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1 Corinthians

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         <div class="label">30</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.30.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, &#8220;Give me children, or I&#8217;ll die!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.30.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.30.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Jacob became angry with her and said, &#8220;Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.30.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.30.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then she said, &#8220;Here is Bilhah, my servant. Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I too can build a family through her.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.30.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.30.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife. Jacob slept with her, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.30.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and she became pregnant and bore him a son. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.30.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then Rachel said, &#8220;God has vindicated me; he has listened to my plea and given me a son.&#8221; Because of this she named him Dan.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:6 </span><span class="fq">Dan </span><span class="ft">here means </span><span class="fqa">he </span><span class="fq">has vindicated</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.30.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.30.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Rachel&#8217;s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.30.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then Rachel said, &#8220;I have had a great struggle with my sister, and I have won.&#8221; So she named him Naphtali.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:8 </span><span class="fq">Naphtali </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">my </span><span class="fq">struggle</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.30.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.30.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.30.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Leah&#8217;s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.30.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then Leah said, &#8220;What good fortune!&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">&#8220;A troop is coming!&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> So she named him Gad.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:11 </span><span class="fq">Gad </span><span class="ft">can mean </span><span class="fq">good fortune </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">troop.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.30.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.30.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Leah&#8217;s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.30.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then Leah said, &#8220;How happy I am! The women will call me happy.&#8221; So she named him Asher.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:13 </span><span class="fq">Asher </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fq">happy</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.30.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.30.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">During wheat harvest, Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrake plants, which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, &#8220;Please give me some of your son&#8217;s mandrakes.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.30.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.30.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But she said to her, &#8220;Wasn&#8217;t it enough that you took away my husband? Will you take my son&#8217;s mandrakes too?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.30.15"><span class="content">&#8220;Very well,&#8221; Rachel said, &#8220;he can sleep with you tonight in return for your son&#8217;s mandrakes.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.30.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.30.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So when Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. &#8220;You must sleep with me,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I have hired you with my son&#8217;s mandrakes.&#8221; So he slept with her that night.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.30.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.30.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">God listened to Leah, and she became pregnant and bore Jacob a fifth son. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.30.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then Leah said, &#8220;God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband.&#8221; So she named him Issachar.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:18 </span><span class="fq">Issachar </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">reward</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.30.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.30.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.30.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Then Leah said, &#8220;God has presented me with a precious gift. This time my husband will treat me with honor, because I have borne him six sons.&#8221; So she named him Zebulun.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:20 </span><span class="fq">Zebulun </span><span class="ft">probably means </span><span class="fq">honor</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.30.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.30.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Some time later she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.30.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.30.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and enabled her to conceive. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.30.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">She became pregnant and gave birth to a son and said, &#8220;God has taken away my disgrace.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.30.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">She named him Joseph,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:24 </span><span class="fq">Joseph </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">may he add.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and said, &#8220;May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> add to me another son.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jacob&#8217;s Flocks Increase</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.30.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.30.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">After Rachel gave birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, &#8220;Send me on my way so I can go back to my own homeland. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.30.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Give me my wives and children, for whom I have served you, and I will be on my way. You know how much work I&#8217;ve done for you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.30.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.30.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But Laban said to him, &#8220;If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has blessed me because of you.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.30.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">He added, &#8220;Name your wages, and I will pay them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.30.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.30.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Jacob said to him, &#8220;You know how I have worked for you and how your livestock has fared under my care. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.30.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The little you had before I came has increased greatly, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has blessed you wherever I have been. But now, when may I do something for my own household?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.30.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.30.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">&#8220;What shall I give you?&#8221; he asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.30.31"><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t give me anything,&#8221; Jacob replied. &#8220;But if you will do this one thing for me, I will go on tending your flocks and watching over them: </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.30.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb and every spotted or speckled goat. They will be my wages. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.30.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">And my honesty will testify for me in the future, whenever you check on the wages you have paid me. Any goat in my possession that is not speckled or spotted, or any lamb that is not dark-colored, will be considered stolen.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.30.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.30.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;Agreed,&#8221; said Laban. &#8220;Let it be as you have said.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="GEN.30.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">That same day he removed all the male goats that were streaked or spotted, and all the speckled or spotted female goats (all that had white on them) and all the dark-colored lambs, and he placed them in the care of his sons. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="GEN.30.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob continued to tend the rest of Laban&#8217;s flocks.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="GEN.30.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="GEN.30.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Jacob, however, took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond and plane trees and made white stripes on them by peeling the bark and exposing the white inner wood of the branches. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="GEN.30.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Then he placed the peeled branches in all the watering troughs, so that they would be directly in front of the flocks when they came to drink. When the flocks were in heat and came to drink, </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="GEN.30.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="GEN.30.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Jacob set apart the young of the flock by themselves, but made the rest face the streaked and dark-colored animals that belonged to Laban. Thus he made separate flocks for himself and did not put them with Laban&#8217;s animals. