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         <div class="label">20</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Sheba Rebels Against David</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now a troublemaker named Sheba son of Bikri, a Benjamite, happened to be there. He sounded the trumpet and shouted,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.20.1"><span class="content">&#8220;We have no share in David,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.20.1"><span class="content">no part in Jesse&#8217;s son!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.20.1"><span class="content">Every man to his tent, Israel!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.20.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bikri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.20.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace and put them in a house under guard. He provided for them but had no sexual relations with them. They were kept in confinement till the day of their death, living as widows.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.20.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then the king said to Amasa, &#8220;Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But when Amasa went to summon Judah, he took longer than the time the king had set for him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.20.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">David said to Abishai, &#8220;Now Sheba son of Bikri will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your master&#8217;s men and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and escape from us.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and do us serious injury</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So Joab&#8217;s men and the Kerethites and Pelethites and all the mighty warriors went out under the command of Abishai. They marched out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba son of Bikri.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.20.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">While they were at the great rock in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Joab was wearing his military tunic, and strapped over it at his waist was a belt with a dagger in its sheath. As he stepped forward, it dropped out of its sheath.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.20.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Joab said to Amasa, &#8220;How are you, my brother?&#8221; Then Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.20.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Amasa was not on his guard against the dagger in Joab&#8217;s hand, and Joab plunged it into his belly, and his intestines spilled out on the ground. Without being stabbed again, Amasa died. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bikri.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.20.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.20.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">One of Joab&#8217;s men stood beside Amasa and said, &#8220;Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.20.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the middle of the road, and the man saw that all the troops came to a halt there. When he realized that everyone who came up to Amasa stopped, he dragged him from the road into a field and threw a garment over him. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.20.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">After Amasa had been removed from the road, everyone went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bikri.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.20.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.20.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel Beth Maakah and through the entire region of the Bikrites,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:14 </span><span class="ft">See Septuagint and Vulgate; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Berites.</span></span></span><span class="content"> who gathered together and followed him. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.20.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">All the troops with Joab came and besieged Sheba in Abel Beth Maakah. They built a siege ramp up to the city, and it stood against the outer fortifications. While they were battering the wall to bring it down, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.20.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">a wise woman called from the city, &#8220;Listen! Listen! Tell Joab to come here so I can speak to him.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.20.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He went toward her, and she asked, &#8220;Are you Joab?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.20.17"><span class="content">&#8220;I am,&#8221; he answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.20.17"><span class="content">She said, &#8220;Listen to what your servant has to say.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.20.17"><span class="content">&#8220;I&#8217;m listening,&#8221; he said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.20.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.20.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">She continued, &#8220;Long ago they used to say, &#8216;Get your answer at Abel,&#8217; and that settled it. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.20.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">We are the peaceful and faithful in Israel. You are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why do you want to swallow up the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s inheritance?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.20.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.20.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Far be it from me!&#8221; Joab replied, &#8220;Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy! </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.20.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">That is not the case. A man named Sheba son of Bikri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Hand over this one man, and I&#8217;ll withdraw from the city.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.20.21"><span class="content">The woman said to Joab, &#8220;His head will be thrown to you from the wall.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.20.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.20.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bikri and threw it to Joab. So he sounded the trumpet, and his men dispersed from the city, each returning to his home. And Joab went back to the king in Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David&#8217;s Officials</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.20.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.20.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Joab was over Israel&#8217;s entire army; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and Pelethites; </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.20.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Adoniram</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:24 </span><span class="ft">Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Kings 4:6 and 5:14); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Adoram</span></span></span><span class="content"> was in charge of forced labor; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder; </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.20.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Sheva was secretary; Zadok and Abiathar were priests; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.20.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">and Ira the Jairite</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:26 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 23:38) </span><span class="fqa">Ithrite</span></span></span><span class="content"> was David&#8217;s priest.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">110</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 110</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.110.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says to my lord:</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">110:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Lord</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.110.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Sit at my right hand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.110.1"><span class="content">until I make your enemies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.110.1"><span class="content">a footstool for your feet.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.110.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.110.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will extend your mighty scepter from Zion, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.110.2"><span class="content">&#8220;Rule in the midst of your enemies!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.110.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.110.