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         <div class="label">7</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judging Others</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not judge, or you too will be judged.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.7.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother&#8217;s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">How can you say to your brother, &#8216;Let me take the speck out of your eye,&#8217; when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother&#8217;s eye.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.7.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ask, Seek, Knock</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.7.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.7.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Narrow and Wide Gates</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.7.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">True and False Prophets</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.7.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep&#8217;s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.7.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.7.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.7.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">True and False Disciples</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.7.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.7.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Not everyone who says to me, &#8216;Lord, Lord,&#8217; will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.7.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Many will say to me on that day, &#8216;Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.7.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Then I will tell them plainly, &#8216;I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Wise and Foolish Builders</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.7.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.7.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.7.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.7.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.7.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.7.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.7.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.7.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Heals a Man With Leprosy</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">A man with leprosy</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:2 </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"> came and knelt before him and said, &#8220;Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.8.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.8.3"><span class="label">3</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"> Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then Jesus said to him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;See that you don&#8217;t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Faith of the Centurion</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.8.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Lord,&#8221; he said, &#8220;my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Jesus said to him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Shall I come and heal him?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.8.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The centurion replied, &#8220;Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, &#8216;Go,&#8217; and he goes; and that one, &#8216;Come,&#8217; and he comes. I say to my servant, &#8216;Do this,&#8217; and he does it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.8.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.8.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then Jesus said to the centurion, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go! Let it be done just as you believed it would.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> And his servant was healed at that moment.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Heals Many</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.8.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When Jesus came into Peter&#8217;s house, he saw Peter&#8217;s mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to wait on him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.8.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.8.17"><span class="content">&#8220;He took up our infirmities</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.8.17"><span class="content">and bore our diseases.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:17 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 53:4 (see Septuagint)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Cost of Following Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.8.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.8.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, &#8220;Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.8.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.8.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.8.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.8.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Another disciple said to him, &#8220;Lord, first let me go and bury my father.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.8.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.8.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But Jesus told him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Calms the Storm</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.8.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.8.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.8.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.8.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The disciples went and woke him, saying, &#8220;Lord, save us! We&#8217;re going to drown!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.8.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.8.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You of little faith, why are you so afraid?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.8.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.8.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The men were amazed and asked, &#8220;What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Restores Two Demon-Possessed Men</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.8.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.8.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When he arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:28 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Gergesenes</span><span class="ft">; other manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Gerasenes</span></span></span><span class="content"> two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were so violent that no one could pass that way. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.8.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;What do you want with us, Son of God?&#8221; they shouted. &#8220;Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.8.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.8.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Some distance from them a large herd of pigs was feeding. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.8.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The demons begged Jesus, &#8220;If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.8.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.8.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">He said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go!&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and died in the water. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.8.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Those tending the pigs ran off, went into the town and reported all this, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.8.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they pleaded with him to leave their region.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch9" data-usfm="MAT.9">
         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Jesus stepped into a boat, crossed over and came to his own town. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Some men brought to him a paralyzed man, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">At this, some of the teachers of the law said to themselves, &#8220;This fellow is blaspheming!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.9.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.9.5"><span class="label">5</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 v6" data-usfm="MAT.9.6"><span class="label">6</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;Get up, take your mat and go home.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then the man got up and went home. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe; and they praised God, who had given such authority to man.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Calling of Matthew</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.9.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector&#8217;s booth. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Follow me,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew&#8217;s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, &#8220;Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">On hearing this, Jesus said, </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 v13" data-usfm="MAT.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But go and learn what this means: &#8216;I desire mercy, not sacrifice.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:13 </span><span class="ft">Hosea 6:6</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Questioned About Fasting</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.9.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then John&#8217;s disciples came and asked him, &#8220;How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.9.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.9.