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="GEN.30.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Whenever the stronger females were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs in front of the animals so they would mate near the branches, </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="GEN.30.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">but if the animals were weak, he would not place them there. So the weak animals went to Laban and the strong ones to Jacob. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="GEN.30.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">In this way the man grew exceedingly prosperous and came to own large flocks, and female and male servants, and camels and donkeys.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">17</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophecy Against Damascus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.17.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A prophecy against Damascus:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.17.1"><span class="content">&#8220;See, Damascus will no longer be a city</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.17.1"><span class="content">but will become a heap of ruins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.17.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.17.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The cities of Aroer will be deserted</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.17.2"><span class="content">and left to flocks, which will lie down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.17.2"><span class="content">with no one to make them afraid.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.17.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.17.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The fortified city will disappear from Ephraim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.17.3"><span class="content">and royal power from Damascus;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.17.3"><span class="content">the remnant of Aram will be</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.17.3"><span class="content">like the glory of the Israelites,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.17.3"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.17.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.17.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;In that day the glory of Jacob will fade;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.17.4"><span class="content">the fat of his body will waste away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.17.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.17.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">It will be as when reapers harvest the standing grain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.17.5"><span class="content">gathering the grain in their arms&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.17.5"><span class="content">as when someone gleans heads of grain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.17.5"><span class="content">in the Valley of Rephaim.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.17.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.17.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Yet some gleanings will remain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.17.6"><span class="content">as when an olive tree is beaten,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.17.6"><span class="content">leaving two or three olives on the topmost branches,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.17.6"><span class="content">four or five on the fruitful boughs,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.17.6"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.17.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.17.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">In that day people will look to their Maker</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.17.7"><span class="content">and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.17.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.17.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They will not look to the altars,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.17.8"><span class="content">the work of their hands,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.17.8"><span class="content">and they will have no regard for the Asherah poles</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">17:8 </span><span class="ft">That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.17.8"><span class="content">and the incense altars their fingers have made.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.17.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.17.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">In that day their strong cities, which they left because of the Israelites, will be like places abandoned to thickets and undergrowth. And all will be desolation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.17.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.17.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You have forgotten God your Savior;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.17.10"><span class="content">you have not remembered the Rock, your fortress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.17.10"><span class="content">Therefore, though you set out the finest plants</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.17.10"><span class="content">and plant imported vines,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.17.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.17.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">though on the day you set them out, you make them grow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.17.11"><span class="content">and on the morning when you plant them, you bring them to bud,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.17.11"><span class="content">yet the harvest will be as nothing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.17.11"><span class="content">in the day of disease and incurable pain.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.17.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.17.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Woe to the many nations that rage&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.17.12"><span class="content">they rage like the raging sea!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.17.12"><span class="content">Woe to the peoples who roar&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.17.12"><span class="content">they roar like the roaring of great waters!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.17.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.17.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Although the peoples roar like the roar of surging waters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.17.13"><span class="content">when he rebukes them they flee far away,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.17.13"><span class="content">driven before the wind like chaff on the hills,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.17.13"><span class="content">like tumbleweed before a gale.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.17.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.17.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">In the evening, sudden terror!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.17.14"><span class="content">Before the morning, they are gone!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.17.14"><span class="content">This is the portion of those who loot us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.17.14"><span class="content">the lot of those who plunder us.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">18</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophecy Against Cush</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.18.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Woe to the land of whirring wings</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">of locusts</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.18.1"><span class="content">along the rivers of Cush,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:1 </span><span class="ft">That is, the upper Nile region</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.18.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.18.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">which sends envoys by sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.18.2"><span class="content">in papyrus boats over the water.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.18.2"><span class="content">Go, swift messengers,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.18.2"><span class="content">to a people tall and smooth-skinned,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.18.2"><span class="content">to a people feared far and wide,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.18.2"><span class="content">an aggressive nation of strange speech,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.18.2"><span class="content">whose land is divided by rivers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.18.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.18.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">All you people of the world,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.18.3"><span class="content">you who live on the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.18.3"><span class="content">when a banner is raised on the mountains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.18.3"><span class="content">you will see it,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.18.3"><span class="content">and when a trumpet sounds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.18.3"><span class="content">you will hear it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.18.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.18.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says to me:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.18.4"><span class="content">&#8220;I will remain quiet and will look on from my dwelling place,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.18.4"><span class="content">like shimmering heat in the sunshine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.18.4"><span class="content">like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.18.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.18.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For, before the harvest, when the blossom is gone</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.18.5"><span class="content">and the flower becomes a ripening grape,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.18.5"><span class="content">he will cut off the shoots with pruning knives,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.18.5"><span class="content">and cut down and take away the spreading branches.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.18.