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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Obadiah&#8217;s Vision</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="OBA.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The vision of Obadiah.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="OBA.1.1"><span class="content">This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says about Edom&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="OBA.1.1"><span class="content">We have heard a message from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="OBA.1.1"><span class="content">An envoy was sent to the nations to say,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="OBA.1.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Rise, let us go against her for battle&#8221;&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="OBA.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="OBA.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;See, I will make you small among the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="OBA.1.2"><span class="content">you will be utterly despised.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="OBA.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="OBA.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The pride of your heart has deceived you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="OBA.1.3"><span class="content">you who live in the clefts of the rocks</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">of Sela</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="OBA.1.3"><span class="content">and make your home on the heights,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="OBA.1.3"><span class="content">you who say to yourself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="OBA.1.3"><span class="content">&#8216;Who can bring me down to the ground?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="OBA.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="OBA.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Though you soar like the eagle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="OBA.1.4"><span class="content">and make your nest among the stars,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="OBA.1.4"><span class="content">from there I will bring you down,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="OBA.1.4"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="OBA.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="OBA.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;If thieves came to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="OBA.1.5"><span class="content">if robbers in the night&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="OBA.1.5"><span class="content">oh, what a disaster awaits you!&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="OBA.1.5"><span class="content">would they not steal only as much as they wanted?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="OBA.1.5"><span class="content">If grape pickers came to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="OBA.1.5"><span class="content">would they not leave a few grapes?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="OBA.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="OBA.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But how Esau will be ransacked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="OBA.1.6"><span class="content">his hidden treasures pillaged!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="OBA.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="OBA.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All your allies will force you to the border;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="OBA.1.7"><span class="content">your friends will deceive and overpower you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="OBA.1.7"><span class="content">those who eat your bread will set a trap for you,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="OBA.1.7"><span class="content">but you will not detect it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="OBA.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="OBA.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;In that day,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="OBA.1.8"><span class="content">&#8220;will I not destroy the wise men of Edom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="OBA.1.8"><span class="content">those of understanding in the mountains of Esau?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="OBA.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="OBA.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Your warriors, Teman, will be terrified,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="OBA.1.9"><span class="content">and everyone in Esau&#8217;s mountains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="OBA.1.9"><span class="content">will be cut down in the slaughter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="OBA.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="OBA.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Because of the violence against your brother Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="OBA.1.10"><span class="content">you will be covered with shame;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="OBA.1.10"><span class="content">you will be destroyed forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="OBA.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="OBA.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">On the day you stood aloof</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="OBA.1.11"><span class="content">while strangers carried off his wealth</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="OBA.1.11"><span class="content">and foreigners entered his gates</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="OBA.1.11"><span class="content">and cast lots for Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="OBA.1.11"><span class="content">you were like one of them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="OBA.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="OBA.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You should not gloat over your brother</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="OBA.1.12"><span class="content">in the day of his misfortune,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="OBA.1.12"><span class="content">nor rejoice over the people of Judah</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="OBA.1.12"><span class="content">in the day of their destruction,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="OBA.1.12"><span class="content">nor boast so much</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="OBA.1.12"><span class="content">in the day of their trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="OBA.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="OBA.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You should not march through the gates of my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="OBA.1.13"><span class="content">in the day of their disaster,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="OBA.1.13"><span class="content">nor gloat over them in their calamity</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="OBA.1.13"><span class="content">in the day of their disaster,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="OBA.1.13"><span class="content">nor seize their wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="OBA.1.13"><span class="content">in the day of their disaster.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="OBA.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="OBA.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">You should not wait at the crossroads</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="OBA.1.14"><span class="content">to cut down their fugitives,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="OBA.1.14"><span class="content">nor hand over their survivors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="OBA.1.14"><span class="content">in the day of their trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="OBA.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="OBA.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;The day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is near</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="OBA.1.15"><span class="content">for all nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="OBA.1.15"><span class="content">As you have done, it will be done to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="OBA.1.15"><span class="content">your deeds will return upon your own head.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="OBA.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="OBA.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Just as you drank on my holy hill,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="OBA.1.16"><span class="content">so all the nations will drink continually;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="OBA.1.16"><span class="content">they will drink and drink</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="OBA.1.16"><span class="content">and be as if they had never been.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="OBA.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="OBA.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But on Mount Zion will be deliverance;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="OBA.1.17"><span class="content">it will be holy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="OBA.1.17"><span class="content">and Jacob will possess his inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="OBA.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="OBA.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Jacob will be a fire</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="OBA.1.18"><span class="content">and Joseph a flame;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="OBA.1.18"><span class="content">Esau will be stubble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="OBA.1.18"><span class="content">and they will set him on fire and destroy him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="OBA.1.18"><span class="content">There will be no survivors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="OBA.1.18"><span class="content">from Esau.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="OBA.1.18"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="OBA.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="OBA.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">People from the Negev will occupy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="OBA.1.19"><span class="content">the mountains of Esau,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="OBA.1.19"><span class="content">and people from the foothills will possess</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="OBA.1.19"><span class="content">the land of the Philistines.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="OBA.1.19"><span class="content">They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="OBA.1.19"><span class="content">and Benjamin will possess Gilead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="OBA.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="OBA.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="OBA.1.20"><span class="content">will possess the land as far as Zarephath;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="OBA.1.20"><span class="content">the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="OBA.1.20"><span class="content">will possess the towns of the Negev.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="OBA.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="OBA.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Deliverers will go up on</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">from</span></span></span><span class="content"> Mount Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="OBA.1.21"><span class="content">to govern the mountains of Esau.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="OBA.1.21"><span class="content">And the kingdom will be the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Calls His First Disciples</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:1 </span><span class="ft">That is, the Sea of Galilee</span></span></span><span class="content"> the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He saw at the water&#8217;s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Simon answered, &#8220;Master, we&#8217;ve worked hard all night and haven&#8217;t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus&#8217; knees and said, &#8220;Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon&#8217;s partners.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.5.10"><span class="content">Then Jesus said to Simon, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Heals a Man With Leprosy</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:12 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word traditionally translated </span><span class="fq">leprosy </span><span class="ft">was used for various diseases affecting the skin.</span></span></span><span class="content"> When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, &#8220;Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I am willing,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he said. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Be clean!&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> And immediately the leprosy left him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.5.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then Jesus ordered him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t tell anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.5.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">When they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.5.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">When Jesus saw their faith, he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Friend, your sins are forgiven.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.5.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to themselves, &#8220;Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.5.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Jesus knew what they were thinking and asked, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Which is easier: to say, &#8216;Your sins are forgiven,&#8217; or to say, &#8216;Get up and walk&#8217;?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.5.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> So he said to the paralyzed man, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.5.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Immediately he stood up in front of them, took what he had been lying on and went home praising God. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.5.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Everyone was amazed and gave praise to God. They were filled with awe and said, &#8220;We have seen remarkable things today.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.5.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.5.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Follow me,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus said to him, </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.5.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.5.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.5.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.5.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, &#8220;Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.5.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.5.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Jesus answered them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.5.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Questioned About Fasting</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.5.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.5.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">They said to him, &#8220;John&#8217;s disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.5.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.5.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while he is with them?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.5.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; in those days they will fast.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.5.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.5.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">He told them this parable: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;No one tears a piece out of a new garment to patch an old one. Otherwise, they will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.5.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.5.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.5.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for they say, &#8216;The old is better.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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