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         <div class="label">87</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 87</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. A song.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.87.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">He has founded his city on the holy mountain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.87.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.87.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> loves the gates of Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.87.2"><span class="content">more than all the other dwellings of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.87.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.87.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Glorious things are said of you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.87.3"><span class="content">city of God:</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">87:3 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 6.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.87.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.87.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will record Rahab</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">87:4 </span><span class="ft">A poetic name for Egypt</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Babylon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.87.4"><span class="content">among those who acknowledge me&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.87.4"><span class="content">Philistia too, and Tyre, along with Cush</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">87:4 </span><span class="ft">That is, the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.87.4"><span class="content">and will say, &#8216;This one was born in Zion.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">87:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">&#8220;I will record concerning those who acknowledge me: / &#8216;This one was born in Zion.&#8217; / Hear this, Rahab and Babylon, / and you too, Philistia, Tyre and Cush.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.87.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.87.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Indeed, of Zion it will be said,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.87.5"><span class="content">&#8220;This one and that one were born in her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.87.5"><span class="content">and the Most High himself will establish her.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.87.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.87.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will write in the register of the peoples:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.87.6"><span class="content">&#8220;This one was born in Zion.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.87.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.87.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">As they make music they will sing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.87.7"><span class="content">&#8220;All my fountains are in you.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">90</div><div class="ms"><span class="heading">BOOK IV</span></div><div class="mr"><span class="heading">  </span><span class="heading">Psalms 90&#8211;106</span></div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 90</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A prayer of Moses the man of God.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.90.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Lord, you have been our dwelling place</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.90.1"><span class="content">throughout all generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.90.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.90.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Before the mountains were born</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.90.2"><span class="content">or you brought forth the whole world,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.90.2"><span class="content">from everlasting to everlasting you are God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.90.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.90.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You turn people back to dust,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.90.3"><span class="content">saying, &#8220;Return to dust, you mortals.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.90.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.90.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A thousand years in your sight</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.90.4"><span class="content">are like a day that has just gone by,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.90.4"><span class="content">or like a watch in the night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.90.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.90.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.90.5"><span class="content">they are like the new grass of the morning:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.90.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.90.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">In the morning it springs up new,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.90.6"><span class="content">but by evening it is dry and withered.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.90.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.90.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">We are consumed by your anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.90.7"><span class="content">and terrified by your indignation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.90.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.90.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">You have set our iniquities before you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.90.8"><span class="content">our secret sins in the light of your presence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.90.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.90.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">All our days pass away under your wrath;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.90.9"><span class="content">we finish our years with a moan.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.90.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.90.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Our days may come to seventy years,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.90.10"><span class="content">or eighty, if our strength endures;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.90.10"><span class="content">yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.90.10"><span class="content">for they quickly pass, and we fly away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.90.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.90.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If only we knew the power of your anger!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.90.11"><span class="content">Your wrath is as great as the fear that is your due.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.90.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.90.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Teach us to number our days,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.90.12"><span class="content">that we may gain a heart of wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.90.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.90.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Relent, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">! How long will it be?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.90.13"><span class="content">Have compassion on your servants.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.90.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.90.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.90.14"><span class="content">that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.90.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.90.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.90.15"><span class="content">for as many years as we have seen trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.90.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.90.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">May your deeds be shown to your servants,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.90.16"><span class="content">your splendor to their children.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.90.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.90.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">May the favor</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">90:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">beauty</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the Lord our God rest on us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.90.17"><span class="content">establish the work of our hands for us&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.90.17"><span class="content">yes, establish the work of our hands.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">136</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 136</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.136.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for he is good.</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.136.1"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.136.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.136.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the God of gods.</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.136.2"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.136.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.136.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the Lord of lords:</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.136.3"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.136.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.136.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">to him who alone does great wonders,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.136.4"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.136.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.136.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">who by his understanding made the heavens,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.136.5"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.136.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.136.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">who spread out the earth upon the waters,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.136.6"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.136.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.136.