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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.89.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I will sing of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s great love forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.89.1"><span class="content">with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.89.1"><span class="content">through all generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.89.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.89.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will declare that your love stands firm forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.89.2"><span class="content">that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.89.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.89.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You said, &#8220;I have made a covenant with my chosen one,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.89.3"><span class="content">I have sworn to David my servant,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.89.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.89.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8216;I will establish your line forever</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.89.4"><span class="content">and make your throne firm through all generations.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">89:4 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 37, 45 and 48.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.89.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.89.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The heavens praise your wonders, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.89.5"><span class="content">your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.89.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.89.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For who in the skies above can compare with the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.89.6"><span class="content">Who is like the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> among the heavenly beings?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.89.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.89.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.89.7"><span class="content">he is more awesome than all who surround him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.89.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.89.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Who is like you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.89.8"><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.89.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.89.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You rule over the surging sea;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.89.9"><span class="content">when its waves mount up, you still them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.89.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.89.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You crushed Rahab like one of the slain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.89.10"><span class="content">with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.89.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.89.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.89.11"><span class="content">you founded the world and all that is in it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.89.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.89.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You created the north and the south;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.89.12"><span class="content">Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.89.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.89.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Your arm is endowed with power;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.89.13"><span class="content">your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.89.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.89.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.89.14"><span class="content">love and faithfulness go before you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.89.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.89.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.89.15"><span class="content">who walk in the light of your presence, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.89.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.89.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">They rejoice in your name all day long;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.89.16"><span class="content">they celebrate your righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.89.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.89.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For you are their glory and strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.89.17"><span class="content">and by your favor you exalt our horn.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">89:17 </span><span class="fq">Horn </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes strong one.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.89.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.89.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Indeed, our shield</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">89:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">sovereign</span></span></span><span class="content"> belongs to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.89.18"><span class="content">our king to the Holy One of Israel.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests dishonest scales,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.11.1"><span class="content">but accurate weights find favor with him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.11.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When pride comes, then comes disgrace,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.11.2"><span class="content">but with humility comes wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.11.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The integrity of the upright guides them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.11.3"><span class="content">but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.11.4"><span class="content">but righteousness delivers from death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.11.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.11.5"><span class="content">but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.11.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The righteousness of the upright delivers them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.11.6"><span class="content">but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Hopes placed in mortals die with them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.11.7"><span class="content">all the promise of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:7 </span><span class="ft">Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum </span><span class="fqa">When the wicked die, their hope perishes; / all they expected from</span></span></span><span class="content"> their power comes to nothing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.11.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The righteous person is rescued from trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.11.8"><span class="content">and it falls on the wicked instead.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.11.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.11.9"><span class="content">but through knowledge the righteous escape.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.11.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.11.10"><span class="content">when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.11.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.11.11"><span class="content">but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.11.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Whoever derides their neighbor has no sense,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.11.12"><span class="content">but the one who has understanding holds their tongue.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.11.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A gossip betrays a confidence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.11.13"><span class="content">but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.11.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For lack of guidance a nation falls,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.11.14"><span class="content">but victory is won through many advisers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.11.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Whoever puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.11.15"><span class="content">but whoever refuses to shake hands in pledge is safe.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.11.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">A kindhearted woman gains honor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.11.16"><span class="content">but ruthless men gain only wealth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.11.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Those who are kind benefit themselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.11.17"><span class="content">but the cruel bring ruin on themselves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.11.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">A wicked person earns deceptive wages,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.11.18"><span class="content">but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.11.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Truly the righteous attain life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.11.19"><span class="content">but whoever pursues evil finds death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.11.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests those whose hearts are perverse,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.11.20"><span class="content">but he delights in those whose ways are blameless.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.11.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.11.21"><span class="content">but those who are righteous will go free.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.11.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.11.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Like a gold ring in a pig&#8217;s snout</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.11.22"><span class="content">is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.11.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.11.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The desire of the righteous ends only in good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.11.23"><span class="content">but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.11.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.11.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">One person gives freely, yet gains even more;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.11.24"><span class="content">another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.11.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">A generous person will prosper;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.11.25"><span class="content">whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.11.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.11.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">People curse the one who hoards grain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.11.26"><span class="content">but they pray God&#8217;s blessing on the one who is willing to sell.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.11.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.11.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Whoever seeks good finds favor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.11.27"><span class="content">but evil comes to one who searches for it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.11.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.11.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Those who trust in their riches will fall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.11.28"><span class="content">but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.11.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.11.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.11.29"><span class="content">and the fool will be servant to the wise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.11.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.11.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.11.30"><span class="content">and the one who is wise saves lives.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.11.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.11.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">If the righteous receive their due on earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.11.31"><span class="content">how much more the ungodly and the sinner!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus and John the Baptist</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in the towns of Galilee.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:1 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">in their towns</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.11.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When John, who was in prison, heard about the deeds of the Messiah, he sent his disciples </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">to ask him, &#8220;Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go back and report to John what you hear and see:</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:5 </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">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">As John&#8217;s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swayed by the wind?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wear fine clothes are in kings&#8217; palaces.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Then what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">This is the one about whom it is written:</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.11.10"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;I will send my messenger ahead of you,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.11.10"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">who will prepare your way before you.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">11:10 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">  
          Mal. 3:1
          </span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.11.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">been forcefully advancing</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and violent people have been raiding it.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever has ears, let them hear.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.11.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.11.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;We played the pipe for you,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.11.17"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and you did not dance;</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.11.17"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">we sang a dirge,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.11.17"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and you did not mourn.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.11.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, &#8216;He has a demon.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, &#8216;Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.&#8217; But wisdom is proved right by her deeds.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Woe on Unrepentant Towns</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.11.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.11.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.11.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:23 </span><span class="ft">That is, the realm of the dead</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.11.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Father Revealed in the Son</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.11.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">At that time Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.11.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.11.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.11.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.11.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.11.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.11.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.11.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch7" data-usfm="HEB.7.11+HEB.7.12+HEB.7.13+HEB.7.14+HEB.7.15+HEB.7.16+HEB.7.17+HEB.7.18+HEB.7.19+HEB.7.20+HEB.7.21+HEB.7.22+HEB.7.23+HEB.7.24+HEB.7.25+HEB.7.26+HEB.7.27+HEB.7.28">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HEB.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood&#8212;and indeed the law given to the people established that priesthood&#8212;why was there still need for another priest to come, one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron? </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed also. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HEB.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever served at the altar. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HEB.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HEB.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HEB.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HEB.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For it is declared:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HEB.7.17"><span class="content">&#8220;You are a priest forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HEB.7.17"><span class="content">in the order of Melchizedek.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:17 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 110:4</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HEB.7.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HEB.7.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HEB.7.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HEB.7.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HEB.7.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HEB.7.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">but he became a priest with an oath when God said to him:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HEB.7.21"><span class="content">&#8220;The Lord has sworn</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HEB.7.21"><span class="content">and will not change his mind:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HEB.7.21"><span class="content">&#8216;You are a priest forever.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:21 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 110:4</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HEB.7.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HEB.7.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HEB.7.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HEB.7.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office; </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="HEB.7.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="HEB.7.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Therefore he is able to save completely</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:25 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">forever</span></span></span><span class="content"> those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="HEB.7.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="HEB.7.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Such a high priest truly meets our need&#8212;one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="HEB.7.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="HEB.7.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;It is written: &#8216;Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:4 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 8:3</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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