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">While he was saying this, a synagogue leader came and knelt before him and said, &#8220;My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her, and she will live.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Jesus got up and went with him, and so did his disciples.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.9.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">She said to herself, &#8220;If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.9.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Jesus turned and saw her. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Take heart, daughter,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;your faith has healed you.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> And the woman was healed at that moment.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.9.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.9.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When Jesus entered the synagogue leader&#8217;s house and saw the noisy crowd and people playing pipes, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> But they laughed at him. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">After the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.9.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">News of this spread through all that region.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Heals the Blind and the Mute</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.9.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.9.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, &#8220;Have mercy on us, Son of David!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.9.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.9.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do you believe that I am able to do this?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.9.28"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes, Lord,&#8221; they replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.9.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.9.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Then he touched their eyes and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;According to your faith let it be done to you&#8221;;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.9.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;See that no one knows about this.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.9.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">But they went out and spread the news about him all over that region.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.9.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.9.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">While they were going out, a man who was demon-possessed and could not talk was brought to Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.9.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">And when the demon was driven out, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowd was amazed and said, &#8220;Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.9.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.9.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">But the Pharisees said, &#8220;It is by the prince of demons that he drives out demons.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Workers Are Few</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.9.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MAT.9.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MAT.9.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MAT.9.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Then he said to his disciples, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MAT.9.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">63</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Day of Vengeance and Redemption</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.63.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Who is this coming from Edom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.63.1"><span class="content">from Bozrah, with his garments stained crimson?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.63.1"><span class="content">Who is this, robed in splendor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.63.1"><span class="content">striding forward in the greatness of his strength?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.63.1"><span class="content">&#8220;It is I, proclaiming victory,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.63.1"><span class="content">mighty to save.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.63.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.63.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Why are your garments red,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.63.2"><span class="content">like those of one treading the winepress?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.63.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.63.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have trodden the winepress alone;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.63.3"><span class="content">from the nations no one was with me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.63.3"><span class="content">I trampled them in my anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.63.3"><span class="content">and trod them down in my wrath;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.63.3"><span class="content">their blood spattered my garments,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.63.3"><span class="content">and I stained all my clothing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.63.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.63.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">It was for me the day of vengeance;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.63.4"><span class="content">the year for me to redeem had come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.63.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.63.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I looked, but there was no one to help,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.63.5"><span class="content">I was appalled that no one gave support;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.63.5"><span class="content">so my own arm achieved salvation for me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.63.5"><span class="content">and my own wrath sustained me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.63.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.63.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I trampled the nations in my anger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.63.6"><span class="content">in my wrath I made them drunk</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.63.6"><span class="content">and poured their blood on the ground.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Praise and Prayer</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.63.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.63.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will tell of the kindnesses of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.63.7"><span class="content">the deeds for which he is to be praised,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.63.7"><span class="content">according to all the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has done for us&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.63.7"><span class="content">yes, the many good things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.63.7"><span class="content">he has done for Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.63.7"><span class="content">according to his compassion and many kindnesses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.63.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.63.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He said, &#8220;Surely they are my people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.63.8"><span class="content">children who will be true to me&#8221;;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.63.8"><span class="content">and so he became their Savior.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.63.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.63.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">In all their distress he too was distressed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.63.9"><span class="content">and the angel of his presence saved them.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">63:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Savior </span><span class="fv">9 </span><span class="fqa">in their distress. / It was no envoy or angel / but his own presence that saved them</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.63.9"><span class="content">In his love and mercy he redeemed them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.63.9"><span class="content">he lifted them up and carried them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.63.9"><span class="content">all the days of old.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.63.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.63.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Yet they rebelled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.63.10"><span class="content">and grieved his Holy Spirit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.63.10"><span class="content">So he turned and became their enemy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.63.10"><span class="content">and he himself fought against them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.63.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.63.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then his people recalled</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">63:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">But may he recall</span></span></span><span class="content"> the days of old,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.63.11"><span class="content">the days of Moses and his people&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.63.11"><span class="content">where is he who brought them through the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.63.11"><span class="content">with the shepherd of his flock?