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         <div class="label">17</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Transfiguration</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.17.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.17.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.17.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.17.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.17.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Peter said to Jesus, &#8220;Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters&#8212;one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.17.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.17.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, &#8220;This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.17.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.17.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.17.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But Jesus came and touched them. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Get up,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he said. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.17.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.17.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.17.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.17.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.17.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The disciples asked him, &#8220;Why then do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.17.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.17.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;To be sure, Elijah comes and will restore all things.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.17.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him everything they wished. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.17.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Boy</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.17.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.17.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.17.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Lord, have mercy on my son,&#8221; he said. &#8220;He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.17.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.17.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.17.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You unbelieving and perverse generation,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.17.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed at that moment.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.17.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.17.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, &#8220;Why couldn&#8217;t we drive it out?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.17.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.17.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, &#8216;Move from here to there,&#8217; and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.17.21"><span class="label">[21]</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">17:21 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts include here words similar to Mark 9:29.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Predicts His Death a Second Time</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.17.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.17.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">When they came together in Galilee, he said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.17.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised to life.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> And the disciples were filled with grief.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Temple Tax</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.17.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.17.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked, &#8220;Doesn&#8217;t your teacher pay the temple tax?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.17.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.17.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yes, he does,&#8221; he replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.17.25"><span class="content">When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What do you think, Simon?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes&#8212;from their own children or from others?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.17.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.17.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;From others,&#8221; Peter answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.17.26"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then the children are exempt,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus said to him. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.17.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A wise son heeds his father&#8217;s instruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.13.1"><span class="content">but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.13.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.13.2"><span class="content">but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Those who guard their lips preserve their lives,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.13.3"><span class="content">but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A sluggard&#8217;s appetite is never filled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.13.4"><span class="content">but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The righteous hate what is false,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="content">but the wicked make themselves a stench</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="content">and bring shame on themselves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Righteousness guards the person of integrity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.13.6"><span class="content">but wickedness overthrows the sinner.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.13.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.13.7"><span class="content">another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A person&#8217;s riches may ransom their life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.13.8"><span class="content">but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.13.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The light of the righteous shines brightly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.13.9"><span class="content">but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.13.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Where there is strife, there is pride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.13.10"><span class="content">but wisdom is found in those who take advice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.13.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Dishonest money dwindles away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.13.11"><span class="content">but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.13.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Hope deferred makes the heart sick,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.13.12"><span class="content">but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.13.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Whoever scorns instruction will pay for it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.13.13"><span class="content">but whoever respects a command is rewarded.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.13.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.13.14"><span class="content">turning a person from the snares of death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.13.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Good judgment wins favor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.13.15"><span class="content">but the way of the unfaithful leads to their destruction.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:15 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.13.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">All who are prudent act with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">prudent protect themselves through</span></span></span><span class="content"> knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.13.16"><span class="content">but fools expose their folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.13.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A wicked messenger falls into trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.13.17"><span class="content">but a trustworthy envoy brings healing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.13.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.13.18"><span class="content">but whoever heeds correction is honored.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.13.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.13.19"><span class="content">but fools detest turning from evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.13.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Walk with the wise and become wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.13.20"><span class="content">for a companion of fools suffers harm.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.13.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Trouble pursues the sinner,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.13.21"><span class="content">but the righteous are rewarded with good things.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.13.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">A good person leaves an inheritance for their children&#8217;s children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.13.22"><span class="content">but a sinner&#8217;s wealth is stored up for the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.13.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">An unplowed field produces food for the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.13.23"><span class="content">but injustice sweeps it away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.13.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Whoever spares the rod hates their children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.13.24"><span class="content">but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.13.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The righteous eat to their hearts&#8217; content,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.13.25"><span class="content">but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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