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      <div class="chapter ch48" data-usfm="EZK.48">
         <div class="label">48</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Division of the Land</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.48.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;These are the tribes, listed by name: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion; it will follow the Hethlon road to Lebo Hamath; Hazar Enan and the northern border of Damascus next to Hamath will be part of its border from the east side to the west side.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.48.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.48.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Asher will have one portion; it will border the territory of Dan from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.48.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.48.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Naphtali will have one portion; it will border the territory of Asher from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.48.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.48.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Manasseh will have one portion; it will border the territory of Naphtali from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.48.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.48.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Ephraim will have one portion; it will border the territory of Manasseh from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.48.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.48.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Reuben will have one portion; it will border the territory of Ephraim from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.48.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.48.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Judah will have one portion; it will border the territory of Reuben from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.48.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.48.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Bordering the territory of Judah from east to west will be the portion you are to present as a special gift. It will be 25,000 cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:8 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 8 miles or about 13 kilometers; also in verses 9, 10, 13, 15, 20 and 21</span></span></span><span class="content"> wide, and its length from east to west will equal one of the tribal portions; the sanctuary will be in the center of it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.48.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.48.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;The special portion you are to offer to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:9 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 3 1/3 miles or about 5.3 kilometers; also in verses 10, 13 and 18</span></span></span><span class="content"> wide. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.48.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">This will be the sacred portion for the priests. It will be 25,000 cubits long on the north side, 10,000 cubits wide on the west side, 10,000 cubits wide on the east side and 25,000 cubits long on the south side. In the center of it will be the sanctuary of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.48.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">This will be for the consecrated priests, the Zadokites, who were faithful in serving me and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.48.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">It will be a special gift to them from the sacred portion of the land, a most holy portion, bordering the territory of the Levites.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.48.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.48.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Alongside the territory of the priests, the Levites will have an allotment 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide. Its total length will be 25,000 cubits and its width 10,000 cubits. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.48.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They must not sell or exchange any of it. This is the best of the land and must not pass into other hands, because it is holy to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.48.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.48.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;The remaining area, 5,000 cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:15 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 1 2/3 miles or about 2.7 kilometers</span></span></span><span class="content"> wide and 25,000 cubits long, will be for the common use of the city, for houses and for pastureland. The city will be in the center of it </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.48.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">and will have these measurements: the north side 4,500 cubits,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:16 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 1 1/2 miles or about 2.4 kilometers; also in verses 30, 32, 33 and 34</span></span></span><span class="content"> the south side 4,500 cubits, the east side 4,500 cubits, and the west side 4,500 cubits. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.48.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The pastureland for the city will be 250 cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:17 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 440 feet or about 135 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> on the north, 250 cubits on the south, 250 cubits on the east, and 250 cubits on the west. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.48.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">What remains of the area, bordering on the sacred portion and running the length of it, will be 10,000 cubits on the east side and 10,000 cubits on the west side. Its produce will supply food for the workers of the city. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.48.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The workers from the city who farm it will come from all the tribes of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.48.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The entire portion will be a square, 25,000 cubits on each side. As a special gift you will set aside the sacred portion, along with the property of the city.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.48.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.48.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;What remains on both sides of the area formed by the sacred portion and the property of the city will belong to the prince. It will extend eastward from the 25,000 cubits of the sacred portion to the eastern border, and westward from the 25,000 cubits to the western border. Both these areas running the length of the tribal portions will belong to the prince, and the sacred portion with the temple sanctuary will be in the center of them. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.48.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">So the property of the Levites and the property of the city will lie in the center of the area that belongs to the prince. The area belonging to the prince will lie between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.48.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.48.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;As for the rest of the tribes: Benjamin will have one portion; it will extend from the east side to the west side.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.48.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.48.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Simeon will have one portion; it will border the territory of Benjamin from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.48.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.48.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;Issachar will have one portion; it will border the territory of Simeon from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.48.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.48.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;Zebulun will have one portion; it will border the territory of Issachar from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.48.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.48.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;Gad will have one portion; it will border the territory of Zebulun from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.48.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.48.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;The southern boundary of Gad will run south from Tamar to the waters of Meribah Kadesh, then along the Wadi of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.48.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.48.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is the land you are to allot as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these will be their portions,&#8221; declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Gates of the New City</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.48.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.48.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">&#8220;These will be the exits of the city: Beginning on the north side, which is 4,500 cubits long, </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.48.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">the gates of the city will be named after the tribes of Israel. The three gates on the north side will be the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah and the gate of Levi.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.48.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.48.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">&#8220;On the east side, which is 4,500 cubits long, will be three gates: the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin and the gate of Dan.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.48.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZK.48.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">&#8220;On the south side, which measures 4,500 cubits, will be three gates: the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar and the gate of Zebulun.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZK.48.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZK.48.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;On the west side, which is 4,500 cubits long, will be three gates: the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher and the gate of Naphtali.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZK.48.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.48.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">&#8220;The distance all around will be 18,000 cubits.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:35 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 6 miles or about 9.5 kilometers</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.48.35"><span class="content">&#8220;And the name of the city from that time on will be:</span></span></div><div class="pc"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.48.35"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is there.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="DAN.1">
