RETURN to ME: Reading With the People of God #16

Stop Living in Your Head: Capturing Those Dreams and Making Them a Reality

More Than a Feeling

Contending for the Faith in a Compromised World

Living Large in a Small World: A Look Into Philippians 1

Prayer: Chatting With God Like a Best Friend by Wycliffe Bible Translators

Forever Forward in Hope

Film + Faith - Superheroes and the Bible

Launching a Business God's Way

How to Become a Real Disciple

The Listener’s Bible®: NIV Edition

New International Version™  (Anglicised), Audio Edition

Holy Bible, New International Version™ (Anglicised), South Asian Audio Edition

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bk1KI">
      <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="1KI.13">
         <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Man of God From Judah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1KI.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">By the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> a man of God came from Judah to Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make an offering. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1KI.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">By the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> he cried out against the altar: &#8220;Altar, altar! This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: &#8216;A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who make offerings here, and human bones will be burned on you.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1KI.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">That same day the man of God gave a sign: &#8220;This is the sign the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has declared: The altar will be split apart and the ashes on it will be poured out.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1KI.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1KI.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When King Jeroboam heard what the man of God cried out against the altar at Bethel, he stretched out his hand from the altar and said, &#8220;Seize him!&#8221; But the hand he stretched out toward the man shriveled up, so that he could not pull it back. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1KI.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Also, the altar was split apart and its ashes poured out according to the sign given by the man of God by the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1KI.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1KI.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then the king said to the man of God, &#8220;Intercede with the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored.&#8221; So the man of God interceded with the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and the king&#8217;s hand was restored and became as it was before.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1KI.13.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1KI.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The king said to the man of God, &#8220;Come home with me for a meal, and I will give you a gift.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1KI.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1KI.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But the man of God answered the king, &#8220;Even if you were to give me half your possessions, I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water here. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1KI.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For I was commanded by the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">: &#8216;You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1KI.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">So he took another road and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1KI.13.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1KI.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Now there was a certain old prophet living in Bethel, whose sons came and told him all that the man of God had done there that day. They also told their father what he had said to the king. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1KI.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Their father asked them, &#8220;Which way did he go?&#8221; And his sons showed him which road the man of God from Judah had taken. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1KI.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">So he said to his sons, &#8220;Saddle the donkey for me.&#8221; And when they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">and rode after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, &#8220;Are you the man of God who came from Judah?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.13.14"><span class="content">&#8220;I am,&#8221; he replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.13.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1KI.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">So the prophet said to him, &#8220;Come home with me and eat.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1KI.13.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1KI.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The man of God said, &#8220;I cannot turn back and go with you, nor can I eat bread or drink water with you in this place. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1KI.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I have been told by the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">: &#8216;You must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1KI.13.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1KI.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The old prophet answered, &#8220;I too am a prophet, as you are. And an angel said to me by the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">: &#8216;Bring him back with you to your house so that he may eat bread and drink water.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; (But he was lying to him.) </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1KI.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So the man of God returned with him and ate and drank in his house.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1KI.13.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1KI.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">While they were sitting at the table, the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to the old prophet who had brought him back. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1KI.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, &#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: &#8216;You have defied the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and have not kept the command the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God gave you. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1KI.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">You came back and ate bread and drank water in the place where he told you not to eat or drink. Therefore your body will not be buried in the tomb of your ancestors.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1KI.13.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1KI.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the prophet who had brought him back saddled his donkey for him. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1KI.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying on the road, with both the donkey and the lion standing beside it. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1KI.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Some people who passed by saw the body lying there, with the lion standing beside the body, and they went and reported it in the city where the old prophet lived.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1KI.13.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1KI.13.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard of it, he said, &#8220;It is the man of God who defied the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has given him over to the lion, which has mauled him and killed him, as the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had warned him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1KI.13.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1KI.13.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The prophet said to his sons, &#8220;Saddle the donkey for me,&#8221; and they did so. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1KI.13.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then he went out and found the body lying on the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had neither eaten the body nor mauled the donkey. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1KI.13.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">So the prophet picked up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1KI.13.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they mourned over him and said, &#8220;Alas, my brother!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1KI.13.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1KI.13.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">After burying him, he said to his sons, &#8220;When I die, bury me in the grave where the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1KI.13.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">For the message he declared by the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the towns of Samaria will certainly come true.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1KI.13.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1KI.13.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Even after this, Jeroboam did not change his evil ways, but once more appointed priests for the high places from all sorts of people. Anyone who wanted to become a priest he consecrated for the high places. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1KI.13.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">This was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its downfall and to its destruction from the face of the earth.</span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkPSA">
      <div class="chapter ch120" data-usfm="PSA.120">
         <div class="label">120</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 120</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.120.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I call on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in my distress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.120.1"><span class="content">and he answers me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.120.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.120.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Save me, </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="PSA.120.2"><span class="content">from lying lips</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.120.2"><span class="content">and from deceitful tongues.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.120.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.120.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">What will he do to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.120.3"><span class="content">and what more besides,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.120.3"><span class="content">you deceitful tongue?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.120.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.120.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He will punish you with a warrior&#8217;s sharp arrows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.120.4"><span class="content">with burning coals of the broom bush.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.120.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.120.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.120.5"><span class="content">that I live among the tents of Kedar!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.120.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.120.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Too long have I lived</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.120.6"><span class="content">among those who hate peace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.120.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.120.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I am for peace;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.120.7"><span class="content">but when I speak, they are for war.</span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkPSA">
      <div class="chapter ch121" data-usfm="PSA.121">
         <div class="label">121</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 121</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.121.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I lift up my eyes to the mountains&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.121.1"><span class="content">where does my help come from?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.121.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.121.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">My help comes 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="PSA.121.2"><span class="content">the Maker of heaven and earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.121.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.121.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He will not let your foot slip&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.121.3"><span class="content">he who watches over you will not slumber;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.121.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.121.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">indeed, he who watches over Israel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.121.4"><span class="content">will neither slumber nor sleep.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.121.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.121.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> watches over you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.121.5"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is your shade at your right hand;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.121.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.121.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">the sun will not harm you by day,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.121.6"><span class="content">nor the moon by night.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.121.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.121.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will keep you from all harm&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.121.7"><span class="content">he will watch over your life;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.121.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.121.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will watch over your coming and going</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.121.8"><span class="content">both now and forevermore.</span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkPSA">
      <div class="chapter ch122" data-usfm="PSA.122">
         <div class="label">122</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 122</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents. Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.122.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I rejoiced with those who said to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.122.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Let us go to the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.122.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.122.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Our feet are standing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.122.2"><span class="content">in your gates, Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.122.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.122.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jerusalem is built like a city</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.122.3"><span class="content">that is closely compacted together.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.122.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">That is where the tribes go up&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"><span class="content">the tribes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"><span class="content">to praise the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"><span class="content">according to the statute given to Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.122.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">There stand the thrones for judgment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.122.5"><span class="content">the thrones of the house of David.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.122.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.122.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.122.6"><span class="content">&#8220;May those who love you be secure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.122.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.122.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">May there be peace within your walls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.122.7"><span class="content">and security within your citadels.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.122.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.122.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For the sake of my family and friends,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.122.8"><span class="content">I will say, &#8220;Peace be within you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.122.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.122.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For the sake of the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.122.9"><span class="content">I will seek your prosperity.</span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkPSA">
      <div class="chapter ch123" data-usfm="PSA.123">
         <div class="label">123</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 123</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.123.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I lift up my eyes to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.123.1"><span class="content">to you who sit enthroned in heaven.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.123.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.123.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.123.2"><span class="content">as the eyes of a female slave look to the hand of her mistress,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.123.2"><span class="content">so our eyes look to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.123.2"><span class="content">till he shows us his mercy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.123.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.123.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Have mercy on us, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, have mercy on us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.123.3"><span class="content">for we have endured no end of contempt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.123.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.123.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">We have endured no end</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.123.4"><span class="content">of ridicule from the arrogant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.123.4"><span class="content">of contempt from the proud.</span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

