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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The war between the house of Saul and the house of David lasted a long time. David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Sons were born to David in Hebron:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.3.2"><span class="content">His firstborn was Amnon the son of Ahinoam of Jezreel;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">his second, Kileab the son of Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.3.3"><span class="content">the third, Absalom the son of Maakah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.3.4"><span class="content">the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and the sixth, Ithream the son of David&#8217;s wife Eglah.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.3.5"><span class="content">These were born to David in Hebron.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Abner Goes Over to David</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner had been strengthening his own position in the house of Saul. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Now Saul had had a concubine named Rizpah daughter of Aiah. And Ish-Bosheth said to Abner, &#8220;Why did you sleep with my father&#8217;s concubine?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Abner was very angry because of what Ish-Bosheth said. So he answered, &#8220;Am I a dog&#8217;s head&#8212;on Judah&#8217;s side? This very day I am loyal to the house of your father Saul and to his family and friends. I haven&#8217;t handed you over to David. Yet now you accuse me of an offense involving this woman! </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">May God deal with Abner, be it ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> promised him on oath </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and establish David&#8217;s throne over Israel and Judah from Dan to Beersheba.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Ish-Bosheth did not dare to say another word to Abner, because he was afraid of him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to say to David, &#8220;Whose land is it? Make an agreement with me, and I will help you bring all Israel over to you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Good,&#8221; said David. &#8220;I will make an agreement with you. But I demand one thing of you: Do not come into my presence unless you bring Michal daughter of Saul when you come to see me.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then David sent messengers to Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, demanding, &#8220;Give me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for the price of a hundred Philistine foreskins.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">So Ish-Bosheth gave orders and had her taken away from her husband Paltiel son of Laish. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Her husband, however, went with her, weeping behind her all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, &#8220;Go back home!&#8221; So he went back.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, &#8220;For some time you have wanted to make David your king. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Now do it! For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> promised David, &#8216;By my servant David I will rescue my people Israel from the hand of the Philistines and from the hand of all their enemies.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Abner also spoke to the Benjamites in person. Then he went to Hebron to tell David everything that Israel and the whole tribe of Benjamin wanted to do. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">When Abner, who had twenty men with him, came to David at Hebron, David prepared a feast for him and his men. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then Abner said to David, &#8220;Let me go at once and assemble all Israel for my lord the king, so that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.&#8221; So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Joab Murders Abner</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.3.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Just then David&#8217;s men and Joab returned from a raid and brought with them a great deal of plunder. But Abner was no longer with David in Hebron, because David had sent him away, and he had gone in peace. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When Joab and all the soldiers with him arrived, he was told that Abner son of Ner had come to the king and that the king had sent him away and that he had gone in peace.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.3.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">So Joab went to the king and said, &#8220;What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you let him go? Now he is gone! </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">You know Abner son of Ner; he came to deceive you and observe your movements and find out everything you are doing.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.3.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Joab then left David and sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the cistern at Sirah. But David did not know it. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.3.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Now when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into an inner chamber, as if to speak with him privately. And there, to avenge the blood of his brother Asahel, Joab stabbed him in the stomach, and he died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.3.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="2SA.3.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Later, when David heard about this, he said, &#8220;I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2SA.3.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">May his blood fall on the head of Joab and on his whole family! May Joab&#8217;s family never be without someone who has a running sore or leprosy</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:29 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">leprosy </span><span class="ft">was used for various diseases affecting the skin.</span></span></span><span class="content"> or who leans on a crutch or who falls by the sword or who lacks food.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2SA.3.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="2SA.3.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">(Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="2SA.3.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="2SA.3.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Then David said to Joab and all the people with him, &#8220;Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth and walk in mourning in front of Abner.&#8221; King David himself walked behind the bier. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="2SA.3.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">They buried Abner in Hebron, and the king wept aloud at Abner&#8217;s tomb. All the people wept also.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="2SA.3.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="2SA.3.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The king sang this lament for Abner:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="2SA.3.33"><span class="content">&#8220;Should Abner have died as the lawless die?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="2SA.3.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="2SA.3.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Your hands were not bound,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="2SA.3.34"><span class="content">your feet were not fettered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="2SA.3.34"><span class="content">You fell as one falls before the wicked.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="2SA.3.34"><span class="content">And all the people wept over him again.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="2SA.3.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="2SA.3.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Then they all came and urged David to eat something while it was still day; but David took an oath, saying, &#8220;May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="2SA.3.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="2SA.3.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">All the people took note and were pleased; indeed, everything the king did pleased them. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="2SA.3.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">So on that day all the people there and all Israel knew that the king had no part in the murder of Abner son of Ner.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="2SA.3.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="2SA.3.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Then the king said to his men, &#8220;Do you not realize that a commander and a great man has fallen in Israel this day? </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="2SA.3.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">And today, though I am the anointed king, I am weak, and these sons of Zeruiah are too strong for me. May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> repay the evildoer according to his evil deeds!&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">103</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 103</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.103.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my soul;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.103.1"><span class="content">all my inmost being, praise his holy name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.103.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.103.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my soul,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.103.2"><span class="content">and forget not all his benefits&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.103.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.103.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">who forgives all your sins</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.103.3"><span class="content">and heals all your diseases,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.103.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.103.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">who redeems your life from the pit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.103.4"><span class="content">and crowns you with love and compassion,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.103.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.103.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">who satisfies your desires with good things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.103.5"><span class="content">so that your youth is renewed like the eagle&#8217;s.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.103.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.103.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> works righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.103.6"><span class="content">and justice for all the oppressed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.103.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.103.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He made known his ways to Moses,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.103.7"><span class="content">his deeds to the people of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.103.