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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that had been the wife</span></span><span class="content"> of Urias; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">and Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">and Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon: </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">and after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">and Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor; </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">and Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">and Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">So all the generations from Abraham to David </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> fourteen generations.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Birth of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then Joseph her husband, being a just </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content">, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.1.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.1.23"><span class="content">And they shall call his name Emmanuel,</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.1.23"><span class="content">which being interpreted is, God with us. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">and knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Wise Men from the East</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Jud&#230;a in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When Herod the king had heard </span><span class="add"><span class="content">these things</span></span><span class="content">, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Jud&#230;a: for thus it is written by the prophet,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And thou Bethlehem, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">in</span></span><span class="content"> the land of Juda,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.2.6"><span class="content">Art not the least among the princes of Juda:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.2.6"><span class="content">For out of thee shall come a Governor,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.2.6"><span class="content">That shall rule my people Israel.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found </span><span class="add"><span class="content">him</span></span><span class="content">, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">The Flight to Egypt</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt: </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">In Rama was there a voice heard,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.2.18"><span class="content">Lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.2.18"><span class="content">Rachel weeping </span><span class="add"><span class="content">for</span></span><span class="content"> her children,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.2.18"><span class="content">And would not be comforted, because they are not.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Return to Nazareth</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Jud&#230;a in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee: </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">and he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">His Baptism and Temptation</span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">John the Baptist</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Jud&#230;a, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.3.3"><span class="content">The voice of one crying in the wilderness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.3.3"><span class="content">Prepare ye the way of the Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.3.3"><span class="content">Make his paths straight.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Jud&#230;a, and all the region round about Jordan, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to </span><span class="add"><span class="content">our</span></span><span class="content"> father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and </span><span class="add"><span class="content">with</span></span><span class="content"> fire: </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">whose fan </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">The Baptism of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And Jesus answering said unto him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Suffer </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it to be so</span></span><span class="content"> now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.</span></span><span class="content"> Then he suffered him. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">and lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">His Temptation</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But he answered and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.4.6"><span class="content">He shall give his angels charge concerning thee:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.4.6"><span class="content">And in </span><span class="add"><span class="content">their</span></span><span class="content"> hands they shall bear thee up,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.4.6"><span class="content">Lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Jesus said unto him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">and saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then saith Jesus unto him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">His Work in Galilee</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">and leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim: </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.4.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.4.15"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">By</span></span><span class="content"> the way of the sea, beyond Jordan,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.4.15"><span class="content">Galilee of the Gentiles;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.4.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The people which sat in darkness</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.4.16"><span class="content">Saw great light;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.4.16"><span class="content">And to them which sat in the region and shadow of death</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.4.16"><span class="content">Light is sprung up.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.4.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.</span></span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">His First Disciples</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.4.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">And he saith unto them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">And they straightway left </span><span class="add"><span class="content">their</span></span><span class="content"> nets, and followed him. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James </span><span class="add"><span class="content">the son</span></span><span class="content"> of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Begins His Ministry</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.4.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.4.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.4.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.4.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and </span><span class="add"><span class="content">from</span></span><span class="content"> Decapolis, and </span><span class="add"><span class="content">from</span></span><span class="content"> Jerusalem, and </span><span class="add"><span class="content">from</span></span><span class="content"> Jud&#230;a, and </span><span class="add"><span class="content">from</span></span><span class="content"> beyond Jordan.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">22</div><div class="d"><span class="content">To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.22.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.22.1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Why art thou so</span></span><span class="content"> far from helping me, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and from</span></span><span class="content"> the words of my roaring?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.22.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.22.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.22.2"><span class="content">And in the night season, and am not silent.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.22.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.22.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But thou </span><span class="add"><span class="content">art</span></span><span class="content"> holy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.22.3"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">O thou</span></span><span class="content"> that inhabitest the praises of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.22.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.22.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Our fathers trusted in thee:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.22.4"><span class="content">They trusted, and thou didst deliver them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.22.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.22.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They cried unto thee, and were delivered:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.22.5"><span class="content">They trusted in thee, and were not confounded.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.22.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.22.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But I </span><span class="add"><span class="content">am</span></span><span class="content"> a worm, and no man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.22.6"><span class="content">A reproach of men, and despised of the people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.22.