         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Daniel&#8217;s Training in Babylon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="DAN.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DAN.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And the Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles from the temple of God. These he carried off to the temple of his god in Babylonia</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:2 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shinar</span></span></span><span class="content"> and put in the treasure house of his god.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DAN.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="DAN.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, chief of his court officials, to bring into the king&#8217;s service some of the Israelites from the royal family and the nobility&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="DAN.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king&#8217;s palace. He was to teach them the language and literature of the Babylonians.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Chaldeans</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="DAN.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The king assigned them a daily amount of food and wine from the king&#8217;s table. They were to be trained for three years, and after that they were to enter the king&#8217;s service.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="DAN.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="DAN.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Among those who were chosen were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DAN.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The chief official gave them new names: to Daniel, the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DAN.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DAN.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DAN.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Now God had caused the official to show favor and compassion to Daniel, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DAN.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">but the official told Daniel, &#8220;I am afraid of my lord the king, who has assigned your</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:10 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">your </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fq">you </span><span class="ft">in this verse is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content"> food and drink. Why should he see you looking worse than the other young men your age? The king would then have my head because of you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DAN.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DAN.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Daniel then said to the guard whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DAN.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Please test your servants for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="DAN.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who eat the royal food, and treat your servants in accordance with what you see.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="DAN.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So he agreed to this and tested them for ten days.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="DAN.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="DAN.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">At the end of the ten days they looked healthier and better nourished than any of the young men who ate the royal food. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DAN.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So the guard took away their choice food and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables instead.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DAN.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DAN.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DAN.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="DAN.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">At the end of the time set by the king to bring them into his service, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="DAN.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The king talked with them, and he found none equal to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah; so they entered the king&#8217;s service. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="DAN.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king questioned them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="DAN.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="DAN.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">And Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkPRO">
      <div class="chapter ch12" data-usfm="PRO.12">
         <div class="label">12</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.12.1"><span class="content">but whoever hates correction is stupid.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.12.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Good people obtain favor from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.12.2"><span class="content">but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.12.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">No one can be established through wickedness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.12.3"><span class="content">but the righteous cannot be uprooted.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.12.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A wife of noble character is her husband&#8217;s crown,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.12.4"><span class="content">but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.12.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The plans of the righteous are just,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.12.5"><span class="content">but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.12.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.12.6"><span class="content">but the speech of the upright rescues them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.12.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The wicked are overthrown and are no more,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.12.7"><span class="content">but the house of the righteous stands firm.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.12.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A person is praised according to their prudence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.12.8"><span class="content">and one with a warped mind is despised.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.12.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.12.9"><span class="content">than pretend to be somebody and have no food.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.12.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The righteous care for the needs of their animals,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.12.10"><span class="content">but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.12.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Those who work their land will have abundant food,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.12.11"><span class="content">but those who chase fantasies have no sense.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.12.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.12.12"><span class="content">but the root of the righteous endures.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.12.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.12.13"><span class="content">and so the innocent escape trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.12.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.12.14"><span class="content">and the work of their hands brings them reward.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.12.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The way of fools seems right to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.12.15"><span class="content">but the wise listen to advice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.12.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Fools show their annoyance at once,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.12.16"><span class="content">but the prudent overlook an insult.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.12.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">An honest witness tells the truth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.12.17"><span class="content">but a false witness tells lies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.12.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The words of the reckless pierce like swords,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"><span class="content">but the tongue of the wise brings healing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Truthful lips endure forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.12.19"><span class="content">but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.12.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.12.20"><span class="content">but those who promote peace have joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.12.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">No harm overtakes the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.12.21"><span class="content">but the wicked have their fill of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.12.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests lying lips,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.12.22"><span class="content">but he delights in people who are trustworthy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.12.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.12.23"><span class="content">but a fool&#8217;s heart blurts out folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.12.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Diligent hands will rule,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.12.24"><span class="content">but laziness ends in forced labor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.12.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Anxiety weighs down the heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.12.25"><span class="content">but a kind word cheers it up.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.12.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.12.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The righteous choose their friends carefully,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.12.26"><span class="content">but the way of the wicked leads them astray.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.12.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.12.