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.103.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is compassionate and gracious,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.103.8"><span class="content">slow to anger, abounding in love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.103.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.103.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He will not always accuse,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.103.9"><span class="content">nor will he harbor his anger forever;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.103.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.103.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">he does not treat us as our sins deserve</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.103.10"><span class="content">or repay us according to our iniquities.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.103.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.103.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For as high as the heavens are above the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.103.11"><span class="content">so great is his love for those who fear him;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.103.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.103.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">as far as the east is from the west,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.103.12"><span class="content">so far has he removed our transgressions from us.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.103.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.103.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">As a father has compassion on his children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.103.13"><span class="content">so the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has compassion on those who fear him;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.103.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.103.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">for he knows how we are formed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.103.14"><span class="content">he remembers that we are dust.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.103.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.103.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The life of mortals is like grass,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.103.15"><span class="content">they flourish like a flower of the field;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.103.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.103.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">the wind blows over it and it is gone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.103.16"><span class="content">and its place remembers it no more.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.103.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.103.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But from everlasting to everlasting</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.103.17"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s love is with those who fear him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.103.17"><span class="content">and his righteousness with their children&#8217;s children&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.103.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.103.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">with those who keep his covenant</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.103.18"><span class="content">and remember to obey his precepts.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.103.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.103.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has established his throne in heaven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.103.19"><span class="content">and his kingdom rules over all.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.103.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.103.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you his angels,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.103.20"><span class="content">you mighty ones who do his bidding,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.103.20"><span class="content">who obey his word.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.103.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.103.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all his heavenly hosts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.103.21"><span class="content">you his servants who do his will.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.103.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.103.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all his works</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.103.22"><span class="content">everywhere in his dominion.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.103.22"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my soul.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">28</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Has Risen</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.28.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.28.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.28.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.28.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.28.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.28.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.28.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The angel said to the women, &#8220;Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.28.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.28.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then go quickly and tell his disciples: &#8216;He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.&#8217; Now I have told you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.28.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.28.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.28.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Suddenly Jesus met them. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Greetings,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.28.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Guards&#8217; Report</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.28.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.28.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.28.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.28.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">telling them, &#8220;You are to say, &#8216;His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.28.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.28.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Great Commission</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.28.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.28.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.28.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.28.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then Jesus came to them and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.28.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.28.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.7.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not be circumcised. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CO.7.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God&#8217;s commands is what counts. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.7.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.7.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.7.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Were you a slave when you were called? Don&#8217;t let it trouble you&#8212;although if you can gain your freedom, do so. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.7.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord&#8217;s freed person; similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ&#8217;s slave. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.7.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of human beings. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.7.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Concerning the Unmarried</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.7.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CO.7.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord&#8217;s mercy is trustworthy. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.7.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CO.7.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CO.7.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CO.7.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CO.7.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CO.7.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CO.7.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CO.7.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CO.7.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord&#8217;s affairs&#8212;how he can please the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CO.7.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world&#8212;how he can please his wife&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CO.7.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord&#8217;s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world&#8212;how she can please her husband. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CO.7.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CO.7.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CO.7.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are too strong</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:36 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">if she is getting beyond the usual age for marriage</span></span></span><span class="content"> and he feels he ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning. They should get married. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1CO.7.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin&#8212;this man also does the right thing. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CO.7.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">So then, he who marries the virgin does right, but he who does not marry her does better.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:36-38 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fv">36 </span><span class="fqa">If anyone thinks he is not treating his daughter properly, and if she is getting along in years </span><span class="ft">(or </span><span class="fqa">if her passions are too strong</span><span class="ft">)</span><span class="fqa">, and he feels she ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning. He should let her get married. </span><span class="fv">37 </span><span class="fqa">But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind to keep the virgin unmarried&#8212;this man also does the right thing. </span><span class="fv">38 </span><span class="fqa">So then, he who gives his virgin in marriage does right, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CO.7.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1CO.7.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1CO.7.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">In my judgment, she is happier if she stays as she is&#8212;and I think that I too have the Spirit of God.</span></span></div>
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