New International Version

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkMRK">
      <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MRK.13.24+MRK.13.25+MRK.13.26+MRK.13.27+MRK.13.28+MRK.13.29+MRK.13.30+MRK.13.31+MRK.13.32+MRK.13.33+MRK.13.34+MRK.13.35+MRK.13.36">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But in those days, following that distress,</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.13.24"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;the sun will be darkened,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.13.24"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and the moon will not give its light;</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.13.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">the stars will fall from the sky,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.13.25"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.&#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">13:25 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">  
          Isaiah 13:10; 34:4  </span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.13.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.13.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.13.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.13.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MRK.13.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.13.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:29 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">he</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">is near, right at the door.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.13.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.13.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Day and Hour Unknown</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.13.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.13.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MRK.13.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Be on guard! Be alert</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:33 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">alert and pray</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">! You do not know when that time will come.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.13.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">It&#8217;s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.13.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MRK.13.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back&#8212;whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MRK.13.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkMRK">
      <div class="chapter ch14" data-usfm="MRK.14.1+MRK.14.2+MRK.14.3+MRK.14.4+MRK.14.5+MRK.14.6+MRK.14.7+MRK.14.8+MRK.14.9+MRK.14.10+MRK.14.11">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MRK.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;But not during the festival,&#8221; they said, &#8220;or the people may riot.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.14.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.14.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, &#8220;Why this waste of perfume? </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">It could have been sold for more than a year&#8217;s wages</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:5 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">than three hundred denarii</span></span></span><span class="content"> and the money given to the poor.&#8221; And they rebuked her harshly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.14.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Leave her alone,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> said Jesus. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The poor you will always have with you,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:7 </span><span class="ft">See Deut. 15:11.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.14.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over.</span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bk2CO">
      <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="2CO.13">
         <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Final Warnings</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CO.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This will be my third visit to you. &#8220;Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:1 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 19:15</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CO.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I already gave you a warning when I was with you the second time. I now repeat it while absent: On my return I will not spare those who sinned earlier or any of the others, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CO.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CO.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For to be sure, he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God&#8217;s power. Likewise, we are weak in him, yet by God&#8217;s power we will live with him in our dealing with you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CO.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CO.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you&#8212;unless, of course, you fail the test? </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CO.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And I trust that you will discover that we have not failed the test. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CO.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong&#8212;not so that people will see that we have stood the test but so that you will do what is right even though we may seem to have failed. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CO.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CO.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">We are glad whenever we are weak but you are strong; and our prayer is that you may be fully restored. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CO.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">This is why I write these things when I am absent, that when I come I may not have to be harsh in my use of authority&#8212;the authority the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Final Greetings</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CO.13.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CO.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CO.13.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CO.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Greet one another with a holy kiss. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CO.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">All God&#8217;s people here send their greetings.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CO.13.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CO.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.</span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

IHCC Daily Bible Reading Plan - SeptemberSample

Scripture

About this Plan

Related plans