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.63.11"><span class="content">Where is he who set</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.63.11"><span class="content">his Holy Spirit among them,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.63.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.63.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">who sent his glorious arm of power</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.63.12"><span class="content">to be at Moses&#8217; right hand,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.63.12"><span class="content">who divided the waters before them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.63.12"><span class="content">to gain for himself everlasting renown,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.63.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.63.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">who led them through the depths?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.63.13"><span class="content">Like a horse in open country,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.63.13"><span class="content">they did not stumble;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.63.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.63.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">like cattle that go down to the plain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.63.14"><span class="content">they were given rest by the Spirit of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.63.14"><span class="content">This is how you guided your people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.63.14"><span class="content">to make for yourself a glorious name.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.63.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.63.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Look down from heaven and see,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.63.15"><span class="content">from your lofty throne, holy and glorious.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.63.15"><span class="content">Where are your zeal and your might?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.63.15"><span class="content">Your tenderness and compassion are withheld from us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.63.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.63.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But you are our Father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.63.16"><span class="content">though Abraham does not know us</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.63.16"><span class="content">or Israel acknowledge us;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.63.16"><span class="content">you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are our Father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.63.16"><span class="content">our Redeemer from of old is your name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.63.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.63.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Why, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, do you make us wander from your ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.63.17"><span class="content">and harden our hearts so we do not revere you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.63.17"><span class="content">Return for the sake of your servants,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.63.17"><span class="content">the tribes that are your inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.63.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.63.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For a little while your people possessed your holy place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.63.18"><span class="content">but now our enemies have trampled down your sanctuary.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.63.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.63.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">We are yours from of old;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.63.19"><span class="content">but you have not ruled over them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.63.19"><span class="content">they have not been called</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">63:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">We are like those you have never ruled, / like those never called</span></span></span><span class="content"> by your name.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">64</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 64:1 is numbered 63:19b, and 64:2-12 is numbered 64:1-11.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.64.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.64.1"><span class="content">that the mountains would tremble before you!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.64.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.64.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">As when fire sets twigs ablaze</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.64.2"><span class="content">and causes water to boil,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.64.2"><span class="content">come down to make your name known to your enemies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.64.2"><span class="content">and cause the nations to quake before you!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.64.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.64.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For when you did awesome things that we did not expect,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.64.3"><span class="content">you came down, and the mountains trembled before you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.64.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.64.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Since ancient times no one has heard,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.64.4"><span class="content">no ear has perceived,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.64.4"><span class="content">no eye has seen any God besides you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.64.4"><span class="content">who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.64.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.64.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You come to the help of those who gladly do right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.64.5"><span class="content">who remember your ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.64.5"><span class="content">But when we continued to sin against them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.64.5"><span class="content">you were angry.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.64.5"><span class="content">How then can we be saved?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.64.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.64.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">All of us have become like one who is unclean,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.64.6"><span class="content">and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.64.6"><span class="content">we all shrivel up like a leaf,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.64.6"><span class="content">and like the wind our sins sweep us away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.64.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.64.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">No one calls on your name</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.64.7"><span class="content">or strives to lay hold of you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.64.7"><span class="content">for you have hidden your face from us</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.64.7"><span class="content">and have given us over to</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">64:7 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">have made us melt because of</span></span></span><span class="content"> our sins.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.64.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.64.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Yet you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are our Father.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.64.8"><span class="content">We are the clay, you are the potter;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.64.8"><span class="content">we are all the work of your hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.64.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.64.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do not be angry beyond measure, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.64.9"><span class="content">do not remember our sins forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.64.9"><span class="content">Oh, look on us, we pray,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.64.9"><span class="content">for we are all your people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.64.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.64.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Your sacred cities have become a wasteland;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.64.10"><span class="content">even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.64.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.64.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Our holy and glorious temple, where our ancestors praised you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.64.11"><span class="content">has been burned with fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.64.11"><span class="content">and all that we treasured lies in ruins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.64.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.64.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">After all this, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, will you hold yourself back?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.64.12"><span class="content">Will you keep silent and punish us beyond measure?</span></span></div>
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