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Your troops will be willing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.110.3"><span class="content">on your day of battle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.110.3"><span class="content">Arrayed in holy splendor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.110.3"><span class="content">your young men will come to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.110.3"><span class="content">like dew from the morning&#8217;s womb.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">110:3 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.110.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.110.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has sworn</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.110.4"><span class="content">and will not change his mind:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.110.4"><span class="content">&#8220;You are a priest forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.110.4"><span class="content">in the order of Melchizedek.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.110.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.110.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The Lord is at your right hand</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">110:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">My lord is at your right hand, <span class="nd">Lord</span></span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.110.5"><span class="content">he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.110.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.110.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.110.6"><span class="content">and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.110.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.110.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He will drink from a brook along the way,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">110:7 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.110.7"><span class="content">and so he will lift his head high.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">111</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 111</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">This psalm is an acrostic poem, the lines of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.111.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">111:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.111.1"><span class="content">I will extol the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with all my heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.111.1"><span class="content">in the council of the upright and in the assembly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.111.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.111.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Great are the works of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.111.2"><span class="content">they are pondered by all who delight in them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.111.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.111.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Glorious and majestic are his deeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.111.3"><span class="content">and his righteousness endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.111.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.111.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He has caused his wonders to be remembered;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.111.4"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is gracious and compassionate.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.111.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.111.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He provides food for those who fear him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.111.5"><span class="content">he remembers his covenant forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.111.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.111.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He has shown his people the power of his works,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.111.6"><span class="content">giving them the lands of other nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.111.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.111.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The works of his hands are faithful and just;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.111.7"><span class="content">all his precepts are trustworthy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.111.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.111.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They are established for ever and ever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.111.8"><span class="content">enacted in faithfulness and uprightness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.111.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.111.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He provided redemption for his people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.111.9"><span class="content">he ordained his covenant forever&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.111.9"><span class="content">holy and awesome is his name.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.111.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.111.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the beginning of wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.111.10"><span class="content">all who follow his precepts have good understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.111.10"><span class="content">To him belongs eternal praise.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">112</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 112</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">This psalm is an acrostic poem, the lines of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.112.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">112:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.112.1"><span class="content">Blessed are those who fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.112.1"><span class="content">who find great delight in his commands.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.112.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.112.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Their children will be mighty in the land;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.112.2"><span class="content">the generation of the upright will be blessed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.112.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.112.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Wealth and riches are in their houses,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.112.3"><span class="content">and their righteousness endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.112.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.112.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Even in darkness light dawns for the upright,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.112.4"><span class="content">for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.112.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.112.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.112.5"><span class="content">who conduct their affairs with justice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.112.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.112.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Surely the righteous will never be shaken;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.112.6"><span class="content">they will be remembered forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.112.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.112.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They will have no fear of bad news;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.112.7"><span class="content">their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.112.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.112.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Their hearts are secure, they will have no fear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.112.8"><span class="content">in the end they will look in triumph on their foes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.112.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.112.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.112.9"><span class="content">their righteousness endures forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.112.9"><span class="content">their horn</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">112:9 </span><span class="fq">Horn </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes dignity.</span></span></span><span class="content"> will be lifted high in honor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.112.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.112.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The wicked will see and be vexed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.112.10"><span class="content">they will gnash their teeth and waste away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.112.10"><span class="content">the longings of the wicked will come to nothing.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">113</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 113</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.113.