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.18.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.18.6"><span class="content">and to the wild animals;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.18.6"><span class="content">the birds will feed on them all summer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.18.6"><span class="content">the wild animals all winter.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.18.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.18.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">At that time gifts will be brought to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.18.7"><span class="content">from a people tall and smooth-skinned,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.18.7"><span class="content">from a people feared far and wide,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.18.7"><span class="content">an aggressive nation of strange speech,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.18.7"><span class="content">whose land is divided by rivers&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.18.7"><span class="content">the gifts will be brought to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch21" data-usfm="MAT.21.1+MAT.21.2+MAT.21.3+MAT.21.4+MAT.21.5+MAT.21.6+MAT.21.7+MAT.21.8+MAT.21.9+MAT.21.10+MAT.21.11+MAT.21.12+MAT.21.13+MAT.21.14+MAT.21.15+MAT.21.16+MAT.21.17+MAT.21.18+MAT.21.19+MAT.21.20+MAT.21.21+MAT.21.22+MAT.21.23+MAT.21.24+MAT.21.25+MAT.21.26+MAT.21.27">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">saying to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.21.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.21.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Say to Daughter Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.21.5"><span class="content">&#8216;See, your king comes to you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.21.5"><span class="content">gentle and riding on a donkey,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.21.5"><span class="content">and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:5 </span><span class="ft">Zech. 9:9</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.21.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.21.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Hosanna</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:9 </span><span class="ft">A Hebrew expression meaning &#8220;Save!&#8221; which became an exclamation of praise; also in verse 15</span></span></span><span class="content"> to the Son of David!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.21.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:9 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 118:25,26</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.21.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Hosanna</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:9 </span><span class="ft">A Hebrew expression meaning &#8220;Save!&#8221; which became an exclamation of praise; also in verse 15</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the highest heaven!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.21.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, &#8220;Who is this?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.21.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The crowds answered, &#8220;This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus at the Temple</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.21.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;It is written,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;My house will be called a house of prayer,&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:13 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 56:7</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">but you are making it &#8216;a den of robbers.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:13 </span><span class="ft">Jer. 7:11</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.21.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.21.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.21.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple courts, &#8220;Hosanna to the Son of David,&#8221; they were indignant.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.21.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.21.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do you hear what these children are saying?&#8221; they asked him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.21.16"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> replied Jesus, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;have you never read,</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.21.16"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;From the lips of children and infants</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.21.16"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">you, Lord, have called forth your praise&#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">21:16 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">  
          Psalm 8:2
         (see Septuagint)</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.21.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.21.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Curses a Fig Tree</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.21.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.21.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.21.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;May you never bear fruit again!&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Immediately the tree withered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.21.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.21.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">When the disciples saw this, they were amazed. &#8220;How did the fig tree wither so quickly?&#8221; they asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.21.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.21.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, &#8216;Go, throw yourself into the sea,&#8217; and it will be done.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.21.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Authority of Jesus Questioned</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.21.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.21.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Jesus entered the temple courts, and, while he was teaching, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him. &#8220;By what authority are you doing these things?&#8221; they asked. &#8220;And who gave you this authority?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.21.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.21.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I will also ask you one question. If you answer me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.21.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">John&#8217;s baptism&#8212;where did it come from? Was it from heaven, or of human origin?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.21.25"><span class="content">They discussed it among themselves and said, &#8220;If we say, &#8216;From heaven,&#8217; he will ask, &#8216;Then why didn&#8217;t you believe him?&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.21.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">But if we say, &#8216;Of human origin&#8217;&#8212;we are afraid of the people, for they all hold that John was a prophet.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.21.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.21.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">So they answered Jesus, &#8220;We don&#8217;t know.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.21.27"><span class="content">Then he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.</span></span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch15" data-usfm="ROM.15.1+ROM.15.2+ROM.15.3+ROM.15.4+ROM.15.5+ROM.15.6+ROM.15.7+ROM.15.8+ROM.15.9+ROM.15.10+ROM.15.11+ROM.15.12+ROM.15.13+ROM.15.14+ROM.15.15+ROM.15.16">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: &#8220;The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:3 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 69:9</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.15.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.15.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:8 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">circumcision</span></span></span><span class="content"> on behalf of God&#8217;s truth, so that the promises made to the patriarchs might be confirmed </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">and, moreover, that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.15.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.15.9"><span class="content">I will sing the praises of your name.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:9 </span><span class="ft">2 Samuel 22:50; Psalm 18:49</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.15.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.15.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Again, it says,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.15.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:10 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 32:43</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.15.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.15.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And again,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.15.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.15.11"><span class="content">let all the peoples extol him.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:11 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 117:1</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.15.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.15.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">And again, Isaiah says,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.15.12"><span class="content">&#8220;The Root of Jesse will spring up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.15.12"><span class="content">one who will arise to rule over the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.15.12"><span class="content">in him the Gentiles will hope.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:12 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 11:10 (see Septuagint)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.15.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.15.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul the Minister to the Gentiles</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.15.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.15.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with knowledge and competent to instruct one another. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.15.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.15.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.15.16"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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