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.22.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All they that see me laugh me to scorn:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.22.7"><span class="content">They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">saying</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.22.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.22.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He trusted on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> he would deliver him:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.22.8"><span class="content">Let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.22.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.22.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But thou </span><span class="add"><span class="content">art</span></span><span class="content"> he that took me out of the womb:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.22.9"><span class="content">Thou didst make me hope </span><span class="add"><span class="content">when I was</span></span><span class="content"> upon my mother's breasts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.22.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.22.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I was cast upon thee from the womb:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.22.10"><span class="content">Thou </span><span class="add"><span class="content">art</span></span><span class="content"> my God from my mother's belly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.22.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.22.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Be not far from me; for trouble </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> near;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.22.11"><span class="content">For </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there is</span></span><span class="content"> none to help.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.22.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.22.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Many bulls have compassed me:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.22.12"><span class="content">Strong </span><span class="add"><span class="content">bulls</span></span><span class="content"> of Bashan have beset me round.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.22.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.22.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They gaped upon me </span><span class="add"><span class="content">with</span></span><span class="content"> their mouths,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.22.13"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">As</span></span><span class="content"> a ravening and a roaring lion.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.22.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.22.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.22.14"><span class="content">My heart is like wax; It is melted in the midst of my bowels.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.22.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.22.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.22.15"><span class="content">And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.22.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.22.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For dogs have compassed me:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.22.16"><span class="content">The assembly of the wicked have inclosed me:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.22.16"><span class="content">They pierced my hands and my feet. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.22.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I may tell all my bones:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.22.17"><span class="content">They look </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> stare upon me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.22.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.22.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They part my garments among them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.22.18"><span class="content">And cast lots upon my vesture.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.22.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.22.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But be not thou far from me, O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.22.19"><span class="content">O my strength, haste thee to help me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.22.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.22.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Deliver my soul from the sword;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.22.20"><span class="content">My darling from the power of the dog.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.22.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.22.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Save me from the lion's mouth:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.22.21"><span class="content">For thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.22.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.22.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">I will declare thy name unto my brethren:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.22.22"><span class="content">In the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.22.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.22.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Ye that fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, praise him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.22.23"><span class="content">All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; And fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.22.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.22.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.22.24"><span class="content">Neither hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.22.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.22.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">My praise </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be</span></span><span class="content"> of thee in the great congregation:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.22.25"><span class="content">I will pay my vows before them that fear him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.22.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.22.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The meek shall eat and be satisfied:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.22.26"><span class="content">They shall praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> that seek him: Your heart shall live for ever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.22.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.22.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.22.27"><span class="content">And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.22.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.22.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">For the kingdom </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">'s:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.22.28"><span class="content">And he </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the governor among the nations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.22.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.22.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">All </span><span class="add"><span class="content">they that be</span></span><span class="content"> fat upon earth shall eat and worship:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.22.29"><span class="content">All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.22.29"><span class="content">And none can keep alive his own soul.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.22.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.22.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">A seed shall serve him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.22.30"><span class="content">It shall be accounted to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> for a generation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.22.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.22.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.22.31"><span class="content">Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done </span><span class="add"><span class="content">this</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">23</div><div class="d"><span class="content">A Psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.23.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> my shepherd; I shall not want.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.23.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.23.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.23.2"><span class="content">He leadeth me beside the still waters.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.23.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.23.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He restoreth my soul:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.23.3"><span class="content">He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.23.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="content">for thou </span><span class="add"><span class="content">art</span></span><span class="content"> with me; Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.23.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.23.5"><span class="content">Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.23.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.23.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.23.6"><span class="content">And I will dwell in the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> for ever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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