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">113:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 9</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.113.1"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you his servants;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.113.1"><span class="content">praise the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.113.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.113.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Let the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> be praised,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.113.2"><span class="content">both now and forevermore.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.113.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.113.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.113.3"><span class="content">the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is to be praised.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.113.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.113.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is exalted over all the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.113.4"><span class="content">his glory above the heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.113.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.113.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Who is like the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.113.5"><span class="content">the One who sits enthroned on high,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.113.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.113.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">who stoops down to look</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.113.6"><span class="content">on the heavens and the earth?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.113.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.113.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He raises the poor from the dust</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.113.7"><span class="content">and lifts the needy from the ash heap;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.113.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.113.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">he seats them with princes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.113.8"><span class="content">with the princes of his people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.113.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.113.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He settles the childless woman in her home</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.113.9"><span class="content">as a happy mother of children.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.113.9"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="MRK.1.1+MRK.1.2+MRK.1.3+MRK.1.4+MRK.1.5+MRK.1.6+MRK.1.7+MRK.1.8+MRK.1.9+MRK.1.10+MRK.1.11+MRK.1.12+MRK.1.13+MRK.1.14+MRK.1.15+MRK.1.16+MRK.1.17+MRK.1.18+MRK.1.19+MRK.1.20">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MRK.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Jesus Christ. </span><span class="fq">Messiah </span><span class="ft">(Hebrew) and </span><span class="fqa">Christ </span><span class="ft">(Greek) both mean </span><span class="fqa">Anointed One.</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Son of God,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts do not have </span><span class="fqa">the Son of God.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">as it is written in Isaiah the prophet:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.1.2"><span class="content">&#8220;I will send my messenger ahead of you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.1.2"><span class="content">who will prepare your way&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:2 </span><span class="ft">Mal. 3:1</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;a voice of one calling in the wilderness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.1.3"><span class="content">&#8216;Prepare the way for the Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.1.3"><span class="content">make straight paths for him.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:3 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 40:3</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">John wore clothing made of camel&#8217;s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And this was his message: &#8220;After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I baptize you with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> water, but he will baptize you with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Holy Spirit.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Baptism and Testing of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And a voice came from heaven: &#8220;You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">At once the Spirit sent him out into the wilderness, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">and he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:13 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">tempted </span><span class="ft">can also mean </span><span class="fqa">tested.</span></span></span><span class="content"> by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels attended him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Announces the Good News</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The time has come,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he said. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Calls His First Disciples</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Come, follow me,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;and I will send you out to fish for people.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">At once they left their nets and followed him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch15" data-usfm="1CO.15.20+1CO.15.21+1CO.15.22+1CO.15.23+1CO.15.24+1CO.15.25+1CO.15.26+1CO.15.27+1CO.15.28+1CO.15.29+1CO.15.30+1CO.15.31+1CO.15.32+1CO.15.33+1CO.15.34+1CO.15.35+1CO.15.36+1CO.15.37+1CO.15.38+1CO.15.39+1CO.15.40+1CO.15.41">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.15.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.15.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.15.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.15.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.15.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CO.15.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.15.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The last enemy to be destroyed is death. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CO.15.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">For he &#8220;has put everything under his feet.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:27 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 8:6</span></span></span><span class="content"> Now when it says that &#8220;everything&#8221; has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CO.15.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CO.15.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CO.15.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them? </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CO.15.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour? </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CO.15.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">I face death every day&#8212;yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CO.15.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus with no more than human hopes, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CO.15.32"><span class="content">&#8220;Let us eat and drink,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CO.15.32"><span class="content">for tomorrow we die.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:32 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 22:13</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CO.15.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CO.15.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Do not be misled: &#8220;Bad company corrupts good character.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:33 </span><span class="ft">From the Greek poet Menander</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CO.15.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God&#8212;I say this to your shame.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Resurrection Body</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CO.15.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CO.15.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">But someone will ask, &#8220;How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CO.15.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1CO.15.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CO.15.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1CO.15.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Not all flesh is the same: People have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1CO.15.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="1CO.15.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="1CO.15.41"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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