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">who made the great lights&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.136.7"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.136.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.136.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">the sun to govern the day,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.136.8"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.136.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.136.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">the moon and stars to govern the night;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.136.9"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.136.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.136.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.136.10"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.136.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.136.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and brought Israel out from among them</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.136.11"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.136.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.136.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">with a mighty hand and outstretched arm;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.136.12"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.136.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.136.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">to him who divided the Red Sea</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">136:13 </span><span class="ft">Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verse 15</span></span></span><span class="content"> asunder</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.136.13"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.136.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.136.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">and brought Israel through the midst of it,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.136.14"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.136.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.136.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.136.15"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.136.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.136.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">to him who led his people through the wilderness;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.136.16"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.136.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.136.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">to him who struck down great kings,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.136.17"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.136.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.136.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and killed mighty kings&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.136.18"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.136.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.136.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Sihon king of the Amorites</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.136.19"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.136.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.136.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">and Og king of Bashan&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.136.20"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.136.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.136.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">and gave their land as an inheritance,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.136.21"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.136.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.136.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">an inheritance to his servant Israel.</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.136.22"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.136.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.136.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He remembered us in our low estate</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.136.23"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.136.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.136.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">and freed us from our enemies.</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.136.24"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.136.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.136.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He gives food to every creature.</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.136.25"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.136.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.136.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the God of heaven.</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.136.26"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JDG.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">After Abimelek had governed Israel three years, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JDG.9.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">God stirred up animosity between Abimelek and the citizens of Shechem so that they acted treacherously against Abimelek. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JDG.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">God did this in order that the crime against Jerub-Baal&#8217;s seventy sons, the shedding of their blood, might be avenged on their brother Abimelek and on the citizens of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JDG.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">In opposition to him these citizens of Shechem set men on the hilltops to ambush and rob everyone who passed by, and this was reported to Abimelek.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JDG.9.25"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="JDG.9.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">Next Abimelek went to Thebez and besieged it and captured it. </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="JDG.9.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">Inside the city, however, was a strong tower, to which all the men and women&#8212;all the people of the city&#8212;had fled. They had locked themselves in and climbed up on the tower roof. </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="JDG.9.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">Abimelek went to the tower and attacked it. But as he approached the entrance to the tower to set it on fire, </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="JDG.9.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">a woman dropped an upper millstone on his head and cracked his skull.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="JDG.9.53"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="JDG.9.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">Hurriedly he called to his armor-bearer, &#8220;Draw your sword and kill me, so that they can&#8217;t say, &#8216;A woman killed him.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; So his servant ran him through, and he died. </span></span><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="JDG.9.55"><span class="label">55</span><span class="content">When the Israelites saw that Abimelek was dead, they went home.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="JDG.9.55"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="JDG.9.56"><span class="label">56</span><span class="content">Thus God repaid the wickedness that Abimelek had done to his father by murdering his seventy brothers. </span></span><span class="verse v57" data-usfm="JDG.9.57"><span class="label">57</span><span class="content">God also made the people of Shechem pay for all their wickedness. The curse of Jotham son of Jerub-Baal came on them.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ACT.4.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ACT.4.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God&#8217;s grace was so powerfully at work in them all </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ACT.4.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ACT.4.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">and put it at the apostles&#8217; feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ACT.4.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ACT.4.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means &#8220;son of encouragement&#8221;), </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="ACT.4.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">sold a field he owned and brought the money and put it at the apostles&#8217; feet.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">With his wife&#8217;s full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles&#8217; feet.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then Peter said, &#8220;Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Didn&#8217;t it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn&#8217;t the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied just to human beings but to God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then some young men came forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Peter asked her, &#8220;Tell me, is this the price you and Ananias got for the land?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.5.8"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes,&#8221; she said, &#8220;that is the price.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Peter said to her, &#8220;How could you conspire to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">At that moment she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch2" data-usfm="JHN.2.13+JHN.2.14+JHN.2.15+JHN.2.16+JHN.2.17+JHN.2.18+JHN.2.19+JHN.2.20+JHN.2.21+JHN.2.22+JHN.2.23+JHN.2.24+JHN.2.25">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">To those who sold doves he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father&#8217;s house into a market!&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">His disciples remembered that it is written: &#8220;Zeal for your house will consume me.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:17 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 69:9</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The Jews then responded to him, &#8220;What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Jesus answered them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">They replied, &#8220;It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But the temple he had spoken of was his body. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.2.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many people saw the signs he was performing and believed in his name.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:23 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in him</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person.</span></span></div>
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