.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.71.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.71.19"><span class="content">you who have done great things.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.71.19"><span class="content">Who is like you, God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.71.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.71.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Though you have made me see troubles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.71.20"><span class="content">many and bitter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.71.20"><span class="content">you will restore my life again;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.71.20"><span class="content">from the depths of the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.71.20"><span class="content">you will again bring me up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.71.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.71.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">You will increase my honor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.71.21"><span class="content">and comfort me once more.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.71.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.71.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">I will praise you with the harp</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.71.22"><span class="content">for your faithfulness, my God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.71.22"><span class="content">I will sing praise to you with the lyre,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.71.22"><span class="content">Holy One of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.71.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.71.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">My lips will shout for joy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.71.23"><span class="content">when I sing praise to you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.71.23"><span class="content">I whom you have delivered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.71.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.71.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">My tongue will tell of your righteous acts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.71.24"><span class="content">all day long,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.71.24"><span class="content">for those who wanted to harm me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.71.24"><span class="content">have been put to shame and confusion.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Though one may be overpowered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.4.12"><span class="content">two can defend themselves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.4.12"><span class="content">A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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