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The lazy do not roast</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:27 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> any game,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.12.27"><span class="content">but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.12.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.12.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">In the way of righteousness there is life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.12.28"><span class="content">along that path is immortality.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">23</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.23.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then the whole assembly rose and led him off to Pilate. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.23.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And they began to accuse him, saying, &#8220;We have found this man subverting our nation. He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Messiah, a king.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.23.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.23.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So Pilate asked Jesus, &#8220;Are you the king of the Jews?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.23.3"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You have said so,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.23.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.23.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, &#8220;I find no basis for a charge against this man.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.23.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.23.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But they insisted, &#8220;He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee and has come all the way here.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.23.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.23.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.23.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When he learned that Jesus was under Herod&#8217;s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.23.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.23.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased, because for a long time he had been wanting to see him. From what he had heard about him, he hoped to see him perform a sign of some sort. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.23.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He plied him with many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.23.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The chief priests and the teachers of the law were standing there, vehemently accusing him. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.23.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked him. Dressing him in an elegant robe, they sent him back to Pilate. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.23.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">That day Herod and Pilate became friends&#8212;before this they had been enemies.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.23.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.23.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers and the people, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.23.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">and said to them, &#8220;You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined him in your presence and have found no basis for your charges against him. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.23.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Neither has Herod, for he sent him back to us; as you can see, he has done nothing to deserve death. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.23.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Therefore, I will punish him and then release him.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.23.17"><span class="label">[17]</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:17 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts include here words similar to Matt. 27:15 and Mark 15:6.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.23.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.23.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But the whole crowd shouted, &#8220;Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.23.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">(Barabbas had been thrown into prison for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.23.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.23.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate appealed to them again. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.23.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But they kept shouting, &#8220;Crucify him! Crucify him!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.23.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.23.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For the third time he spoke to them: &#8220;Why? What crime has this man committed? I have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore I will have him punished and then release him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.23.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.23.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.23.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">So Pilate decided to grant their demand. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.23.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for, and surrendered Jesus to their will.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Crucifixion of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.23.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.23.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.23.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.23.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Jesus turned and said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.23.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For the time will come when you will say, &#8216;Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.23.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Then</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.23.30"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;they will say to the mountains, &#8220;Fall on us!&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.23.30"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and to the hills, &#8220;Cover us!&#8221;&#8198;&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">23:30 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">  
          Hosea 10:8
          </span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.23.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.23.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.23.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.23.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.23.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals&#8212;one on his right, the other on his left. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.23.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.&#8221;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:34 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts do not have this sentence.</span></span></span><span class="content"> And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.23.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.23.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, &#8220;He saved others; let him save himself if he is God&#8217;s Messiah, the Chosen One.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.23.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.23.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.23.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">and said, &#8220;If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.23.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.23.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">There was a written notice above him, which read: </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">this is the king of the jews</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.23.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.23.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: &#8220;Aren&#8217;t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.23.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.23.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">But the other criminal rebuked him. &#8220;Don&#8217;t you fear God,&#8221; he said, &#8220;since you are under the same sentence? </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LUK.23.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LUK.23.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.23.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Then he said, &#8220;Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:42 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">come with your kingly power</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.23.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.23.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Jesus answered him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Death of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.23.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LUK.23.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.23.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.23.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">Jesus called out with a loud voice, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.&#8221;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:46 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 31:5</span></span></span><span class="content"> When he had said this, he breathed his last.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.23.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="LUK.23.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, &#8220;Surely this was a righteous man.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.23.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts and went away. </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.23.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Burial of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.23.49"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.23.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="LUK.23.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the kingdom of God. </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="LUK.23.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus&#8217; body. </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="LUK.23.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="LUK.23.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="LUK.23.54"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="LUK.23.55"><span class="label">55</span><span class="content">The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. </span></span><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="LUK.23.56"><span class="label">56</span><span class="content">Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.</span></span></div>
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